The sire
EH Sixtus is one of the breed's current superstars. Reserve champion of his approval in 1991, international show jumper for Germany during his active career and at this point, sire of 14 approved sons and countless high score stud book mares. EH Sixtus also holds the breed's highest show jumping index in terms of successfully competing offspring and also has several top notch event horses and FEI dressage horses among his get. Among the many successful Sixtus sons, his black "look alike" Buddenbrock seems to be the main link to the new generation of Trakehner sport horses. His sons stand in Great Britain (Axis) and Poland (Silver) and his influence has now stretched into North America as well (e.g. the ATA's Fandango or his grandson Inamorato by Buddenbrock). His daughters produce yet another generation of exceptional riding horses (e.g. the SPS+PS mare Olga III, dam of the premium stallion Oliver Twist). The sire Habicht stands out as the breed's most versatile producer with offspring in all three disciplines at international levels. Among his many approved sons, the stallions Seeadler and Coktail seemed to be the ones with a lot of dressage potential, while his son Windfall *Pg* excels in eventing as the World's most successful eventing stallion and also seems to be producing that (e.g. CIC*** eventer Karambeau by Windfall). Many Habicht daughters entered the stud books, while one can probably be called his "best": ES Arwetta, dam of the 4 approved stallions EH Argument, Argonaut, Aron and Arsenal. Dam sire Ibikus, a top dressage stallion in his own right, had several approved sons, of which Wie Ibikus was probably the best. However, it is really Ibikus' daughters that carry his excellent influence. Just to name a few, the stallions EH Gribaldi, EH Van Deyk, EH Anduc, EH Sixtus, Goldino, Induc, Stradivari, Showmaster, Schwadroneur and Sans Souce are all out of Ibikus daughters!
The dam
Arkansas has already produced the approved full brother to this colt, the black Axis. Axis passed an excellent 70 day test and was declared "best jumper" at his approval. He is owned by the British Blue Wood Stud, but currently resides in Germany for a performance career. Dam sire EH Angard was a FEI dressage winner and is a very popular stallion in the Hessia local warmblood breed. He holds one of the highest dressage indeces in that breed. Second dam sire Herzbube was an incredibly important stallion in the 70s. Stationed at Webelsgrund, he left several outstanding sport horses and breeding animals. Among his most famous get is the elite stallion Heuriger, who won a Team silver medal at the 1994 World Dressage Championships in Den Haag/The Netherlands, for the Dutch team under Ellen Bontje. He also finished a strong 5th individually. The same year, he won the title "Dressage Stallion of the Year" from the WBFSH, in front of Donnerhall! The dam line of Arcona originated at Gestüt Webelsgrund and produced stallions like Arminius, Arthus, Auftakt and Arc de Triomphe as well as the excellent younger approved show jumper Alaskatraum and the top movement producer and Prix St Georg successful Artistic-Rock.
