Covering history: 1979-1987 Landesbrück, 1987 passed away

It was by no means the done thing in the 1970ies that the progeny of private stallions were stationed at the Celle state stud. Today this situation is dealt with more flexibly and less bureaucratically, however Bolero was certainly an exception in this respect. He derived from Black Sky xx who at the private studfarm of Schmidt-Ankum always stood somewhat in the shadow of Cardinal xx. The Back Sky xx progeny were always highly proper and very rideable dressage horses, but they could not jump. Black Sky xx passed on this great talent for dressage with the concommitant lack of jumping ability to his approved sons Baron and Bolero too. Bolero’s blood relationship contradicted the long standing prohibition by the studbook committee of mating a mare out of a thoroughbred with a thoroughbred. The damline has ist roots in the area of the Achim station between Verden and Bremen and is based on the mare Atlastaube (by-Athos-Fliegerstern). This bloodline also produced the popular sires Grenadier (Celle state stallion) and Hitchcok (Celle and Radegast state studs) as well as Winner (private stallion Hanover). The exceedingly noble Bolero was stationed in Landesbrück following his stallion performance test ,which he absolved as sixth of an age class of 30. The “breeding ground” had been well prepared through daughters of Grande and Duellant, Bolero’s seeds merely had to germinate and bloom. And how they bloomed! Bolero was a foundation sire of the very top class. He always transmitted himself, passing on endless nobility, rhythmic motions and fequently also his red-golden chestnut colour. His progeny for many years dominated events at the federal championships, including Bini Bo (Vechta 1987) and Boccaccio (Schenefeld 1988). He also provided countless top Verden auction horses and numerous sons were approved, such as the champion stallions Brentano II and Buenos Aires. Other successful progeny were Brentano I, Bismarck, Baryshnikov and Bon Bonaparte. In dressage competition sport large numbers of his progeny apart from Beauvalais and Bersalino (both with Heike Kemmer) Bini Bo (Inge Schmezer) attained high honours. The sudden cardiac death of Bolero in the autumn of 1987 was a shock for the breeding fraternity and the leadership of the Hanoverian Association, as Bolero only reached the age of twelve.