The sire
Buddenbrock will be named "Elite stallion" in Neumünster in 2007. He was an event horse prior to his breeding career and comes from the ultimate line of event horses: the Habicht line. Buddenbrock offspring have since then appeared at a number of National events, e.g. the Bundeschampionat, in both dressage and eventing. On top of that, he produced several good sons, e.g. the 2000 champion King Arthur TSF, the dressage stallion Connery, the full brothers In Petto and In Flagranti (champion in 2003), Epernay, Ippon or Inamorato (ATA). Buddenbrock's dam, the elite mare Ballerina, is a daughter of the elite mare Blinklicht, whose approved son EH Benz is not only an accomplished Grand Prix dressage stallion, but who also has one of the breed's highest overall conformation and movement index scores (based on his daughters at their inspection). Ballerina also produced the mare Batida, dam of the 2004 crowd favorite Blitz und Donner (by EH Lehndorffs), the premium mare Biskaya (by EH Sixtus), dam of the premium Baracuda (by EH Friedensfürst) and the National Champion mare Bandera (by EH Friedensfürst), who also placed 4th at the Bundeschampionat in Warendorf. Dam sire Diamant stood in Austria and sired several highly recognized dressage horses for the upper levels. His sire Erzsand also had quite an influence on the ATA breed. The big Blinklicht family is known mostly for great, athletic sport horses, and apart from Buddenbrock and Benz, also the younger Bellheim (by Saint Cloud) comes from this line.
The dam
Wellknown TB line of the mare Asterblüte xx. Dam sire Guter Planet has offspring competing at FEI levels in dressage, show jumping and eventing and is a maternal half brother to the champion Guter Stern and the top mares Gute Sitte, Gute Reise and Gute Welt. Mare family of the approved Adonis xx (at stud in Oldenburg and at the State Stud in Dillenburg/Hessia; offspring won over 2250.000€ in sport horse competition). This line also produced some of Germany's most influential and important TB stallions, e.g. Abendrot xx, Allgäu xx, Alpensee xx, Andalusier xx, Asterios xx, Agio xx, the State Stud stallion Akitos xx, Augustinus xx, Arato xx, Ariel xx and the dam sire of Finley M and multiple race horse champion Athenagoras xx.
Photo by Werner Ernst
