The sire
Karolinger I is a full brother to the approved Karolinger II and was initially not approved in NMS. He went on to win the stallion champion title at the approvals in Sweden the following spring, passed an excellent performance test and was then approved for Trakehners. He is the current Trakehner Dressage Champion with Peter Koch (International Bundesturnier in Hanover 2007), and was the Medingen top seller at the elite auction in 2005 (250.000€). His dam Kadenz is also dam of the 2006 approved premium stallion Krokant (by Lauries Crusador xx), who also qualified for the Bundeschampionat this summer. The Karolinger brothers are bred along the same lines as two other Latimer sons in Germany, namely the inbreeding to Caprimond by crossing Latimer with Hohenstein daughters. The other exmaples are the 2002 reserve champion Hibiskus and the 2003 approved Immenhof.
The dam
Ira XIII is the dam of the approved Immenhof (by EH Latimer) and the 2006 auction highlight Islander (by Le Rouge). She is a 3/4 sister to the excellent younger FEI dressage stallion Insterburg TSF and his full brother, the premium stallion I-Punkt. This is also the direct dam line of the approved Illux (by EH Latimer, Canada).
Photo by Beate Langels
