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Bundes-<br />
championat<br />
<strong>10|2012</strong><br />
Corona and Sandra Auffarth<br />
Champions<br />
Breeder‘s<br />
Portrait<br />
„D“ as in Dressage<br />
Auction<br />
Radiant top seller Dondolo<br />
THE HANOVERIAN<br />
Nr. 10 | October 2012
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Sport<br />
AN ABSOLUTELY<br />
EXCEPTIONAL HORSE<br />
Corona and Sandra Auffarth. Photo: Brandel<br />
A victory and a second place in the division for 5-year olds, a second place in the<br />
division for six-year olds and a total of eleven horses in the final of both age groups:<br />
Hanover not only provided the largest but also the most successful contingent at the<br />
Bundeschampionate for event horses.<br />
By Rolf Hillmann
Heavenly late-summer weather in September,<br />
excellent footing and demanding but not scary<br />
courses – Sunday being the final day at the Bundeschampionate<br />
for Germany’s event horses promised<br />
first-rate competition of highly talented horses<br />
based on the above described excellent<br />
conditions. <strong>The</strong> federal trainer could not stop raving<br />
in the end. Team Olympic champion and bronze<br />
medal winner Sandra Auffarth made him rave at<br />
the Olympic Games in London four weeks ago; and<br />
now she has done it again with her presentation of<br />
five-year old Corona by Contendro/Garibaldi II, a<br />
<strong>Hanoverian</strong> clearly born with a special talent for<br />
eventing. <strong>The</strong> mare finished the final qualification<br />
in second place. With a jumping score of 8,0 and a<br />
dressage score of 8,8 Corona had very good prerequisites<br />
when she entered the cross-country course<br />
on Sunday. <strong>The</strong> spectators witnessed the finest<br />
that eventing has to offer. <strong>The</strong> pair completed the<br />
course almost effortlessly with impressive jumping<br />
ability, a fantastic canter, securely on the aids, always<br />
in rhythm and a hind leg that has no equal<br />
and all even though it was rather demanding for<br />
horses at this young age. Three expert judges including<br />
federal trainer Hans Melzer awarded the ride<br />
with the dream score of 9,5. It meant the clear<br />
victory as this score weighed double. Melzer described<br />
the round with these words, “It could hardly<br />
have been better.” A few days later he was still<br />
impressed by what he had seen, “An absolutely<br />
exceptional horse that has gone through a terrific<br />
development and still has much development<br />
ahead of him. Horse and rider are an ideal fit. A<br />
championship horse of the highest quality that<br />
unites all parameters of an event horse: dressage<br />
ability, powerful and secure jumping, great ambition,<br />
a phenomenal canter and incredible rideability.”<br />
Incredible attitude<br />
<strong>The</strong> second-placed rider in the division for five-year<br />
old event horses called Nadine Marzahl also rode<br />
a <strong>Hanoverian</strong>; It was the chestnut mare Valentie by<br />
Valentino/Varus. This mare showed off her qualities,<br />
her incredible attitude, a big heart and a very<br />
special interior. <strong>The</strong> rather small mare impressed<br />
with her overview, her good balance, great jumping<br />
ability and a steadiness that was to be seen<br />
again that day. “<strong>The</strong> horse is equipped with a very<br />
useful canter. She appears a bit homely but she<br />
picks up points with her enormous willingness, her<br />
strong nerves and her rideability,” said Hans Melzer.<br />
<strong>The</strong> pair scored 7,1 in dressage which lies<br />
below her possibilities and received the highest<br />
score of the day in jumping. Everything went like<br />
clockwork in the final on Sunday. <strong>The</strong> judging team<br />
awarded the ride with a score of 9,3. <strong>The</strong> spectators<br />
could not but have the impression that this<br />
mare could have added another round without<br />
loosing her oversight or her rhythm.<br />
Six <strong>Hanoverian</strong> horses qualified for the final in the<br />
five-year old division including the mare Butt’s<br />
Avondale by Nobre xx/Heraldik xx. <strong>The</strong> name’s prefix<br />
states that the mare is a product out of the legendary<br />
damline of Friedrich Butt. She won the final<br />
qualification with a dressage score of 7,0 and<br />
a jumping score of 8,4; this allowed for high hopes<br />
for the final. On Sunday Hans Melzer told her rider<br />
Anna Siemer that the ride was just “too pleasant”.<br />
<strong>The</strong> quality of the almost 100%-Thoroughbred<br />
was clearly visible at all times; the federal trainer<br />
however wanted the ride to be bolder. He criticized<br />
the long ways and the ‘safe’ riding. Anna Siemer<br />
and Butt’s Avondale received a score of 9,0 for<br />
great rideability, good bascule jumping ability and<br />
a solid canter but in the end the score was only<br />
enough for an ungrateful forth place for this picture-book<br />
event horse.<br />
High criteria for qualification<br />
<strong>The</strong> prerequisites for participation in Warendorf in<br />
the division for six-year olds are placements in Llevel<br />
or one-star competitions. <strong>The</strong> group of participants<br />
is considerably smaller than in the five-year<br />
old division. <strong>The</strong> high qualification criteria may be<br />
the reason for that or the fact that that promising<br />
German event horses have become a much soughtafter<br />
commodity.<br />
Sport<br />
Silver in the five-year old division<br />
for Valentine and Nadine Marzahl.<br />
Photo: www.pferdebilder.de<br />
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Sport<br />
Kalle ridden by Sara Algotsson-<br />
Ostholt became Reserve Champion<br />
in the six-year old division.<br />
Corona – the crown for<br />
Diedrich Meyer<br />
Bundeschampion Corona (Spanish for<br />
crown) literally became the crown of her<br />
breeders achievements; her breeder Diedrich<br />
Meyer is from Koehlen near Bad Bederkesa.<br />
“I have had horses participate in the<br />
Bundeschampionate three times but this is<br />
the first time I have had a winner,“ Diedrich<br />
Meyer is delighted. Everyone in the stable<br />
of Family Auffarth believes the five-year old<br />
mare is capable of following into the<br />
footsteps of Olympic horse Opgun Louvo.<br />
“This one or none,” Sandra Auffarth supposedly<br />
whispered into her father’s ear last<br />
November on Verden’s auction. <strong>The</strong> mare<br />
had already been in the barn of Family Auffarth<br />
to be lunged as a two-and-a-half year<br />
old. Father Karl-Heinz and the current team<br />
Olympic champion Sandra had come to Verden<br />
because of a different horse from Diedrich<br />
Meyer’s barn. <strong>The</strong>y had no idea that<br />
Corona was being offered for sale. <strong>The</strong>y<br />
changed their mind on the spot and bid as<br />
long as it took. “I’ll never give this one up<br />
again,” Sandra Auffarth breathed a sigh of<br />
relief after winning the bidding duel.<br />
Six <strong>Hanoverian</strong>s qualified for the final; in the end<br />
four went on course; it was hard - some even went<br />
so far to say that the course was too hard! <strong>The</strong><br />
Rhineland gelding Sunny Row W by Sandro Classic/Painter’s<br />
Row xx and his rider Jens Hoffrogge<br />
won with a score of 9,4 followed by the <strong>Hanoverian</strong><br />
Kalle by King Kolibri/Really Fabulous xx in second<br />
place. <strong>The</strong> silver medal winner from London<br />
Sara Algotsson-Ostholt from Sweden rode Kalle.<br />
Husband Frank Ostholt who watched the ride of<br />
his wife under the severe influence of an adrenalin<br />
rush is his owner. He really did not have to worry at<br />
all though. Kalle exhibited enormous ambition,<br />
high performance willingness and an attribute that<br />
is crucial for event horses: He always wants to get<br />
to the other side! Hans Melzer described the horse<br />
as one that “will definitely make his way, no matter<br />
who rides him, Sara or Frank.”<br />
<strong>The</strong> son of King Kolibri erased any doubt about his<br />
quality on final Sunday after a dressage score of<br />
8,0 and a jumping score of 7,1: <strong>The</strong> bay convinced<br />
with his useful canter, rideability and his adroit and<br />
secure jumping that earned him a 9,0 which was<br />
the third-best cross-country score and second<br />
place overall.<br />
Corona is not a novice. She completed a<br />
very good performance test (8,0; 8,0; jumping<br />
8,5 twice), was accepted into the Program<br />
for <strong>Hanoverian</strong> Jumper Horse Breeding<br />
and won some events in her first year<br />
of competition with rider Juliane Kirsch after<br />
having delivered a foal by Uccello in the<br />
spring of 2011. <strong>The</strong> foal sold on the elite<br />
spring auction of the same year to Hessian.<br />
Dam Gerona by Garibaldi II/Lombard (line<br />
of Blenna 1870, Detje, Dreck Harburg, Area<br />
Lüneburg. Soliman de Hus descends out of<br />
the same line.) delivered 17 foals on the<br />
farm of Diedrich Meyer. Last year she had to<br />
be put to sleep because of old age while<br />
she still had a foal at her side. Gerona<br />
achieved numerous victories and earned<br />
multiple titles with daughter Liane Roes<br />
(nee Meyer) as her rider in spite of her responsibilities<br />
as a broodmare. Gerona’s record<br />
as a broodmare: three auction horses,<br />
four state’s premium mares, six successful<br />
show horses including Ricarda (VA) by<br />
Ramiro’s Son II, internationally successful<br />
with rider Philipp Weishaupt, and Romantico<br />
by Ramiro’s Son II and dressage success<br />
at the S-level with Robert Korsch.<br />
After a forth place in the final qualification Euroridings<br />
Chracker Jack by Concinales xx/Esculdo II<br />
and rider Andreas Dibowski dropped behind a bit<br />
on Sunday. <strong>The</strong> dressage and jumping scores allowed<br />
for the presumption that the horse has the<br />
potential to improve in all three disciplines. Nonetheless<br />
the judges saw a horse for “international<br />
competition”; a horse equipped with power<br />
and a good canter, a horse that impressed with<br />
good jumping ability.<br />
Federal trainer Melzer attested the five-year old<br />
division a quality that has never been reached before.<br />
He regretted that horses with a score of 8,5<br />
after the qualification did not make it into the final<br />
because of the large number of entries and the limited<br />
number of allowed final participants. “We<br />
need to rethink this fact.” He asked to correct this<br />
modus – as well as the admittance for six-year<br />
olds, “A result from a qualification should be sufficient;<br />
it should not have to be a placement. We<br />
would then have more competitors in this age<br />
group again.”n<br />
Gerona’s dam was Legende by Lombard.<br />
She was - generously speaking - 1,60 m; in<br />
other words she was a bit small just like so<br />
many Löwe xx-descendants. “She made up<br />
for it with her ambition and her disposition,”<br />
Diedrich Meyer remembers. He bought<br />
her from breeder Mattfeld in Ankelohe. Legende<br />
delivered seven fillies; five received<br />
the state’s premium award. “She passed on<br />
her spirit to all her descendants,” Meyer<br />
knows just too well where to find the origin<br />
of Corona’s performance willingness. Rolf<br />
Hillmann<br />
Contendro<br />
St.Pr.St.<br />
Gerona<br />
Contender<br />
Bravo<br />
Garibaldi II<br />
Legende<br />
Calypso II<br />
Gofine<br />
Reichsgraf<br />
Ofarim<br />
Grande<br />
