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Show jumping

Voltaire

influential sire of show jumpers and dressage horses

Record07Extended source profile
Discipline groupShow jumping
Record depthExtended source profile
Source checkedJuly 26, 2026

Structured record

Identity snapshot

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Foaled
1979
Died
2004
Sex
Male
Breed
Hanoverian horse
Color
dark bay
Birthplace
Germany
Recorded use
show jumping horse, dressage horse

Reference desk

Documented relationships

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Pedigree

sire
Furioso II

Events & honors

No additional structured entries are present in this source record.

Catalog identity

Wikidata entity
Q7940766
Permanent revision
#2181224349
Record depth
Extended source profile
Source links
2

Provenance

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  • Notable horses

    Furioso II

    Selle français stallion

    Recorded sire of Voltaire
    Furioso II
    Foaled within twenty-five years
    1965
    Shared recorded sex category
    Male
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Compare documented peers

These horses share multiple recorded identity fields, such as discipline, breed, country, sex, or foaling period.

  • Show jumping

    Aramis

    show jumper who competed in the 1984 Olympics

    Shared recorded breed / studbook
    Hanoverian horse
    Foaled within five years
    1977
    Shared discipline
    Show jumping
    Shared recorded sex category
    Male
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  • Show jumping

    Ratina Z

    hannoverian mare

    Shared recorded breed / studbook
    Hanoverian horse
    Foaled within five years
    1982
    Shared discipline
    Show jumping
    Continue to profile

  • Show jumping

    For Pleasure

    Hannoverian stallion

    Shared recorded breed / studbook
    Hanoverian horse
    Shared discipline
    Show jumping
    Foaled within twelve years
    1986
    Shared recorded sex category
    Male
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  • Rights-reviewed source image associated with Deister on Wikimedia Commons

    Show jumping

    Deister

    show jumping horse

    Shared recorded breed / studbook
    Hanoverian horse
    Shared discipline
    Show jumping
    Foaled within twelve years
    1971
    Shared recorded sex category
    Male
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Questions the available evidence can support

  1. Pedigree ledger

    List each sire, dam, and damsire recorded for Voltaire; open the linked source before carrying a relationship into another generation.

    Based on: Recorded pedigree fields

  2. Era comparison

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    Based on: Recorded foaling year

  3. Identity language

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    Based on: Recorded identity fields

  4. Source check

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    Based on: Linked source trail

From profile to reading room

Continue from Voltaire's record

4 original briefs · 31 reading minutes · 16 direct references. These are research-method companions, not additional claims about the horse.

01Advanced rider education

Discipline research

Advanced riding knowledge is a framework, not a remote lesson

A research site can sharpen observation of rhythm, balance, line, recovery, and horse response. It cannot safely prescribe a correction for a partnership it cannot see.

Why read this next: This advanced rider education brief shares the profile's Show jumping classification. Its 3 direct references help test context and source boundaries; the brief is not evidence about this individual horse.

7 min read3 sources
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02Course research

Discipline research

The course changes the meaning of the round

The result says what was recorded. The course explains the question: lines, turns, combinations, footing, atmosphere, and the choices available to one horse-rider partnership.

Why read this next: This course research brief shares the profile's Show jumping classification. Its 4 direct references help test context and source boundaries; the brief is not evidence about this individual horse.

7 min read4 sources
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03Results literacy

Discipline research

How to read a jumper result without misreading the horse

A placing is the output of a particular class format. Identify the scoring table, round structure, faults, time, and field before comparing horses.

Why read this next: This results literacy brief shares the profile's Show jumping classification. Its 4 direct references help test context and source boundaries; the brief is not evidence about this individual horse.

8 min read4 sources
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04Leasing and due diligence

Cross-discipline method

Before you lease, build the horse dossier first

A good lease search connects the rider's real goal with verified identity, records, trial observations, independent veterinary input, total care costs, and written responsibilities.

Why read this next: This leasing and due diligence brief supplies a horse-life research checklist with 5 direct references. Apply the method to open questions, not as evidence about this individual horse.

9 min read5 sources
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