1991 – 2002 170 cm Chestnut

Welt Hit IO was one of the first Weltmeyers to be trained to Grand Prix level – he was produced by Bianca Kasselmann, Ulli Kasselmann’s partner at the head of the PSI dressage barn.

Welt Hit I 0 was the first of the famous foals of the Hill Hawk xx mare, Cileste to be discovered by the Kasselmanns, and according to Ulli, all of them looked pretty under-done when he bought them. So much so that the Oldenburg licensing commission refused Welt Hit at his initial stallion licensing.

Later the commission was meeting in regard to another matter at the Kasselmann property, and they were asked once again look at Welt Hit. Still they refused, until a determined Bianca Kasselmann brought him through the front door and into the reception area and stood him up in front of an astonished licensing commission. They agreed to reconsider their original verdict and the first of the brothers (from 1 to 6) was approved.

The Welt Hit dam line has also produced Granilli (by Grannus) a private stallion in Bavaria, as well as the approved stallions, Wolgatraum (by Woronesch) and Herannus (by Grannus, exported to The Netherlands). The dam’s dynasty is based on East Friesian stock with a marked Arabian influence. Cileste’s maternal great grandfather was the Anglo Arab, Haladin.

In 1995 Welt Hit IO won the Stallion Performance Test at Medingen. Welt Hit I 0 was reserve champion at the Bundeschampionate in the 3 year olds in 1994, and the following year became the champion 4 year old riding horse at the 1995 Bundeschampionate – the first of Mrs Kasselmann’s many successes with the handsome chestnut stallion. Six years later, the last of the brothers, Welt Hit 6 took the same title, this time with Ulf Möller in the saddle.

Welt Hit I 0 was only coming into his own as a sire at the time of his untimely death due to colic in October 2002. Still in this case he really does have his brothers to carry on the line – perhaps the most successful of which has been Welt Hit II, who was represented by four of his progeny at the 2002 Bundeschampionate.