The sire
Lord Luciano was bred in the US and sent to Europe for his stallion approval and performance testing. He was approved in the Spring of 2006 and is presenting his first foal crop in Germany this year. His daughter Dolce Vita was the highest priced filly at the Hanoover Foal Auction this past summer, and the stallion has been shown very successfully in young dressage horse classes at 2nd level and in suitability classes (which include show jumping). The dam line that originated with Lonka got its own designation in Germany (0235A2a Lonka (Tylord Farm / USA) and is also represented by Lotus, the 2002 ATA Grand Champion mare at the annual meeting in Florida.
The dam
Karabel is a daughter of the highly decorated mare Kalahari II, dam of the approved s dressage stallion Kantadou (by EH Beg xx) and the S level dressage horse Kentucky. Direct dam line of the stallions Key West and K2. Dam sire Starway was an accomplished eventer in Germany and founded the small stallion line of Exclusiv - Kapriolan F.
