The sire
Cadeau has the most sons of any stallion in Neumünster this year. A trend that shows how very populat Hörstein's bay charmer is. The stallion was approved in 2001 as the second reserve champion and had an outstanding first breeding season. He won the rideability index of his 70 day test (over 138 points) and finished 4th overall. His seasons as a 4 and 5 year old were marked my several wins at material level, as well as 1st and 2nd level. Cadeau won the Trakehner Championship in Bonn, and would have qualified for the Bundeschampionat if his Danish passport had not cut those ambitions short. Cadeau is a Trakehner Verband elite prospect, even though sadly, he no longer performs due to the high demand in the breeding shed. nice for his owners, no doubt, but troublesome for the breed as this promising stallion should certainly leave his mark in the dressage ring too. His sire Silvermoon recently came back into the spotlight with the international Grand Prix shooting star Matine, his Danish bred daughter who won individual bronze and silver at the World Equestrian Games in Aachen, Germany, 2006. He is a maternal half sibling to the approved Schampus. Cadeau is a member of the Corry family that originates with one of Trakehnen's best mares, Corrida. This family also produced, among others, EH Consul, Connery, Couleur-Fürst, Carel Deak, Almox Prints J, Cornus, Checkpoint and Chardonnay.
The dam
The dam Remember is a full sister tot he approved Refrain. Her sire Motley xx is a popular race horse producer in Germany and came from the United States. He is a halfd brother (through his sire) to the acclaimed Hand in Glove xx, an international show jumper and good sport horse producer in Europe. The second dam Reconda is a full sister tot he approved Ressort, who was reserve champion in Neumünster. With EH Consul, this pedigree carries one, if not the most successful sport horse producers of the Trakehner breed in the past 20 years. EH Consul's influence is highly regarded, especially in the Hanoverian breed where he had tremendous influence through his great daughters. We can only note with concern, that his popularity in the Trakehner breed is fading out. Only a few of direct Consul sons are breeding today, and none of the older, proven ones get the numbers of mares that they deserve.
