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THE OLDENBURG HORSE 

AND WESER-EMS PONY 

The 2009 OHBS, USDF & USEF Year End Awards! 

Fairbanks & Last Man’s Hope! - Free Jumping Prep 

Rafalca & Sandrina! - Lars Petersen & Young Horses 

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Issue 1 - 2010

Rosentanz is the 2009 Adequan/USDF Horse of the Year! 

This national HOY is not the only one either! - Page 04: Full Report 

Cover Photo: The 2009 German Oldenburg Stallion Licensing Champion, Fairbanks. Photo: Kiki Beelitz 

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04 - The 2009 Year End Awards 

The USDF/Oldenburg Horse Breeders’ Society All Breeds Awards went out to 

some fantastic horses that also found themselves at the top nationally. Many of 

our breeders also earned national USEF titles thanks to their Oldenburg horses. 

14 - The 2009 Stallion Licensings in Vechta, Germany 

19 - Jan Ebeling, Rafalca, and their Grand Prix Success 

22 - Preparing for the Free Jumping Chute 

28 - Lars Petersen & A New Young Horse Training Program 

31 - Silverhorne Sporthorse LLC Breeds for Success 

34 - The Journey to Ireland for ArdCeltic Art 

36 - Oldenburg Show Success in North America 

40 - 2009 Champions, Premium Mares, Foals, & New Stallions 

47 - Inspection Checklist, Announcements & Calendar 

The Oldenburg Horse 

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Photo: Pics of You

Report: Stephanie Law 

Photo Right: Don Francisco 

Photo: Sara Fritze 

Oldenburgs At 

The Top Nationally: The 2009 USDF & USEF Year End Awards 

All of the USEF and USDF Year End Awards are now offi 

cial, and it is apparent that 2009 was a great year for 

Oldenburg horses and Weser-Ems ponies! 

USDF/OHBS-GOV All Breeds Awards 

The Oldenburg Horse Breeders’ Society participates with 

the USDF in their All-Breeds Awards program. Members 

who were active by August 1st, 2009 and who declared 

their registered Oldenburg horses or Weser-Ems ponies 

with the USDF by their deadline were eligible for these 

awards. Please see the full results, pages 5-7. 

We are proud of all of our All Breed Awards recipients, and 

were amazed at how many of them did so well nationally. 

Especially notable in the Dressage Breeding classes was 

the young stallion Don Francisco (Daddy Cool x Leandra 

(Lafi tte)) bred, imported, and owned by Carol Di Maggio 

& Jens Richter. Handled by Jens and Willy Arts, he was the 

national USDF Horse of the Year for the Two Year Old Colts 

and Geldings having scored an incredible 82.00. 

He is sired by Daddy Cool who was the champion of his 30 

Day Test in both jumping and dressage by a large margin. 

Daddy Cool is sired by Don Davidoff who took home Bundeschampionate 

and World Young Horse titles, and is cur- 


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rently competing at Grand Prix ridden by Laura Bechtolsheimer 

of Great Britain. Daddy Cool’s mare line is also 

interesting showing the multi-talented Holsteiner stallion, 

Calido, and stemming from Georgette II who is the granddam 

of Balou du Rouet. 

Don Francisco’s mare line is as equally interesting. His 

damsire, Lafi tte (Landsburg x Investa (Inschallah AA)), 

was not only a successful international jumper himself, 

but his great grand dam, Warona IV, was the grand dam 

of Bonfi re who was one of the most successful dressage 

horses in history. Ridden by Anky van Grunsven, Bonfi re 

racked up 8 National Dutch titles, 5 World Cup victories, 

won the 1994 World Championships and the 1999 European 

Championships, was the individual and team silver 

medalist at the Atlanta Olympic Games, and was the individual 

gold medalist and team silver medalist at the Sydney 

Olympic Games. 

As if this were not enough, Don Francisco’s mare line also 

goes back to Loretta who is the dam of Sandro Hit, the 

now legendary sire and the champion of the 1999 Bundeschampionate 

and World Championships for the Young 

Dressage Horses. All in all, the message is clear; Don 

Francisco is one to watch! (cont’d page 8)

