Herbstglanz is exactly what we always thought we would breed when seeing his mother at the auction in Neumunster Germany. She was specially chosen for Arentino and these two wonderful horses bloodlines just worked so well together. In 2007 we took Herbstglanz up for his grading and was delighted when he was approved by the English Trakehner Society as a fully licence stallion. Herbstglanz is our second colt to grade (Singing Horatio, now owned by Keating Stud in Stratford, graded in 2006) and out of Arentino’s second English crop of foals.  

Herbstglanz got very high marks for movement and the German judges said that it was very rare to find a horse of his quality with three outstanding paces. He has tremendous power and is very uphill in movement  and this son by Arentino really is a very special horse and is one to look out for in the future.          

Herbstglanz’s Sire Arentino was competed in Prix St. George dressage and did also really well in show jumping. Arentino’s Sire Premium stallion Santiago by Wie Ibikus and out of the foundation mare Schwalbelied was Champion of his grading in 1980 and was a very substantial big framed grandson of the legendary stallion Ibikus, which went on to become a very good show jumper. Wie Ibikus himself produced a big number of high successful dressage horses competing up to Grand Prix. Santiago produced some outstanding broodmares and the value can be seen in his offspring’s competition results. 

Arentino’s Dam Elite mare Arktis II presents herself as one of the more valuable broodmares of the Trakehner breed, being a full sister to the stallion Arogno, sire of the stallions Schwadroneur (now dead) and Anky’s stallion Partout, and the approved stallion Avignon in America, which has produced a lot of extreamly successful dressage off spring. Avignon also has the approved son Pajou. Arktis’s offspring are doing well in 3-day event and dressage competing in Prix St. Georges. 

Herbstglanz’s dam Herbstwolke is a dynamic filly with a tremendously swinging and almost ostentatious movement due to her impressive conformation.  The modern pedigree combines the mare families of Donau and Herbstlicht and her dam produced the approved stallion Heidsieck by Tanzmeister in 1999, which has started a very promising dressage career. Arktis II was awarded Elite status in 2004 and her TB dam Arcticonius xx is one out of only three TB mares to be awarded the Elite status.

Future jewel for dressage and breeding, Herbstwolke has a wonderful combination of the genes of the leading sires Sixtus, Kennedy, Michelangelo and Ibikus. If you look into the 3^rd generation you will also find outstanding bloodlines for dressage and for high level breeding to. Herbstwolke was seven times Champion when shown in hand in 2004.

Donauwalzer was awarded a premium at his grading and is the most impressive son of Elite stallion Sixtus. This wonderful chestnut stallion is very noble, athletic and shows the most powerful and elastic trot with a wonderful walk and uphill canter. His mother Donauflut by Ibikus is one of the youngest of her legendary father and founded her own branch of the famous Donau-family. Grandmother is Donauflamme a very typical daughter of the world famous sire Habicht. Donauwalzer represents an outstanding line breeding to Ibikus and to Habicht, two of the most famous sires for breeding and competition within the last 50 years.   

Michelangelo founded besides Mahagoni the second line of the unforgotten Pastur xx. Inselkonig who was a popular Sire in the Hannoverian breed, and the American Trakehner breed too.    

 The Herbst-family counts among the most successful, valuable and proven families of the Trakehner breed, producing great Sires such as Herzzauber, Herzkristall, Herzbube, Herbstruf, Herzkonig, Herbststurm and great dressage horses like the Olympic star Hirtentraum.

Herbstglanz is a very impressive stallion, very correct in conformation with a fantastik swining walk, strong powerful trot and a nice loose canter. This stallion is always very uphill in all three gaits, and in 2009 Herbstglanz passed the 70 day performance test in Germany making him a licensed breeding stallion world wide.

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