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Only very few
stallions attain the rank of chief sire and become a marker or
foundation stallion. Flaneur, born in March of 1956 earned this
recognition, especially in the Trakehner breed when he produced a
total of 15 approved sons, some of which were Premium stallions...
Characterized by
his broad forehead, large intelligent eye, fine and slightly dished
nose, and distinct large jaw, Flaneur’s influence genetically was
profound. In addition, he was endowed with a calm and imperturbable
temperament, which he passed on to his descendants. His conformation
constituted the high-class model of the Trakehner stallion: An ideally
attached neck ending in a light poll; his shoulders were correct in
length and were well positioned and muscled; he was ideally
constructed with respect to his saddle position and his entire top
line. As a whole, the stallion imparted an extremely high athletic
impression with light footed, ground covering movement and the
extraordinary ability to extend. Under saddle Flaneur proved to be an
extremely intelligent, highly talented riding horse with many
different possibilities. This was confirmed at his stallion
performance test in Westercelle. Over time, Flaneur excelled in all
disciplines up to Class M. In dressage he was trained successfully to
Class S.
One of Flaneur’s sons, the well-known stallion
TROUBADOUR was sold to the US at an early age. He had an
illustrious career in FEI dressage and qualified under Christine
Stuckelberger for the Seoul
Olympic
Games. The Flaneur son AVIGNON II, Timotheus’ maternal
Grandsire was imported to America in 1980. Avignon II has turned out
to be an excellent progenitor and one of the most valuable sires in
America. Flaneur’s son AROGNO an Anglo-Trakehner whose branch at the
present time is the most successful in dressage, continued the line of
Flaneur with his son KARON who sired the famous stallion
CAPRIMOND, Timotheus’ sire. Caprimond's son HOHENSTEIN, who is
half brother
to Timotheus, has produced 12 approved sons, therefore, establishing
his own significance in this branch. Another distinguished son of
Arogno’s is the stallion PARTOUT who has five approved sons and
is ready to become another branch founder.
Flaneur produced over 106 registered broodmare
daughters for the breed, among them numerous stallion dams. His
daughter KARA WANE became National Trakehner Mare Champion and
produced some very prominent stallions. However, the most valuable
mare produced by Flaneur was the Pr. St. mare Maharani II. Her
indisputable influence produced two of the most significant
progenitors of the 70’s, 80’s and 90’s...
MACKENSEN (Timotheus’
maternal great grandam) and MAHAGONI (sire of Olympic Stallion,
Peron).
The Trakehner Verband Breed Director Lars
Gehrmann describes Flaneur’s significance for the breed in the early
90’s. “There are always only a very few stallions that determine the
entire breeding period within a breed. The dark bay Flaneur is one of
these stallions in the Trakehner breed”. He continues, “it
remains to be seen whether this stallion line impresses mostly by
having high riding horse values anchored in itself. Agile movements
are also a mark of this line. Perhaps because of its Arabian origin,
this line passes on its very good type over many generations,
culminating in some progenitors that became refinement stallions, for
example Arogno, Schwadroneur and Caprimond.”
(Excerpts and photos taken from
2/02 article in the Trakehner
Hefte translated by ATA- Helen K. Gibble) |
