2003 – 2021, 174 cm Dark Brown

Breeder: Friedrich Oppermann

Hotline is a prime example of Licensing winner hysteria. When he won the Hanoverian licensing in 2005, and was then sold for €800,000 to a consortium of Paul Schockemöhle (not previously known for his love of the Trakehner) and Blue Hors Stud. It engendered an instant record book of mares for a stallion that at this stage had done nothing more than trot out impressively in the licensing triangle. In 2007, 608 Hotline foals were registered in Germany, with probably another couple of hundred around the world…

Hotline went on to win his stallion performance test in 2006, but the foal reports were less encouraging, the foals were just a bit plain, which is not good for the sort of breeders who flock to licensing winners and then want the quick return of a high-priced sale at the next prestigious foal auction.

However, it turned out that the Hotlines were pleasant enough to ride, and he himself advanced through the dressage ranks – it would seem that in this instance Mr Schockemöhle had decided that this particular stallion could not rest on its young horse accolades and had better charm with mare owners with real live competition results. By December 2013, Hotline was competing Grand Prix with Maik Kohlschmidt, and producing a series of solid, if not stunning, performances a 68% at Vestfold in 2013, and another 68% at Hamburg in May 2014.

In 2016 he was competed by the Dane, Daniel Bachmann Anderson with success in Denmark, first at Aalborg in the Special, 3rd at Herning but with less success in Germany – 16th at Aachen, 15th at Hagen. Since then he does not seem to have competed…

 Hotline’s sire, Hofrat as a three year old

Hotline’s sire, Hofrat was Reserve Champion of the Trakehner licensing in 2000, and competed up to Intermediaire I and produced five licensed sons.

Hotline’s dam sire, De Niro needs no elaboration. Interesting, the grand dam Waleska bred to Akzent II produced the Bundeschampion Alabaster (State Stud Celle) while her dam, Baroness is by the under-rated Thoroughbred, Busoni, who went unnoticed until Gigolo (out of a mare by Busoni) became an international star with Isabel Werth, but too late, since by then the Thoroughbred was dead.

The 2021 Hanoverian stallion book records 330 Hotline progeny in competition, with 46 competing at S level, for winnings of €257,982. He has one competitor who has won more than €10,000 – Hermes.

Uwe Schwanz and Hermes

Hotline has a 2021 FN dressage young horse breeding value of 125, and a highest level achieved  value of 161. . On the Hanoverian values he scores 122 for dressage and 78 for jumping. He scores 131 for rideability, 120 for trot, 110 for canter, and 118 for walk. He scores 123 for type, and not so well on the limbs scores – 68 for overall, 89 for fore legs, 91 for hind legs, and 45 for correctness.

In 2016 Hotline was named Danish Warmblood Stallion of the Year. In Denmark he sired almost 500 offspring, 15 sons were selected for the Danish Warmblood stallion licensing and 10 of the daughters receiving breed show medals: 1 gold, 3 silver and 7 bronze. In the US he produced the licensed son Ripline.

Hotline’s most famous offspring are the Grand Prix horses Hot Hit (Frederic Wandres), Hot Secret (Birgit Wientzek Plage) Hotpoint di Fonte Abeti (Frederico Mexia), Huracan (Hiroyuki Kitahara), Hendrix (Warwick McLean), Templeton’s Honeymoon (Lisa Wilcox), Herzregent (Mateusz Cichon), Horares (Insa Hansen), Highline (Rainer Schwiebert),  U.S. Developing Grand Prix horse champion Horizon (Adrienne Lyle), and many more.

He produced numerous World Young Horse Championship participants, such as Svalegards Hottie (by Hotline x De Noir), Hermes de Hus (by Hotline x Rohdiamant), Sirikit  (by Hotline x Don Schufro). As a dam sire, Hotline can be found in the Grand Prix stallion Ferrari (by Foundation x Hotline).