Emerald Impression's Pedigree

Sire Line Information:

Impressionist is one of the American Trakehner Association's leading sires.  He was approved by the ATA at the annual Convention held in Columbus, Ohio in 1996.  He received the following comments by Dr. Senckenburg of the Verband inspection committee:

"First rate stallion who combines caliber with nobility and has a powerful, animated way of going, primarily at the canter.  With respect to face and appearance, he is clearly stamped by his grandsire."

Hailo was imported to the United States by Jean Brinkman of Valhalla Farm in 1987.  He was approved by Dr Senckenburg in 1989 at the ATA's central stallion inspection with the following comments:

"Well put together stallion with much type and presence; neck is attached properly, withers are distinct; straight in the kidney area; slight mis-alignment in the foreleg; big, elastic movement with much action and covering a lot of ground while becoming a little wide behind."

Hailo is a proven dressage competior in the Grand Prix arena, and as of August 1, 2006, Hailo is ranked #10 of leading Dressage Sires with the United States Equestrian Federation.  He has two approved stallions on the ground, Impressionist and Monte.

E.H. Anduc was approved at Neumunster in 1983 and awarded Elite Hengst status in 1995 by the Verband.  He was  Premium Stallion at the National Trakehner Show in Verden in 1985 with a breeding index for dressage of 145.

E.H. Marduc was the Reserve Champion at the 1979 Keuring at Neumunster, and Reserve Champion of his performance testing at Adelheidsdorf in 1980.  In 1995 he was awarded the status of Elite Hengst by the Verband with a breeding index of 147 for dressage.  Two of the six approved stallions that he sired have earned the status of Elite Hengst.

Thor was performance tested in Dillenburg in 1964.  He died in 1974 having sired 3 approved stallions and 22 registered daughters.

E.H. Mackensen was the Keuring Champion at Neumunster in 1978 and was a Premium Stallion at the National Trakehner Stallion Show in Verden in 1985, as well as a winner at the DLG Exhibition in Frankfurt in 1989.  He was awarded Elite Hengst status by the Verband in 1995 with a breeding index of 149 for Dressage, 122 for Jumping, and 136 overall.  He was named the Verband Stallion of the Year in 1995.  EH Mackensen sired 7 approved stallions and 100 registered daughters.  Amongst his approved sons was Charley Chaplin.  EH Mackensen is also the half brother to the stallion EH Mahagoni.

Patron was approved in 1970.  He was retired from breeding in 1997 at the age of 31 years old.  He sired 9 approved stallions and 154 registered mares.

Maharanii is a Verband Premium Mare by the great stallion, Flaneur and out of the Verband Premium Mare Marquise by Altan. 

Neuquen xx was a French Thoroughbred with a successful racing career of 19 races, 5 wins, 10 placings and winnings of 44,850 DM.  He was approved by both the Trakehner and the Hannoverian Verbands.  He is the sire of the Trakehner performance stallion, St. Cloud.

Dam Line Information:

Encore (PSB) is an unusual mix of Trakehner and Thoroughbred bloodlines in that she is 3/4 Thoroughbred and 1/4 Trakehner.  Before she was retired as a broodmare, she was shown in Hunters and Jumpers up to 3' at both local and rated shows.  Over fences she was very rarely out of the top three ribbons and is a very versatile and athletic mare.  As well as doing Hunter/Jumpers she has been shown through Training Level in Dressage, schooled through 3rd Level movements, and has even done a little barrel racing, side saddle, and driving over the course of her career.   She is a very intelligent, bold, and gentle mare who has passed these qualities on to her offspring.

Frankly Diplomatic xx was an unraced Thoroughbred that was shown through 3rd Level in Dressage.  He was beginning schooling Grand Prix movements before he suffered career ending stifle troubles.  He has offspring that competed up to Intermidiare I in Dressage.  He was gelded at the age of 8 years old.

