Covering history: A competition sport stallion until 19971, Neustadt / Dosse from 1972 to 1974, Groß Beuthen 1975 to 1976, Moritzburg 1977 to 1978, Apenburg 1979 to 1981, put down in 1981

It happens time and again, that stallion lines die out in the state of origin, yet develop blossoms in neighbouring breeding areas. This was certainly the case with the bloodline of Großinquisitor xx, which was only a flash in the pan in Hanover, yet in Westphalia and the former East Germany it flowered and bore fruit. The story of the K-line is not dissimilar. It began with the utilisation of the thoroughbred Kingdom xx at the Celle state stud station of Otersen in 1889, which however became extinct in the 1950ies. Had it not been for the stallion Körling who was cut off from the mainstream and dispensed to Mecklenburg because of the ravages of the Second World War, and who was registered in the studbooks as “Tropfen” until his identification, the K-line would undoubtedly have died out by now. The approved sons Kondor, Korse, Künstler and Konsul remained insignificant for breeding. Komet, the fifth stallion son of Körling had a somewhat adventurous prehistory. Born in 1959, he was rejected by the approvals commission and by circumvention of the then existing East German castration requirements, was sold as a sports horse. This stallion, who was utilised in showjumping and in modern pentathlon aroused the attention of the Neustadt stud administration at a time when it was believed that the K-line had long died out in the East of Germany too. Komet changed over to Neustadt and in 1971, as a twelve year old, he was approved at a special approval. His first covering period as a national sire in Neustadt resulted in the six approved sons, of whom Kosmos I, but above all Kontakt and Kobold I attained great importance. Kontakt like most of the representatives of this bloodline was a grey who frequently transmitted oversize, a large head, but also great jumping ability to his offspring. After the break up of East Germany, Kontakt was sold to Hans Negendank in Sweden. Kobold I succeeded in activating the K-line resp. helping it to gain its current significance. He performed covering duty for many years as a state stallion in Redefin and procreated the magnificent sire of showjumpers Kolibri, who more than any other stallion of the “no longer so new” German states has been covering the majority of mares of that region. And why not? His progeny are showjumpers of extra class who are often ridden by top international riders. The challenge trophy established by Bernd Eylers for the breeders of the approval winners of the breeding associations of Saxony-Anhalt and Berlin-Brandenburg is a table bronze figure of Kolibri. Kolibri is also designated as the “Landgraf of the East”, even though from his colour and appearance and obviously also in his hereditary he might better be compared to Hanover’s Gotthard, as the latter also transmitted himself best with mares of noble blood. There are plans to erect a life-sized bronze monument in honour of Kolibri. The grey colour which is a significant trademark of this line was introduced by Amurath I, who was the maternal great-grandsire, of the 1930 born Körling sire Körting. This very same Amurath I was also the source of the grey colouring of the aforementioned Gotthard and of the invaluable sire of showjumpers of the 1960ies, Agram. The two premium national sires were both out of daughters by Amateur I, who himself was an Amurath I grandson.