The sire
Freudenfest was champion in Neumünster in 1999, and followed his full brother Farinelli, who was proclaimed as champion in 1996. Farinelli competed at S level dressage, while Freudenfest finished his performance test, won young horse classes and then only stood at stud, but was trained to Grand Prix by his biggest admirer, Otto Langels. Freudenfest's sire Tolstoi was premium in Neumünster, and he too never competed much, but sired several approved sons and very good daughters. Tolstoi's dam Tugend is dam of the S level show jumpers Tiflis and Trenk Quattro (both by Flaneur), while her daughter Turandot IV is dam of the approved Turnus (by Zauberklang *E*) and daughter Titania is dam of the great sport horse sire Tycoon (by Donaumonarch). Freudenfest's dam line is the direct one that leads back to the major sire Flaneur, his full brother Mahdi, and the approved Falkensee (NZ and now AUS), Feingeist (CAN), Flugwind, Fasolt (ATA) and Fahnenträger II. Freudenfest is sire of the approved stallions Godot (has two sons in NMS this year), Ostpreusse and Shavalou.
The dam
Dam Sankt Helena is a decorated Trakehner show winner and comes from a very prominent family with great influence on today's breed. Her dam Schwalbenspiel is dam of the premium stallion Shavalou (by Freudenfest) and the 2006 champion stallion Songline (by Summertime). This is the direct dam line of the Grand Prix dressage stallion Showmaster, the State Stud stallion Sans Souci (whose son Altenbach TSF is a highly successful FEI show jumper), the excellent half Arabian Stradivari (sire of K2 and Key West), the influential Schwadroneur, the champion Santiago, the champion Seigneur (sire of the ATA's Hennessey), and many more. Dam sire Alter Fritz is a popular movement producer who stands out with very good daughters, while his son Chabrol stand at stud in the UK. Second dam sire Exclusiv is from the Star Regent xx-sire line in the breed and also produced the Grand Prix stallion Kapriolan F.
Photos by Beate Langels