Diplomat Way xx is best known as a broodmare sire for racing Thoroughbreds.  His impressive race record includes 46 starts with 14 wins, 10 seconds, and 7 thirds, winning or placing in 19 stakes.  He is an Arlington-Washington Futurity winner.  Diplomat Way sired 34 stakes winners.  More impressively is the fact that he is the broodmare sire of 245 mares of which 50 of these mares  have in turn produced 65 stakes winners.  This gives him the record of 20% stakes producing mares.  Diplomat Way boasts an impressive total of Broodmare Sire Earnings of $46,241,361.  Some of the noted runners from these mares are Skip Away (who was a 3 time Eclipse Award Winner), Farma Way, Exclusive Partner, General Practitioner, Explosive Bid, Frosty the Snowman, and La Soufriere.  During his race career he earned $493,760.

Be Frank xx was a winner at the age of 2 years old.  She is the dam of 4 foals, only 2 of which raced, both of which were winners of over $10,000 combined.

Proud Baby xx was a winner at the age of 6 years old.  She is the dam of 7 foals, 5 of which were winners of over $100,000 combined.

Nashau xx is sought after in the pedigrees for sporthorse breeding, he is particularly known for producing jumping lines. As a race horse he had 30 starts with 22 wins, 4 places, and 1 show with earnings of $1,288,565. Some of the highlights of his career: at the age of 2 he won Futurity S., Hopeful S., Grand Union Hotel S., and Juvenile S.  At the age of 3 he won the Arlington Classic, Flamingo S., Florida Derby, Belmont S., Wood Memorial S., Washington Park Match Race (vs Swaps), Preakness S. (NTR), Jockey Club Gold Cup, Dwyer S. and was 2nd in the Kentucky Derby.  At the age of 4 he won Monmouth H., Widener H., Suburban H., Grey Lag H., Jockey Club Gold Cub (NTNA) and Camden H.  He was the Champion 2 Year Old Colt in 1954, Horse of the Year and Champion 3 Year Old Colt in 1955, and a Hall of Fame Inductee in 1965.  He set new North American record at Belmont, 16f in 3:20.2 in the 1956 Jockey Club Gold Cup.  He also set NTR in the 1955 Preakness of 9.5f in 1:54.3.  He was the sire of 636 foals, 77 of which were stakes winners.  He was the broodmare sire of Mr. Prospector.  He died in 1982.  

Tamao xx was bred in Venezula and was raced both in Arentina and the United States with a total of 62 starts, 26 wins, 19 places, 4 shows and career earnings of Bs. 833,570 and $45,600. 

Jandy xx was raced with 98 starts, 11 wins, 18 places, 12 shows and career earnings of $35,800.   

Bagatell was approved by the American Trakehner Association in 1975.  He was owned and ridden by Anne Gribbons from Knoll Farm at the time of the approvals and for a few years afterwards.  He was the 1977 ATA Grand Champion for Hunters, 1978 ATA Winner of the Trakehner Verband Award, and also in 1978 was the ATA Champion High Scoring Dressage Horse. He is out of Burma *E* and is the full brother to the approved stallion, Borallis.  His sire, Mikado, is also the sire to the approved stallion Morgenstern.

Mikado was approved at Neumünster in 1966 and was imported to the US in May 1968. He sired 3 approved stallions with the ATA, the full brothers, Bagatell and Borallis, and the stallion Morgenstern.
 

Burma *E* is an "Elite" mare with the ATA.  She obtained this status with her final foal in 1984.  She was the dam of the approved full brothers, Bagatell and Borallis.  Her lines trace back to Burnus, who has been well known to produce "jump" in his offspring.  Burnus is the sire of the great stallion, Habicht, who in turn has sired Windfall.

Milagro's Jet xx has a race record of 53 starts, with 5 wins and 7 placings for winnings of $9,175.  She is the dam of 4 Thoroughbred foals between 1987 - 1992.  3 of these foals were named, 2 were raced, 1 was a winner.

Milagro II xx has a race record of 36 starts, with 9 wins and 10 placings for winnings of $25,092.  He was imported to the United States.

Jet Baby xx has a race record of 36 starts with 3 wins, 5 placings and winnings of $3,715.  She is the dam of 5 foals,, all were raced and 2 were winners.

Other Notable Ancestors

The Thoroughbred Influence: