The Trakehner Verband named the elite stallion Buddenbrock the Trakehner Stallion of the Year 2010.
The black is by E.H. Sixtus out of state premium mare and elite mare Ballerina XXV (by Diamant).
He is bred by Horst Ebert of Neckarsteinach and owned by Hubertus Poll of Gestüt Hörem in Gilten.
Trakehners International wrote:
Buddenbrock was born in 1994 and approved in Neumünster in 1996 as one of only 7 stallions of that entire crop. He was reared and prepared at Gestüt Hörem and comes from very close maternal relation to Hörem's dressage stallion E.H. Benz, which probably prompted Hubertus Poll to buy the young colt Buddenbrock in the first place.
Out of Buddenbrock's very first foal crop, several sons were presented in Neumünster in 2000. He sired the champion of that year, King Arthur, and another approved stallion, Connery. Both have moved on to very successful performance and breeding careers, and from that year on,
Buddenbrock was always good for at least one approved son, several champion daughters and many highly successful sport horses in all disciplines. Genetically a member of the versatile Burnus AAH - Habicht stallion line, his offspring reflect this dual talent with competition results in all Olympic disciplines, up to international level.
Buddenbrock only competed briefly, but qualified for the Bundeschampionate in eventing, competed and placed in the finals under Andreas Dibowski.
Today, 10 years after his first son entered the arean at Neumünster, Buddenborock has proven that he is not only a great, modern ambassador for the Trakehner breed, but a stallion of international format, with approval status in most German stud books and offspring on several continents competing as rideable, reliable, sound and talented sport horses. Buddenbrock is a true major sire of the Trakehner breed and has helped tremendously to put the Habicht line on an even broader basis.