Verdi is a son of the world famous sires: Quidam de Revel x Landgraf I x Calypso I and Rigoletto. Father Quidam de Revel is a legend on his own. He has an impressive list of achievements and he himself participated in the Olympic Games and is also the sire of a lot of international jumpers and approved stallions the world over. Grandsire Landgraf I is as famous as Quidam and has a long list of international jumpers and approved stallions. Verdi descends from the famous Holsteiner damline 474-a. A motherline that produced the approved stallions Calato, Colombo, Carlino, Loxgraf Go, Montreal, Aldato, Nimrod, Cavalier and Cicero. Also the international jumpers Brillante, Spiga, Dehlia, Kira, Deka, Ishan and Edminton are from this famous motherline. Verdi’s dam Clarissa is a full sister to the mother of the Holsteiner stallion of the year, Calato!!

Verdi has a beautiful conformation and has very long lines, as well as very good movement, in walk, trot and canter. Also important is his very nice and easy character. At the performance test at Ermelo in 2005 Verdi was described as a stallion with a lot of scope and a stallion with a lot of potential as a jumper. 

Verdi’s jumping capacity was assessed with a score of nine or higher in all the KWPN Stallion Competitions and he is the overall winner of his year with his rider Maykel van der Vleuten in 2006-2007. He was then Champion in 2009 in the 7 yr old aclass. He finished 6th at 1.60m Grand Prix adn 3rd GP in Zwolle. In 2009 Verdi produced 20 ster mares, five VSN finalists and 5 Den Bosch stallions.