Height/cannon bone and inspection scores: 168cm /21cm - 8.5,8,7.5/7.5,8.5,7.5/8
Mare Performance test in Soltau 2007: walk: 8; trot: 8; canter: 8; rideability: 8.25; jumping: 5; overall: 7.5
The sire
EH Van Deyk was a Grand Prix dressage winner with Dorothee Schneider. His dam Vanessa turned 36 years old and produced 22 foals in her life, among them the mare Vanezia, dam of the elite auction mare 116 Viva Vanessa. Sire Patricius xx, a model TB stallion, also produced the approved Goldino, a FEI competitor himself and sire of the approved stallions Uljanoff and Uckermärker. The TB stallion Kaiseradler xx was of utmost importance in Germany, and also produced, e.g. Madruzo xx, the dam sire of the Olympic eventer Windfall *Pg*. The combination of the major sires Impuls and Ibikus, as shown in Vanessa's pedigree, was mostly a story for success and was especially popular in Hämelschenburg, where not only Ibikus stood at stud, but where Van Deyk's dam line of Vera was also bred for a while. This line further produced the S-level dressage stallions Valerian and Vincent, as well as the show jumper champion and approved Velasquez, and the CCI**** eventer Vilano, who represented Germany at the World Championships in Jerez de la Frontera.
The dam
Champion mare of the 2007 central mare inspection in Baden-Württemberg. The performance tested dam Karonja was awarded two premium titles. Moreover, she has several wins and places in riding horse classes and she also won her class at the 1996 State mare show of Baden-Württemberg in Donaueschingen. The approved FEI dressage stallions Klient, Kant and Katapult also come from this dam line which has been bred by the Pleuger family for 40 years.
Photos by Gräfin A. Dohna
