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Kathy
_________________ Standing Dutch Stallions Navarone and Farrington, Hanoverian stallion Schroeder and distributing VDL frozen semen www.majesticgaits.com |
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Listed
in the USDF Dressage Sires since he is producing Horse of the Year offspring!
This fabulous stallion produces offspring with good movement, lots of carrying
power from behind, good jump and often the nice coloring of a pretty bay with
socks. If you like a shorter back in a stallion and a fun personality,
this is the sire for you. Goodtimes is one of the most bred stallions in
Holland and also for frozen semen. They are highly successful.
Goodtimes is an all around breeding stallion having sired many champion offspring who excel at dressage as well as jumping.
Goodtimes has sired several graded sons not to mention countless mare and foal champions. His son, Lucky times, won both the 5 and 6yr old Pavo cup championships and his progeny have proven to make fantastic sporthorses.
A
stallion with excellent gaits. He was a show jumper himself at the Z level and
was Champion at 3 years old at Ermelo for the stallion approvals. His
offspring are jumping on National and International top levels. Goodtimes has
more approved sons and is the sire of more Champion foals and Champion mares .
Not only he has jumping genes to give through but also on the dressage level
he certainly is a top producer. His son Lucky Times has won the
Championship of the Pavo cup for 4 and 5 years old and is now successful
at Prix St George. Goodtimes produces horses for Dressage, Jumping and
Keuringen.
Dressage index 2002: 128
Jumping index 2002: 129
Goodtimes (Nimmerdor) belongs to one of the most successful suppliers of selection horses and is further remarkable for a number of products in the dressage and showjumping sport such as Lucky Times, Gabanta, Kris and Kalusha. Dam Sas, like the successful international showjumping horse Shutterfly (Meredith Beerbaum), is a product of Silvio I. The dam’s line goes back via the showjumping horse progenitors Libero H, Cavalier, Le Mexico and Pericles xx to the mare Elmi (Waldo) from NL mares line 046. Elmi has also formed the baisis for the international showjumping horses Florence (Voltaire), Jente (Damiro B) and Calgary’s T (Le Mexico) as well as the KWPN stallion Ulft.

Goodtimes is by the legendary Nimmerdor. His dam Zigeunerin(Hols) scored a high 90 in her IBOP. On her sire's side we find Caletto I a full brother to Caletto II ridden by the German team.
Goodtimes
was Champion of his stallion testing and has several approved sons. He has also
sired many Champion foals and mares and in 1996/97 he was the top sire of the
UTV mares. His son Lucky times was the Champion of the Pavo cup at age 4 and 5.
He also has many offspring successfully competing at international level jumping
like: Audi Mr Lopez, Luwanda Lowlands, Lavendel, Kluivert, Tilders Gabanta,
London times, and Kenwood. VDL Kalusha placed in several Grand prix's and came
in 2nd in the Derby of Eindhoven. Kris Kentaur won the Europen young riders
championship and his son Lorenzo won the Pan Am Championship for 7 yr old
horses.
Goodtimes
was champion colt at the Benelux Championship in Lanaken.
He scored 9 for jumping under saddle, crosscountry, and temperament.

Gootimes scores....
Walk 7.5 Trot 7.5 Canter 8.5 Free jumping 8.5 show jumping 9, cross country 9
character 9 stable behaviour 9 training
report 9. He was 1st place out of 24 stallions at the testing. He is a favorite
to work with at VDL.
