| This stallion line can be traced back as far as 1816, when Siglavi was imported from the Arabian desert as a breeding sire for Babolna, the Hungarian National Stud. Nearly 130 years later, an Arab stallion, directly descended through the stallion line from Siglavi, saved the life of a German cavalry officer. Walther Schmidt-Salzmann made his way home to Germany from Central Russia after the defeated German army was dispersed, thanks to his faithful grey, Yugoslavian-born Lapis. This horse carried him through enemy lines and the perils of the Russian winter, sometimes having only the straw from thatched cottage roofs to suffice as fodder. Lapis survived the 6000 kilometre ordeal healthy and sound. Once in the safety of his hometown, Salach, located east of Stuttgart, Schmidt-Salzmann helped the staff of the evacuated Stud Babolna return to their own country. The staff, in gratitude of his support, gave him the choice of a broodmare. He selected the elegant chestnut mare 68 Fenek V of Anglo-Arab lines, born at the National Stud Kisber. Matched with Lapis she produced the mare Amsel, who founded one of the more widespread female families in the Trakehner breed in West Germany. It was 68 Fenek V's bay colt Burnus AA by Lapis, born in 1948, who was to become one of the superstars in the Trakehner breed, with his influence reaching into European Warmblood breeding.
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