The sire
Cadeau was approved in 2001 as the second reserve champion and had an outstanding first breeding season. He won the rideability index of his 70 day test (over 138 points) and finished 4th overall. His seasons as a 4 and 5 year old were marked my several wins at material level, as well as 1st and 2nd level. Cadeau won the Trakehner Championship in Bonn, and would have qualified for the Bundeschampionat if his Danish passport had not cut those ambitions short. Cadeau is a Trakehner Verband elite prospect, even though sadly, he no longer performs due to the high demand in the breeding shed. His sire Silvermoon recently came back into the spotlight with the international Grand Prix shooting star Matine, his Danish bred daughter who won individual bronze and silver at the World Equestrian Games in Aachen, Germany, 2006. He is a maternal half sibling to the approved Schampus. Cadeau is a member of the Corry family that originates with one of Trakehnen's best mares, Corrida. This family also produced, among others, EH Consul, Connery, Couleur-Fürst, Carel Deak, Almox Prints J, Cornus, Checkpoint and Chardonnay.
The dam
Dam Starlet VIII passed an excellent mare performance test and is a very close maternal relative to the stallions as Sky Dancer (FEI show jumper), his full brother Sky Walker (both out of the second dam ESt Serenade), the outstanding Sabary, the ATA's performance proven Sonset's Sieger and the National Champion mare Shakira and her full sister, the 2004 NMS auction highlight Scarlett. Same dam line as the 2007 stallion candidate 64 Scivias. Dam sire Starway was a National Eventing Champion under Ingrid Klimke and sired the approved Exclusiv and Salt & Pepper. Highnoon was champion in Neumünster.
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