Rubino Bellissimo is the first German Hanoverian Verband and AHS approved son by the great Rubinstein I in the U.S.   He is completely modern in type; a perfect example of combining the best of a Thoroughbred with the advantages of a Warmblood.  He is elegant, refined, with excellent top line, clear joints and tendons.  He has the brilliance of a Bolero type having inherited the prominent and desirable Rubinstein traits: a flexible and long poll, upright and well shaped neck smoothly connected into sloping shoulders and long legs. Rubino possesses uphill and elastic gaits, self-carriage, a super good mind and trainability; he scored 8 for his character and 9 for his temperament.

Rubino Bellissimo was raised by the renowned Knoops family, whose recent famous horses include Grand Prix horse Duvalier and the two-time Bundeschampion mare Wahajama, who sold for 5 million Deutsche Marks. Rubino was selected into the State Stud Celle Lot 1 at his Licensing in Verden. Der Hannoveraner magazine described him: "The high Thoroughbred blood contributes to the expression of the special noble stallion. With his middle frame size, he is convincing a Rubinstein son by his supple movements, and an above average jumping technique over the fences."

Before Rubinstein I untimely death in 2000 he competed with Olympic Gold Medalist Nicole Uphoff at Grand Prix level.  Rubinestein I was related to Nicole's Olympic mount Rembrandt (same sire and dams are full sisters) and Dr. Klimke's Olympic horse, Ahlerich (full brother to the dams of Rembrandt and Rubinstein I).  Rubinstein I sired several already well-known young stallions, including; Rohdiamant and Relevent; both have reached Grand Prix in dressage with US rider Lisa Wilcox. Others are Royal Diamond, Rubirando, Rubino Rosso, Rosier, Rotspon and now Rubino Bellissimo.

Rubino Bellissimo's dams line comes from the Hanoverian improvement sires Bolero and Shogun XX.  Both are known for producing highly rideable horses.  Bolero is the foundation sire of the Hanoverian B-line.  Shogun XX, also Rubino’s maternal great-great grandsire, shows on the dam side of many well-known horses, including the dam line of the versatile Celle State Stud stallions Wanderbursh I and Wanderbursh II. 

Vollkorn XX, Rubino’s great-great Grandsire, was famed for siring easy to ride, willing, and capable performance horses.  He produced 248 offspring competing in Dressage and 191 in show jumping.  Many Olympic jumpers carried his name in their bloodlines.  Vollkorn XX’s progeny won well over one million DM by1994, his name continuously shows up in the pedigree’s of modern competition horses. 

Performance

In 1999, Rubino completed his 11-month State Stud testing with a dressage index of 123.1, ranking 6th.  Immature in his physical development, his superb rideability, as promised by his "R" name-from the bloodline, was clearly evident.

In 2000, Rubino age 4, competed in his first show, which was AHSA, USDF and CDS rated, during his first season at stud. Scores received from international judge were 70.7%, 74.2%, 74.5%, and 78.2% for his First Level tests. He received 87 and 89.5 for his USDF Material classes with 9's for trot and canter, and 9.5 for walk.

At the young age of 5, Rubino Bellissimo along with his trainer/rider Nicole Perry, was the Champion of USDF All-Breeds Award at First level, and ranked 4th at Second Level with only 0.4% behind the champion.

At age 6, Rubino achieved two Reserve Champion titles along with California Dressage Society Horse of the Year and USDF/ABIC Regional 7 honors.  Rubino was also successful at 6-year-old FEI competitions; the highlight was winning and qualifying the FEI Championship with 78% at Del Mar CDI show.

In 2003 by age 7, Rubino was already competently schooling tempis to two's as well as piaffe and passage. Rubino also won the USDF region 7 Championship Prix St. George class, plus was the Reserve Champion for the CDS Horse of the Year Prix St. George class that year.  He was 3rd for both USDF Intermediare-1 and CDS Intermediare-1 Freestyle. 

In 2004, Rubino was 3rd in the nation to qualify the USEF Intermediaire-I Championship, and achieved 3rd out of 12 qualifies, behind two Olympians and their older horses, at the USEF I-1 Championship Final held in conjunction with Olympic Selection Trial in San Juan Capistrano , California .  The 8-year-old Rubino proceeded to win Intermediaire-I Freestyle classes in both USDF Region 7 and CDS Horse of the Year Championships.

In 2005 at the Klaus Balkenhol clinic, Rubino impressed Klaus so much that he immediately asked for his bloodlines and wanted to get his breeder's name - Jakob Janssen. Rubino has started showing Grand Prix with scores to high 60's.

At the year-end championship show in 2006, Rubino, at only 10-years-old, won USDF region 7 Reserve Champion at Grand Prix Level! The achievements of this stallion cannot be easily matched by any horse, stallion, mare or gelding!!

Progeny

Rubino's first son, Rubaron von Foxpaw, born in 2001, is currently being raised as stallion prospect. Rubaron von Foxpaw has won or placed highly at numerous breed show championships. Rubaron von Foxpaw was also the Reserve Champion for the 2002 USDF Cosequin Championship Finals.  During 2003, Rubaron won many breed classes including colts/gelding, young horse, and with his full brother, they also won 1st for Get of Dam, Get of Sire and Breeder's group.  He has produced several elegant foals with very correct conformation and great mind. Several other Rubino foals were champions or received great remarks at inspections or won at breed shows through out the years.  Rubino's foals are smart, elegant with lofty movements, and very easy to handle.

Rubino Bellissimo rivals the best young dressage stallions in Germany . He represents the epitome of the modern warmblood sporthorse.  He is also a proven producer of modern and highly desirable riding horses that will be suitable for both serious competitors and amateurs. His outstanding bloodlines will make his progeny valuable future breeding prospects as well.