"Argentan I"
(Absatz/*Worms)



"Argentan I"  covered at the Bargstedt station all his life and presented both top international competition sport horses as well as mares of the very highest quality.  Argentan I, whose most famous stallion son is "Argentinus", had the image of being a maker of mares without this minimising his capacity in sport, contrary to some stallions in Hanover's breeding history, who were designated as makers of mares.  "Argentan II", the younger grey coloured full-brother, embodies the Trakehner type of "Lateran" and only had few chances as a private stallion in Bavaria.  "Argentan I" became the biggest disseminator of "Absatz" blood in contemporary breeding.  He distinguished himself as a supplier of international showjumpers and inspiring show mares such as "Arabella",  "Aragonia" and  "Ascona" .  He moreover produced a total of 19 approved sons and 119 state premium mares.  The mating of "Argentan I" with the "Einglas" daughter "Elfenfee" resulted in the rare transission effect where everything is transmitted perfectly.  "Elfenfee" became the dam of the approved stallion "Amani", the Federal Championship mare "Arabella" and the World Cup showjumping chanpion "Aramis", an achievement that has remained unequalled to this very day.  Similar successes were attained in combination with daughters of "Duden II".   The most significant product of this combination is the to sire "Argentinus", but other good horses resulted from this combination of bloodlines, such as the approved "Atheist", who managed in only two years at stud in East Friesland, to produce a series of useful sports horses, and the top quality horse "Itschutschuna".  It is interesting to note, that both "Atheist" and "Itschutschuna" resulted from "Argentan I's" first batch of foals.    "Argentan I's" following age classes however always also produced prime products.  His offspring were not fixated to one special discipline.  Sometimes they had a slightly overloaded neck, a characteristic that the progeny of his sons occasionally also display.  
In 1994, "Argentan I" was declared Hanoverian stallion of the year.