The sire
Sire Perechlest was an internationally successful Grand Prix dressage stallion with Ulla Salzgeber and was approved based on his performance career. He is a son of the top sport horse producer Hockey, whose offspring competed at the highest levels, including Olympics, in dressage and show jumping. Perechlest carries old main stud Trakehnen lines in his background and comes from the T11A Legion (Hauptgestüt Trakehnen) mare line.
The dam
Second dam Oktiabrina had the elite auction mare Odessa in NMS last year and comes staright from the famed Kirov breeding program in Russia. Her dam sire Topki was an international show jumper and sired the approved Trakehner Schenkendorff, who has a CCI** eventing career in Great Britain and also show jumped at M levels. Dam sire El Greco is a CCI*** eventer and the only approved son of the former champion and CCI*** eventer Fontainbleau remaining at stud in Germany.
Photo by Beate Langels