The 2009 Adequan USDF/OHBS All Breeds Awards 

Rank Horse Med. Score Sire Dam Owner, Breeder, Rider 

DSHB Award – Weanling Colt or Gelding 

1 Rico Suave 70.275 Rosenthal Boston Dancer Regina Dawn Esterman, Owner 

DSHB Award – Weanling Filly 

1 Bella Rouge MCF 77.900 Benetton Dream Rinpoche’ Katie Lansing Juncal, Robin Juncal 

DSHB Award – Yearling Colt or Gelding 

1 Perfect Qredit 81.900 Quaterback Dream Rubina Michelle Lynn Coursin, Judy Yancey 

2 Days Go By 78.000 Danone I Zejaluna Lisa Dworkin & Jessica Dworkin, Owner 

3 Rocket Man 71.700 Rosenthal Native’s Promise James J Curtin, Owner 

4 Roulette 71.400 Rosenthal Lady Logan Cynthia McNemar, Owner 

DSHB Award – Yearling Filly 

1 Santolina 75.800 Sempatico M Bold Navette Jessica James Wright, Christine Bergeron 

2 Santina 74.700 Sir Donnerhall Risiko Anita Nardine, Owner 

3 Shutterfl y’s Buzz 74.100 Sire Shutterfl y Galina Silene White, Ulrike Geuenich 

4 Rueda 71.475 Rosenthal Boston Dancer Regina Dawn Esterman, Owner 

5 Isabella 66.700 Le Santo Ivy League Gary A Ellebracht & Juliana Whittenburg, Ignacio Ferras 

& Juliana Whittenburg 

DSHB Award – 2 Year Old Colt or Gelding 

1 Don Francisco 82.000 Daddy Cool Leandra Jens Richter & Carol Papetti Di Maggio, Owner 

2 Fuerte Ventura 75.825 Ferro Risiko Anita Nardine, Owner 

3 Rain Dancer 70.700 Ruffi an Lady Logan Cynthia McNemar, Owner 

4 Steinbeck 65.000 Samarant Reina Bethany Tarbell, Owner 

DSHB Award – 2 Year Old Filly 

1 Rhyme And Reason 76.625 Rosenthal Gaetessa Sally H Wiley, Owner 

2 DeLucia CRF 73.600 De Luxe Galena Anne Catherine Early, Owner 

3 Riviera 66.500 Sir Donnerhall Riva Jennifer Vanover, Owner 

DSHB Award – 3 Year Old Filly 

1 Designing Grace 79.200 Donates Samantha Melanie Pai, Owner 

2 MW Donnahall 75.275 Florencio Dein Liebling Jennifer Vanover, Maria Ferneding-Gruendung 

3 Pamona 72.125 Presidio Cartier Mary Chamberland, Cynthia Bergmann 

4 Rose Royce 69.200 Rosenthal Native’s Promise James J Curtin, Owner 

DSHB Award – Mature Horse Yeld/Maiden Mare 

1 Arabella 71.738 Landwerder Angelina Judith Lawless, Ann Kitchel 

Materiale Award – 3 Year Old Filly 

1 Delaine 68.000 Donnerschlag A Rose For Delaine Lisa Dworkin, Katherine Kuss, Owner 

2 Rose Royce 65.000 Rosenthal Native’s Promise James J Curtin, Owner, Colleen Curtin 

Materiale Award – 4 & 5 Year Old Mare 

1 China Doll 74.600 Cabaret Elena Roberta Falk & Marilyn G. Fawley, Heinz Wulf, Inga Janke 

FEI 4 Year Old Young Horse 

1 Sabati 8.0 Sandro Hit Rosalea Nancy Holowesko, Owner, Ulla Petersen 

2 Devotion 7.6 Donates Donation Melanie Pai, Owner, Nadine Schlonsok 

3 Stedingers Lady 7.0 Stedinger Grilanda Allison B Kavey, Wilfried Fleming, Owner 


1 Steinway 7.9 Sandro Hit Roselea Nancy Holowesko, Owner, Ulla Petersen 


1 Reliance 7.4 Rohdiamant Gesstine Kathy W. Priest, Oliver Kotschofsky, Owner 

1 Sandomere 7.4 Sandro Hit Romina Holly E Reimers, Marion Menck, Merrie Velden 

Adult Amateur Award – Training Level 

1 Wasabi 72.200 Wolkentanz Donna Karen Cohen, Heinrich Schreinemacher, Owner 

Adult Amateur Award – First Level 

1 Rohtanzen’s Bolero 67.667 Royal Dance Baroness Ann Louise Sauer, Bernd Luebbers, Ann Louise Sauer 

2 Seydlitz H 66.842 Sandro Hit Fire Lady Megan Ann Zureck, Gestuet Horstfelde GmbH, Owner 

3 Rubicon SF 66.838 Ruffi an Mayfl ower Hilari Fleming, Laura Whitford, Owner 


5 WEC Freedom 65.203 Friedenfuerst Grille Lara M Ceppi, Heinrich Schuette, Owner 

6 Ruth Anne 64.929 Rosenthal Wishful Chris A Derr, Angela Barilar, Owner 

Adult Amateur Award – Second Level 

1 Donner Luttje 62.494 Don Gregory Meernanda Victoria Kahn-Sinclair, Heinrich Sprock-Witte, Owner 

Adult Amateur Award – Third Level 

1 Rubin Raphael 66.628 Rubin-Royal Little Lady As Judy Ethell, M. Zuschlag, Owner 

2 Prescription 66.333 Presidio Babuschka Jane D Epperson, Cynthia Bergmann, Liz Lawson-Weber 

3 Gesstenia 62.051 De Niro Gesstine Elizabeth M Call, Oliver Kotschofsky, Owner 

4 Quno 61.861 Quattro B Audrey Marilynn Laswell-Sabovich, Claus Hueppe, Owner 


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The 2009 Adequan USDF/OHBS All Breeds Awards 