Marbel<br />
Lombard<br />
St.Pr.St. Diane
What a champion!<br />
Franziskus advanced and was the one to steal hearts which earned him gold at the<br />
Bundeschampionate for German Riding Horses. Two other <strong>Hanoverian</strong>s won bronze<br />
medals.<br />
By Julia Martin<br />
<strong>The</strong> ingredients of the Bundeschampionat for<br />
the German Riding Horse in Warendorf consist<br />
of young horses that inspire, an attentive audience<br />
that always questions the judges’ evaluations and<br />
then either accept them with applause or call out<br />
in disapproval and a commentator, who year after<br />
year raves when its time to discuss the finalists. A<br />
perfect fit for this setting is the four-year old stallion<br />
Franziskus by Fidertanz/Alabaster. He conquered<br />
the hearts of every spectator from the very first<br />
moment onwards. Johanna Klippert had already<br />
presented the privately owned sire of the stallion<br />
station Holkenbrink in an exemplary fashion in the<br />
qualification. He impressed with his radiance and<br />
his incredibly elastic basic gaits to win his debut in<br />
Warendorf with a considerable advantage and a<br />
score of 8,75. Thunderous applause for the spectators’<br />
favorite! A total of 13 stallions participated in<br />
the qualification, three of which carried the <strong>Hanoverian</strong><br />
hip brand. Next to Franziskus, Quasar de<br />
Charry also caught attention as the typy chestnut<br />
always seems to do. At only a few months this son<br />
of Quarterback/Wolkentanz sold on the foal auction<br />
in 2008 for a record price of 120,000.00 Euro<br />
to Family Hereth in Baar. He received a premium<br />
award at the licensing in 2010. Susan Pape presented<br />
the stallion in Warendorf where he received<br />
top scores for his canter. <strong>The</strong> beautiful chestnut entered<br />
the final with a final score of 8,42 and third<br />
place. <strong>The</strong> third <strong>Hanoverian</strong> participant in the final<br />
was the dark-brown halfbred Suncirco presented<br />
by Anna-Sophie Fiebelkorn. <strong>The</strong> athletic son of<br />
Sunlight xx/Velten Third showed an excellent walk<br />
(9,0). This pair did not qualify for the next round<br />
with a final score of only 7,67.<br />
<strong>The</strong> final<br />
Franziskus repeated his performance of the qualification<br />
in the final part A: he just fascinated everybody!<br />
<strong>The</strong> judges’ commentator Dr. Dietrich Plewa<br />
commended, “This horse leaves nothing to be<br />
desired in respect to his modern appearance. He<br />
has a beautiful face, steals everybody’s heart and<br />
has a radiance that can hardly be surpassed.” <strong>The</strong><br />
powerful and elastic trot with its almost unlimited<br />
shoulder freedom and active hind leg received a<br />
score of 9,5; the uphill and ground-covering canter<br />
received a 9,0. Franziskus’ walk could have been<br />
more relaxed as he was impressed by Warendorf’s<br />
surroundings. <strong>The</strong>refore the judges scored the walk<br />
and the age-appropriate level of training with respect<br />
to the criteria of the training scale with ‘only’<br />
a 8,0 and 8,5. <strong>The</strong> impeccable exterior and the<br />
harmonious presentation each received the score<br />
of 9,0. Franziskus and Johanna Klippert took the<br />
lead with 53 points and were almost unsurpassable<br />
after this performance. It was now up to the<br />
guest riders Uta Gräf and Anja Rietbrock to select<br />
the new Bundeschampion. Both trainers obviously<br />
enjoyed riding the impressive dark bay. Whilst the<br />
visitors honored the rides with lavish applause<br />
Sport<br />
Bundeschampion of four-year old<br />
stallions: Franziskus with rider<br />
Johanna Klippert. Photos: Beelitz<br />
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Sport<br />
Bronze for Quasar de Charry and<br />
Susan Pape.<br />
both riders awarded the stallion 19,50 points. A<br />
total of 72,50 points was the final result: Franziskus<br />
is the Bundeschampion of 2012!<br />
Hanover received yet another medal in the finale.<br />
Quasar de Charry and Susan Pape convinced in the<br />
final part A. Dr. Dietrich Plewa summarized, “This<br />
stallion’s sire stamped his exterior. He has a lot of<br />
radiance, a distinctly beautiful face and a correct<br />
foundation.” <strong>The</strong> athlete received a 9,0 for his<br />
energetic and ground-covering canter and an 8,5<br />
for his powerful and impressive trot. He received<br />
the same scores for his conformation and the harmony<br />
of the presentation. <strong>The</strong> three judges awarded<br />
the walk and the age-appropriate completion<br />
of the criteria of the training scale with an 8,0<br />
each. Quasar de Charry qualified as the third candidate<br />
for the final part B with 50,5 points. Uta<br />
Graef and Anja Rietbrock judged the feeling the<br />
chestnut gave them under saddle with a total<br />
score of 17,50: Quasar de Charry and Susan Pape<br />
won the bronze medal.<br />
Bronze for Dancer<br />
25 four-year olds participated in the qualification<br />
for mares and geldings – almost twice as many<br />
horses as in the stallion division. Hanover had the<br />
largest representation with six candidates. <strong>The</strong> Warendorfer<br />
debut came to an end on a score of 7,75,<br />
10th place for Don Hitmeyer by Diamond Hit/Lauries<br />
Crusador xx and rider Lena Stegemann. De<br />
Nino by Don Schufro/Sandro Hit and rider Isabell<br />
Bache finished the qualification in 14th position<br />
just like Devino by Dancie/Wolkentanz who was<br />
also presented by Isabell Bache from Norway.<br />
Dance in Black by Don Frederico/Lauries Crusador<br />
xx and Ann-Christin Wienkamp had a beautiful<br />
performance in the first qualification: It was relaxed,<br />
content, consistently diligent and rhythmical.<br />
<strong>The</strong> gelding improved in the final part A finishing<br />
in third place. Dr. Dietrich Plewa<br />
commended, “Dance in Black is a riding horse of<br />
exceptional quality. His trot is equipped with unlimited<br />
impulsion.” Both guest riders Rietbrock and<br />
Gräf liked the black dancer a lot and gave him a<br />
combined score of 19,0, the almost maximum total:<br />
Dance in Black and Ann-Christin Wienkamp<br />
received a final score of 50,50 and won the bronze<br />
medal.<br />
St. Pr. A. Donna Felice by Don Frederico/White Star<br />
was one of the highly sought-after top sellers at<br />
Verden’s elite auction of spring 2012. She found a<br />
new home in Austria. Angelica Bystroem presented<br />
the mare that appeared to be more mature and<br />
correctly trained. <strong>The</strong> pair finished in fifth place.<br />
Susan Pape rode a second candidate; it was the<br />
chestnut mare Scara Boa by Scolari/Wolkenstein II,<br />
into 6th place in the A-final.<br />
<strong>The</strong> three-year olds<br />
Six of 19 three-year old stallions that fought for<br />
the championship title carried the <strong>Hanoverian</strong><br />
brand: Fürst Nymphenburg II by Florencio/De Niro<br />
finished the qualification in forth place as the best
<strong>Hanoverian</strong> with his rider Andreas Müller. This pair<br />
did not participate in the final due to an injury.<br />
Nymphenburgs For You by For Compliment/Rohdiamant<br />
with his rider Tessa Frank and premium sire<br />
Bodyguard by Burlington/Pik L. with rider Jana<br />
Freund were both in sixth position after the qualification<br />
with a score of 8,17. Both did better in the<br />
A-final. <strong>The</strong> rhythmical and ground-covering walk<br />
(9,5) was the highlight in the presentation of the<br />
big Bodyguard. Jana Freund and Bodyguard finished<br />
the competition in forth place with a score of<br />
51,5. Nymphenburgs For You and Tessa Frank followed<br />
with a score of 50,5 in fifth position. Dancing<br />
World by Dancier and rider Sandra Frieling finished<br />
the qualification in ninth place. <strong>The</strong><br />
black-brown San Antonio by Soliman de Hus/Feiner<br />
Stern who was a participant in Verden’s 127th<br />
elite auction in October and his rider Philipp Severit<br />
finished on a final score of 7,75 in 13th position.<br />
<strong>The</strong> best <strong>Hanoverian</strong> out of 18 four-year old mares<br />
and geldings was Lionella by Londontime/Corradino.<br />
<strong>The</strong> attractive chestnut mare that appeared to<br />
be properly on the aids at all times is a member of<br />
the current elite auction, too. Andreas Mueller rode<br />
the athlete into third position in the qualification.<br />
<strong>The</strong> pair finished the final part A in sixth place.<br />
Again the <strong>Hanoverian</strong> Association had the largest<br />
number of participants. Five other aspirants competed<br />
in the qualification including Sierra Tiquilla<br />
by Scolari/Conteur with rider Anett Müller who finished<br />
the riding horse class in 10th place. If you<br />
<strong>The</strong> dark bay dancer<br />
Franziskus was born at the farm of Family<br />
Albers in Löningen in May of 2008. “You<br />
could tell that he was very special and had<br />
an incredible presence from day one,” Elisabeth<br />
Albers remembers. His dam Antara descends<br />
from Bundeschampion Alabaster.<br />
Bred to De Niro, she produced the licensed<br />
stallion Dementi who is a successful dressage<br />
competitor at the S-level.<br />
<strong>The</strong> dam line is founded on the Irish Thoroughbred<br />
dam Daffy-Toban xx by Go Tobann<br />
xx/Mustang xx. <strong>The</strong> breeding farm Albers<br />
has fostered this line that also produced<br />
Celle’s state stud sire Winston since the mid<br />
seventies. Dam Antara is still a member of<br />
Family Albers’ breeding program as well as<br />
granddam Desiree by Rubinstein. “We bred<br />
Desiree one more time to Alabaster to hopefully<br />
get one more full-sister to Antara,” Eli-<br />
Bronze medal winner: Dance in Black and Ann-Christin<br />
Wienkamp. Photo: Beelitz<br />
wish to see more of this bay filly, I advise you to<br />
attend Verden’s elite auction on October 13th as<br />
Sierra Tiquilla will also be a participant. n<br />
sabath Albers expresses her pride for her<br />
breeding products. Franziskus has three<br />
younger full-siblings. “All three are exceptional<br />
horses that catch your attention right<br />
away.”<br />
Franziskus was sold to the Dutch breeder<br />
Reesink at only fourteen days of age. He had<br />
his first public appearance at the qualification<br />
for the German Foal Championships on<br />
the Farm Kasselmann. <strong>The</strong> dark bay Dancer<br />
was brilliant and won unchallenged at the<br />
final in Lienen. Stallion manager Wilhelm<br />
Holkenbrink had already discovered the colt<br />
when the qualification took place in Hagen.<br />
Two years later he was able to purchase<br />
Franziskus and presented him at the North-<br />
Rhine Westphalian main licensing in Münster-Handorf<br />
where he was awarded the title<br />
premium sire. <strong>The</strong> <strong>Hanoverian</strong> Association<br />
also licensed Franziskus shortly thereafter.<br />
Sport<br />
Franziskus successfully completed his 30-day<br />
test in Münster-Handorf in 2011 with brilliant<br />
performances: He received the training<br />
score of 9,0 for his trot, canter and rideability.<br />
<strong>The</strong> guest riders scored his rideability with<br />
a 9,50. He is already setting the standard in<br />
the breeding chute: One of his first sons also<br />
won the German Foal Championship in Lienen.<br />
Julia Martin<br />
Fidertanz<br />
Antara<br />
Fidermark<br />
Reine Freude<br />
Alabaster<br />
Desiree<br />
Florestan<br />
Watonga<br />
Ravallo<br />
