PORTLAND L is already well known throughout Europe as a successful show jumper as well as a superior sire. He was bred by the legendary Fritz Ligges (Olympic Gold Medallist), who also owned and competed with Ramiro. Portland L was licensed as a two year old in Muenster, Germany. He received the highest possible score of 10 - 2x by his Test Riders in the Jumping Category at the 100-Day Testing. At the ages of 5 and 6, Portland L won jumping classes of the 1.20m to 1.35m Level, therefore qualifying for the German Federal Championships. In 2002, as a 7 year old, Portland L gained to his resumé an unbelievable record of 17 wins and placings out of 18 starts at the M and S level (1.35m to 1.50m). In his first season of competition under the German Champion Marco Kutscher, (Olympic Medallist in Athens, 2004) he went on to win several S Class (highest level) jumping tournaments of National and International niveau. These extraordinary results came as no surprise, for Portland L is a product of two sires of the century, Pilot and Ramiro. Portland L’s own crop of offspring in Europe have received a reputation of high competency in the sport, ex. ‘Pirol’, 6th at the FEI World Championships Young Jumpers Lanaken. One of Portland L’s first offspring born in Canada, ‘Phyline’ won the 4 yr. old Western Canadian Young Jumper Horse Championship in 2010.