Adult Amateur Award – Prix St. George 

1 Fanfare 61.645 Fascination Rhapsody Patricia A Fannin, Richard Sonn, Owner 

2 Dream for Me 61.053 Day Dream Version Sonia Assemi, Heinrich Asche, Owner 

3 Tolstoi 60.263 Tantris Karen’s Dancer Iris Biely, Tom Yetter, Owner 

Adult Amateur Award – Intermediare I 


Junior/Young Rider Award – Training Level 


1 Rubio 70.000 Rubioso N Highnoon Sarah Eleanor Kern, Andrea Graefi n von Merveldt, Owner 

Junior/Young Rider Award – First Level 

1 Feiner Focus 70.811 Feiner Stern Alexandria & Sheila Horning, Berthold Schmidt, A. Horning 

Junior/Young Rider Award – Second Level 

1 Ribana H 61.429 River H Gina Tori Retamoza, Heinz Hecker, Owner 

Junior/Young Rider Award – Fourth Level 

1 Rose Noir 65.515 Royal Angelo I Ironesse Mary Cameron Rollins, Edith Koechling, Owner 

2 Ladinor 64.614 Landor S Nina Birgitt Dagge, Else Hempelmann, Katrin Dagge 

Junior/Young Rider Award – Intermediare I 

1 Jonkara 63.684 Rubinstein I Jonkalla Mackinzie Pooley, Johann Brandes, Owner 

Musical Freestyle Award – Second Level 

1 Dream of Love 67.552 Dream of Glory Dolomita Birgitt Dagge, Ulrike Schwarz-Nissan, Owner & Katrin Dagge 

Musical Freestyle Award – Third Level 

1 Dream of Love 71.458 Dream of Glory Dolomita Birgitt Dagge, Ulrike Schwarz-Nissan, Owner & Katrin Dagge 


3 Absolut Lee 61.250 Aircraft Martha Kay Guyton, Mahlstedt Werner, Owner 

Musical Freestyle Award – Fourth Level 

1 Royal Diamant 70.417 Rohdiamant Donna Elizabeth A Campbell, Ludger Wehry, Owner 


Musical Freestyle Award – Intermediare I 

1 Dolomit 70.125 De Niro Adiama Cindy Snowden, Gilbert Blaise, Owner 

2 Weltmeister 63.250 Welt Hit II Uta III Elizabeth Mueller, Richard Grote, Owner 

Open Award – Training Level 

1 Rosentanz 79.800 Rosenthal Wiesentanz Jackie Nixon-Fulton, Owner, Jessica Jo Tate 

2 Dunant 74.000 Depardieu Anita Leigh A Dunworth, Bernhard Schroeder, Marie Barrett 

3 Saphira 73.571 Florencio I Roxina John A McGuire, Wolfgang Sames, 

Owner & Heather McCarthy 

4 Della 72.400 Donnerschlag Laura Bella Sue Curry Shaffer, Owner, Caitlin Casey 

5 Wasabi 72.200 Wolkentanz Donna Karen Cohen, Heinrich Schreinmacher, Owner 


6 Rubio 70.000 Rubioso N Highnoon Sarah Eleanor Kern, Andrea Graefi n von Merveldt, Owner 

8 Wrococo 68.165 Rosenthal Wendemere Stephanie Snow Hegstrom, C. Carter Bass, Lynn Jendrowski 

Open Award – First Level 

1 Revelle 74.632 Rosenthal Liberty Belle Susan Graham White, Alicia Baranowski, Owner 

2 Feiner Focus 70.811 Feiner Stern Alexandria & Sheila Horning, Berthold Schmidt, 

Alexandria Horning 

3 Danya 67.750 Don Gregory Lady Rubin Jane R Gannon, Kerstin de Neui, 

Owner & Anne-Marie Arets-Heilbron 

4 Rohtanzen’s Bolero 67.667 Royal Dance Baroness Ann Louise Sauer, Bernd Luebbers, Owner 

5 Wasabi 66.974 Wolkentanz Donna Karen Cohen, Heinrich Schreinemacher, 

Owner & Amie Beauregard 

6 Seydlitz H 66.842 Sandro Hit Fire Lady Megan Ann Zureck, Gestuet Horstfelde GmbH, Owner 


8 WEC Freedom 65.203 Friedenfuerst Grille Lara M Ceppi, Heinrich Schuette, Owner 

9 Ruth Anne 64.929 Rosenthal Wishful Chris A Derr, Angela Barilar, Owner 

10 Diamond Queen 64.000 Diamond Hit Royal Queen Flannery J Banks, Gestuet Lewitz, Owner 

Open Award – Second Level 

1 Reliance 67.674 Rohdiamant Gesstine Kathy W Priest, Oliver Kotschofsky, Owner 

2 Royal Konig 66.664 Rubin-Royal Pica Ramira Lauren E Thornlow, Gerlinde Reinhardt, 

Owner & Sarah Lockman 

3 Donner Luttje 62.494 Don Gregory Meernanda Victoria Kahn-Sinclair, Heinrich Sprock-Witte, Owner 

4 Ribana H 61.429 River H Gina Tori Retamoza, Heinz Hecker, Owner 

Open Award – Third Level 

1 Dance With Me 69.487 Dream of Love Jonita Marta Kauffman, Johann Brandes, Jaye Cherry 

2 Rasta 67.949 Rotspon Rikorella Pamela M Bailey, Judy Yancey, Christine Rivlin 

3 Sandomere 67.436 Sandro Hit Romina Holly E Reimers, Marion Menck, Merrie Velden 

4 Rubin Raphael 66.628 Rubin-Royal Little Lady As Judy Ethell, M. Zuschlag, Owner 



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Open Award - Third Level cont’d 

