Trueheart "Truman"

"Impressionist is one of the ATA's most popular stallions of our time. He is a son of the Grand Prix dressage stallion, Hailo *Pg*E*, a fact that makes him a member of the very successful dressage line of EH Marduc - EH Anduc. Marduc was ranked as one of the top stallions in Germany with a score of 144.

Impressionist, Truman sire Halio, sire of Impressionist, and grand sire to Truman

This line has produced numerous approved stallions (eg EH Herzzauber, EH Angard, Induc, EH Lehndorffs, etc) as well as highly valued broodmares and performance horses for the upper levels. Impressionist's dam line traces back to a Polish bred Trakehner line, and his maternal bloodlines include the famous Elite Stallion Mackensen as well as the Throoughbred stallion Neuquen xx who sired the influential Grand Prix stallion, Saint Cloud (now in Denmark). a very close relation exists to the Grand Prix stallion EH Charly Chaplin, who is by EH Mackensen out of a Neuquen xx daughter, making him a 3/4 brother to Impressionist's dam.

The dam line of Tanzania *E* goes back to the original Main Stud Trakehnen mare, Tapete, (by Pythagoras), whose family is one of the most successful in the breed today and has branched out into two major lines in Germany: the Tip-Top, Tilsit III family at Panker, which stands for the stallions E.H. Tambour, Thalys, E.H. Tenor, Travell, E.H. Tivano and E.H. Tuareg and the Traviata and Tracht line at Birkhausen that produced predominantly excellent show jumpers. Tanzania *E* has two fully approved Trakehner sons Tatendrang and Tycoon *E* means she received her Elite status with the ATA due to her offspring achievements.

Dam sire, Avignon II, was a full brother to the breeding outstanding major sire, E.H. Arogno, (sire of TCN Partout ridden by Anky van Grunsven), and the States Premium and Premium Mare Anna Karenina; half brother to numerous graded stallions including Istanbul and Damaskus. Avignon II proved to be the sire of multiple champions, in hand as well as all disciplines. He is also sire of ATA approved stallion Pajou and 1996 ATA National Champion Mare The Noir Vom Castell. 20 years after his importation to the US, his impact is still seen in Germany, exemplified by his granddaughter Livonne, State Premium and Verband Premium mare in Europe.

Finally we have Flaneur. This stallion is one of the strongest and internationally most recognized lines with significant influence also in other warmblood breed. He was the Reserve Champion of the 1967 Körung at Neumünster, and was approved with the comments: "Exemplary model with much significance in the whole appearance. Typey head; good neck; well-positioned, broad, and well-muscled shoulder; good and uniformly conditioned body. Strong and correct in the foundation with good, straight movement. The stallion has proven himself to be a predictable, above-average sire." Performance tested at Westercelle 1968, Flaneur was highly scored and described as follows: "Quiet, very balanced temperament, playful but good in character. Constitution tight and firm. Good rideability, balanced, uncomplicated and comfortable to ride. Better than average jumping ability; good overall performance ability; good ground-covering walk, swinging and correct trot, well-balanced loose canter. A stallion with many possibilities." His impact on the Trakehner breed is great, having sired 15 graded stallions in Germany (the most important generally considered to be Arogno) and 106 Stud Book daughters, including the States Premium Mare Maharani II (dam of Elite Stallion Mackensen and full brothers Mahagoni and Marlon) and Elite Mares Kanconette and Karawane II. His descendents are sought after for competition, and his son Troubadour was Christine Stückelberger's reserve mount for the Seoul Olympics. Flaneur died in 1988.