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
Gute Zeit comes from a dynastie of great brood mares that originate with the excellent Mahagoni daughter Guayana (dam of the champion Guter Stern and the res champion Guter Planet). Several in hand and show champions, as well as National Champion mares come from this family that was predominantly bred and maintained at Gestüt Hörem of the Poll family, and thus the pedigrees often feature the stamping sires of that station like EH Consul, his son EH Rockefeller or EH Benz. Dam line of the influential stallions Guter Stern, Guter Planet, Ginster, Guy Laroche and the exceptinal Grafenstolz TSF. This year's collection also features 63 Grand Passion from this same dam line.
Photo by Werner Ernst