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Goodtimes
KWPN 88.55 Brown 1/25/1988 166 cm Performance
test: Goodtimes
is an
impressive stallion, who became champion of the performance test of
his year. He is an allround breeding stallion, who produces
show-worthy horses for jumping and dressage. Kris Kentauer was placed multiple times at Grand Prix with Piet Raymakers. Lorenzo won the Pan Am championship for 7 year olds and is also placed for Grand Prix and Fabius with his young rider A. Bond were at the Olympic trials in de USA the youngest participating combination. His son Lifetime was three times ´Hunter of the Year´. The fact that Goodtimes also breeds dressage horses, has been proven by Lucky Times. He won the PAVO cup as a 4 and as a 5 year old, and now starts at Grand Prix level with Anne van Uytert. Kennet W, winner of European Team Gold at the European Championship Young Riders is currently an emerging dressage talent in the Light Tour with Jenny Schreven. Goodtimes produces many 'ster'- and 'keur' mares who compete at national and international level. In 2002, Goodtimes' offspring became champion of Noord - Holland. In 2003 the champion of Noord - Brabant and in 2004 the champion of Limburg. In 2004, he had no less than 5 three year old daughters appointed for the national mare show. He has currently multiple approved sons, like Kalusha, Kenwood, Timeless, Londontimes en Sydney. The VDL stud owned KWPN stallion Good Times (Nimmerdor x Caletto) has gone into retirement in England. John Drake and Pat Ruck will put the stallion up at their stable in Coventry where he will go into the field there and will be used for breeding only limitedly. Due to his age, the amount of his semen has decreased though the quality is still good. The now 19-year old Good Times was the stallion performance test champion and was a true allround horse. His most famous dressage offspring are the Grand Prix horse and Pavo Cup winner Lucky Times and the young riders horse Kennet W. He has three licensed offspring with the KWPN: Kenwood, Kalusha and Londontimes. Good Times will be joined by another VDL stallion Hattrick (Ahorn x L Ronald) who also moves to Drake's stud in England. |
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In
the pedigree of Good Times we find Nimmerdor and Caletto I, stallions
who both have jumped at the highest international level and are first
class breeding stallions. Also Wahnfried brought in his time many
international jumpers. As a 3 year old stallion Good Times was champion of the stallion test, his full brother Mercedes was 2nd in the Grand Prix of Indio.Good
Times already has several approved sons and is the sire of various
Champion foals and Champion mares. His daughter Bella Donna became
provincial foal Champion and in Scotland one of his sons became
Champion at the National Foal Show of Scotland. Daughter Wildcard
became 4th in the NAWPN top 10 for jumping and movement. His
son, Lucky Times, became, at both the ages of 4 and 5, Champion of the
Pavo Cup and is now successfully competing at Grand Prix, he was the
winner of the Grand Prix of Leeuwarden and Zuidlaren. His son Kennet W
was, in 2006, the Reserve Champion of the Dutch Young Riders and was
the winner of the Team Gold Medal at the European Championship for
Young Riders. The
offspring of Good Times jump nationally as well as internationally at
the top level. Son Obelix won the Grand Prix and the World Cup
Qualifier of Spruce Meadows in 2006. Lorenzo was 2nd in the Budweiser
Upperville Jumper Classic and also was winner of the Pan Am
Championship. Daughter Lenie became 3rd in the World Cup Qualifier of
Dubai and son Kenwood was winner of the Stallion jumping in Neustadt
Dosse. But also consider progeny like: Lancer, Tildes Gabanta, Kris
Kentauer, London Times, Magnum and Hildon’s Cacharel, all of whom
placed in several Grand Prix. VDL Kalusha placed 2nd in the Derby of
Eindhoven and Kris Kentaur won the European Young Riders Championship.
Fabius 45 and his young rider A. Bond were the youngest combination at
the trials for the Olympics in the USA. His daughter Tequila won the
Championship of the 5 year old horses in Wellington and son Lifetime
was ‘Hunter of the Year’ three times in the USA.
Son Tigger VDL became reserve-Champion of the Canada Western
Championships for 6-years old jumpers. Jumping Index: 124. Good
Times is an all-purpose breeding stallion. He sires horses for
dressage, jumping and beautiful types. Good Times: a
guarantee for success. |
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Goodtimes
is an impressive stallion, who became champion of the performance
test of his year. He is an allround breeding stallion, who produces
show-worthy horses for jumping and dressage. Kris Kentauer was placed multiple times at Grand Prix with Piet Raymakers. Lorenzo won the Pan Am championship for 7 year olds and is also placed for Grand Prix and Fabius with his young rider A. Bond were at the Olympic trials in de USA the youngest participating combination. His son Lifetime was three times ´Hunter of the Year´. The fact that Goodtimes also breeds dressage horses, has been proven by Lucky Times. He won the PAVO cup as a 4 and as a 5 year old, and now starts at Grand Prix level with Anne van Uytert. Kennet W, winner of European Team Gold at the European Championship Young Riders is currently an emerging dressage talent in the Light Tour with Jenny Schreven. Goodtimes produces many 'ster'- and 'keur' mares who compete at national and international level. In 2002, Goodtimes' offspring became champion of Noord - Holland. In 2003 the champion of Noord - Brabant and in 2004 the champion of Limburg. In 2004, he had no less than 5 three year old daughters appointed for the national mare show. He has currently multiple approved sons, like Kalusha, Kenwood, Timeless, Londontimes en Sydney. |
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KWPN
1972 Bay Preferent
Good Times (Nimmerdor x Caletto I) is born and raised at the VDL Stud and is the last living son of the famous stallion Nimmerdor. Good Times himself also became very famous because of the good quality of his offspring. He has nearly 2000 registrated offspring on the ground, he produced as well Grand Prix Dressage Horses as Grand Prix Show Jumping Horses. Famous children of Good Times are for dressage: Lucky Times and Kennet W and for jumping: Obelix R, Lorenzo, Kris Kentaur, etc.
