Breeding and Breeding History

Hokuspokus – Breeding for Performance, Soundness and Longevity

Hokuspokus represents a deliberately chosen, high-quality and increasingly rare genetic combination, bred for breeders who value durability, rideability and long-term performance over fleeting fashion. His pedigree is not commercially conventional – it is purpose-built. It unites proven Trakehner performance lines with carefully selected Arabian, Kinsky, Thoroughbred and Akhal‑Teke blood, creating a stallion that brings genetic diversity, toughness and refinement to modern sporthorse breeding.

Hokuspokus is a stallion for breeders who want to produce horses that stay sound, remain willing and perform across disciplines. He offers a powerful opportunity to reinforce health, mental stability and functional athleticism while preserving elegance and nobility.

Breeding History

Brioni

Hokuspokus’ sire, Brioni, epitomises the classical Trakehner ideal: elasticity, stamina, rideability and mental balance. Licensed HB I and bred at the renowned Trakehner stud Schralling in Bavaria, Brioni proved himself across dressage, jumping and eventing.

He won the Trakehner Nurmi Performance Test in 2005 with top scores for walk, trot, canter, cross-country, willingness to perform and rideability, and later qualified for the German Federal Championships (Bundeschampionate). Brioni was described by Trakehner‑Rheinland as:

“A clear type and refiner of the best breed – a successful symbiosis of Trakehner and Arab blood, with uphill movement, charm and charisma.”

EH Friedensfürst - Trakehner Elite Stallion

Brioni’s sire, EH Friedensfürst, was one of the most gifted dual‑purpose Trakehners of his generation. Tall, elegant and powerful, he completed his performance test with exceptional results (overall 126.99; dressage 132.16; jumping 103.84), excelling particularly in rideability and trainability.

EHFriedensfürst competed successfully up to Grand Prix dressage under Lisa Wilcox and earlier under Nicole Uphoff, earning reserve champion at the Nürnberger Burg‑Pokal. Unusually, he also demonstrated genuine jumping ability, making him a true all‑round performance sire.

His pedigree (Rondo – Schabernack – Rositten) represents valuabl, dependable state stud Trakehner lines known for correctness, mental stability and longevity – breeding pillars rather than short‑lived fashion stallions. EH Friedensfürst produced licensed stallions, premium mares and international sporthorses, but left only two licensed sons, making this bloodline particularly rare today.

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Hillary (Elite German Warmblood Mare)

Hokuspokus’ dam, Hillary, is an exceptional premium and elite broodmare with outstanding fertility, health and performance production. Harmoniously built with three excellent paces, she produced:

3 licensed stallions
3 state premium mares
Multiple additional offspring competing successfully at medium and advanced levels

She is approved for the highest studbooks of ZfdP and German Sporthorse and holds the rare FN Performance Studbook D entry – a testament to her consistent production of athletic, functional sporthorses.

Hillary brings together Kinsky, Thoroughbred and Akhal‑Teke blood, contributing speed, endurance, soundness and refinement.

Bagheerah xo (Trakehner / Arabian Influence)

Bagheerah ox, a premium mare of both the Trakehner Verband and ZfdP, represents the purposeful use of Arabian blood to enhance stamina, cardiovascular capacity and durability. She produced two licensed stallions, with offspring competing up to CIC*** level.

Her pedigree combines the English Crabbet Arabian line with Russian Tersk Stud blood, including Bagdad and Arax ox – lines long valued for toughness, metabolic efficiency and longevity. These influences are especially prized by breeders aiming to produce eventers and versatile sporthorses.

Garut Humburský - Kinsky and Akhal‑Teke Influence

Garut Humburský / Almhirt Týnský -

Legendary Endurance and Mental Strength

Through Hennessy Kinsky, Hokuspokus carries elite Kinsky and the best sport-proven Akhal‑Teke blood. Almhirt Týnský (known in Germany as Controversy) was a successful 1.40 m show jumper and a highly influential sire in modern Kinsky breeding.

The Akhal‑Teke stallions Garut, Gaukar 4 and Akra‑10 were bred for sustainable, functional sport performance, emphasising tendon quality, hoof strength, metabolic efficiency and longevity. Garut Humburský was recognised by the FN as the most successful palomino warmblood sport stallion of his time.

Absent - Olympic Legend

Garut Humburský traces back to the legendary Akhal‑Teke Absent, one of the most extraordinary sporthorses in history. After a successful racing career, Absent went on to win Olympic gold and bronze in dressage, competing in three Olympic Games under two different riders (Sergej Filatov and Ivan Kalita), became the Russian championship winner and won in 1968 the title of "Sporting Horse of the World" (watch this video by Absent, who, despite the flying newspaper between his legs, continued concentrating on his piaffe).

The Achal-Teke breed is famous for their great stamina, intelligence, speed, agility and bravery - all characteristics that are today sought after in all rounders, eventers and endurance horses.

Arab

Arab – The Ultimate Proof of Endurance, Courage and Athletic Longevity

Absent descends from the extraordinary grey stallion Arab, a horse whose record remains virtually unparalleled in equine sport history and whose legacy underpins the exceptional toughness found in Hokuspokus’ pedigree.

Arab began his career as a successful racehorse before accomplishing a feat that has never been repeated: at just five years old, he completed the legendary endurance ride from Ashkhabad to Moscow, covering 2,610 miles (4,200 km) in only 84 days – an average of 50 miles per day over unforgiving terrain. Remarkably, he finished the ride fresh, sound and powerful, demonstrating extreme metabolic efficiency, resilience and recovery ability.

Arab later proved his versatility and longevity at the highest level of sport. At the age of 16, after having already won the USSR Cup, he set the Soviet high jump record of 2.19 m (7 ft 2.22 in) – an achievement that underscores not only athletic scope, but soundness and durability far beyond the norm.

Beyond sport, Arab became a living symbol of bravery and reliability. He was personally given by Stalin to Marshal Georgy Zhukov, the commander who defended Stalingrad, and was ridden by Zhukov as the leading horse in the World War II Victory Parade on Red Square in Moscow on 24 June 1945, when the German Army’s capitulation was formally received.

For breeders, Arab represents the ultimate genetic proof of what this line contributes: extraordinary endurance, courage, mental strength, soundness and the ability to perform across disciplines and into advanced age. Through Absent, these rare and invaluable traits continue to live on in Hokuspokus, making him one of the very few modern sport stallions to carry this legendary performance heritage. See here https://youtu.be/VzIBM7xmP3E for the short historic video) as well as below.

Historic video of Arab

Arab is the first horse in this video ridden by Marshall Zhukov, who defended Stalingrad.

Hokuspokus is believed to be one of the rare few heirs of the great performance bloodlines of the Arab - Absent line in western sport horse breeding.