6 Jil Sander 65.897 Don Larino Jaqueline Alyssa Pagon Pitts, Marlene Bruhnken-Siebolds, Owner 

7 Remarkable 65.391 Royal Diamond Feldcouleur Alison E Head, H. Hollman, Owner 

8 Sauvignon 65.087 Sandro Hit Die Weinguard Kenneth Braddick, Johannes Toennies, Ilse Schwarz 

9 Duellsa Darlyn 64.982 Davignport Dullsa Bella Beth Sproule-Hansen, Owner, Owner 

10 Wintersnow 64.477 Winterprinz Lavinia Mary L Contakos & Hilda C Gurney, Owners, 

Lehua Custer & Hilda C Gurney 

11 Revival 62.093 Rubinstar Paola Amy Hoffi eld, Nina Sprazgala, Owner 

12 Gesstenia 62.051 De Niro Gesstine Elizabeth M Call, Oliver Kotschofsky, Owner 

13 Quno 61.861 Quattro B Audrey Marilynn Laswell-Sabovich, Claus Hueppe, Owner 

Open Award – Fourth Level 

1 Royal Diamant 68.238 Rohdiamant Donna Elizabeth A Campbel, Ludgar Wehry, Owner 

2 Wintersnow 65.973 Winterprinz Lavinia Mary L Contakos & Hilda C Gurney, Owners, 

Lehua Custer & Hilda Gurney 

3 Rose Noir 65.515 Royal Angelo I Ironesse Mary Cameron Rollins, Edith Koechling, Owner 


5 Royal Prinz 63.659 Royal Diamond Mystica Eskild & Lillian Reinhold, Georg Breher, Kimberly Kulesa 

Open Award – Prix St. Georges 

1 Don Devere 69.211 Don Schufro Luisa Carolyn A Adams, Fritz Linse, Owner 

2 Ringo Starr 69.035 Relevant Liara Jean Vinios, Holly Simensen, Shannon Dueck 

3 Soubirous 68.553 Sandro Hit Tarakaiba Cadence LLC, Barbara Bettin-Schulze-Schleppinghof, 

Elizabeth Ball 

4 Donates 67.996 Diamond Hit Grazienna Melanie Pai, Gerd Berges, Lynda Alicki 


6 Leiden 65.263 Landjonker Argentina Donna Cameron, A.M. de Bruyn, 

William McMullin & William Warren 

7 Serious Hit 64.672 Sandro Hit Francis Glenda S Needles, Michael Sund, Owner 


9 Godfather 61.842 Goldstern Brunette Karyn F Becerra, NA, Owner 

10 Fanfare 61.645 Fascination Rhapsody Patricia A Fannin, Richard Sonn, Owner 

11 Ruben James 61.579 Rubinson Majara Barbara Wiefelstede & Molly Harrison Layfi eld, NA, Owner 

12 Donna Nikolina 61.316 Donnerhall Pia Arden D Meyer, George Hoerr, Owner 


14 La Habanara 60.921 Lord Sinclair Carmelita Ann Kitchel, Arnold Wegbuender, Deborah Dean-Smith 


Open Award – Intermediare I 

1 Don Devere 70.263 Don Schufro Luisa Carolyn A Adams, Fritz Linse, Owner 

2 Quartz 5 68.421 Quattro B Rapunzel Deanna Landwehr, Hubert Hermeling, Owner 

3 Ringo Starr 67.105 Relevant Liara Jean Vinios, Holly Simensen, Shannon Dueck 


5 Jonkara 63.684 Rubinstein I Jonkalla Mackinzie Pooley, Johann Brandes, Owner 

6 Ari 62.105 Anstand Red Rupa Barbara Filkins, A.A. Marnell, Owner 


Open Award – Intermediare II 

1 Romantic 63.947 Rohdiamant Arabella Team Romantic LLC, Gerd Berges, William Warren 

Open Award – Grand Prix 

1 Harmony’s Sandro 64.949 Sandro Hit Balina Harmony Sporthorses, Duske Erhard, Leslie Webb 

2 SPS Lady Liberty 62.167 Lord Liberty G Petra Deborah K Dean-Smith, Lenchen Becker, Owner 

Vintage Cup Award – Training Level 

1 Dunant 74.000 Depardieu Anita Leigh A Dunworth, Bernhard Schroeder, Marie Barrett 


3 Wrococo 68.165 Rosenthal Wendemere Stephanie Snow Hegstrom, C. Carter Bass, Lynn Jendrowski 

Vintage Cup Award – First Level 



Vintage Cup Award – Fourth Level 


Vintage Cup Award – Prix St. George 



3 Donna Nikolina 61.316 Donnerhall Pia Arden D Meyer, George Hoerr, Owner 


Vintage Cup Award – Intermediare I 



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Michelle Coursin & Perfect Qredit. Photo: Hoofprints 

Dance With Me & Jaye Cherry (Above). Photo: Courtesy of Jaye Cherry 

Rosentanz & JJ Tate (Below) Photo: Pics of You 


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An outstanding young colt that will also be on everyone’s 

radar as he develops is the Grand Champion of Devon, 

Perfect Qredit, who was 2nd in the national Adequan/ 

USDF Horse of the Year standings for Dressage Breeding 

– Yearling Colts and Geldings. Qredit (Quaterback x was 

bred by Judy Yancey of Yancey, Farms and is owned by 

Michelle Coursin who is elated by her colt’s success, “I’m 

so proud of my boy, he’s the fi rst horse I’ve had shown 

in DSHB shows. His median score was a 79.7%, and this 

through growth spurts and all!” 