Frühlingssonne<br />
Akzent II<br />
Waleska<br />
Rubinstein<br />
Grundinga<br />
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Sport<br />
A touch of<br />
Olympia<br />
<strong>The</strong> silver medal team in London was successfully<br />
represented on the Bundeschampionate. Two of the<br />
three young ladies won gold on dressage horses.<br />
Hanover brought home two bronze medals.<br />
By Dr. Enno Hempel<br />
Bronze twice in the division for<br />
five-year old dressage horses: Don<br />
Darius and Mike Habermann. Photo:<br />
Ernst<br />
Helen Langehanenberg competed three fiveyear<br />
olds and one six-year old. She rode the<br />
five-year old Westphalian daughter of Damon Hill<br />
called Damon’s Delorange to victory. Kristina Sprehe<br />
also succeeded. She had a start-to-finish victory<br />
on six-year old Fürst Fugger by Fürst Heinrich/<br />
Weltmeyer from Oldenburg. Dorothee Schneider<br />
rode a five-year old and two six-year olds and finished<br />
the final for six-year olds with a sixth place.<br />
Bobcat by Breitling/Silvano with rider Isabel Bache<br />
and Don Darius by Don Frederico/Markus Deak xx<br />
with Mike Habermann won bronze medals for Hanover.<br />
<strong>The</strong> final qualification for six-year olds had already<br />
started on Wednesday. Hanover had the strongest<br />
contingent with 19 participants out of a total of<br />
fifty. Only Bailador de Amor by Breitling/Dimaggio<br />
with Johannes Westendarp qualified for the final<br />
after the demanding test at the M-level. <strong>The</strong> Oldenburg<br />
Fürst Fugger and Kristina Sprehe had already<br />
won this qualification. Three other <strong>Hanoverian</strong>s<br />
were able to qualify for the final round via the<br />
small final. Flynn PCH by Falsterbo/Walt Disney<br />
with Marcus Hermes placed second; Depardieu by<br />
Don Frederico/Weltmeyer with Rudolf Widmann<br />
placed forth and Showtime by Sandro Hit/Rotspon<br />
with Dorothee Schneider followed in fifth. Showtime<br />
was the best-placed <strong>Hanoverian</strong> (6th) in the<br />
final round followed by Flynn (8th), Dapardieu<br />
(10th) and Bailador de Amor (12th). <strong>The</strong>re were17<br />
finalists.<br />
A touch of Olympia was offered before the final<br />
started when Stella Charlott Roth presented Olympic<br />
mount Diva Royal by Don Frederico/Warkant<br />
under the direction of Dorothee Schneider. This public<br />
training demonstration clearly showed the talent<br />
of the rider and the quality of the horse and<br />
also the outstanding training from the basics to<br />
perfect Grand Prix-movements.<br />
One could not avoid getting the impression that<br />
many horses that competed next had a hard time<br />
with the demands; this negatively reflected on the<br />
level of quality of this contingent. A reason may be<br />
the jump from the L-level to the M-level with it’s<br />
lateral movements and four flying changes both of<br />
which present a great challenge to young horses.<br />
<strong>The</strong>y must have performed this in a specific qualification<br />
already. Furthermore many trainers do not<br />
ask or do not want to ask their protégés to perform<br />
M-level movements so early on in the year.<br />
This was a reunion from last year for 15 of the<br />
participants. It was interesting that most of them<br />
(9) qualified directly for the final including five that<br />
were finalists in the five-year old Championships in<br />
2011. This shows continued positive development<br />
in their training. Bundeschampionate can be viewed<br />
as a turntable for the market. Once you made it<br />
and have performed on this platform you have<br />
good arguments for a lucrative business and new<br />
owners and/or riders may have their very own<br />
plans that may not include making another appearance<br />
in Warendorf.<br />
<strong>The</strong> number of entries in the division for five-year<br />
olds was slightly higher than in the division for six-
year olds; the number of actual competitors was<br />
about the same. Hanover and Oldenburg had the<br />
largest representation with 19 participants each.<br />
<strong>The</strong> qualification on Thursday promised to be an<br />
exciting competition. <strong>The</strong> promise came true. <strong>The</strong><br />
forth rider in the event set a standard: Isabel Bache<br />
and Bobcat received a score of 8,4, which meant<br />
forth place and a direct qualification for the final.<br />
Her boss Holga Finken surpassed her by twotenths<br />
and qualified the chestnut Domenikus by<br />
Don Marco/Rosentau with a third place. Other <strong>Hanoverian</strong>s<br />
that qualified directly were Santiago by<br />
Stedinger/Dacaprio with rider Christian Flamm,<br />
Doubleyou W by Don Romantic/Rohdiamant with<br />
rider Laura Stigler and Kanganya’s Summer Girl by<br />
San Remo/Matcho AA with rider Anna-Sophie Fiebelkorn.<br />
Helen Langehanenberg was in the lead for quite<br />
some time with her Oldenburg Filaro by Fidertanz<br />
until Beatrice Buchwald with her Rhineland mount<br />
Lord Carnaby drew level thanks to a high trot<br />
score (with a bit tight neck). Both ladies had to<br />
give precedence to Ann-Christin Wienkamp and<br />
her Westphalian reserve world champion Revolverheld.<br />
Helen Langehanenberg returned to the show<br />
ring as the second to last competitor in the qualification.<br />
Her mount stood in total contrast to the<br />
leading horse. <strong>The</strong> light and long-legged chestnut<br />
mare Damon’s Delorange with her outstanding basic<br />
gaits became the clear winner of the qualification.<br />
<strong>The</strong> quality of the five-year olds was higher than<br />
that of the six-year olds; this reflected in the scores.<br />
While an 8,0 was enough for direct qualification to<br />
the final for six-year olds, the five-year olds had to<br />
obtain a score of at least 8,4 or better. <strong>The</strong> average<br />
score for direct qualification in the six-year old division<br />
was 8,23; it was 8,62 in the five-year old<br />
division.<br />
<strong>The</strong> small final turned into a pursuit of top placements.<br />
<strong>The</strong> winner of the small final must be highlighted.<br />
His score in the qualification was not as<br />
high because of his appearance that seemed a bit<br />
less mature: Don Darius by Don Frederico/Marcus<br />
Deak xx with rider Mike Habermann finished with<br />
a first-class presentation in Warendorf on Sunday<br />
that was awarded with a 9,0 four times by the<br />
judges. His final overall score of 8,8 earned him<br />
the bronze medal. This bay stallion sold on Verden’s<br />
stallion sales in 2009 to breeder Otto-Rudolf<br />
Fuchs. Don Darius stands at the State Stud Celle on<br />
the insemination station Adelheidsdorf. Isabel Bache<br />
finished on Sunday also winning bronze with<br />
Bobcat by Breitling with the same overall score of<br />
8,8.<br />
... and Bobcat and Isabel Bache.… Photo: Beelitz<br />
Damon’s Delorange by Damon Hill called this final<br />
her own! She was the first competitor. Her dance<br />
performance earned her the record score of 9,8<br />
which only dual <strong>Hanoverian</strong> champion Placido<br />
with rider Dr. Ulf Möller had received in the past. In<br />
2000 and 2001 there was only one score; now the<br />
final score consists of five part evaluations.<br />
Damon’s Delorange received a 10,0 for her walk,<br />
her submissiveness (throughness) and her overall<br />
impression: unreservedly a very special triumph!<br />
Domenikus with rider Holga Finken finished the<br />
final in sixth place after having placed second in<br />
the small final. Sandra Frieling and her mount Don<br />
Noblesse by Dancier/Don Davidoff shared seventh<br />
place and Christian Flamm on Santiago by Stedinger/Dacaprio<br />
finished in ninth position. n<br />
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Sport<br />
Light and shade<br />
<strong>The</strong> young <strong>Hanoverian</strong> jumper horses impressed<br />
greatly in the qualifications. <strong>The</strong> expectations<br />
unfortunately were not fulfilled in the pursuit of the<br />
title and the medals.<br />
By Thomas Hartwig<br />
Stakko by Stakkato/Embassy and<br />
Maurice Tebbel won one division of<br />
the qualification. Photo: Ernst<br />
Even though a top result was missing several<br />
excellent horses with the <strong>Hanoverian</strong> brand<br />
competed in Warendorf in the discipline of jumping.<br />
15 <strong>Hanoverian</strong>s participated in the first qualification<br />
in the division for five-year old jumpers. It<br />
was the third highest contingent of all German<br />
breed associations. Only Holstein and Westphalia<br />
had larger contingents with 30 and 19 horses. <strong>The</strong><br />
number of participants in the division for six-year<br />
old jumpers was similarly composed with Holstein<br />
leading the way with 28 horses followed by Westphalia<br />
with 20 horses and Hanover with 19 horses.<br />
<strong>Hanoverian</strong> horses obtained excellent successes in<br />
the individual qualifications. Argelith Squid by Salito/Gibraltar<br />
- in 2011 third place in the five-year<br />
old division – pleased this year too with his rider<br />
Eva Bitter. <strong>The</strong> pair finished the first qualification in<br />
second place with a notable score of 9,0. Eva Bitter<br />
also received the score of 9,0 with her second<br />
horse Figari by For Edition/Drosselklang in the division<br />
for five-year olds; this meant the victory in this<br />
division. Maurice Tebbel received an even higher<br />
score on Stakko by Stakkato/Embassy. <strong>The</strong> stallion<br />
was victorious in the division for six-year olds. A<br />
total of five five-year old and six six-year old <strong>Hanoverian</strong>s<br />
qualified for the finals on Sunday. Hanover<br />
had the second largest number of qualified horses<br />
in both age groups.<br />
<strong>The</strong> final classes were extremely demanding as always.<br />
<strong>The</strong> horse that became the standard in the<br />
group of five-year olds and by which all other horses<br />
were measured was the Holstein Captain Sparrow<br />
by Cormint/Barnaul xx. He showed two equally<br />
impressive and identical rounds under his rider<br />
Henrik von Eckermann; both were awarded with a<br />
score of 8,8 by the judging team. Commentator<br />
Joachim Geilfus especially commended the balance,<br />
ease and rideability in both presentations. DSP<br />
Araldik by Askari/Heraldik xx became Reserve<br />
Champion; a great success for the Association of<br />
the German Sporthorse (DSP). Dual Olympic champion<br />
Michael Jung presented third place-winner<br />
Cardea by Caretino/Capitol who is a Holstein<br />
mare.<br />
<strong>The</strong> best <strong>Hanoverian</strong> in the five-year old group was<br />
Messenger by Montender/Baloubet de Rouet with<br />
rider Florian Meyer zu Hartum. <strong>The</strong> pair finished in<br />
ninth place. This privately owned stallion with lots<br />
of potential and a fascinating technique impressed<br />
in the first round of the finals earning him a score<br />
of 8,7. Two jumping faults in the second round eliminated<br />
every hope for a medal. Caspari by Cassus/Calypso<br />
II made a good impression from a <strong>Hanoverian</strong><br />
point of view. <strong>The</strong> grey gelding had a<br />
strong first round under his rider Jan-Philipp Weichert.<br />
Without the jumping fault his base score<br />
would have most likely been higher which would<br />
then have allowed him participation in the second<br />
round. He finished in 16th place. Success by Stolzenberg/Acord<br />
II and Philipp Schober encountered<br />
