Hemmingway is a striking stallion with excellent movement and outstanding jumping talent. Even now at 24 years of age he still shows off this quality!

Hemmingway proved to be very successful in showjumping himself. As a three-year-old he passed the KWPN Stallion Test with high marks for his jumping abilities. As a six and seven-year-old he competed at the World Championships for Young Showjumping Horses in Lanaken (Belgium) and competed very successfully up to 1.40 m level internationally before he was retired sound to stud.

Hemmingway's sire Leandro is a son of the foundation sire Langraf I. Leandro sired influential stallions like Blue Horse Leredo, Levisto Z., Le Filou N, Le Noir, Leflaro, Le Blanc, etc. Many of his offspring are winners of championships in showjumping and dressage.

Hemmingway's dam Marle produced three international show jumpers in a row. She is by Romantiker who is by the "stallion of the century", G. Ramiro Z. This damline also produced Houston (Intern. Showjumper USA), Nanette II (Grand Prix Dressage), approved stallions Creve Coeur (Holst.), Le Filou N (Holst.) and Le Filou II (Holst.).

Hemmingway's offspring has excellent movement and brilliant jumping abilities such as Leandro (Hemmingway x Sultan) who won the 1997 Nation Dutch Championships for Young Horses as a four-year-old and was fourth overall at the 1998 World Championship for Young Jumping Horses in the five-year-old division. Overa (Tina Fletcher) winning the prestigious Queens Elizabeth II Cup at the Royal International Horse Show, Markant (Chris Pratt) who won in 2004 nearly $300.000, Mianta (Callan Solem) won the $50.000 Grand Prix at HITS Ocala, Prince (Steffen Peters) won the Grand Prix Kur at the National Horse Show in Del Mar, California. Midas Mulligan (Michael Pollard) winning the UESA Gold Cup CIC2** in Hamilton, USA.