In the dressage standings, another Oldenburg that was 

honored as a national Adequan/USDF Horse of the Year is 

Rosentanz bred and owned by Jackie Nixon-Fulton of Wild 

Oaks Ranch. Trained and ridden by JJ Tate, Rosentanz 

(Rosenthal x Weisentanz (Wolkentanz I)) won the title for 

Training Level having scored an outstanding median score 

of 79.8%! Jackie is of course thrilled, as is JJ because this 

is her fi rst national HOY top placing. 

Rosentanz is sired by High Point Hanoverians’ stallion, 

Rosenthal (Rubinstein I x St.Pr.St. Kim (Karon)) who has 

been producing exceptionally successful offspring. He is 

sired by the legendary Rubinstein I who had 40 wins at 

Grand Prix, was a member of the 1996 gold medal German 

Olympic Team, and he sired 89 States Premium Mares and 

66 approved sons. Rosenthal’s mare line is also very interesting 

with his damsire being the Trakehner stallion, 

Karon, who sired the very successful stallion, Caprimond. 

He not only competed at Grand Prix, he was named the 

1998 Trakehner Stallion of the Year. His most well known 

offspring is of course the Hanoverian stallion, Hohenstein. 

Just to drive the point home about how successful Rosenthal’s 

offspring are, his son, Revelle, bred by Alicia Baranowski, 

and owned and ridden by Susan Graham White 

was 2nd in the national Adequan/USDF Horse of the Year 

standings at First Level. Revelle and Susan scored an excellent 

median score of 74.632%! Revelle is out of the 

mare, Liberty Belle who is by Lessing (Lugano II x Sehwunder 

(Sender)) and is out of a Dederick (Duft II x 

Windfackel (Widerhall)) mare. 

ADEQUAN/USDF National DSHB HOY Awards 

The following is a listing of all of the Oldenburg horses 

that placed in the top 20 nationally: 

Weanling Colt or Gelding 

19th - Rico Suave (Rosenthal x Boston Dancer) bred and 

owned by Regina Esterman - Score 70.275 

Weanling Filly 

4th - Bella Rouge MCF (Benetton Dream x Rinpoche’) 

bred by Robin Juncal and owned by Katie Lansing Juncal 

- Score 77.900

Yearling Colt or Gelding 

2nd - Perfect Qredit (Quaterback x Dream Rubina) bred 

by Judy Yancey and owned by Michelle Lynn Coursin - 

Score 79.700 

7th - Days Go By (Danone I x Zejaluna) bred and owned 

by Lisa and Jessica Dworkin - Score 76.850 

Yearling Filly 

9th - Santolina (Sempatico M x Bold Navette) bred by 

Christine Bergeron and owned by Jessica James Wright - 

Score 75.800 

15th - Santina (Sir Donnerhall x Risiko) bred and owned 

by Anita Nardine - Score 74.400 

Two Year Old Colt or Gelding 

1st - Don Francisco (Daddy Cool x Leandra) bred and 

owned by Carol Di Maggio & Jens Richter - Score 82.000 

6th - Fuerta Ventura (Ferro x Risiko) bred and owned by 

Anita Nardine - Score 75.000 

Three Year Old Filly 

3rd - Designing Grace (Donates x Samantha) bred and 

owned by Melanie Pai - Score 79.200 

ADEQUAN/USDF National Dressage HOY Awards 

Three Year Old Materiale 

6th - Delaine (Donnerhschlag x A Rose for Delaine) ridden 

and owned by Lisa Dworkin. Bred by Katherine Kuss 

- Score 68.00 

7th - Rose Royce (Rosenthal x Native’s Promise) ridden by 

Colleen Curtin. Bred, owned by James Curtin - Score 65.00 

Four & Five Year Old Materiale 

12th - China Doll (Cabaret x Elena) ridden by Inga Janke. 

Bred by Heinz Wulf and owned by Roberta Falk & Marilyn 

Fawley - Score 74.600 

USEF Four Year Old 

6th - Sabati (Sandro Hit x Rosalea) ridden by Ulla Petersen. 

Bred and owned by Nancy Holowesko - Score 8.0 

13th - Devotion (Donates x Donation) ridden by Nadine 

Schlonsok. Bred and owned by Melanie Pai - Score 7.6 

FEI Five Year Old 

3rd - Steinway (Sandro Hit x Rosalea) ridden by Ulla Petersen. 

Bred and owned by Nancy Holowesko - Score 7.9 

FEI Six Year Old 

9th - Reliance (Rohdiamant x Gesstine) ridden and owned 

by Kathy Priest. Bred by Oliver Kotschofsky - Score 7.4 


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Tolstoi & Dr. Iris Biely. Photo: Courtesy of Dr. Biely 

Feiner Focus & Alexandria Horning (Above). Photo: Fire and Earth Photo 

Don Devere & Carolyn Adams (Below). Photo: Sheri Scott

Rico Suave. Photo: Courtesy Regina Esterman 

Rhyme and Reason (Above). Photo: Kapellen Photography 

Designing Grace (Below). Photo: Pam Norton 


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9th - Sandomere (Sandro Hit x Romina) ridden by Merrie 

Velden. Bred by Marion Menck and owned by Holly E. 

