With Drummer, Team Nijhof has secured another genetically highly interesting stallion for breeding. This son of Diamant de Semilly is bred out of one of the very best Holsteiner damlines and is a direct son of top mare China Touch Hero. Drummer jumps with great technique and scope and is the brother of no fewer than nine international showjumpers and three approved stallions.

Dam China Touch Hero produced the well-known Sea Coast Don’t Touch Tiji Hero – also a son of Diamant de Semilly and thus Drummer’s full brother. Don’t Touch Tiji Hero was a huge talent himself and from very few offspring he already produced some spectacular horses. Last year, two of his offspring jumped in the final of the 7-year-olds at the World Championships for young horses in Lanaken. The most notable is of course Dourkhan Hero Z – one of Christian Ahlmann’s future talents.

Another very successful son of China Touch Hero is Akarad Hero Z. Ridden by Pieter Clemens, Akarad Hero Z successfully represented Belgium several times in national competitions and his offspring is also doing above average. Furthermore, China Touch Hero produced the 1.50m showjumping horses Jaguar de Tiji and Esprit de la Roque.

Drummer’s granddam Laska III produced no fewer than three 1.60m showjumpers, including Gracieux du Pachis. That mare won several Grand Prix competitions with Julien Epaillard and is now successfully ridden by Alessandra Volpi.

With the accumulation of foundation sires Diamant de Semilly, Chin Chin, Caretino and Landgraf I, an excellent damline and his own jumping talent, Drummer is an asset for breeding. He also seems to have enormous potential as a sporthorse.