very similar circumstances. <strong>The</strong> stallion had a very<br />
convincing and uniform first round. However one<br />
jumping fault reduced his score to 7,8 which meant<br />
18th place. Eva Bitter had bad luck with Celle’s<br />
state stud sire Inliner by Iberio/Sao Paulo. Some<br />
insiders considered the stallion to be one of the<br />
favorites. A fall in the first qualification shattered<br />
all championship hopes.<br />
Technique and potential<br />
Hanover saw its best representative finishing in<br />
tenth place in the division for six-year olds. Sansi-
ar by Stakkato ridden by the new European Junior<br />
Champion Maurice Tebbel had a very good first<br />
round and received a score of 8,7. <strong>The</strong> mare Sansibar<br />
left nothing to be desired in respect to technique<br />
and potential. <strong>The</strong> pair had one jumping<br />
fault in the jump-off against the clock, hence 10th<br />
place.<br />
Lotta by Landor S/Graf Grannus and Alexander<br />
Duffy just missed the jump-off with a score of 8,3<br />
for the first round. Nonetheless the mare impressed<br />
with her technique and her cautious style<br />
at a fence. <strong>The</strong> pair finished the competition in<br />
fourteenth place. Argelith Squid finished in seventeenth<br />
position. With a base score of 8,5, everybody<br />
could have enjoyed watching this incredible<br />
jumping talent perform in the jump-off. One unfortunate<br />
jumping fault reduced the score to 8,0 and<br />
that was not enough to qualify. This was the final<br />
ride of a weekend in Warendorf that was overshadowed<br />
by bad luck for his rider Eva Bitter who has<br />
been so successful on <strong>Hanoverian</strong> horses at several<br />
Bundeschampionate in the past.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Westphalian stallion Crespo PKZ by Comet<br />
Obolensky/Landadel with rider Toni Haßsmann became<br />
the Bundeschampion of the six-year olds.<br />
<strong>The</strong> pair were the first competitors in the jump-off<br />
and produced the fastest ride. <strong>The</strong> new Reserve<br />
Champion Cassija S by Carinjo/Cassini I who is a<br />
mare from Zweibruecken and her rider Hendrik<br />
Dowe followed with only 4/100th time difference.<br />
Gerd Koenemann rode Cornetto by Cornet Obolensky/Polydor<br />
into third place.<br />
A farewell with applause<br />
Before the jump-off rider Eva Bitter and thousands<br />
of spectators bid farewell to legendary jumper producer<br />
Stakkato with standing ovations at a place<br />
where the stallion’s career had begun in 1998<br />
when he became the Bundeschampion of the fiveyear<br />
olds. <strong>The</strong> location and the time were ideally<br />
selected for another reason, too Stakkato took first<br />
place this year as the producer of the greatest<br />
number of participants with a total of 16 children<br />
and grandchildren.<br />
This brings us to two statistically interesting trends.<br />
In the past years three or four stallions have produced<br />
the majority of jumper horses that have<br />
competed in Warendorf; while this year – except<br />
for above-mentioned Stakkato – the picture has<br />
been clearly more balanced. Only the number of<br />
Cornet Obolensky’s descendants had two digits<br />
(10 children and grandchildren)! It also is noteworthy<br />
that the Westphalian Cristallo sired three<br />
5-year olds all of which participated in the final. n<br />
Sport<br />
Ninth place in the final for five-year olds: Messenger by Montender/Baloubet du Rouet under<br />
rider Florian Meyer zu Hartum (above). Doing well in the qualification: Argelith Squid by Salito/<br />
Gibaltar and Eva Bitter. Photos: Beelitz, Ernst<br />
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Sport<br />
Results Bundeschampionate<br />
Three-year old riding horses (mares/geldings)<br />
1. Soiree d‘ Amour OLD<br />
Oldenburg, R.: Kira Wulferding<br />
2. Rivery Royal by Rock Forever/Rohdiamant<br />
Rhineland, R.: Stefanie Wolf<br />
3. Rapunzel W by Rock Forever/Laureus<br />
Westfalia, R.: Manuela Nitschke<br />
<strong>Hanoverian</strong>s in the final:<br />
6. Lionella by Londontime/Corradino<br />
B.: August Busse, Goldenstedt<br />
R.: Andreas Müller<br />
Three-year old riding horses (stallion)<br />
1. Escolar by Estober NRW/Fürst Piccolo<br />
Westfalia, R.: Hermann Burger<br />
2. Quotenkönig by Quaterback/Fürst Piccolo<br />
Westfale, R.: Lisa Neukäter<br />
3. Stanford by Sir Donnerhall/Diamond Hit<br />
Rhineland, R.: Stefanie Wolf<br />
<strong>Hanoverian</strong>s in the final:<br />
4. Bodyguard (VA) by Burlington/Pik L.<br />
B.: ZG Frieling, Balge<br />
R.: Jana Freund<br />
5. Nymphenburgs For You (VA) by For Compliment/<br />
Rohdiamant<br />
B.: Harald <strong>The</strong>lker, Ostercappeln<br />
R.: Tessa Frank<br />
Four-year old riding horses (mares/geldings)<br />
1. Damon‘s Satelite by Damon Hill/Rubin-Royal<br />
Westfalia, R.: Helen Langehanenberg<br />
2. De la Beaute OLD by Don Romantic/Depardieu<br />
Oldenburg, R.: Andrea Müller-Kersten<br />
3. Dance in Black by Don Frederico/Lauries Crusador<br />
xx<br />
B.: Adolf Bachmann, Wesenberg<br />
R.: Ann-Christin Wienkamp<br />
<strong>Hanoverian</strong>s in the final::<br />
5. Donna Felice (VA) by Don Frederico/White Star<br />
B.: Wolfgang Lohmann, Sandbostel<br />
R.: Angelica Byström<br />
6. Scara Boa by Scolari/Wolkenstein II<br />
B.: Rixta Stolter, Odisheim<br />
R.: Susan Pape<br />
Four-year old riding horses (stallions)<br />
1. Franziskus by Fidertanz/Alabaster<br />
B.: Elisabeth Albers, Löningen<br />
R.: Johanna Klippert<br />
2. Sir Heinrich OLD by Sir Donnerhall/Fürst Heinrich<br />
Oldenburg, R.: Anja Wilimzig<br />
3. Quasar de Charry (VA) by Quaterback/Wolkentanz<br />
B.: Erika Lütjen, Grasberg<br />
R.: Susan Pape<br />
Five-year old dressage horses<br />
1. Damon‘s Delorange by Damon Hill/Rubin-Royal<br />
Westfalia, R.: Helen Langehanenberg<br />
2. Revolverheld by Rockwell/Landstreicher<br />
Westfalia, R.: Ann-Christin Wienkamp<br />
3. Bobcat (VA) by Breitling W/Silvano<br />
B.: Hans-Heinrich Oltmann, Borstel<br />
R.: Isabel Bache<br />
3. Don Darius (VA) by Don Frederico/Markus Deak xx<br />
B.: Claus Quast, Hamburg<br />
R.: Mike Habermann<br />
<strong>Hanoverian</strong>s in the final:<br />
6. Domenikus (VA) by Don Marco/Rosentau<br />
B.: Werner Rückgauer, Krautheim<br />
R.: Holga Finken<br />
7. Don Noblesse by Dancier/Don Davidoff<br />
B.: ZG Hey, Langen<br />
R.: Sandra Frieling<br />
9. Santiago (VA) by Stedinger/Dacaprio<br />
B.: Klaus-Hermann Ehlen, Bremervörde<br />
R.: Christian Flamm<br />
Six-year old dressage horses<br />
1. Fürst Fugger by Fürst Heinrich/Weltmeyer<br />
Oldenburg, R.: Kristina Sprehe<br />
2. Novia by Stedinger/Alabaster<br />
Bavaria, R.: Victoria Michalke<br />
3. Sunday NRW by Sandro Hit/Donnerhall<br />
Westfalia, R.: Anja Wilimzig<br />
<strong>Hanoverian</strong>s in the final:<br />
6. Showtime (VA) by Sandro Hit/Rotspon<br />
B.: Heinrich Wecke, Stadthagen<br />
R.: Dorothee Schneider<br />
8. Flynn PCH (VA) by Falsterbo/Walt Disney<br />
B.: Gerhard Finck, Padingbüttel<br />
R.: Marcus Hermes<br />
10. Depardieu by Don Frederico/Weltmeyer<br />
B.: Holger van Vlyten, Jemgum<br />
R.: Rudolf Widmann<br />
Five-year old jumping horses<br />
1. Captain Sparrow by Cormint/Barnaul xx<br />
Holstein, R.: Henrik von Eckermann<br />
2. DSP Araldik by Askari/Heraldik xx<br />
German sporthorse, R.: Bastian Freese<br />
3. Cardea by Caretino/Capitol<br />
Holstein, R.: Michael Jung<br />
<strong>Hanoverian</strong>s in the final:<br />
9. Messenger by Montender/Baloubet de Rouet<br />
B.: Bruna de Paolis, Italien<br />
R.: Florian Meyer zu Hartum<br />
16. Caspari by Cassus/Calypso II<br />
B.: Gerhard Wehrs, Lehrte,<br />
R.: Jan-Philipp Weichert<br />
18. German Pellets Success by Stolzenberg/Acord II<br />
B.: Meinhard Nitzow, Müggendorf<br />
R.: Philipp Schober<br />
Six-year old jumping horses<br />
1. Crespo PKZ by Cornet Obolensky/Landadel<br />
Westfalia, R.: Toni Haßmann<br />
2. Cassinja S by Carinjo/Cassini<br />
Zweibrücken, R.: Hendrik Dowe<br />
3. Cornetto by Cornet Obolensky/Polydor<br />
Westfalia, R.: Gerd Könemann<br />
<strong>Hanoverian</strong>s in the final:<br />
10. Sansibar by Stakkato Gold/Wolkenstein II<br />
B.: Lucas Smidt, Krummhörn<br />
R.: Maurice Tebbel<br />
14. Lotta by Landor S/Graf Grannus<br />
B.: Hans-Werner Schubert, Hohenhenningen<br />
R.: Alexander Duffy<br />
17. Argelith Squid by Salito/Gibraltar<br />
B.: Ralf Girndt, Peine, R.: Eva Bitter<br />
19. Stakko (VA) by Stakkato/Embassy<br />
B.: Dr. Bonny-Jasmin Jacobs, Bierbergen<br />
R.: Maurice Tebbel<br />
28. Gisele by Graf Top/Feiner Graf<br />
B.: Alois Klaas jun., Lingen, R.: Philip Bölle<br />
30. Escusa by Escudo/Stakkato<br />
B.: Udo Wagner, Denkte, R.: Julia Gorski<br />
Five-year old eventing horses<br />
1. Corona (VA) by Contendro/Garibaldi II<br />
B.: Diedrich Meyer, Köhlen<br />
R.: Sandra Auffarth<br />
2. Valentine by Valentino/Varus<br />
B.: Martina Paulus, Tespe, R.: Nadine Marzahl<br />
3. Pasadena by Primeur‘s As/Kamiros II xx<br />
Westfalia, R.: Josephine Schnaufer<br />
<strong>Hanoverian</strong>s in the final:<br />
4. Butt‘s Avondale by Nobre xx/Heraldik xx<br />
B.: Prof. Volker Steinkraus, Hanstedt<br />
R.: Anna Siemer<br />
13. Lilly-Maleen (VA) by Lauries Crusador xx/Argentan<br />
B.: Eckbert Weiß, Bomlitz, R.: Nadine Marzahl<br />
Six-year old eventing horses<br />
1. Sunny Row W by Sandro Classic/Painter‘s Row xx<br />
Rheinland, R.: Jens Hoffrogge<br />
2. Kalle by King Kolibri/Really Fabulous xx<br />
B.: Birgit Diekmann, Winterfeld<br />
R.: Sarah Algottson Ostholt<br />
3. Maybach by Zigeunerheld xx/Prèt à Porter<br />
Trakehner, R.: Louise Swennson-Jähde<br />
<strong>Hanoverian</strong>s in the final:<br />
9. Euroridings Cracker Jack by Concinales xx/Escudo II<br />
B.: Raimar Beckmann, Bartelshagen<br />
R.: Andreas Dibowski<br />
11. Copacabana by Carry Gold/Brentano II<br />
B.: Anneaus Barth, R.: Christoffer Forsberg<br />
12. Latego S by Laptop/Pinkus<br />
B.: Herma Sentker, Großenwörden<br />
R.: Stephanie Böhe<br />
Carriage horses<br />
1. FST Royal Speed by Rich Charly/Renier<br />
German sporthorse, F.: Bettina Winkler<br />
2. Graf Ibiskus by Hibiskus/Titelheld<br />
Trakehner, F.: Dieter Lauterbach<br />
3. Tropical Girl by Samba Hit/Frühlingsbote<br />
German sporthorse, F.: Karl-Heinz Finkler<br />
<strong>Hanoverian</strong>s in the final::<br />
6. Roxana by Romancero H/Donnerhall<br />
B.: Reinhard Kloppenborg, Hamburg<br />
F.: Detlef Böhlmann
Thank you<br />
Stakkato!<br />
He is the poster child for the modern <strong>Hanoverian</strong><br />
jumper horses: Stakkato. He obtained countless<br />
successes with Eva Bitter. He was retired from sport<br />
during the Bundeschampionate in Warendorf.<br />
By Julia Martin<br />
Stakkato was born in 1993 on the farm of<br />
August Meyer in Uenzen. His sire Spartan<br />
with his dual predisposition descends out of<br />
the ideal combination of Servus x Gotthard.<br />
His dam Pia by Pygmalion had jumping successes<br />
up to the L-level. She received a score<br />
of 10,0 for her jumping in her mare performance<br />
test. <strong>The</strong> pedigree also reflects refining<br />
blood as well as the legendary Gotthard<br />
once again. Stakkato impressed with his<br />
spectacular free-jumping performance at the<br />
Approval in Verden. Former state stud manager<br />
Dr. Burchard Bade bought him for Celle’s<br />
first lot. Stakkato completed his performance<br />
test as best jumper. His victory in the division<br />
for five-year old jumpers at the Bundescham-<br />
pionate in Warendorf in 1998 made Stakkato<br />
the poster child for the <strong>Hanoverian</strong> jumper<br />
horse breeding. He was awarded the silver<br />
medal as a six-year old. Eva Bitter is the person<br />
