Banshee's sire won Reserve National Champion in Hunt Seat and Dressage Suitability at the 2003 IALHA Nationals, then earned the USDF All Breed Award and Horse of the Year at Training Level. In 2004, he went on to win the National Champion Dressage First Level at the IALHA Nationals. Fandango D's bay sire, Bravio XVI®, was a 2005 US Equestrian Foundation Top Ten Leading Sire. The nongray color comes from Lisonjerio III®, a bay stallion from two heterozygous gray parents.

Her dam competed successfully in driving and liberty routines when younger. Encantada's sire Adriatico® traces to multiple military sires in his lines, and her dam contains Oyente®, son of Malusa®, one of the founders of the modern bay color line.