Belissimo M--truly a phenomenon--started his career with top results; he was the top horse at the 24th NRW Elite Riding Horse Auction, record winner of his 30-day test in Zweibrucken - 1st place in dressage (9.63) as well as in jumping (8.77)! He was undisputed winner of the Riding Horse Championships in Verden. Belissimo continued his winning ways as Bundeschampion of four year old riding stallions 2003 in Warendorf.
With a score of 9.38 he was the clear winner of a qualification in his class for the final round at the World Championships for young dressage horses in Verden 2004.
He was Vice Bundeschampion of six year old dressage horses 2005 in Warendorf, after clearly leading in the final qualification (9.2) he just barely missed winning.
Belissimo`s foals catch everyone`s eye with their well-balanced, beautiful type, the harmonious shape of their bodies and the quality of their movements. In 2008, Belissimo passed his test as a stallion-maker with flying colors: not less than eleven sons were admitted to the approvals in Verden, Vechta and Munster-Handorf and of these, ten were licensed and four received a premium - two each in Hanover and Westphalia.His daughters also attract attention, one daughter was the overall winner in the class for two year old mares in Bavaria. Belissimo`s pedigree is simply brilliant: his sire, Beltain , was successful in the dressage ring up to S-level. He comes from one of the undoubtedly most popular and successful mare lines in Hanover: his dam, SPS Ganseliesel, is a full sister of the highly esteemed Celle State Stud sires, Garibaldi I and II , and the granddam of Wolkenstein I and II (Bundeschampion, State Stud Celle) as well as the Grand Prix dressage horse, Little Big Man. Very closely related are also the Celle State Stud sires, Brentano I and II and also Beauvalais (who was also Vice World Champion in 2002 in Jerez and won Olympic bronze in Athens in 2004). Belissimo`s dam, SPS Roxa, county champion mare and also the dam of a jumper named Carthago 51, is a daughter of Romadour II , a stallion of the century, in a successful combination with the highly refined Thoroughbred bloodlines of Lucius (State Stud), one of the most popular performance sires of his day.
Belissimo has sired 25 licensed sons, including 11 in his first foal crop, 38 daughters approved as State Premium mares, the Champion mare at Louis Wiegel Mare Show, the winning foal at 2007 German Foal Championships in Lienen. At auction, Belissiomo has sired the top priced horse (195,000 Euros) at 2008 Hannoverian Elite Fall Auction, the top priced mare (170,000 Euros) at 2008 Hannoverian Elite Fall Auction, the stallion `Bestseller,` (140,000 Euros) at 2008 Hannoverian Elite Fall Auction, the top priced stallion (310,000 Euros) at 2008 Hannoverian Koering and the Vice Champion stallion at 2008 NRW Koerung. Sold to Max Theurer of Austria (150,000 Euros).
