The sire
Chardonnay was approved in Neumünster as one of 4 sons of the great EH Rockefeller and was a highly successful dressage horse, winning a reserve champion title at the Bundeschampionat. He was Germany's most successful 7yr old dressage horse of his year (all breeds) and sired the approved Alter Fritz. He is a paternal half brother to Artistic Rock (FEI dressage), EH Benz (Grand Prix dressage) and Fontainbleau (CCI*** eventing). His dam Cera II comes from the Ceres family,, a branch of the big Corrida family that also produced the approved Celestin, while the bigger Corrida family conts such stallions as Connery, EH Consul, Cornus or Almox Prints J among its descendants.
The dam
Dam Ulanka won State Champion titles and passed an exceptional mare performance test. She is a daughter of the now North American based dressage stallion Guy Laroche, a premium son of EH Michelangelo and from the same dam line as Guter Stern, Guter Planet and Grafenstolz TSF. The mare family of Urania has been kept alive by the Schneider family in Laubach for a long time. This is the family of Unkenruf *Pg*E*, Unkensee and Unkenlied.
