Bred by Freiherr/Baron S. Alfred von Oppenheim, stud GESTÜT SCHLENDERHAN, Quadrath-Ichendorf, near Köln/Cologne, Germany. Winner of that country's 2,000 Guineas and St. Leger and leading sire in Germany five times himself. Prunus's best son came in Oleander, one of the all-time greats to have raced in Germany. Oleander carried the line forward with distinction, siring Nordlicht, Sturmvogel, Asterios, Espace Vital, Nuvolari, and Orsenigo.