who is connected to all of Stakkato’s successes<br />
over fences. She accompanied the bay<br />
throughout his entire sporthorse career. As a<br />
matter of fact she competed in Warendorf in<br />
1998 for the first time and has been a regular<br />
at the championships since. Her mount in<br />
1998 was Stakkato. <strong>The</strong> association’s President<br />
Manfred Schäfer described the relationship<br />
in his encomium while standing in<br />
Warendorf’s jumper ring, “Stakkato and Eva<br />
Bitter are an ideal combination which made<br />
the competitive successes happen.” <strong>The</strong> pair<br />
Sport<br />
A jumper horse was retired from competition<br />
during the Bundeschampionate for the first<br />
time: Stakkato and Eva Bitter took their final<br />
victory lap in Warendorf. Photo: Kanz<br />
won gold at the German Championships for<br />
female riders in 2003 and 2010; they won<br />
silver in 2004. In addition to numerous international<br />
top placements including Grand Prix<br />
victories Stakkato was a member of the Nation<br />
Prize equip five times. Eva Bitter who was<br />
visibly touched declared, “Stakkato is the<br />
horse of my life. We celebrated our first grand<br />
victory in Warendorf and therefore I wanted<br />
to retire him from competition here, too.”<br />
Just like the sire….<br />
Stakkato is not just a top performer himself;<br />
his descendants do just as well. For instance<br />
Rückenwind with Holger Wulschner, Sambuca<br />
with Eva Bitter, Souvenir with Philipp<br />
Weishaupt or Satisfaction FRH with Marco<br />
Kutscher - they all successfully compete at<br />
international level. More than 1,100 Stakkato-offspring<br />
are registered with the <strong>Hanoverian</strong><br />
Association. 41 sons are licensed in Hanover<br />
including Stanley who competed at the<br />
Bundeschampionate in 2011 under Eva Bitter,<br />
Ukato who competes internationally with<br />
the Dutch rider Willem Greve, Celle’s State<br />
Stud sire Stolzenberg and last but not least<br />
Stakkato Gold who triumphs in S-level classes.<br />
54 Stakkato daughters received the<br />
state’s premium award; 161 descendants<br />
were auction participants in Verden.<br />
Stakkato has held the top spot in the breed<br />
value estimation of the <strong>Hanoverian</strong> Association<br />
as well as the German Equestrian Federation<br />
for years. <strong>The</strong> <strong>Hanoverian</strong> Association<br />
awarded Stakkato the title “<strong>Hanoverian</strong> Stallion<br />
Of <strong>The</strong> Year” for his outstanding accomplishments<br />
as a competitor and as a sire back<br />
in 2007. Manfred Schäfer summarized,<br />
“Stakkato opened a new chapter for<br />
Hanover’s jumper horse breeding program.<br />
He stimulated the international reputation of<br />
the <strong>Hanoverian</strong> breed.” <strong>The</strong> producer will enjoy<br />
his retirement at the facility of Eva Bitter<br />
in Bad Essen. Family Bitter built an insemination<br />
station just for him to make his semen<br />
available to breeders. State stud manager Dr.<br />
Axel Brockmann commented, “We are delighted<br />
that Stakkato will stay with Eva Bitter.<br />
<strong>The</strong>y have a special bond we do not want to<br />
separate.” n<br />
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Jumping<br />
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Sport<br />
Green Season ends<br />
soon in Europe<br />
<strong>The</strong> green season is quickly coming to an end in Europe.<br />
<strong>Hanoverian</strong> horses win a lot of ribbons on the final<br />
open-air shows of the year.<br />
By Britta Züngel<br />
Acorte<br />
Acorte by Acorado/Stakkato (breeder: Heinrich<br />
Bremer, Neustadt) remained faultless<br />
with his rider Rolf Moormann and placed<br />
fifth in the jump-off of the qualification for<br />
the Grand Prix of Münster/Germany. <strong>The</strong> successful<br />
pair finished the championship in<br />
forth place at the next competition in Paderborn.<br />
All Star (VA)<br />
All Star by Argentinus/Alme Z (breeder: Horst<br />
Zöllmer, Westergellersen) and rider Dennis<br />
Lynch finished the first jumper class of the<br />
Big Tour in second place at the CSI in Valkenswaard/<strong>The</strong><br />
Netherlands.<br />
HH Ashley<br />
Rodrigo Pessoa rode Ashley by Acorado/<br />
Chasseur (breeder: Helmut Siefkes, Holtland)<br />
into forth place in the first class of the Big<br />
Tour at the horse Festival in Valkenswaard.<br />
Carlotta Singular La Magnifica (VA)<br />
Upon her return from Europe where Carlotta<br />
Singular La Magnifica by Chasseur/Singular<br />
Joter (breeder: Hans Meier, Selsingen) was<br />
the reserve horse at the Olympic Games, the<br />
ten-year old won a 50,000 Grand Prix in<br />
Orangeville/Canada with her rider Yann Candele.<br />
<strong>The</strong> pair had finished the qualification in<br />
second place.<br />
Claytona<br />
Anna-Julia Kontio enjoyed a third place in a<br />
CSI two-phase jumper class with her mount<br />
Claytona by Cashman/Star Regent xx (breeder:<br />
Joachim Töpfer, Lübbecke) in Humlikon/<br />
Switzerland, .<br />
Codex One (VA)<br />
<strong>The</strong> Riders Tour 2012 took place in Münster.<br />
Codex One by Contendro/Glückspilz (breeder:<br />
Wilhelm Berghorn, Stolzenau) delivered<br />
convincing performances with his rider Christian<br />
Ahlmann in an exciting jump-off for the<br />
victory of the Grand Prix. <strong>The</strong> pair finished in<br />
second place.<br />
Czardas (VA)<br />
<strong>The</strong> first jumper class of the Middle Tour at<br />
the CSI in Hachenburg/Germany was a fault<br />
& time class. Matthias Gude rode Czardas by<br />
Contendro/Grannus (breeder: Dr. Irmgard<br />
Ovelhey, Isernhagen) into forth place. <strong>The</strong> licensed<br />
stallion was the winner of Verden’s<br />
free-jumping competition in 2006.<br />
Embassy II<br />
Embassy II by Escudo/Silvio (breeder: Dr. Bonny-Jasmin<br />
Jacobs, Bierbergen) and rider<br />
Hans-Dieter Dreher competed in the renowned<br />
Spruce Meadows Masters in Calgary/<br />
Canada for the first time. <strong>The</strong> first class they<br />
entered was a jumper class over 1,60 meters<br />
with a considerable purse. <strong>The</strong>y placed forth.<br />
<strong>The</strong> victory of the German team in the Nation<br />
Prize in front of Ireland and the Netherlands<br />
was the show’s highlight. Embassy II and<br />
Hans-Dieter Dreher were team members.<br />
Ernie<br />
Ernie by Espri/Don Eduardo (breeder: Otto<br />
Sperschneider, Hardegsen) and Sophia<br />
Haschlar won the Grand Prix for riders U25 in<br />
Babenhausen/Germany. <strong>The</strong> pair had finished<br />
the qualification in second position.<br />
Firth of Lorne<br />
Katrin Eckermann rode Firth of Lorne by For<br />
Czardas and Matthias Gude competed in the<br />
SML-Tour in Hachenburg. Photo: Rau
Pleasure/Stakkato (breeder: Meinolf Roelleke,<br />
Bochum) into fifth place in the first jumper<br />
class of the Middle Tour at the Hachenburg<br />
Riding Festival. <strong>The</strong> pair finished a speed<br />
class in second place at the Show of the Winners<br />
in Münster a week later. <strong>The</strong>y repeated<br />
this placement in the second qualification of<br />
the Middle Tour.<br />
Flame (Hessian)<br />
Gerrit Nieberg successfully rode the Hessianbranded<br />
mare Flame by For Keeps/Zeus<br />
(breeder: Breeding Farm Wäldershausen,<br />
Homberg/Ohm) at the international Bavarian<br />
Weekend in Babenhausen. <strong>The</strong> pair finished<br />
the qualification for the Grand Prix for riders<br />
U25 in second place. <strong>The</strong> next day the pair<br />
was a member of the Hessian team that<br />
placed second in a team jumper class.<br />
Flash<br />
Flash by For Feeling/Ritual (breeder: Diedrich<br />
Mülder, Moorweg) is now an eight-year old<br />
and is ready for S-level jumper classes. Celina<br />
von Daniels rode him into forth place in a<br />
class of the international SML-Tour in Hachenburg.<br />
Galippo<br />
Galippo by Giorgio/For Pleasure (breeder:<br />
Lars Nieberg, Homburg/Ohm) was one of the<br />
successful <strong>Hanoverian</strong>s competing in Hachenburg.<br />
He finished in second place in the<br />
second class of the Large Tour with his rider/<br />
breeder Lars Nieberg.<br />
Leszek<br />
Leszek by Landclassik/Weinberg (breeder:<br />
Norbert Nowak, Haren) and his rider <strong>The</strong>o<br />
Muff finished a qualification for the Grand<br />
Prix in Humlikon/Switzerland in third position.<br />
<strong>The</strong>y were part of a high-carat group of<br />
competitors.<br />
Perigueux<br />
Perigueux by Perpignon/Stakkato (breeder:<br />
Dr. Karl-Otto Jacobs, Bierbergen) and Eva Bitter<br />
finished a jumper class of the Large Tour<br />
in second place by only a very small time difference<br />
of 9/100s to the first placed rider in<br />
Hachenburg.<br />
Providence (VA)<br />
Providence by Provider/Rabino (breeder: August<br />
Struss, Elze) who is a premium and privately-owned<br />
sire placed fifth in the final of<br />
the Youngster Cup under Karl Brocks in Paderbor/Germany.<br />
Van Schjindel’s Rascin<br />
Rascin by Ramiro/Pilot (breeder: Juergen Hattebuhr,<br />
Burgwedel) won the Grand Prix of<br />
Rosendaal/<strong>The</strong> Netherlands with rider Piet<br />
Raijmakers jun.<br />
Ravenna<br />
Ravenna by Regazzo/Loredo (breeder: Ursula<br />
Jungbecker-Rumpff, Olpe) competed in Paderborn<br />
representing Qatar. Ali Al Rumaihi<br />
rode the fourteen-year old winning the first<br />
jumper class of the SML-Tour and placing second<br />
in the second class.<br />
Salvatore<br />
Salvatore by Sandro Boy/Acorado (breeder:<br />
Dieter Roebken, Ipwege) was only five years<br />
old when he gave his international debut in<br />
Arezzo/Italy under Clair Salem from Great<br />
Britain. <strong>The</strong> pair placed second in the final of<br />
the competition for young jumper horses<br />
from 2007.<br />
Saffier<br />
Ben Schröder rode Saffier by Stakkato/Escudo<br />
(breeder: Stoeterj Oud Wiedern, Wierden/<br />
Sport<br />
Forth place in the Grand Prix of Hachenburg:<br />
Argelith Status FRH and Eva Bitter. Photo: Rau<br />
<strong>The</strong> Netherlands) in the Youngster-Tour of<br />
Valkenswaard. <strong>The</strong> pair finished the first qualification<br />
in fifth position.<br />
Singapore (VA)<br />
<strong>The</strong> winner of the first qualification for the<br />
Grand Prix for riders U25 in Babenhausen<br />
was Singapore by Stakkato/Glenfiddich<br />
(breeder: B. Hahlbohm, Ranzau) with his rider<br />
Wolfgang Puschak.<br />
Sixtus<br />
Sixtus by Stolzenberg/Matador (breeder:<br />
Christian Stampehl, Hambuehren) and Mike<br />
Patrick Leichle took fifth place after a faultless<br />
round in a speed class in Chernyakhovsk/<br />
Russia. <strong>The</strong> pair placed forth in an accumulator<br />
class.<br />
Spartacus<br />
Marco Kutscher has been riding Spartacus by<br />
Stakkato/Grannus (breeder: Frank-Christian<br />
Amend, Hannover) since June. He celebrated<br />
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Sport<br />
Hannoveraner News<br />
Dark Dynamic by Don Vino/Hohenstein<br />
(breeder: Georg Kok, Bunderhee) moved to<br />
the barn of German dressage rider Nadine<br />
Capellmann. <strong>The</strong> nine-year old participated<br />
with his former trainer/rider Christoph Dust<br />
in the final of „Nürnberger Burgpokal“ last<br />
year.<br />
Hohenstaufen II by Hohenstein/Langata<br />
Express xx (breeder: Hans-Günter Berner,<br />
Bienenbüttel) was sold to Camilla<br />
Christensen from Norway who successfully<br />
competes in the division for young<br />
dressage riders. <strong>The</strong> sire stood in Sweden<br />
