Artos Ice Z - the full brother of Judy-Ann Melchior's top horse As Cold as Ice Z - was born on Sunday evening. The new born is by Artos Z x Carthago Z x Ramiro Z x Agram and out of Cold as Ice Z, that competed with Kevin Staut and Julie Ineichen up to CSI4* level.

“After years of trying, we finally succeeded: yesterday evening a full brother of Ice-family superstar As Cold as Ice Z (Judy-Ann Melchior) was born at our stable!”, Loeske Veenendaal, the owner of Cold as Ice Z, tells WoSJ.

Artos Ice Z must be one of the last offspring by Artos Z, who himself competed very successfully at the highest level with USA’s Mark Leone in the ‘90s. The damline of Artos Ice Z is as special as can be, with As Cold as Ice Z as his full sister, Cold as Ice Z as his dam and his great-granddam being the full sister to Paul Schockemöhle’s Olympic mount Agent.

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