This sweet, amateur friendly gelding is a joy to have and train. He is a worker, with an uncomplicated attitude towards life and being ridden. He has three good gaits and a super rideability- values which destine him for a successful dressage career.
Leo comes by his good nature genetically. Leo's sire, Lissaro was licensed at the 2007 Hanoverian Stallion Licensing as a Premium stallion. He was also licensed by Rhineland and Westphalia. Lissaro did his 30-day performance test in 2008 in Munster-Handorf and scored 9.52 for dressage and 8.79 for show jumping as the high scorer of the testing. His scores underlined his versatility for dressage and jumping. He then went on to super star status. In 2008, as a three year old he was a finalist in the Hanoverian State Championships for the 3 year old Stallions in Verden and won. This was just the start of an incredible streak of championship wins which included the 2008 Bundeschampionate title for the 3 year old Stallions, the 2009 Bundeschampionate title for the 4 year old Stallions, 2010 Bundeschampionate title for the 5 year old Dressage Horses, and Silver Medalist at the
World Champions for the 5 year old Dressage Horses! Aside from this, he also won various jumper classes for young horses at the A and L levels in 2008 and 2009. He topped the 2015 German FN dressage sire index with 173 points!
He has sired five licensed sons (Lilliano, Labbadio, Lassaro, Louis
d'Or Gold, and 22 state premium daughters.