before that. He won the Swedish Bundeschampionate<br />
with rider Minna Telde in<br />
2008 and 2009. He placed fifteenth in the<br />
World Championships for young dressage<br />
horses in Verden in 2009, too.<br />
Satisfaction FRH by Stakkato/Calypso II<br />
(breeder: Rainer Schulz, Burgdorf) has<br />
been sold to Denmark after numerous<br />
successes under Marco Kutscher. Eva Bitter<br />
had introduced the former state stud sire<br />
from Celle to international competition<br />
after Hauke Buchholz had celebrated<br />
successes at S-level with Satisfaction FRH.<br />
His new rider will be fourteen-year old Emil<br />
Hallundbaeck who has successfully<br />
competed ponies up to now.<br />
St. Pr. mare April Love ZH by Alme/<br />
Ramiro (breeder: Leon Melchior, Zangersheide)<br />
deceased at the age of 26. April<br />
Love’s dam Rinnetou Z was one of the best<br />
jumper horses in the world with her dutch<br />
rider Piet Raymakers. <strong>The</strong> pair placed fifth<br />
in the European Championships in Gijon in<br />
1993. Horst Zöllmer from Heiligenthal<br />
bought the filly in Belgium in 1986. It was<br />
a stroke of luck: April Love ZH was<br />
awarded the State’s Premium as the class<br />
champion at the mare show in Hohnstorf.<br />
She successfully completed her performance<br />
test. She delivered nine foals for<br />
Verden’s auction program including All Star<br />
by Argentinus who successfully competes<br />
at international competitions with rider<br />
Dennis Lynch. All her daughters used for<br />
breeding carry the State’s Premium title.<br />
“She accompanied me for a quarter of a<br />
century was always the boss in the herd,”<br />
Horst Zöllmer remembers.<br />
his first international success with the Dutch<br />
owned sire placing fifth in a two-phase jumper<br />
class in Paderborn.<br />
Argelith Status FRH (VA)<br />
Eight-year old Argelith Status FRH by Satisfaction/Sao<br />
Paulo (breeder: Wilhelm Oelerink,<br />
Getelo) finished in forth place with his rider<br />
Eva Bitter in the Grand Prix of Hachenburg.<br />
He was one of the youngest competitors. Two<br />
rounds decided the outcome of this class. <strong>The</strong><br />
dark bay had two clear rounds together with<br />
only three other participants out of a highly<br />
competitive field of riders.<br />
Temple Road<br />
Temple Road by Antaeus/Graf Dagobert<br />
(breeder: Karl Rabeler, Egestorf) and rider<br />
Cassio Rivetti were the best pair in the team<br />
of the Ukraine at the Nation Prize in Gijon/<br />
Spain.<br />
Waipita<br />
For quite some time we did not hear anything<br />
about Waipita by Wertschatz/Don Juan (breeder:<br />
Breeding Farm Philipps, Jöstinghausen).<br />
Early September Arezzo/Italy reported a top<br />
result for the 13-year old: she finished the<br />
Grand Prix in fifth place with rider Rachele<br />
Reina.<br />
Wolkenstern<br />
Wolkenstein II-descendants are successful in<br />
S-level jumping competitions again and<br />
again. Nico Sauer and Wolkenstern by Wolkenstein<br />
II/Grosso Z (breeder: Helga Hurl-<br />
Moncassado and Petra Middelkamp placed in<br />
the top group in Badenhausen. Photo: Frieler<br />
brink, Bremervoerde) remained faultless in a<br />
two-phase jumper class placing third at the<br />
CSI in Babenhausen.<br />
Dressage<br />
Wirsol’s Cipollini<br />
<strong>Hanoverian</strong> horses dominated the dressage<br />
ring on the International Bavarian Weekend<br />
in Babenhausen/Germany. Cipollini by Compliment/Western<br />
Star (breeder: Dr. Dieter<br />
Schuele, Ansbach) and rider Vivian Niemann<br />
won the introductory class for young riders,<br />
the final qualification and the freestyle.<br />
Delon VA<br />
<strong>The</strong> International Dressage-Gala took place<br />
in Perl-Borg/Germany for the first time. Delon<br />
VA by Don Frederico/Lauries Crusador xx<br />
(breeder: Heinrich Veth, Lachendorf) with rider<br />
Isabelle Faber from Luxembourg received<br />
the third-best score in Prix St. Georges.<br />
Hancock (Hessian)<br />
Hancock by High Spirits/Rodgau (breeder:<br />
Helmut Himmelreich, Dornburg-Thalheim)<br />
and rider Norah Haesslich received the forthbest<br />
score in the introductory class for juniors<br />
at the international competition in Baben-
hausen. <strong>The</strong> pair placed fifth in the freestyle<br />
final.<br />
Moncassado<br />
Moncassado by Münchhausen/Weltmeyer<br />
(breeder: Matthias Ohmen, Stinstedt) and Petra<br />
Middelberg started the CDI-Y in Babenhausen<br />
with a second place in the introductory<br />
class. A forth place followed in the final<br />
qualification and it was a fifth place in the<br />
freestyle. <strong>The</strong> dam of the chestnut is the right<br />
sister to Celle’s state stud sire White Star.<br />
Pretender<br />
Riders U25 competed in Babenhausen in Intermediaire<br />
II. Pretender by Prince Thatch xx/<br />
Weltmeyer (breeder: Anja Thuemmler, Hude)<br />
finished this class in third place with rider<br />
Stephanie Jansen.<br />
Rivaner<br />
Daniel Göhlen rode Rivaner by Rotspon/Lauries<br />
Crusador xx (breeder: Annelie Luebbeke,<br />
Wingst) into fifth place in the Inter II for riders<br />
U25 in Babenhausen. <strong>The</strong> judges placed<br />
the pair in forth position in the Grand Prix.<br />
Ropeter (VA)<br />
Kevin Herold enjoyed a third place in the<br />
qualification for juniors in Babenhausen with<br />
his mount Ropeter by Rosentau/Donnerhall<br />
(breeder: Hans-Peter Bellut, Rosengarten).<br />
<strong>The</strong> pair showed off their strengths and<br />
placed second in the freestyle final.<br />
Valentino<br />
Tamara Rehning competed Valentino by By<br />
Velten/Argument (breeder: Paul Benitt, Jork)<br />
in the classes for young riders in Babenhau-<br />
Sport<br />
sen. <strong>The</strong> pair finished in third place in the FEIintroductory<br />
class and advanced to second<br />
place in the final qualification. <strong>The</strong>y took<br />
third place again in the freestyle-final.<br />
Eventing<br />
Cheeky Calimbo (VA)<br />
Right now Andrew Hoy from Australia is competing<br />
top <strong>Hanoverian</strong>s. He won the CCI 2*<br />
in Blair Castle/Great Britain on Cheeky<br />
Calimbo by Contendro/Lemon xx (breeder:<br />
Hanke Meyer, Midlum) after his participation<br />
in the Olympic Games on Rutherglen.<br />
Dictus J<br />
<strong>The</strong> international event competition in Bad<br />
Harzburg/Germany received much attention.<br />
Franziska Roth rode Dictus J by Drossan/Gletscher<br />
(breeder: Heinrich Jansen, Geeste) into<br />
forth place in the two star-event.<br />
Eskadia<br />
Andreas Dibowski rode Eskadia by Escudo/<br />
Groom Dancer xx (breeder: Ulrike Sybrecht,<br />
Isernhagen) in the one star-event in Bad<br />
Harzburg. <strong>The</strong> pair finished on their dressage<br />
score placing second.<br />
Hamilton<br />
Hamilton by Heraldik xx/Furioso’s Son (breeder:<br />
Joachim Sommer, Immenhausen) continues<br />
his good show season in Bad Harzburg.<br />
He finished the CIC** in third place with the<br />
breeder’s daughter, Josefa Sommer.<br />
Pennsylvania<br />
Pennsylvania by Pik L./Waldstar xx (breeder:<br />
Dr. Carsten Haack, Freiburg) was one of the<br />
successful <strong>Hanoverian</strong>s in Bad Harzburg. She<br />
finished the CIC* in fifth place with Andreas<br />
Ostholt.<br />
Princesse Pilot<br />
<strong>The</strong> World Cup final for eventing took place<br />
in the Normandy at Le Pin au Haras/France.<br />
Nicolas Touzaint from France rode Princesse<br />
Pilot by Prestige Pilot/Watzmann (breeder:<br />
Wilhelm Klausing, Diepholz) into 2nd place in<br />
the two-star competition. n<br />
Hamilton and Josef Sommer placed third in Bad<br />
Harzburg’s CIC**. Photo: Hogrebe<br />
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Züchterportrait<br />
“D as in<br />
dressage “<br />
D as in dressage – A success story in the<br />
dressage arenas worldwide started with<br />
“Donnerwetter”. It is a success story that seeks<br />
its equal. This fact fills the heart of one breeder<br />
especially with great pride. His name is Heinrich<br />
Neven.<br />
By Britta Züngel<br />
Heinrich Neven also successfully<br />
competed foundation mare Lilli in<br />
jumper competitions. Photo: privat<br />
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Heinrich Neven studies the list of Olympic dressage<br />
competitors with extreme precision. He<br />
marks all horses that carry “his” Donnerwetter” in<br />
the pedigree with bright markers. In London this<br />
was as easy as it was impressive: All German riders<br />
rode horses whose names started with a D: Desperados<br />
FRH, Diva Royal, Damon Hill NRW and Dablino<br />
FRH. In addition there are other top horses like<br />
Don Auriello, Digby or Donnperignon. <strong>The</strong> list continues<br />
at the federal championships where the Dblood<br />
dominates in the division for riding horses<br />
and in the division for dressage horses. “That makes<br />
me very proud for obvious reasons,” Heinrich<br />
Neven (73) says almost timidly with a sparkle in<br />
his eyes. <strong>The</strong> stallion Donnerwetter was born on his<br />
farm in Wulfsen in 1977. You can find his name in<br />
almost every important pedigree today through his<br />
son Donnerhall.<br />
Donnerwetter was the second foal of Melli by Matador/Der<br />
Löwe xx. “He was an exquisite foal right<br />
away being elastic throughout his entire body and<br />
swinging over the back.” <strong>The</strong> renowned breeder<br />
and stallion manager Günther Pape bought the<br />
black colt. Heinrich Neven often drove to Hemmoor<br />
at the time; he attended the pre-selection<br />
and then Donnerwetter’s licensing in Verden. “He<br />
was pretty small at the licensing but he caught<br />
everybody’s attention because he was so supple.”<br />
Otto Schulte-Frohlinde bought him for 65,000 Euros<br />
for Grönwohldhof. Donnerwetter started on his<br />
journey to Grand Prix with Karin and Herbert Rehbein.<br />
He set a monument for himself with his son<br />
Donnerhall. Two parties were overjoyed when the<br />
Heinrich Neven from Wulfsen. Photo: Züngel<br />
spectacular liver chestnut became champion stallion<br />
at the DLG in Hanover in 1986; they were<br />
Donnerhall’s breeder Otto Görtner and Heinrich<br />
Neven. Heinrich Neven’s father had bought<br />
Donnerwetter’s granddam Lilli by Der Löwe xx/Altena<br />
as a foal from Hermann Putensen in Westergellersen.<br />
“<strong>The</strong> line was known for eager, workingwilling<br />
and tough horses. In my estimation, Lilli<br />
was the best Der Löwe xx-daughter. She pushed<br />
off out of her hindquarters with beautiful energy.<br />
Her dam’s sire Altena convinced with character<br />
and strong nerves. He produced strength and working<br />
willingness. He jumped well, too” Heinrich<br />
Neven explains. <strong>The</strong> breeder also competed Lilli as<br />
he always rode his own mares and never owned a<br />
riding horse. <strong>The</strong>y celebrated victories and placements<br />
in the dressage arena, in stadium jumping<br />
and in eventing. “I always rode the most difficult<br />
horses.” Heinrich Neven smirks while remembering<br />
his rides. “<strong>The</strong> tougher horses are the better<br />
ones occasionally dump their riders. Many horses<br />
can be corrected with patience and with riding<br />
walk for long distances. You have to ride in walk<br />
until the horse allows you to push it with your legs<br />
and your seat. Those that buck can also jump.”<br />
Blood-influenced, forward going horses<br />
Lilli’s first foal was Sybille by Senegal, “Descendants<br />
of Senegal were super riding horses. My<br />
father favored blood-influenced and forward going<br />
riding horses. I agree. A horse must be light-footed.
