The sire
Latimer was approved as a premium stallion in Neumünster in 1998. He passed an excellent stallion performance test, and won at FEI levels in dressage all over Europe as the top mount for young rider Theresa Wahler, including the individual bronze medal at the 2007 German Young Rider Championships. Latimer was very popular among breeders from the beginning and covered many mares. His get are doing very well under saddle and impress with high natural rideability. Latimer has several champion mares among his get, and the approved Trakehner sons Hibiskus, Illux (ATA), Karolinger I and II, Immenhof and Finckenstein. Karolinger I was Champion Stallion in Sweden, placed at the Bundeschampionat 2005 and was the top knock down price at the Klosterhof Medingen Elite Auction with 250.000 Euro. Latimer is a 3/4 brother to the approved Liebestraum. The mare family of Lust also produced the Grand prix dressage stallion Lions-Club (by Ferrum) and the accomplished Lucado (by Donauwind).
The dam
Perle XXVIII is also dam of the inspection champion Perlenglanz II, one of the highest scoring mares ever, and the 2006 approved Prinz K3 (by K2), who was sold at auction to Denmark. Dam sire EH Hohenstein was a premium stallion of his approval in 1993, winner of the rideability part of his 100 day test in Adelheitsdorf, Bundeschampionat qualifier and successful S level dressage horse. EH Hohenstein's most noteworthy sons include the international Grand Prix stallion EH Münchhausen TSF, the bronze medalist at the FEI World Championships for young dressage horses, Insterburg TSF, the premium stallion Tambour and the Hanoverian champion stallion His Highness. The dam line in this branch of the big Polarfahrt family also produced the approved Inter I stallion Polarjäger (by Shannon) and the elite mare Polarkönigin (by Mahagoni). Dam Perle also has the riding horse auction candidate 88 Pokal in this year's collection.
