The sire
Buddenbrock will be named "Elite stallion" in Neumünster in 2007. He was an event horse prior to his breeding career and comes from the ultimate line of event horses: the Habicht line. Buddenbrock offspring have since then appeared at a number of National events, e.g. the Bundeschampionat, in both dressage and eventing. On top of that, he produced several approved sons, e.g. the 2000 champion King Arthur TSF, the dressage stallion Connery, the full brothers In Petto and In Flagranti (champion in 2003), Epernay, Ippon or Inamorato (ATA). Buddenbrock's dam, the elite mare Ballerina, is a daughter of the elite mare Blinklicht, whose approved son EH Benz is not only an accomplished Grand Prix dressage stallion, but who also has one of the breed's highest overall conformation and movement index scores (based on his daughters at their inspection). Ballerina also produced the mare Batida, dam of the 2004 crowd favorite Blitz und Donner (by EH Lehndorffs), the premium mare Biskaya (by EH Sixtus), dam of the premium Baracuda (by EH Friedensfürst) and the National Champion mare Bandera (by EH Friedensfürst), who also placed 4th at the Bundeschampionat in Warendorf. Dam sire Diamant stood in Austria and sired several highly recognized dressage horses for the upper levels. His sire Erzsand also had quite an influence on the ATA breed. The big Blinklicht family is known mostly for great, athletic sport horses, and apart from Buddenbrock and Benz, also the younger Bellheim (by Saint Cloud) comes from this line.
The dam
Ladylike II was the 5th best mare at the central mare inspection in Tasdorf in May 2007 and after passing her MPT, is now a full Verband premium mare. Her dam Lara is one of the few direct daughters of the very interesting Sedar in the Trakehner breed. Sedar competed in eventing at intermediate levels and actually won a silver medal at the European Western Riding Championships (reigning). Needless to say, that is versatility at its best! Sedar is one of only a few sons of the very good DLG champion Zauberklang in the breed (others include Enim Pascha, Markzauber or Turnus). Sedar's dam line has a purebred Arabian basis. The family of Lutine also produced the S level show jumper Lex (by Saturn), the M level show jumper Schirokko (by Hermes), the M dressage gelding Lord (by Fundador) and the approved stallion Landrat (by Anteil).
Photo by Gräfin A. Dohna; Video by Thorsten Kunst
