Belle K* 28.März 2011    
                                                      Breeder and owner: Hans Karsten, Münster          
                                                                

                          
                                                                            Beltain Hann. *1975
                                                            Belissimo Rheinld. *1999
                                                                                                    Roxa Rheinld. *1980
                    Barclay Hann. *2004
                                                                                                    Prestige Pilot Hann.
                                                            Picobella.Hann.
                                                                                                    Grenadier Hann.

                                                                                                    Bolero xx *1975
                                                            Brentano II *1983
                                                                                                    Glocke *1973
                    Balahé  *2007
                                                                                                    Acatenango xx *1982
                                                            Ionia xx *2000
                                                                                                    Ipenta xx *1986


                                                                                                      

                  



Damline:
Belle K's mother Balahé is the first foal o/o my thorougbred mare Ionia xx
11.8.2011 Balahé is registered with the Hannoverian Main Stoodbook, scoring two times "8"

Selfperformance Ionia:
Ionia xx was a race horse from 2003 - 2005, took part in 17 flat races, scored 4 times, won once.
10. May 2006 - hannoverian mare inspection in Ankum; Main Studbook registration:
scores amongst others: elasticity and swing in trott 8, backline 8, frame 8, frontlegs 8.

Progeny Ionia xx:
2007 Filly by Brentano II - Balahé
2008 Filly by Brentano II - Brooklyn (died)
2009 Colt by Benetton Dream - Bogart - sold as a stallion prospect
2010 Colt by Lissaro - Lorbaß - sold to England as a future eventer
2011 Colt by Lissaro - Legolas - sold as a stallion prospect

complete Damlinetable of Ionia xx (Branch "Immertreu")
Iwanowitsch xx *1978, Ldb Celle, by Illix xx/Orsini xx o/o Istanbul
Injektor xx *1984, Ldb Moritzburg/Trak., by Tiron xx o/o Inka (Branch "Immenkönigin" o/o Immertreu)
Intervall xx *1974, Pb Rhld./Trak., by Perseus xx o/o Inka (Branch "Immenkönigin" o/o Immertreu)
Indian Lady *1985, Trak.by Perlenglanz (4 progenies registered in sport) o/o (7 progenies registered in sport) o/o Inkunabel, won S-jumping LGS 1999 € 32.400
Papillon 142 *2001, Westf. by Phantom o/o Indian Lady (Breeder Georg Ahlmann), won intl. S-jumping (Christian Ahlmann), LGS 2009 € 11.505 
(Branch "Imkerin"o/o Immertreu)     


Balahé gave birth to her first foal and I couldn't be any happier!
Hans Karsten is keeping up the damline of my t.b. mare Ionia with any foal he breeds out of her daughter Balahé and idealistiscally, I consider them all "mine"!
So when Belle K was born, of course I was overly excited and couldn't wait to get to see her!
When Hans took over Balahé age three it was the perfect arrangement for all of us:
I can't keep all my horses, however, I wouldn't want to give up on a filly out of my thoroughbred mare Ionia xx, either. Employing a t.b. mare in warmblood breeding to me is the greatest challenge of all. Failure or success will only be visible in further generations. In order to learn, I want to be able to follow the development of further progeny out of "my" t.b. damline, the descend out of Ionia, that is.
Hans Karsten is a good friend of mine and the former owner of Beltain (sire of Belissimo). Hans has always been a true fan of the hannoverian damline of Dr. Max Schulz, who bred Beltain, Brentano I & II; Wolkenstein I, II & III, Garibaldi I & II and many more. Hans bought Beltain as a young horse from Max Schulz and has bred many foals by him, too. Hans also shares my affinity for t.b. blood in warmblood breeding and when he was looking for a future broodmare, Balahé simply blended in perfectly as she combines both:
highest thoroughbred influence via her mother (t.b. mare Ionia) and as a daughter of Brentano II, she also embodies the very damline of Dr. Max Schulz and those precious genetics Hans used to favour all those years:
Bolero, Grande, Ferdinand, Wendekreis, Marcio xx and many more.
When Hans was looking for a stallion to breed Balahé to, he was looking for a son of Belissimo. That way he would keep up with the heritage of his own former stallion Beltain (sire of Belissimo) and at the same time he would inbreed to the line of Dr. Max Schulz and double up on the B-Line, a breeding principle, he had practized all those years before, too. No surprise Belle K embodies a lot of the classic features of the B-Line, and she obviously does so in a very refined manner. 
Barclay - Belissimo - Beltain - Bolero (Beltain descending from the damline of Dr. Max Schulz) and Brentano - Bolero, also descending form that very damline.


                                  
                                             Belle K, five days old


Belle K is Hans' only foal this year and he didn't want her to grow up all by herself. I immediately agreed to take Ionia and her son Legolas over to Hans' barn, so Legolas and Belle K could grow up together. To me, this is the greatest pleasure of all, since it offers me the rare opportunity to see two closely related foals descending from my own t.b. damline grow up together.
No better way to compare various get out of the same damline and recognize similarities and differences at the same time!
This was supposed to become the summer of "learning about t.b. influence in warmblood breeding" and it would be all about my very own t.b.damline - what a treat!
So here they are, thoroughbred mare Ionia, mother of Balahé and Legolas, and Belle K, daughter of Balahé. And while Ionia (bay) and Balahé (chestnut) are easy to recognize, Legolas and Belle K sometimes look like clons. You can tell them from each other by Belle K's white sock at her left hindleg.


                      
                                                                                                                                                                                  Belle K and Legolas playing


Milkraider!
Even though Ionia never had problems with her milk and always feeds her foals sufficiently, Legolas found out that one udder simply isn't good enough...
When Balahé, his elder sister, stands next to her mother Ionia in the sun, kind of sleeping (obviously DEEP asleep and dreaming...) Legolas would drink from his mum's udder first, still licking his lips from the milk, only to creeping over to his big sister Balahé and docking on at her udder as well - testing out if there might be a different taste available within the familie's milkbar... hilarious!
A real family affair, after all, and probably the most precious thing a breeder will ever get to see - these are two healthy foals with two healthy mum's of their own. Yet, Legolas finds ways to make life even a little more exciting and worthwhile - milkraider, he is!


                                                        
 watch closely: in front Belle K is drinking from her mum's udder (Balahé), on the other side Legolas, the "Milkraider" has docked on - you can see his head underneath the udder :-)




                                                    
                                                                 Balahé and Belle K                                                                                                                                    Legolas and Ionia xx


                                                               



                                                     
                                                 daughter and mother: Balahé                                                                                                 . .. and her mother Ionia xx

                
                                                      Legolas and Ionia                                                                                                       Legolas, Ionia and Balahé

           
                family-similarities: Belle K and her mother Balahé, Legolas (Balahé's brother)                                                  Balahé, Belle K and Legolas

                                                                 



May 2012

Belle K as a lanky yearling - this is what I consider an athletic yearling of visible t.b.-influence!
  
                   
 

                                                          


Fotoalbum "Ionia's Family"  lot's of pictures of my t.b.-family - worth looking at!

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