Reimers - Score 7.4 

Training Level: 

1st - Rosentanz (Rosenthal x Wiesentanz) ridden by JJ Tate. 

Bred and owned by Jackie Nixon-Fulton - Score 79.8% 

11th - Dunant (Depardieu x Anita) ridden by Marie Barrett. 

Bred by Bernhard Schroeder and owned by Leigh A. 

Dunworth - Score 74% 

17th - Saphira (Florencio I x Roxina) ridden by Heather 

McCarthy & John McGuire. Bred by Wolfgang Sames and 

owned by John McGuire - Score 73.571% 

First Level: 

2nd - Revelle (Rosenthal x Liberty Belle) ridden and 

owned by Susan Graham White. Bred by Alicia Baranowski 

- Score 74.632% 

Third Level: 

6th - Dance With Me (Dream of Love x Jonita) ridden by 

Jaye Cherry. Bred by Johann Brandes and owned by Marta 

Kauffman - Score 69.487% 

15th - Rasta (Rotspon x Rikorella) ridden by Christine Rivlin. 

Bred by Judy Yancey and owned by Pamela M. Bailey 

- Score 67.949% 

Fourth Level: 

7th - Royal Diamant (Rohdiamant x Donna) ridden and 

owned by Elizabeth Campbell. Bred by Ludger Wehry - 

Score 68.238% 

Prix St. Georges: 

10th - Don Devere (Don Schufro x Luisa) ridden and 

owned by Carolyn A. Adams. Bred by Fritz Linse - Score 

69.211% 

13th - Ringo Starr (Relevant x Liara) ridden by Shannon 

Dueck. Bred by Holly Simensen and owned by Jean Vinios 

- Score 69.035% 

17th - Soubirous (Sandro Hit x Tarakaiba) ridden by Elizabeth 

Ball. Bred by Barabara Bettin-Schulze-Schleppinghof 

and owned by Cadence LLC - Score 68.553% 

Intermediare I: 

8th - Don Devere (Don Schufro x Luisa) ridden and owned 

by Carolyn A. Adams. Bred by Fritz Linse - Score 70.263% 

16th - Quartz 5 (Quattro B x Rapunzel) ridden and owned 

by Deanna Landwehr. Bred by Hubert Hermeling - Score 

68.421%

Intermediare II: 

14th - Romantic (Rohdiamant x Arabella) ridden by William 

Warren. Bred by Gerd Berges and owned by Team 

Romantic LLC - Score 63.947% 

Grand Prix: 

14th - Rafalca (Argentinus x Ratine (Rubinstein I)) ridden 

by Jan Ebeling. Bred by Erwin Risch and owned by Amy 

Ebeling and Ann Romney - Score 66.670% 

USEF Horse of the Year Awards 

The Oldenburg Horse Breeders’ Society does honor USEF/ 

Oldenburg Year End Awards for Hunters, Jumpers, and 

Eventers. However, the horses must be lifetime registered 

with the USEF and all of the USEF rules must be complied 

with. In addition the owners must declare the horse by 

fi lling out the Oldenburg Submissions form available online 

by September 30th of the year of the awards (in other 

words fi ll it out before September 30th, 2010 to be eligible 

for the 2010 Year End Awards!). Unfortunately, no one 

submitted their horses in 2009. 

Regionally, Le Andros bred and owned by Juliana Whittenburg 

and Gary Ellebracht of Flying Lion Farm was the 

USEF/USHJA Horse of the year Zone 4 Champion for Pony 

Hunter Breeding Yearlings and the PHR Champion Zone 

4 Pony Hunter Breeding All Ages. In addition, their mare 

Zeja Vu bred by Lisa Dworkin was the USEF/USHJA Horse 

of the Year Zone 4 Champion for the 3 year old Hunter 

Breeding and the PHR Zone 4 Champion for the 3 year old 

Hunter Breeding. 

USEF Breeders and Owners of the Year 

For the second year in a row, Melanie Pai of Canaan Ranch 

at Bolinvar was the national Breeder of the Year for Dressage 

Breeding, and this year she was not only the Owner 

of the Year for Dressage Breeding, she was second in the 

Dressage Owners, and eighth in the Dressage Breeders! 

Also doing very well in the Dressage Breeding Breeders 

was Lisa Dworkin of Irish Hills Farms who placed 10th in 

this division. 

In the Hunter Breeders category, Angela Barilar of High 

Point Hanoverians can thank her stallions Rosenthal and 

De Laurentis along with her beautiful mares for placing 

7th in the nation in this division. 

In the Pony Hunter Breeding division, Juliana Whittenburg 

of Flying Lion Farm must be very happy. Not only was she 

7th in the Pony Hunter Breeding Breeders, she was also 

7th in the Pony Hunter Breeding Owners. 

USEF Sires of the Year 

In the Dressage Sire of the Year division, the Oldenburg 


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Danya & Jane Gannon. Photo: Mystical Photography 

Steinway & Ulla Petersen (Above). Photo: Holowesko 

Rhomance (Saphira) & Heather McCarthy. (Below) Photo: Mary Phelps

stallion, Contango is ranked 2nd! Contango was bred by 

Egon Wichman and was imported by Mary Alice Malone 

of Iron Spring Farms as an FEI level dressage horse. He 

was then ridden very successfully by Mary Alice at Grand 

Prix having won the USDF/ABIG Region 1 Grand Prix Freestyle 

Championship, the Grand Prix Special at Dressage at 

Devon, and the CBLM Championships in both Grand Prix 

and the Grand Prix Freestyle. He has been a prolifi c sire 

having sired Ravel, and at the time of his passing in 2007 

he had six offspring competing at Grand Prix. 

