Annabel inherits her movement from Farnese, and she has a jumping style virtually identical to that of Constant and Cor de la Bryere, with a tight, square front end and good bascule.  

Pedigree:  Click on any horse's hyper-linked name for more information.

Constant 

Stamm 18b1.  Chestnut, born 1972, approved 1975.  Dr. Rossow's stallion book describes Constant as "an expressive sire with good lines, good face...Strong, flexible musculature... Strong bone...and ground covering strides...Good temperament and willingness to work.  Great success as an open (S) jumper.  Extremely tight with front end, brilliant with knees.  Produce: Offspring are large framed horses that can jump and have long, efficient strides.  Generally of his type."  Constant was a successful international showjumper under both Dr. Michael Ruping and Hans-Gunther Winkler.  He was then sold to Switzerland where he won the Swiss Regional Cup ridden by G. Zuger.  Constant was also a popular stallion in Holsteiner breeding.

Ella

Stamm 18b1.  Ella had six foals, including three stallion sons.  Her first foal was the stallion Constant, followed by the stallion Tarento (Tumbled xx).  Tarento, also known as Torbozo, sired the international jumper Poker ridden by Markus Beerbaum.  Her other stallion son was Randers (Ronald).  Her daughter Ulla (Corde) produced the stallions Serrano (Sympatico) and Quantum (Quidam de Revel).  Ella's daughter Nato is the granddam of the stallions Cool Man (Contender) and Sandos (Silbersee).

Cor de la Bryére

  The legendary Selle Francais stallion that made an unbelievable mark on the Holsteiner breed.  Known for his tight, spectacular jumping style with great bascule.  Over thirty approved sons and two hundred approved daughters!  Although he is most well-known for his jumping progeny, he also produced dressage horses (including the individual 1988 Olympic silver medalist Corlandus).  Dr. Rossow says: "Description: "Corde" is a stallion with great presence, good medium frame and energetic masculine expression.  Good face with fabulous, quiet eye, rather small ears...good shoulder...  Good front legs...Good basic gaits.  Marvelous riding horse qualities.  Spectacular jumper with scope, tight with front end, bascule and sharp with knees.  Produce: Corde is a top sire.  Offspring usually mirror his type with good frame and size.  Good basic gaits...  Get have been very successful in all disciplines to extent that for years he has been listed among the top German sires, based on the winnings of his offspring.  His heritage of rideability, handiness, form and bascule over fences aided in bringing the Holsteiner breed to even greater international importance.  Sired many good stallions and mares for the breed.  Unfortunately, because of their rideability, many good daughters went into competition and were not bred."  By the famous Thoroughbred Rantzau who goes back to Dark Ronald.  On his dam's side appears the great French jumper sire Furioso.  An inimitable force in Holsteiner breeding.

Colt

  Stamm 242.  Bay, born 1964, approved 1966.  From Rossow:  "Description:  Medium sized stallion with large frame.  Loaded with muscle, good shoulder and croup... Very free in the shoulder.  Strong enough bone, correct legs and feet.  Good gaits.  Good temperament.  Strong, sound constitution...Good performance horse type.  Produce:  Due to his fine breeding still to be found in pedigree's of today's competition horses.  Prepotent even with mediocre material.  16 approved daughters."  Stamm 242 is known for producing top performance horses; Colt comes from the Diastolchen branch of 242 by way of his dam Ulana, a daughter of Diastolchen. 

Dorette

Stamm 18b1.  Produced the stallions Farn (v. Fax II) and Roman (v. Ramzes AA).  Farn went on to sire the great stallion Nimmerdor who influenced breeding all over Europe.  Dorette also produced the daughters Adrette and Ella.  Adrette (v. Heilbutt) is most famous for her stallion son Ronald.

Ulana

Stamm 242.  Ulana (Anblick xx/Loretto), produced the Consul son Joost, Mannerheim (v. Rushing Water xx) and Colt.  Ulana’s daughter, Nirza, was a successful driving horse under the name Noblesse before producing the stallion Alcatraz.  Other stallions from stamm 242 include Ahorn, Calatus, Le Santo, Liostro, and Merano.

Cromwell

  Stamm 2004.  Bay, born 1960, approved 1962.  From Rossow:  "Description:  Tall, strong stallion of Heidelberg type.  Full of energy.  Smooth topline, good head, heavy neck...Heavily muscled.  Produce: Outproduced himself.  Really good mares and useful horses of his type.  Good competition horses, when he appears in 2nd and 3rd generation.  In general passed on enormous jumping ability with Cottage Son's form over fences.  3 approved sons, 34 approved daughters."  Other stallions from stamm 2004 include Ariadus, Fähnrich and Ratibor.

Cottage Son xx

  A very influential Thoroughbred on the Holsteiner breed.  A great producer first in England - several offspring competed in the 1960 Olympics for three-day eventing.  Produced good jumpers with excellent dispositions and willingness to work.  Best performance results occur when he appears in the second or third generation of a pedigree.

Anblick xx

  Anblick xx was brought to Holstein in 1953 where he produced 14 approved sons and 49 approved daughters.  From Rossow: "Description: Not overly large, fabulous Thoroughbred.  The best blood lines, very beautiful face...Harmonious... very good shoulder and hip...Above average, elastic, forward driving mover.  Marvelous under saddle.  Ideal disposition.  Produce:  Suited both fine and heavy boned mares.  Offspring are refined riding horses with marvelous shoulders, good withers and exceptionally good movers...Many offspring in eventing and dressage such as the Olympic horses Antoinette and Venetia.  Get show heart and boldness over fences.  Best son, Aldato.  The first stallion with a Thoroughbred sire after the Second World War to successfully overcome initial mistrust that Holsteiner breeders had of Thoroughbreds.  Anblick sired a great number of good broodmares."

Farnese

  Stamm 1866.  From Rossow: "Description: Imposing, big framed, most important of all sires.  Good face, strong neck, good shoulder and back...well muscled hind quarter.  Good legs with big feet.  Excellent, ground covering trot, good canter...Pleasant to ride...Good temperament.  Produce: Prepotent sire par excellance!  The best type-sustaining stallion endowed with the Holsteiner performance assets, especially in trot and jumping ability.  Reproduced his type in all his offspring with all his strong points ...Good sized, well set on necks with good faces... All show tremendous gaits and occasionally extraordinary jumping talent.  Sire of many competition horses especially out of refined mares.  Good Farnese daughters have especially made an impact on the breed.  15 approved sons, 194 approved daughters."

Fähnrich

Stamm 2004.  From Rossow: "Description: Very tall, heavy sire with totally harmonious topline and good stallion expression.  Great substance.  Very beautifully shaped back suited for a saddle, well muscled.  Strong bone, correct legs and feet.  Good walk and canter, very good trot.  Rather large feet.  Very rideable in spite of his size.  Produce: Mostly reproduced his type with smooth toplines and fabulous, energetic gaits...  6 approved sons, 76 approved daughters."  Other stallions from stamm 2004 include Ariadus, Cromwell and Ratibor.