Blue Hors Hotline Passed Away Fri, 02/05/2021 - 00:01 Hanoverian The Hanoverian licensed breeding stallion and Grand Prix horse producer Blue Hors Hotline has passed away. He was 18 years old. Hotline was by Hofrat (by Gribaldi) out of De Nira (by De Niro x Wendepunkt x Busoni xx). He was bred by Friedrich Oppermann. 800,000 euro Breeder and horse dealer Heinrich Giesselmann presented Hotline at the 2005 Hanoverian licensing, where he was named champion of the licensing. He sold at auction for the then record price of 800,000 euro. Paul Schockemohle acquired the stallion in partnership with Blue Hors stud, although later on Blue Hors obtained full ownership of the stallion.