Grannus

With a current total of over five million DM , the offspring of this black Hanoverian stallion include seven Olympic horses and more than 60 approved stallions. He had a spectacular end to his life when in full view of several thousand spectators at Klatte’s 1993 Stallion Presentation in Vechta , the 21 year old suddenly fell to the ground after taking his last breath. Grannus was the second foal of State Premium Mare , Odessa , who was sired by the Trakehner stallion Ozean . The mare had been purchased as a filly by Grannus’s breeder Mr. Ludwig Decker in 1967. At the age of two and a half , Grannus was sent to the approval in Verden and he was already a striking stallion with that certain ’ special something ’ . He was eventually sold to Westphalia and his name changed to ’Granit’. At some point after this sale , the stallion was then put up for sale again but this time as part of bankruptcy assets. The asking price was DM60,000 which was a lot of money in t