A horse should be able to dance while in-hand,”<br />
so Heinrich Neven. Sibylle became the granddam<br />
of Celle’s state stud sire Glückspilz by Glücksstern.<br />
Five Matador-daughters followed. “<strong>The</strong>y were all<br />
very different from each other,” the breeder remembers.<br />
“Melli was the best. We could have sold<br />
her well but my father did not want to do that.” In<br />
addition to Donnerwetter she delivered two state’s<br />
premium mares and the L-level jumper Dobitos –<br />
all of them by the sire Disput by Diskant/Amselkoenig<br />
II. “That was one that always did what you<br />
asked him to. He was always the one to fill in for<br />
everyone in Celle.” Heinrich Neven liked that.<br />
Grandfather Heinrich Neven started the ridinghorse<br />
breeding program on the fifty-hectares farm<br />
right outside of Hamburg’s doors between WWI<br />
and WWII. “Even then he always tried to breed<br />
black or black-brown horses. Those were easier to<br />
sell,” Heinrich Neven remembers. He actually rode<br />
the 25-kilometers with his mares and foals to the<br />
foal market in Lüneburg to sell the horses to horsemen<br />
from Mecklenburg; they then raised foals.<br />
“My father bought his first own broodmare called<br />
Schwertfee by Schwertgold/Almfeuer on the foal<br />
auction in 1951. He always said that you judge a<br />
horse from behind: ‘If nothing comes from behind,<br />
nothing will happen in the front.’ That has never<br />
changed.” Next to Lilli Schwertfee became one of<br />
the foundation mares on Neven’s farm. Heinrich<br />
Neven bred privately-owned stallion Graf Lehndorff<br />
by Graf Dagobert/Lehnsherr who was born<br />
1984 out of her line.<br />
Performance willingness and strong nerves<br />
“<strong>The</strong> character is important. It does not matter<br />
what the horse looks like; it is important what is<br />
inside the head. Character, performance willingness<br />
and good nerves must be all right,” Heinrich<br />
Neven says. He has thought about it, “We do not<br />
need those that run in the way at the back of the<br />
herd. <strong>The</strong>y do not have enough guts.” For him<br />
breeding means to select and not to multiply, “If it<br />
is not good enough, you must part with it. If a horse<br />
does not have a good character or is not rideable,<br />
it must go and should not be used for breeding.<br />
To breed with the wrong mare results in<br />
procreating an undesirable attribute that will take<br />
generations to get rid of in a line. I continued my<br />
breeding program with the young mares and did<br />
not hold on to the old ones.” <strong>The</strong> breeder is convinced<br />
of the great importance of dam lines, “the<br />
licensing committees should always keep these in<br />
consideration when judging.” He is certain in respect<br />
to Donnerwetter’s descendants,“All are fighters<br />
and are good in the head. <strong>The</strong> damline made<br />
sure of that!” And what deems important regarding<br />
the exterior? He responds without hesitation,<br />
“<strong>The</strong> frame is important. <strong>The</strong> hind legs must step<br />
under the centre of gravity and the horses must<br />
grow when they move.” <strong>The</strong>re always used to be<br />
about twenty horses on the farm of Heinrich Neven;<br />
he took over the farm over from his father in<br />
1970. “I rode and also taught young riders. <strong>The</strong>y<br />
rode our horses. If they were good enough, they<br />
went to horse shows.” Heinrich Neven was on the<br />
board of the Horse Breeding and Riding Club<br />
Luhmühlen for more than 32 years; today he is an<br />
honorary member. “<strong>The</strong> club was very small in the<br />
beginning. We were good colleagues that stood up<br />
for each other and we built up the club. ‘If it is<br />
good, it comes from Luhmühlen.’ We always helped<br />
each other and did a lot on an honorary basis,”<br />
Heinrich Neven’s words are filled with passion.<br />
“I have spent a lot of time on the road because of<br />
horses. I saw the Thoroughbred sire Tamerlane xx<br />
in England, the sire of Shogun xx. Or the foundation<br />
sire Nimmerdor in the Netherlands. You have to<br />
go everywhere and look and avoid becoming narrow-minded.<br />
I had the opportunity to see the<br />
French sire Jappeloup in close-up at the World<br />
Equestrian Games in Stockholm. That was very<br />
special. He was so cheerful. He was ridden in a way<br />
that allowed for his cheerfulness to stay. I saw Lucinda<br />
Prior-Palmer ride the then still young Be Fair<br />
in the distance in Burghley. She rode during the<br />
test on the racetrack smiling happily. Who does<br />
that today? Be Fair became one of the best event<br />
horses of his time, won Badminton in 1973 and<br />
became European Champion in 1975,” the breeder<br />
raves.<br />
<strong>The</strong> push-off is important<br />
It is quieter in Wulfsen today. Only two mares graze<br />
in the rich fields being Greffina by Graf Lehndorff<br />
and Danielle by De Niro, a granddaughter<br />
and a great-granddaughter of Melli and both with<br />
foals at side. Greffina’s foal Dorina by De Niro sold<br />
to Switzerland on Verden’s elite foal auction two<br />
weeks ago. Daughter Inga Hildebrandt has taken<br />
over the breeding program. She lives in a newly<br />
built house across the way with her husband and<br />
two children. Chicken and ponies live in the fields<br />
and on the paddocks. Heinrich Neven’s schedule<br />
book is still pretty full though: Stallion pre-selection<br />
and foal auction in Luhmühlen are next on the<br />
agenda. “I only need to see a horse take a few<br />
steps. <strong>The</strong> push-off is actually enough for me; it is<br />
important. I defended my position in my breeding<br />
program and never allowed myself to be diverted.<br />
<strong>The</strong> future of horse breeding will be a tough<br />
struggle. Breeders are well advised to take a good<br />
look at the dame line,” Heinrich Neven looks<br />
ahead. n<br />
Züchterportrait<br />
Donnerwetter by Disput/Matatdor.<br />
Photo: Ernst<br />
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Statistics<br />
Broodmares<br />
No. of mares offered for sale 17 mares<br />
Auction<br />
Radiant top seller<br />
Dandolo<br />
<strong>The</strong> foal auctions of 2012 received special attention<br />
in August. <strong>The</strong>y are of great breed importance being<br />
a measuring-tape for the general foal market.<br />
By Ulrich Hahne<br />
No. of mares sold 17 mares<br />
Total turnover Euro 193.000,00<br />
Average price Euro 11.352,94<br />
Highest price Euro 25.000,00<br />
Lowest price Euro 6.000,00<br />
Pricerange<br />
Euro 5.000 to 7.999 5 mares<br />
Euro 8.000 and more 12 mares<br />
Mares sold to following areas<br />
Lower Saxony 7 Baden-Württemberg 1<br />
Bavaria 1 Hessen 2<br />
Sachsen-Anhalt 1<br />
Total 12 mares<br />
Australia 1 Denmark 1<br />
Italy 2 Austria 5<br />
Total 5 mares<br />
Top priced foal Dandolo by De Niro/<br />
Florenciowas bought by a successful<br />
stallion owner.<br />
20 <strong>The</strong> <strong>Hanoverian</strong> <strong>10|2012</strong><br />
<strong>The</strong> 38th Elite Foal and Broodmare Auction presented<br />
many changes; this increased the excitement<br />
in Verden on the third weekend in August<br />
even more. <strong>The</strong> political and economical signals<br />
before the auction were not helpful at all. <strong>The</strong> auction<br />
result must be viewed and evaluated in the<br />
context with the entire economic situation.<br />
Fundamentally the decisions made beforehand<br />
were correct decisions benefiting the breeders.<br />
Here for instance the modernized selection process<br />
and the additional advertising measures. <strong>The</strong> collection<br />
was diverse and the level of quality high in<br />
respect to the pedigrees. Prospective customers<br />
from more than 20 different countries were enticed<br />
and came to the Niedersachsenhalle. In the<br />
end 92 foals sold to 22 different countries which is<br />
more than one-third of the entire foal collection.<br />
Numerous private stallion owners gave moral support<br />
to the exhibitors of Verden’s foal auction. <strong>The</strong><br />
State Stud Dillenburg also entered the list of buyers.<br />
All the same the result at the end of the observations<br />
was a rather sober one. Especially on Friday<br />
the auction took an unsatisfactory course. <strong>The</strong> willingness<br />
to bid just did not come up with the spectators<br />
in the bleachers – one sensed an attitude of<br />
wait-and-see. Too many foals did not find new owners.<br />
An assessment we must soberly but also honestly<br />
adhere! Only outstanding Dandolo set a<br />
clearly positive accent! As the top-seller on Friday<br />
as well as the entire auction this black colt by De<br />
Niro/Florencio (breeder/exhibitor: Farm Kleemeyer,<br />
Sudwehe) was radiant in every phase of his presentation.<br />
Elasticity, a powerful back, much activity<br />
out of the hindquarters combined with excellent<br />
type and a secure damline distinguish this colt. <strong>The</strong><br />
hammer finaly fell at 48,000 Euros after a tough<br />
bidding duel. A successful <strong>Hanoverian</strong> breeder<br />
from the vicinity of Verden and who raises stallion<br />
prospects was overjoyed about his acquisition and<br />
rightfully so! Dandolo’s sire De Niro who was <strong>Hanoverian</strong><br />
Stallion Of <strong>The</strong> Year 2008 enriched the<br />
auction collection with numerous foals of good<br />
quality and proves that it might pay to count on<br />
something proven during these difficult times.<br />
Dandolo´s sale as the last foal on Friday appeared<br />
to have had a psychological effect on the continuation<br />
of the auction that started with some good<br />
sales on Saturday. A Fidertanz son being the sixth<br />
one out of Donna Doria by De Vito was the first<br />
foal in the ring. Gerd Pigge from Lastrup exhibited
Figo IV. <strong>The</strong> privately owned sire Foundation is one<br />
of his full-brothers. He sold for 30,000 Euros to<br />
Sweden. Saturday’s top seller will not travel quite<br />
as far north. A buyer from Denmark bought Fürst<br />
Highness by Fürstenball/His Highness (breeder:<br />
Helmut G. Heidmeyer, Rahden). He impressed with<br />
his subtle and energetic movement and descends<br />
from a secured damline.<br />
Friendly auction course<br />
On Saturday 23 foals sold for 8,000 Euros and/or<br />
more; eleven of them for more then 15,000 Euros.<br />
Celle’s state stud sire Don Index was represented<br />
by some striking and noteworthy foals that sold<br />
well here in Verden just as they ought to. <strong>The</strong> auction<br />
took a much friendlier course on Saturday<br />
which improved on Sunday. <strong>The</strong> overall price configuration<br />
on Sunday was the best for the breeder<br />
even though Sunday’s top selling foals were not as<br />
high as Friday’s or Saturday’s. Towards the end a<br />
kind of panic almost seemed to break out under<br />
the spectators and the customers on the phone. It<br />
would have been nice, if this feeling had appeared<br />
a bit earlier in prospective buyers. Some started to<br />
bid a bit late and might have missed good foals.<br />
If you take a closer look at the foals sold for more<br />
money you will notice parallels. Secured damlines,<br />
riding horse movement of good quality with powerful<br />
backs and proven or internationally renowned<br />
pedigrees may very well positively influence<br />
the market value of foals. If you are honest, you<br />
must admit that buyers’ behavior cannot be interpreted<br />
to the last detail. Sometimes the bids for<br />
high-priced foals were hard to understand and<br />
quality that the foals exhibited and that was secured<br />
did not get the appropriate interest too often .<br />
Tastes are different!<br />
<strong>The</strong> group of selected broodmares included 17 mares<br />
