Breeding
Bolero was by the English Thoroughbred stallion Black Sky, who was imported to Germany in 1972. Black Sky was a grandson of the great stallion Djebel, who also sired the very influential My Babu, a stallion seen in many show jumpers and hunters pedigrees in the United States. Black Sky stood at the private stud farm of Schmidt-Ankum, and his offspring were general nice dressage horses with good rideability, but with very little jumping talent.
Bolero's dam, Baroness, was registered with the Hanoverian Verband. She was half-Thoroughbred through her sire, the large-framed stallion Bleep. Her dam's side includes Hyperion, who in turn traces to Bay Ronald. The dam-sire of Baroness was the stallion Athos, who was known as a broodmare sire of dressage horses, and her damline (Athos-Fliegerstern) also produced the stallions Grenadier, Hitchcock, and Winner.
This breeding combination of a Thoroughbred stallion to a mare that was by a Thoroughbred was prohibited by the Hanoverian studbook at the time, due to the belief that the offspring would be unsuccessful.
Pedigree for Bolero
1975 Chestnut colt
| Sire Black Sky br. 1966 |
Blast b. 1957 |
Djebe gr. 1945 |
Djebel |
|---|---|---|---|
| Catherine | |||
| Gale Warning 1952 |
Nimbus | ||
| Squall | |||
| Madrilene ch. 1951 |
Court Martial ch. 1942 |
Fair Trial | |
| Instantaneous | |||
| Marmite gr. 1935 |
Mr Jinks | ||
| Gentlemen's Relish | |||
| Dam Baronesse ch. 1970 |
Bleep ch. 1956 |
Pinza b. 1950 |
Chanteur |
| Pasqua | |||
| The Satellite 1946 |
Hyperion | ||
| Rhodean | |||
| Atlastaube ch. 1949 |
Athos br. 1938 |
Allerhand | |
| Anhris | |||
| Fliegerheil 1942 |
Fliegerstern | ||
| Freiheit |
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