Millenium’s Sire, Manstein (Matrose) was a Hannoverian State Premium Stallion. Manstein died aged 7, so had a limited number of progeny, yet his descendants  include Sterntaler-Unicef, who recently won the Frankfurt Grand Prix ridden by Ann Katrin Linsenhoff, and the European Show Jumping Champion Montendor. Millenium’s dam Grandella was directly descended from Grandios and Grande, both of whom were State Premium Stallions in Germany. Although Millenium has himself always competed at dressage, his pedigree is a strong showjumping line, and his book in 2006 also included a number of high class eventing mares.