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Sire of Goodtimes below
Nimmerdor

| Fantiker | |||
| Fax I | Margot | ||
| Farn | Monarch | ||
| Dorette | Schelle | ||
| Nimmerdor | |||
| Karamont xx | |||
| Koridon xx | Poutzi xx | ||
| Ramonaa | Senator | ||
| Friedhilde II | Friedhilde |
Born 1972,died 2003 - bay, 168 cm
Nimmerdor represents one of the most influential 'founding' sires of the Dutch Warmblood - Farn. Farn was born in Holstein and descends from the Achill or 'F' line that began in 1877. Next to the Ethelbert line, it is the oldest Holsteiner stallion line. Farn himself left only a few offspring in Holstein, and his description in the official Holstein stallion book is less than glowing: 'Somewhat unharmonious stallion with a lovely head carriage. Built slightly 'down hill', good shoulder, flat back, heavily padded loin. Heavy bone, weak pasterns. Good mover.'
He was bred by J. A. Dijkstra in the northern part of Holland. His dam Ramonaa was by the Thoroughbred, Koridon. She worked on her owner's farm and was ridden in 1.20 competitions by his son. Unfortunately, she only ever had one foal - but what a foal!
The dam of Ramonaa is Morgenster who was the dam of the well-known stallion, Sinaeda. Koridon raced 96 times, winning 23 times and was only accepted for Warmblood breeding at the age of 13 but he was a successful sire of jumpers, the best known of which was The Saint ridden by Jan Maathuis.
At his performance test in 1975, Nimmerdor starred in the jumping, but even then required a rider who took charge, and only scored a 7 for character because of this attitude. He started jumping with Bert Romp, and went on to an international career with Albert Voorn, competing in Berlin, Paris, Goteborg, Dortmund and London. He was selected for the Los Angeles Olympics, but his owner, Weipke van der Lageweg decided he should stay home and concentrate on his breeding activities.
Albert Voorn comments: "Even now after all those years, there is hardly a day that i don't think of Nimmerdor. He was one of the most talented horses Iever rode. His carefulness combined with his great abilities and scope is seldom seen in a horse. It is a pity that I wasn't able to ride this super talent, Nimmerdor, when my own talents and experiences had grown, like they have now. I had him at the start of my career while still being rather inexperienced. If I'd had him now, he would be very hard to beat I'm sure! I am fully aware that his owner Wiepke van de Lageweg, was also the proud owner of the last Olympic Champion, Jus de Pommes, but Nimmerdor was the better horse, no doubt!" (quote from the tribute to Nimmerdor by Claartje van Andel in the June 2003 issue of Breeding News)
As a sire, Nimmerdor has been equally successful, even before he retired from the competition arena, his progeny were starting to make their way through the ranks. Nimmerdor is currently ranked 29th on the World Breeding Federation ranking for the period 1992/2001 on the basis of a staggering 42(!) international level jumpers. These include such stars as Himmerdor with Paul Freimüller, Broere Goldenbridge and Wout-Jan Van der Schans, Heartbreak and Peter Geerink and Canadian Colours and Jill Henselwood. Nimmerdor has proven himself to be the sire of sires.At the time of his death he left 18 approved sons, and 37 approved grandsons. His son Aram was the sire of Olympic gold medalist, De Sjiem, and two stallion sons - Faram and Graham.
His son, Ahorn after a successful international jumping career, went on to sire current jumping sensation AK High Valley Z, the recent winner of the TNT Sires of the Century competition for the second year running. Ahorn sired five approved sons, including Furore, Hattrick and Matterhorn.
His son, Goodtimes, produced the approved stallions Kalusha, Londontimes, Kenwood and Sydney. Another son, Wellington produced Emilion and Glennridge.
In 2000, Nimmerdor was elected 'the stallion of the 20th century' in the Netherlands.
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