The sire
Hibiskus was the reserve champion of the approvals in 2002 and won the Trakehner Riding Horse Championat. He also qualified for the Bundeschampionat in the riding horse divisions. After his recent sale to Gestüt Wiesenhof it is very likely that he will finally also have a good performance career. This is his second foal crop in Neumünster, after his sons Okavango (premium), Hessencharme and Stresemann were approved in 2006. Hibiskus' sire EH Latimer is a successful FEI level dressage horse with Theresa Wahler all over Europe and sired a number of approved stallions (Karolinger I+II, Immenhof, Finckenstein and Illux, as well as several Hanoverians). Latimer's daughters belong to the highest scoring mares in the Verband stud books. He is a 3/4 brother to the excellent Liebestraum. Hibiskus dam comes from a very good mare line that was founded by the chestnut elite mare Herzchen by Ginster. This direct family includes the Stallion of the Year EH Herzruf, the reserve champion Hirtenruf, the S level show jumper and approved Heinrich der Löwe, the FEI dressage stallion Heinrich der Welfe, the *** eventing stallion Hölderlin and the top show jumper Hirtentanz.
The dam
Dam sire EH Friedensfürst was at the beginning of a very promising international Grand Prix career when he died untimely. He left the breed his two approved sons Lücke, Patmos and Brioni, and a high number of outstanding daughters like the 2004 NMS Auction highlight and in hand champion Alisha or the Bundeschampionat finalist Bandera. Despite the fact that Friedensfürst was promoted in dressage, his genetic value seems to be that of a top jumper producer. His son Lücke is an accomplished S winner and one of only three Trakehner stallions in the prestigious Hanoverian Show Jumper Program. Friedensfürst's son Raumalpha just recently won the reserve champion title at the Bundeschampionat of the 6yr old event horse in Warendorf, and First Flight is another S level show jumper by Friedensfürst. The tall chestnut was a paternal half brother to the ATA's popular Graditz *E* and the excellent sport horse sire Arthus (GER, DK). Second dam Livonne is a famous in hand champion in Germany. Her sire Hyalit was a half brother to the international Grand Prix dressage stallion EH Heuriger, and among others, sired the elite mare Windspiel, "Trakehner of the Year" in 1997 and CCI*** eventer. Direct dam line of the approved Linne (out of ESt Livonne). The greater family is that of Libelle, which also produced the approved Lafayette, Lossow and Lessen. Stallion candidte 59 Long Dream shares the same roots.
