Driandria

What could be better than a mare who performs at 1.60m to produce foals with very high potential? Draindria is one of those mares.

The Class of an International Winner

Driandria is a high, athletic mare with a fabulous jumping ability, enabling her to excel in CSIO5* 1.60m events with Piergiorgio Bucci. Her phenomenal scope, power, and winning mindset have set her apart on the world’s finest show jumping stages.

Ridden by the Italian rider Piergiorgio Bucci, Driandria placed 3rd in the CSIO5* 1.60m Grand Prix at Hickstead, 5th in the CSIO5* 1.60m GP at Samorin, won the CSI4* 1.55m GP at St Tropez, and triumphed in the six-bar at CSIO5* Calgary.

Driandria has amassed over €160,000 throughout her remarkable top-level competition career.

Major European Bloodlines

Driandria’s pedigree combines major names in European breeding. Her sire, Carthino Z, a successful competitor himself at 1.50m, is a son of the famed stallion Carthago (Capitol I). Carthago’s influence in modern sport is such that incorporating his lineage into a pedigree is a mark of quality.

Driandria’s dam is by the Oldenburg stallion Sheraton Vdl (Indoctro), who also competed at 1.60m. Sheraton Vdl boasts a world-class pedigree, descending from Indoctro (Capitol I) x Calypso II (Cor de la Bryère) x Grannus. Driandria shows interesting inbreeding at 3 x 4 on the Holstein breed leader, Capitol I, with both Carthino Z and Sheraton Vdl being his grandchildren.

The third dam of Driandria, the KWPN mare Wandra, is a daughter of one of the founding sires of high-performance Dutch horses, the powerful bay, Farn, who is the sire of Nimmerdor, a top performer and breed leader himself, producing the legendary Heartbreaker.