Sporting wise the Holsteiner Berlin ridden by Gerco Schroder, reached a pinnacle when they claimed a gold medal with the Dutch team at the Europan Championship in Mannheim and at the World Championship in Aachen. But also in breeding the future is looking bright because his son Zurich got the champions ribbon at the KWPN inspection.
Evita Lindenhof, the mother of Ippon Lindenhof is a daughter of BWP ambassador Skippy II from the KWPN stud family 483. From the direct stock of Ippon come the BWP stallions Moriaan de Darmen and Udarcis.
Also the international jumper Douglas from Eric v/d Vleuten comes from this same lineage.