The sire
Sire Connery was approved in 2000, qualified for the Bundeschampionat twice and has been doing well as a dressage horse on his way to the FEI levels. His first crop appeared in Neumünster in 2004 and his first son, Aquarius, was approved. In 2005, his sons Elfenfeuer and Imperio were approved, the latter as the shining reserve champion in Neumünster, and in 2006, Connery again sired an approved son, the impressive dressage type Hulian. Connery also has an approved son in Hanover. Connery's dam Caro-Dame II is one of the few daughters of the very good Karo As in the breed, the only approved son of the excellent sport horse sire Vollkorn xx in Oldenburg. Caro-Dame II is a daughter of the late elite mare Cornau, who not only left the breed several highly ranked daughters, but most importantly, the elite stallion and major sire Consul. Other daughters of her include the Grand Prix winner Corna, dam of the premium stallion Checkpoint, or Cornu, dam of the approved Cornus. Connery also has the stallion candidates 17 Homer and 18 Goldeneye in this year's collection.
The dam
Famous mare family with many show successes and the approved stallions Emerson (by Benz out of Etana) and Excalibur (by Ravel out of Etana) in close maternal relation. The larger family also produced Enrico Caruso *Ps*E*, El Greco, Egmont, and many others. Dam sire EH Benz had an FEI career in dressage and is one of the breed's top movement producers. He is a member of the highly regarded Consul-family. His dam, famous Blinklicht, carried a lot of blood through sire Burnus AAH and dam sire Pindar xx and is the second dam of the majort sire Buddenbrock. Second dam sire Amiego was an internationally successful eventer and show jumper for Canada and stood at stud in Germany for one season. He is the sire of the approved CCI** eventer Octavio in Germany, as well as Graziello and sons in North America. He was a maternal half brother to the legendary show jumper Abdullah.
