The sire
Kostolany is one of the breed's most popular stallions, and has been high in demand ever since he was the champion in Neumünster. Kostolany has many approved sons, such as EH Gribaldi, Tolstoi, the Grand prix winner Showmaster, Sans Souci, or Silvermoon. He is also known as a producer of very versatile performance horses, be in in dressage (e.g. Shannon TSF), show jumping (e.g. Pretty Woman) or eventing (e.g. Bertone). Kostolany's sire Enrico Caruso *Pg*E* left a huge mark on the American Trakehner breed as well, where he stood at stud for the greater part of his live. Enrico Caruso's many North AMerican approved sons include the PSG competitor Kovington, the premium Tanzeln, and e.g. Incantare and Pavarotti. In Europe, he is also sire of the UK-based Neumünster reserve champion Trocadero and the newly approved, US-bred Lord Luciano. Kostolany's dam line, which traces back to the half Arabian Kassette, is one of the biggest and most dominant of the entire breed.
The dam
Eris is a maternal half sister to the international CCI*** eventing mare Eos (by EH Rockefeller), who was one of the breed's most successful sport horses. Dam sire Roncalli xx was a tremendously successful sport horse sire in many German warmblood resgistries and his get won more money in competition than those of any other TB stallion of his time. Roncalli xx is bred with classical German lines. Second dam Ecliptic by Sastor was a successful eventer herself and the line also produced Exclusiv and Extravagant. The 2006 stallion candidates 24 Enzio and 37 Elfenstein also come from this mare line.
