{"id":12940,"date":"2014-10-17T14:56:43","date_gmt":"2014-10-17T03:56:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/?p=12940"},"modified":"2022-04-19T15:00:43","modified_gmt":"2022-04-19T05:00:43","slug":"pik-bube","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/2014\/10\/pik-bube\/","title":{"rendered":"Pik Bube"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Pik<\/a><\/p>\n

1973 \u2013 1992 172cm Dark brown<\/strong><\/p>\n

Breeder: Gunter Pape<\/strong><\/p>\n

Pik Bube was bred by Gunter Pape, the head of the well-known \u2018breeding family\u2019 who run the prestigious Hengstation Pape.<\/p>\n

It was a great surprise at the licensing of 1975, when the head of the State Stud Celle, Christian von Steglin failed to include Pik Bube in the \u2018Celle Lot\u2019 (the state stud director had at that time, first pick of the successful young stallions) and let him go to Gr\u00f6nwohldhof – where he formed a hugely successful partnership with the then-resident trainer, the late Herbert Rehbein. They won 11 out of 12 advanced classes in their only competition season in 1980.<\/p>\n

Pik Bube\u2019s sire, Pik K\u00f6nig is considered the most important son of the famous Thoroughbred sire of showjumpers, Pik As xx. Pik K\u00f6nig sired 19 licensed sons and 22 State Premium mares. His offspring – such as Pirol 37 – were mainly successful in showjumping. With a dressage index of 126, and a jumping index of 131, Pik K\u00f6nig had an overall rating of 129. His sire, Pik As xx stood at the State Stud Celle from 1953-69, where he sired four approved sons.<\/p>\n

\"Pik<\/a><\/p>\n

\u00a0Pik As – Thoroughbred jumping sire…<\/em><\/p>\n

Pik As was only 157 cm tall but according to Claus Schridde in his survey Thoroughbred sires in Hanover (II) in Z Magazine, June\/July 2005: “far from tall, Pik As looked great and always made a deep impression at his presentations. At stud at Hohnstof in the Arlenburger Elbe polder, the superbly bred female stock in that region offered him enormous opportunities which he did not waste. With top class progeny such as Pesg\u00f6 under Helga K\u00f6hler and Porta Westfalica ridden by Hartwig Steenken, he soon earned a good reputation as a showjumping horse producer. He hardly produced any dressage horses. State stud Celle had kept three sons from the last seasons in his career: the dark brown Pik K\u00f6nig, the chestnut, Pik Junge and the grey Pik\u00f6r… Pik K\u00f6nig developed into a top-class showjumping horse producer. His sons Pik Bube I and II even produced many dressage horses.”<\/p>\n

\"Dohlenfurstin\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\u00a0Dohlenfurstin – an international jumper<\/em><\/p>\n

Pik Bube\u2019s dam, Franka was out of a very famous jumper. Her dam, Dohlenfurstin, was an international showjumper under the name Daniela, and was the most successful jumping horse in Germany in 1972. She produced three foals, two by Frustra II and one by Maigraf xx. Dohlenfurstin is also the dam of Grand Prix showjumper, Prince Charming.<\/p>\n

G\u00fcnter Pape bought Franka, as a three-year-old in 1969 and described her as follows, \u201cShe had a large frame, with a good shoulder and elevated, elastic movement. She was very dominant and impressed with her intelligence.\u201d He also commented on her rideability. Franka was to become the dam not only Pik Bube I and II but also their full sisters Pik Dame (USA), Paola, Pirola, and Polljana.<\/p>\n

Franka was by Frustra II, one of those stallions who is seldom mentioned, perhaps because he produced mares, but no outstanding stallion son to carry on his line.<\/p>\n

G\u00fcnter Pape bred the Frustra II mare, Franka to Pik Koenig. Franka was out of Daniela by Domspatz \/ Der L\u00f6we. Daniela was a successful showjumper with Hartwig Steenken. The Franka \/ Pik Koenig cross became the basis of the Pape family\u2019s breeding dynasty\u2026.<\/p>\n

The cross produced the stallions, Pik Bube I & II, and their full sisters: Paola (dam of Donnerklang A and Bergamon), Priola (dam of Ragazzo and Donnerschlag) and Polljana, the dam of Raphinus.<\/p>\n

Frustra II also greatly influenced Gunter Pape\u2019s other main bloodline: Gaby by Gotthard out of Fusion by Frustra II. Bred to Pik K\u00f6nig, Gaby produced the licensing champion, Picard and the states premium mare, Philipa, who produced three licensed sons: Dobrock, Lanthanid and Rodin.<\/p>\n

Pik Bube I sired performers in all disciplines. His daughter, Pikantje was Federal German riding horse champion of 1981, and Pik Bube\u2019s Girl won the 1990 Federal Mare Show in Verden. Pik Primaire and Pik Royal were amongst the 49 of his offspring that were successful in advanced dressage, while 19 showjumpers achieved advanced level. Perhaps the most successful of his stallion sons has been Piaster who stands in Bavaria, Pik Labonics has been a successful sire for the Westfaliens, and Pommery has produced some useful progeny in Hanover. His son, Pik Noir competed successfully in dressage and was the sire of Prinz Paul, who placed 3rd in the six-year-old Dressage Championship at the 2001 Bundeschampionate.<\/p>\n

\"AddDonSchufroCanter\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Don Schufro – the magic Donnerhall \/ Pik Bube cross\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

As a brood mare sire, Pik Bube has been a phenomenon, especially when teamed with Donnerhall: Davignon, Don Primero, Don Schufro, Donatelli, Donnerbube, Dream of Glory, Duntroon – all bred on that magic cross Donnerhall\/Pik Bube.<\/p>\n

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As a brood mare sire, Pik Bube has been a phenomenon, especially when teamed with Donnerhall: Davignon, Don Primero, Don Schufro, Donatelli, Donnerbube, Dream of Glory, Duntroon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14365,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"nf_dc_page":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[110],"tags":[1246,548,85],"class_list":["post-12940","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-great-stallions","tag-great-stallions","tag-pik-bube","tag-warmblood-breeding"],"acf":[],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12940","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12940"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12940\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33330,"href":"https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12940\/revisions\/33330"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14365"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12940"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12940"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12940"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}