At the 2000 Stallion Licensing in the Niedersachsen Halle in Verden, Germany, catalogue number 105, a pitch black Don Bosco x Lauries Crusador xx stallion, was laureled as Champion of his licensing year. Crowd pleaser and absolute favourite of the judges, the young stallion impressed each day throughout the approval procedures. Descending out of Larissa, a Lauries Crusador xx x Pik Bube I, nr 105 was purchased by Bernhard Bade, head of the Landesgestut in Celle.

Don Crusador placed 3rd in the dressage portion of his 300 day test at Adelheidsdorf in 2001 with a dressage index of 133.06 and 6th overall.