The sire
Summertime was approved as a premium stallion in 2000. Stationed at Gestüt Hämelschenburg, he became one of the breed's most popular stallions after the outstanding quality of his first foals crops became apparent. Summertime won young horse competitions in dressage and show jumping and also finished an excellent 70 test. Sire EH Michelangelo has been the breed's most successful mare producer for the past 5 years (based on inspection scores of his daughters) and also sired a number of excellent approved stallions like Kennedy, Summertime, Hölderlin and Hirtenruf. The dam Saronga was not only a premium mare, but also an under saddle champion and qualified for the Bundeschampionat. She is a close maternal relative to the dam of Samurai II (by EH Mackensen), the reserve champion from Neumünster who ended up living in the US. Another stallion from this small private East Prussian mare family of Sophie is the top show jumper producer Sarafan. This line also produced Sarastro and a number of excellent sport horses, predominantly in eventing and show jumping. Summertime sired the 2006 champion Songline who sold for a recod high of 320,000€, and also sired the most recent ATA approved Eisenherz.
The dam
Eliette vom Steinberg is an important brood mare in Germany and one of the very few direct daughters of the exceptional Polish Trakehner Illit that remain in the breed today. Illit was known as top producer for movement and jumping potential and left the approved Lucito for the breed. This is the direct dam line of the stallions Extravagant, Exclusiv, Elfenstein (NMS 2006), Elfado (NMS 2006) and the CCI*** eventing mare Eos.
Ebonit is a full brother to the Auction Riding Horse 80 Einstein.
Photo by Beate Langels
