Racoon 1491
”What a great stallion with amazing gaits and the best character. I really loved working with him and the test they showed on the WM, I will never forget.”
— Emmelie Scholtens
Prices
Fresh sperm
Frozen sperm
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Transport costs
Fresh sperm by car 950 SEK + VAT
Fresh sperm by air 1300 SEK + VAT
Frozen sperm by car 2700 SEK + VAT
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About stallion
Born year
2017
Stationed
Lövsta - Stjärnborg
Withers Height
170
Owner
Lövsta Stuteri AB
Breeder
Arjan Bekkers, Hengstenh. Den Hoorn
WFFS
Non-carrier
Semen availability
Fresh sperm
Only available in Sweden
Frozen sperm
Available for international orders
Presentation
Racoon, ridden by Franka Loos came fifth in the 2022 Young Horse World Cup (WCYH) five-year-old final. Achieving a score of 8.82 points (8.5 for walk, 9 for trot, 8.6 for canter, and 9 for suppleness and future promise).
Following the WCYH, where Racoon represented BWP, he was acquired by Lövsta Stuteri. During 2023, Racoon started and won a 6yo class together with Caroline Darcourt.
Racoon is an approved stallion by BWP, Hannover, Oldenburg, Selle Francais and Westphalia. He was the most popular breeding stallion in Sweden 2023.
Racoon has competed sucessfully up to Prix St George.
Offspring
Racoon`s first offspring are light and elegant with a good register of gaits. He´s also got his first approved son.
Pedigree
Racoon`s sire Hero is an approved stallion by BWP and AES and competes at a national level. His dam Sarina has an approved half-brother, and a full sister with merits up to Grand Prix level. She has several offspring who compete both in jumping and dressage.
lity and ease in the most difficult movements.
Sarina`s dam Barina has many top offspring of whom Tarina, ridden by Katja Gevers, is the most well-known in dressage. Barina is also the dam of Untouchable (160 jumping horse ridden by Leon Thijsson). Untouchable has many talented offspring including the phenomenal Explosion W, (the Tokyo 2021 Olympic gold medallist with Ben Maher in the saddle), and the Grand Prix horse Ideal (ridden by Sven Rothenberger). She is also the granddam of the KWPN stallion and two times Pavo Cup winner Imposantos (ridden by Bart Veeze).
Racoon`s granddam Saranka V is the full sister of the Belgium Grand Prix horse Aranco V, ridden by Isabel Cool. Out of this performance line also comes the Grand Prix horse Raranko, several dressage horses competing the smaller circuits, and the jumping horse Varanka SFN (ridden by Timothy Hendrix).
The grandsire De Niro`s influence on the modern dressage breeding is well known, the offspring having good rideabi
Videos
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Racoon competing Wellington 2024
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Racoon
2022 Young Horse World Cup (WCYH)