Her sire Valverde started his career in 2016 as Westphalian Champion Stallion and the following year completed his stallion performance test in Denmark as the third-best dressage stallion with a total score of 9.23 (10 for walk, character, and conformation). Valverde then won the gold medal at the Westphalian Championships and the silver medal at the German Championships for four-year-olds.
In 2019, he was once again Westphalian Champion (overall 9.22, walk 10), he narrowly missed the medal places and came fourth at the World Championships for young dressage horses, and won the German Championships with an overall score of 9.3.
The dam Gradine is a Dutch Warmblood sired by Jazz. After a series of selection trials and a semi-finals Grandine impressed by qualifying to take part in the Danish Young Horse Championships, in 2015 as well as 2016, proving she’s got talent, movements, and character for top sport.