Also in the Dressage Sires division, the legendary Oldenburg 

stallion, Donnerhall was ranked 9th and his son, Don 

Schufro was ranked 11th. In the Dressage Breeding Sire 

division Canaan Ranch’s stallion, Donates was ranked 6th, 

Don Schufro was ranked 9th, and High Point Hanoverians 

Oldenburg Approved stallion, Rosenthal was ranked 11th. 

In the Hunter Breeding Sires division, the late Oldenburg 

stallion Donatelli I was ranked 13th in the nation. Donatell 

I had a great career at Grand Prix in dressage under Jim 

Koford after being imported, and spent his fi nal years at 

Dreamscape Farm in Vancouver, Canada under the care 

of Jennifer and Armin Arnoldt who were saddened by his 

passing in 2008. 

In all it was a great year for Oldenburg and Weser-Ems! 

Be sure to be an active member by August 30th, 2010, 

and to declare your horse with either the USDF or USEF 

appropriately by their deadlines in September. Only horses 

registered and branded by the Oldenburg Verband in 

Germany, or registered and microchipped by the OHBS 

are eligible. Only ponies registered with the Weser-Ems 

Verband are eligible. 

Understanding the Scoring: 

There were a few of our owners that became confused by 

the scoring system in the Adequan/USDF Dressage Breeding 

year end awards. To be clear, the national median 

scores can be different from the All Breeds median scores. 

The rules for the national awards are that your horse must 

have a minimum of three scores from two different judges 

at three different USEF/USDF recognized competitions. A 

median score of 65% or higher is needed to qualify. The 

Oldenburg All Breeds Awards will include GOV classes in 

addition to the open classes that are considered for the 

national score. This is the reason the All Breeds median 

score may be different from the national score. 

In addition, it is important to understand that a median 

score is taken, and not an average. As an example, Sally 

Hunter Wiley was willing to use the scores from her 2 year 

old fi lly, Rhyme and Reason, to show how this works, “In 

2009, my fi lly had earned the following scores in chrono- 


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logical order: 69.3, 89.4, 79.7, 71.6, 73.55. A median 

score is the middle value in an array from lowest to highest 

(not the average). So in this case, when the scores 

are arrayed in ascending value, you get 69.3, 71.6, 73.55, 

79.7, 89.4. The middle value is the 73.55, my fi lly’s national 

end-of-the-year score, not making the top 25. The 

heart-breaking discovery for me was if I had known how 

it worked and had been paying attention, I would have 

stopped after her fi rst 3 scores: 69.3, 79.7, 89.4. Here 

the median score (with the required minimum of 3) would 

have been the 79.7. This score would have ranked her 

second nationally. I am still kicking myself.” 

She goes on to explain her fi lly’s USDF/OHBS All Breeds 

score, “The other bit of confusion I had to clear up for myself 

was why her GOV year-end score was different from 

her national score. I had entered her into an Oldenburg- 

GOV only in-hand class once during 2009. She received 

and 89.4 for that class. The GOV added this score to 

the rest of the array: 69.3,71.6, 73.55, 79.7, 89.4, 89.4. 

Now the median is the midpoint between the two middle 

scores of 73.55 and 79.7 which equals 76.625. This was 

her GOV year-end score.” 

This of course was the top score for the Adequan/USDF/ 

OHBS All Breeds Year End Award for the 2 year old fi llies! 

We appreciate Sally being so candid and telling her story 

so that others will hopefully understand the system better 

in the future. Good luck to everyone in 2010! 

Revelle & Susan Graham White. Photo: Courtesy of S.G. White

The 2009 Adequan USDF/Weser-Ems All Breeds Awards 

The Weser-Ems small horses and ponies also did incredibly 

well in 2009. Competing against the horses in open 

classes, Nintendo, Chardonnay and Pretty Lady won classes, 

championships, and ended up at the top. Pretty Lady 

was not only the top Intermediare I Weser-Ems Pony, but 

she was ranked in the top 25 nationally in open USDF 

competition. 

DSHB Award – Yearling Colt or Gelding 

1 Le Andros, 65.250, Le Santo x Skippin Jackie, bred and 

owned by Juliana Whittenburg & Gary Ellebracht 

DSHB Award – 2 Year Old Colt or Gelding 

1 Santino, 74.150, Sandreo x Gilla, owned by Autumn 

Fox, bred by Klaus Biesenthal 

Open Award – First Level 

1 Nintendo, 65.263, Neckar x Dixi, owned and ridden by 

Misty Hamilton, bred by Irmtraud Sudhop 

Open Award – Prix St. Georges 

1 Pretty Lady, 65.263, Iglesias x Ivonne, owned and ridden 

by Brandi Roenick, bred by M.E. Huygen 

Open Award – Intermediare I 

1 Pretty Lady, 66.447, Iglesias x Ivonne, owned and ridden 

by Brandi Roenick, bred by M.E. Hugen 

2 Chardonnay, 60.921, Constantin x Wienerin, owned by 

Marta Kauffman, bred by Hans Buescherhof, ridden by 

Jaye Cherry 

In addition to being the top Yearling Colt or Gelding for 

the Weser-Ems/USDF All Breeds Award, Le Andros bred 

and owned by Juliana Whittenburg and Gary Ellebracht of 

Flying Lion Farm was the USEF/USHJA Horse of the year 


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Zone 4 Champion for Pony Hunter Breeding Yearlings and 

the PHR Champion Zone 4 Pony Hunter Breeding All Ages. 

