Candola is an imported Holsteiner, licensed in 2008, and appreciated at the stallion selection for his fine conformation, presence and good movement. With his superb canter, the stallion showed extreme balance, a very powerful jump and used his hind quarters very well. In his 70-day test in Munster Handorf, Candola showed his quality with a third place in class 1, with high notes for jumping and character. Competing up to 1.40m in Germany before his importation, he has been competing in North America up to 1.30m. His pedigree reads like the who’s who in show jumping! Just about every sire in his pedigree competed up to 1.60m, and many in his damline also had exemplary jumping careers. Candola’s sire is the worldfamous stallion, Caruso. Caruso displayed his fantastic qualities, for example, in the German championships for young horses in Warendorf, earning a splendid third place in the finals of the 6-year-olds under Ulrich Kirchhoff in 2002. Caruso belongs to the most promising sporthorses of his generation. He has many placings in 1.50m and 1.60m classes and qualified for the Olympics in Quatar and Lummen. Caruso was at the Olympics as a team member for Saudi Arabia. With his superb temperament, outstanding jumping ability, form and can-do attitude, Candola D will make an exceptional cross for North American breeders.