1991 165 cm Grey

Breeder: Matthias Kahler

Owner: Stall M. J. Hell

Licensed in 1993 in Neumünster

Calido I is the star of one of Holstein’s most important private stallion stations, Hengststation Mass J. Hell, a station steeped in the history of the marshes.

Gustav and Herta Hell bought the farm in 1933. Their younger son, Max, took over the poultry business, while their older son, Maas Johannes Hell (born 1934) was obsessed by horses, and breeding horses. He built his barn next to his parent’s house, and with his wife, Magdelene, quickly turned the station into one of the best known in Europe.

But Hell wore two hats, aside from his private stallion station, from 1971 to 1982, Maas J. Hell was the head of the Holstein Verband in Elmshorn where he played a major rôle in the transformation of the agricultural  Holstein horse to its modern sporthorse self.

In 1981, Hell resigned his position with the Verband to concentrate on his private stud in Klein Offenseth, with great effect. Horses from Klein Offenseth were exported to 38 countries around the world.

In 1997, Maas Johannes Hell passed away. His wife continued to run the stallion station with Thomas Mohr, until he left and early in 2011, Magdelene Hell sold the station to Herbert Ulonska, a businessman from Hamburg. The station’s proven sires remained Acodetto, Canstakko, Canturo, Singulor Joter – and the great Calido I.

At his performance test in Adelheidsdorf, Calido came fourth out of 53 in his group with a score of 129.05 but he was first in the jumping standings with 140.40 and 9th in the dressage rankings on 114.30. His jumping scores included a score of 10.

In 1996 he won 22 showjumping classes up to intermediate level.

Calido was the standout sire in the jumping at the 2004 Bundeschampionate, siring the winner of the Five year old jumping championship, Coster (out of a mare by Carthago) and the reserve champion, Clintwood (Limerick), with a third representative, Celine making it through to the final.

Calido is another representative of that enormously influential Holstein C line of Cor de la Bryère with no influence from the other C line of Capitol. In the words of the famed Dutch breeder, Jan Greve, this is selecting the ‘careful’ Holstein C line, not the ‘power’ C line.

But then again, Calido might be getting quite enough power and attitude on his dam lines, since they feature a double cross of the Ramzes son, Roman (and it should be noted that Capitol I also strongly carried the blood of Roman’s sire, Ramzes).

Calido’s dam, Baroness, is by Coriander, who despite his jumping breeding made something of a name for himself as a dressage horse with Wolfgang Schade. This is not entirely unexpected since his grand-sire, Calypso II although primarily a jumper also produced horses with great rideability. Baroness is also the dam of the licensed stallion Black Incipit (an advanced showjumper) as well as the intermediate jumper, Cantango.

Through his sire, Cantus, Calido also carries the refining blood of the great Thoroughbred sire, Cottage Son through his son, Consul. Consul was the sire of the World Champion dressage horse, Granat.

Calido is a great-grandson of Cor de la Bryère, and there are another two crosses of that great French contributor to Holstein breeding on his dam line through Constant (by Cor de la Bryère, and the sire of Chin Chin) and Calypso II, another own son of ‘Corde’.

There is further Thoroughbred refinement on Calido’s dam line with the blood of the Thoroughbred, Anblick, through his son Aldato, who was the first stallion in Holstein to open up the possibility of breeding world class eventers.

In the 2021, Hanoverian Stallion book, Calido is recorded with progeny earnings of €4,366,827 with 1556 progeny competing – 1477 in jumping, with 340 at advanced levels.

He has sired 36 horses with winnings of more that €15,000 – the most successful of which has been Coup de Coeur, (out of a mare by the Landgraf son, Lincoln) three-time German Champion under Rene Tebbel, and Ludger Beerbaum and a winner of €525,194. The next most successful is Cashmoaker with €301,477, then Cash, with €105,046, much of it earned with Marco Kutscher in the saddle.

Coup de Coeur and Ludger Beerbaum

Representing Calido at the 2015 Europeans at Aachen – Caleri II (Leonid) and the Czech rider, Zuzana Selinkova

Calido is the sire of more than 50 licensed sons.