About High Class

His sire Hickstead won over 1.5 million euros under the Canadian rider Eric Lamaze and collected 220,000 dollars for his victory in the Grand Prix of Spruce Meadows alone. The highlight of his career was his victory in the individual Olympic show jumping competition in Hong Kong in 2008. At the end of 2008, the pair won the highly lucrative World Cup show jumping competition in Geneva, and in 2009 they finished fifth in the Grand Prix of Paris. The dam L.St.-S La Cucaracha was herself internationally successful under Jan Sprehe up to 1.60 meters and holds the title “Performance Mare Jumping”. Her daughter Scaracha (by Stakkato Gold) is also successful at advanced (S) level, among others with Tobias Meyer.

The dam's sire Landclassic took part in the Bundeschampionat for German show jumpers and has been victorious and highly placed in medium and advanced (S) level show jumping competitions. The offspring have won many advanced (S) level show jumping competitions. The granddam Cara Mia is a daughter of the Tannenhof main sire Cheenook, who embodied proverbial versatility. He himself was promoted up to Grand Prix level and produced a number of top international show jumpers.

Cara Mia supplied the licensed High Five FRH (by Hickstead White), who won the silver medal at the 2022 Hanoverian Show Jumping Indoor Masters. He qualified twice for the Bundeschampionat with his trainer Jessica Freye. Cara Mia is also the dam of Campagnarde (by Carabas), a multiple advanced (S) level winner with Sebastian Haas, and the equally successful Chequille daughter Gold Cat/Darline Eisenmenger. The gallery of ancestors continues with the esteemed half-breed and advanced level winner Varus, the Wöhler son Wunsch II and the iron-hard Poet xx. The stallions Abanos (PB Rhld.), Florist (PB DEN), Piccolino G (PB LIT) and the internationally successful show jumper Fregola/Gerlinde Merten and Hans-Günter Winkler, among others, result from this Hanoverian line 753/Formranke.