PERIGUEUX by Perpignon - Stakkato - Akzent II is the second stallion out of our breeding who won this award after Embassy I 2010. A great success for us.

The Hannoveraner Verband wrote:

"The Celle state stud stallion Perigueux was honoured with the Grande-Prize on the occasion of the Gala Evening of the 128th Elite Auction in Verden. The 11-year old stallion is not only producing top progeny, he has also arrived at the upper international show jumping level with Eva Bitter. His breeder, Dr. Karl-Otto Jacobs, Bierbergen, received the award from Manfred Schaefer, Chairman of the Hannoveraner Verband.

Perigueux was the first foal out of state premium mare Sensation by Stakkato/Akzent II and born in 2002 on the farm of Dr. Karl-Otto Jacobs in Bierbergen. After being raised as stallion prospect at the Stallion Raising Station Hunnesrueck, he completed his stallion performance test in Adelheidsdorf at the age of 2 and a half, earning highest scores and finishing second in the show jumping evaluation with a partial show jumping score of 131.93 points. Following his stallion licensing in February 2006 in Verden, his breeding career at the Celle National State Stud was predetermined.

Hauptsattelmeister Joachim Winter was first responsible for the further training of the powerful chestnut stallion. The duo earned countless placements in evelopment classes and a fifth place at the Hanoverian Show Jumping Championships in Verden in 2007. And his career progressed when he changed to Eva Bitter in 2009. First successes in advanced level jumper classes in February 2010 quickly followed, meanwhile supplemented by top placements at international level.

Perigueux was 10 years old in 2012, his eldest offspring are just aged five. But it is already obvious that they are spreading their sire’s name with honour. One of them is the finalist at the Federal Championships and later Verden auction horse Perigueuxs As, another one is Penta, also a former Verden auction horse and participating at the Final of the World Breeding Championships for Young Show Jumping Horses in Lanaken with the Spanish rider Ricardo Jurado. 2013 started with another success. Penelope PJ won the Free Jumping Competition for four-year-olds in Verden. She shows up in the show jumping collection of the 128th Elite Auction. Perigueux’s offspring particularly shined at auctions. And completely justified: “They all distinguish themselves by outstanding jumping capabilities with caution and a lot of scope,” Auction Manager Joerg-Wilhelm Wegener said. “They are all true jumpers.” And this statement is confirmed by the results of the breed value estimation. An integrated FN breed value for show jumping of 167,based on own accomplishments and the performances of progeny, catapulted him into the top three in Germany.

Since 2009, the Grande-Prize has been given to Hanoverian stallions in the important age of ten to twelve, a time when first reliable information about hereditary qualities are available as the eldest offspring of a stallion can then be judged under saddle. The breeder of the stallion is honoured with this prize. The naming is meant to honour the hereditary accomplishments of the trademark stallion Grande."