that obtained an average price of EUR<br />
11,353.00. St. Pr. A. Rhianna by Romanov Blue<br />
Hors/Rotspon (breeder/exhibitor: Heinrich Bohm,<br />
Gilten-Norddrebber) was the top-selling mare. She<br />
found a new home in Baden-Württemberg for<br />
25,000 Euros. “Overall we would have loved to<br />
see buyers honor the outstanding quality of the<br />
mares even more - just as they did with the foals,”<br />
breeding manager Dr. Werner Schade said.<br />
<strong>The</strong> foal auction was certainly one of the most difficult<br />
tasks the <strong>Hanoverian</strong> team has had to handle<br />
this year. With all this knowledge attempts have<br />
been made to optimize the presentations and the<br />
advertisement. <strong>The</strong>se efforts will accompany the<br />
<strong>Hanoverian</strong> Association next year for the foal auction<br />
2013, too. <strong>The</strong> history of Verden’s foal auctions<br />
reflects that there will always be weaker phases<br />
when some breeders just do not obtain the results<br />
they had hoped for. It has been uphill for the past<br />
almost thirty years. That is what we hope for. n<br />
Graf Galliano by Grey Top/Calido was the highest<br />
priced foal with a jumper horse pedigree. He sold for<br />
18,000 Euros to Italy. Photos: Ernst<br />
Auction<br />
New owners from Denmark enjoy<br />
Fürst Highness by Fürstenball/His<br />
Highness who sold for 40,000 Euros.<br />
Statistics<br />
Foals<br />
No. of foals offered 259 foals<br />
No. of foals sold 252 foals<br />
Total turnover Euro 1.596.000,00<br />
Average price Euro 6.333,33<br />
Highest price Euro 48.000,00<br />
Lowest price Euro 3.000,00<br />
Pricerange<br />
Euro 2.500 to 3.999 84 foals<br />
Euro 4.000 to 4.999 43 foals<br />
Euro 5.000 to 7.999 78 foals<br />
Euro 8.000 to 9.999 21 foals<br />
Euro 10.000 and more 26 foals<br />
Foals sold to following areas<br />
Lower Saxony 96 Baden-Württemb. 7<br />
Bavaria 15 Berlin 1<br />
Bremen 3 Hamburg 4<br />
Hessen 3 Mecklenb.-Vorp. 1<br />
Nordrhein-Westf. 16 Rheinland-Pfalz 1<br />
Sachsen 1 Sachsen-Anhalt 7<br />
Schleswig-Holstein 1 Thüringen 2<br />
Total 160 foals<br />
Argentina 3 Australia 5<br />
Belgium 1 Brasil 1<br />
Denmark 7 Finland 6<br />
France 7 Great Britain 6<br />
Italy 3 Canada 3<br />
Luxembourg 1 <strong>The</strong> Netherlands 3<br />
Poland 4 Portugal 1<br />
Russian Federation 8 Sweden 13<br />
Switzerland 3 Spain 2<br />
Southafrica 1 Czech Republik 4<br />
USA 4 Austria 6<br />
Total 92 foals<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Hanoverian</strong> <strong>10|2012</strong> 21
Hannoveraner Verband Sport<br />
We are<br />
a good Team!<br />
<strong>The</strong> stable area of the training and sale centre is one<br />
of the largest divisions in the <strong>Hanoverian</strong><br />
Association. 24 employees take care of the barn and<br />
the horses – a task that is so different from an eighthour<br />
office job. This is just one reason why team<br />
spirit is written in capital letters here.<br />
By Assi Blume<br />
22 <strong>The</strong> <strong>Hanoverian</strong> <strong>10|2012</strong><br />
If you have ever attended an auction in Verden,<br />
you will have seen well turned-out horses presented<br />
in a pleasing fashion. <strong>The</strong> terrain is always<br />
well cared for and so are the stables and the indoor<br />
arena. <strong>The</strong> stable team from the training and<br />
sales centre (AAZ) under the direction of Hartmut<br />
Kettelhodt is responsible for all of it.<br />
<strong>The</strong> training of young horses<br />
Most only know the employees of the AAZ as actors<br />
in the extensive auction program. <strong>The</strong> main<br />
field of responsibility of the AAZ is however the<br />
training of young horses around the auction program.<br />
<strong>The</strong> AAZ-team offers breeders the possibility<br />
to start young horses under saddle and continue<br />
with their training several times a year. This can be<br />
done as a preparation for the mare performance<br />
test or for an auction. <strong>The</strong> horses can also be presented<br />
on horse shows during this training period.<br />
It is planned to expand this service in the future.<br />
<strong>The</strong> AAZ uses show participations as a stage for<br />
representation in addition to familiarizing the<br />
young horses with the horse show atmosphere.<br />
<strong>The</strong> AAZ riders do a great job riding the young horses<br />
in accordance with the horses’ abilities and<br />
their tender ages. <strong>The</strong> goal of the entire training<br />
program is to assist the breeders with the training<br />
and the sale of their young horses. A commission<br />
regularly evaluates the horses during this training<br />
time. A horse will receive acceptance for participation<br />
in the auction program, if it has the appropriate<br />
quality. <strong>The</strong> <strong>Hanoverian</strong> Association wants to<br />
support its breeders with these services especially<br />
during the times when marketing is tough. <strong>The</strong><br />
breeders appear to greatly appreciate these services<br />
and therefore more such training programs are<br />
planned for the fall and winter and will include the<br />
continuation of the training after the auctions.<br />
On average there are about 100 horses in the AAZ.<br />
<strong>The</strong>y are stabled in the AAZ and in the former Riding<br />
and Driving School. Today’s training centre<br />
offers first-rate possibilities to train horses and to<br />
organize different events at the same time. Space<br />
no longer is a problem with six indoor arenas<br />
available for training. <strong>The</strong> training of the horses<br />
was not impaired even during the time of the International<br />
Dressage and Jumper Festival when<br />
portable stalls were set up in some arenas.<br />
Free-jumping takes place once a week and jumping<br />
under saddle twice a week under the direction<br />
of Thomas Schönig; he is in charge of the jumper<br />
training. <strong>The</strong> participation depends on the level<br />
of training of each horse and is tailored to the<br />
needs of each individual. Jumping under saddle<br />
means either gymnastic jumping lanes, cavaletti<br />
work or a stadium course. <strong>The</strong> horses do gymnastic<br />
dressage exercises on the flat on the days without<br />
jumping. Dressage training takes precedence for<br />
dressage horses but they may be asked to freejump<br />
as a gymnastic training tool. Relaxation training<br />
follows a horse show weekend: <strong>The</strong> horses<br />
can totally relax on a trailride through Verden’s forest.<br />
<strong>The</strong> team<br />
Hartmut Kettelhodt is the AAZ-team leader. Steffen<br />
Beyer is in charge of the feeding program and is in<br />
charge of maintaining the indoor arenas, the stab-
les and the entire outdoor terrain in cooperation<br />
with Normen Eggeling. Rider and groom<br />
teams are divided by discipline. We try to guarantee<br />
the best-possible training for all horses<br />
in both disciplines. Jörn Ahrens oversees<br />
the dressage team consists of the following<br />
riders: Wiebke Borchers, Anett Müller, Philip<br />
Ruwe, Meike Vogel and Constanze Göbel;<br />
and these grooms: Sabrina Schönfeld, Melanie<br />
Wiechmann, Kristin Remmert, Dagmar<br />
Emde, Giana Rohlfs, Manuela Baden, Conny<br />
Arnemann and Ivonne Sommer. <strong>The</strong> following<br />
students-in-training support them: Maja<br />
Fasshauer and Dominik Brüggemann; and<br />
these working students: Ebba Groenkvist and<br />
Ariette Sausmikat. <strong>The</strong> jumping team includes<br />
Heinrich Luttmann, Joachim Könneke and<br />
Thomas Schönig who serves as the team leader.<br />
Meike Vogel furthermore handles the<br />
barn books and manages the account statements.<br />
She is the connection between the<br />
stable and the office just like Hartmut Kettelhodt.<br />
Especially Hartmut Kettelholdt works<br />
very hard to guarantee smooth communication<br />
between the AAZ-team and the auction<br />
team in the office. It is the only way to guarantee<br />
proper organization and smooth sale<br />
events. Every Monday morning auction manager<br />
Jörg-Wilhelm Wegener calls a meeting<br />
to plan the upcoming week. Harmut Kettelhodt<br />
and Meike Vogel attend the meeting as<br />
well as both (dressage and jumping) leaders,<br />
Joern Ahres and Thomas Schönig. It is discussed<br />
what auction pre-selections, mare<br />
tests or other special events are to take place<br />
and what the schedule will be.<br />
Always a helping hand<br />
Even though the main responsibilities for riders<br />
and grooms lie in the care and training<br />
of the horses they all help with all association<br />
events, too. Employees from the AAZ become<br />
whip-handlers and runners during a freejumping<br />
competition or an licensing for instance.<br />
For example during the World Championships<br />
for Young Dressage Horses for<br />
example you could see a rider offering a helping<br />
hand where needed only to see him present<br />
a horse in the competition a little later. It<br />
did not take very long after his ride and he<br />
was back helping out. If you listen within the<br />
team, you will find friendly and motivated<br />
people who enjoy what they do. <strong>The</strong> riders<br />
positively commented on the co-operation<br />
within the team and the joint training of the<br />
horses. You find out how important teamwork<br />
is when you take a closer look at the<br />
daily routine.<br />
<strong>The</strong> workday starts at 7 AM with stable duties<br />
for everybody. Everybody helps! Work<br />
starts after a joint breakfast. Riding auction<br />
horses is the area where working for the association<br />
differs from working a regular training<br />
or grooming job. This point makes the<br />
work very desirable and interesting. Wiebke<br />
Borchers says that it is intriguing to always<br />
get used to new horses as every horse is ridden<br />
differently. It is a challenge I enjoy. Anett<br />
Mueller adds that it is interesting to follow<br />
the career path of a former auction horse<br />
knowing that you had a share in it. n<br />
This is Assi Blume<br />
I was born in Achim in 1992, was raised in Völkersen and<br />
completed an apprenticeship to become a banker at the<br />
Kreissparkasse Verden after the successful completion of the<br />
‘Abitur’ (German high school diploma). I started riding ponies<br />
when I was nine years old but quickly changed over to<br />
regular-sized horses. My heart has always been with dressage.<br />
I have been in the fortunate position to ride a Weltmeyer<br />
descendant that is trained up to the S-level for three years<br />
now. In addition to riding I have been active with the Young<br />
Breeders since 2006. I made it into the Perspective Cadre of<br />
the <strong>Hanoverian</strong> Association in 2009; it was my third try. I was accepted into the<br />
cadre in 2010 and still belong to it today. I participated in three German<br />
Championships and one World Championship. My biggest success was at my<br />
first participation in the German Championships when we became Team<br />
Champions and I became Individual Reserve Champion, too.<br />
Editorial: THE HANOVERIAN is published by Hannoveraner Verband e. V., Lindhooper Str. 92, D-27283 Verden,<br />
Germany, e-mail: redaktion@hannoveraner.com. Editor: Britta Züngel, Translations: Yvonn Zuther, Paul Kershaw<br />
<strong>Hanoverian</strong><br />
Highlights 2012/13<br />
HANNOVERANER<br />
VERBAND<br />
From the November-Auction to the Bundeschampionat:<br />
Corona und Sandra Auffarth.<br />
October 25-27<br />
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and sales<br />
Licensed and<br />
non licensed stallions<br />
November 9/10<br />
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|Dressage | Jumping |Leisure<br />
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