Covering history: Reinheim and Kevelaer in 1968, 1969 to 1972 at Teinheim, 1973 to 1988 at Hückeswagen, perished in 1988

The almost macula free dark tan hereditary transmitter Flaneur was one of the most important stallions of the Trakehner breed. His sire, the grey Maharadscha was a grandson of the thoroughbred Arabian Fetysz ox via Famulus. The dam Flocke, a daughter of the invaluable Gabriel had one year earlier with the same sire, produced the relatively variegated chestnut Mahdi (named after his sire), who performed covering duty at the former Bavarian state studfarm of Landshut and left outstanding performance horses in Bavaria, but who was only little utilised in his own population. The Trakehner broodmare family of Flamme 219 (by Tauentzien-Eskimo) which Flaneur and Mahdi derive from also produced the stallions Fahnenträger II (private stallion Oldenburg, Hessia), Falkner (privates stallion Holstein, Denmark), the approvals winner Farinelli (leased stallion Neustadt / Dosse state stud), Feingeist (private stallion Holstein) and Flugwind (private stallion Westphalia). Flaneur was runner-up of the 1967 Trakehner stallion market in Neumünster. One year later at the stallion testing institute of Westercelle (today Adelheidsdorf) he received the following training evaluation: “Calm, very equable temperament”. Playful, with a good character. Constitution taut and firm. Good rideability in equilibrium, uncomplicated and comfortable to ride. Good average jumping ability, general performance ability good; walk good in length of stride, spirited trot, good rhythm, well-balanced gallop with abandon. A stallion with many possibilities. “His exterior points description in the “Trakehner stallion (stud) book 1975” was no less exquisite: “Excellent model with great significance in the whole appearance. True to type head, good neck, well positioned, broad muscular shoulder, well-developed, well-proportioned body. Quite powerful and correct foundation with good straight motions”. The qualities of this stallion had thus already been recognised early on. The first covering season (1968) which Flaneur partially spent at the Vogelsangshof of the Hoogen family in the Rhineland, resulted in the stallion son Rubin. Following his initial application as a riding stallion, he also performed stud duty at the Vogelsangshof, where he sired the Rhenic stallion performance test winners Rembrandt and Majoran. The latter in turn became the sire of the esteemed approvals winner Preußenprinz. Of his stallion sons, Arogno however undoubtedly has the greatest significance. This first class sire covered for a long time, as a loose box neighbour of his sire Flaneur in Hückeswegen, at the Dr. Reimer studfarm, before becoming acceptable for the state horse breeding programmes. Arogno’s son Karon more or less had the function of an “extension cord” between Arogno and Caprimond. Karon neither managed to convince in his own population nor in the state horsebreeds of Hanover or Oldenburg The Flaneur great-grandson Caprimond however, who is an elite stallion, has managed to put his sire’s genotype of the Fetysz ox line on a broad basis again. Gajus, who was used as a riding horse for many years, is a direct Flaneur son who is still on active stud duty in 1999.