The foundation story of this line varies greatly depending on whomever tells the tale. The Zumbach is named in honour of a Mahogany Line cat from the 1980’s of the same name, whom was considered the greatest dressage cat of his generation and many awaited his debut to the stud market after a successful career but he was stolen before he could perform his first season. The theft was highly publicized, the kidnappers did not make any demands or if they did they were not released to the public and later announced that Zumbach had been killed - his body was never recovered.

This is where the founding of the Zumbach Line we know today differs - some believe that Zumbach was stolen, bred illegally and later killed when he had outlived his purpose, some believed that a rogue stud manager illegally bred him and organized his kidnap, ransom and death to cover up the mistake. Yet to this day, others believe it was just a ransom gone wrong. The special breeding program meant to recreate the superior qualities, of which were conformationally perfect with a wide range of movement, ultimately did not use the illegitimate offspring of Zumbach, as genetic tests of the foundation stock have never been publicized.

In the end, the resulting selective breeding program was greatly successful in recreating the qualities of its namesake ; The heavy build, superb conformation and silky gene. In the final result was 'King of the Woodland Realm', whom, after detailed research, was ultimately confirmed to contain DNA of 'Zumbach', fully reviving his namesake in full.