The Weser-Ems registered small horse, Santino (Sandreo 

x Gilla (Maior Domus)) performed beautifully in-hand, 

and was Reserve Grand Champion 2 year old Colt/Gelding 

for the Mid United States at the Mid-West Cosequin/ 

USDF Breeders Series Finals! The judges, Kristi Wysocki 

and Peter Hansen of Denmark were very impressed with 

the young horse. 

Santino was bred by Klaus Biesenthal of Bell Oaks Farm 

in Freeport Illinois, and is owned by Autumn Fox. She 

reports that he will be getting started under saddle this 

spring. After the show she stayed in touch with Peter Hansen 

who is a certifi ed professional trainer from Denmark. 

He will be the one getting Santino started, and Autumn 

will be joining him for training in May. 

The Weser-Ems pony stallion Chardonnay has certainly 

become the top dressage stallion for Weser-Ems in North 

America. With his rider Jaye Cherry, he has won championships 

at Prix St. George and Intermediare I including 

the Cornerstone Intermediare Championship at the Cool 

August Nights dressage show in Los Angeles, California. 

Chardonnay was purchased by his owner, Marta Kauffman, 

at the 2002 Fall Elite Auction where he sold for a 

record price. He then went on to win the silver medal at 

the 2003 German National Championships for the 4 year 

old Pony Stallions under rider Kira Wulferding before being 

imported to California. 

We congratulate all of these great small horses and ponies, 

and we look forward to more from them in the future! 

Santino & Autumn Fox. Photo: Courtesy Autumn Fox Chardonnay & Jaye Cherry. Photo: Courtesy Jaye Cherry


Photo Right: Fairbanks 

Photo: Kiki Beelitz 

Fairbanks & 

Last Man’s Hope - Champions of the 2009 Oldenburg Stallion Days 

It was a fantastic three days packed full of exceptional 

young stallions that were presented and evaluated for 

breeding licensing with either the Verband der Züchter 

des Oldenburger Pferdes or the jumper division, Springpferdezuchtverband 

Oldenburg-International known as 

the OS. The young stallions being presented already went 

through a pre-selection process held in October where 

around 400 stallions took part. Out of these only the top 

42 stallions from the Oldenburg Verband and 32 stallions 

from the OS were selected to come to this Haupt Körung, 

or Main Stallion Licensing. 

The evaluations began with the stallions being presented 

in trot and walk on the hard pavement. Right away the big 

gray colt, #10 Flemmingh x St.Pr.St. Identify (Inselfürst) 

bred by Aloys Schmidt got everyone talking. His movement 

on the pavement was excellent and his presence 

and type was outstanding. Of course there were many 

more that were also outstanding, and it would take the 

full two days of evaluations for the committee to really 

decide. 

One of the most interesting parts of the Oldenburg evaluations 

is the new addition of lunging. In the past the stallions 

were simply trotted around a triangle, but starting 


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last year the committee decided to lunge the stallions with 

simple side reins to get a better idea of their ability to balance 

themselves and more clearly see the mechanics of 

their gaits and hind legs when going on the circle. Since 

#10 is quite tall, he may not have balanced himself as exceptionally 

as some of the others, but nonetheless he was 

very good on the lunge and the mechanics of his hind leg 

and natural uphill movement were maintained. 

The following day, all of the stallions came back into the 

arena one by one, were presented at liberty, and then 

were free jumped. At this point the champion was not 

showing off his hind leg power as he had earlier, but 

again, he was fl uid and his presence and expression were 

undeniable. His breeding is of course very interesting and 

different for the Oldenburg Verband. In a recent article 

that the head of the Licensing committee, Dr. Schulze- 

Schleppinghof, wrote about stallion lines, he commented 

that the only place where top dressage stallions could be 

found outside of Germany was the Netherlands. 

In this case the stallion, Flemmingh, is in fact German bred 

having been registered as a Holsteiner foal, but he was 

taken to the Netherlands and approved there as a stallion 

not for jumper breeding, but for dressage. He has been

in the lines of top dressage horses having directly sired 

the internationally successful Grand Prix horses Krack C 

and Lingh. Lingh, ridden by Edward Gal, was the Reserve 

Champion at the 2005 World Cup in Las Vegas, and is now 

owned and ridden by Karen Offi eld. Flemmingh also sired 

Santino and Regent who won individual and team gold at 

the 2007 Pan American Games, and before his death in 

2007 he was ranked 6th in the world on the leading dressage 

sires list. 

His damsire, Inselfürst (Inschallah AA x Wega (Futuro)) 

scored one of the highest dressage index scores in his 

stallion performance test ever recorded, 155.18. He went 

on to be the Oldenburg State champion for the 6 year old 

dressage horses in 1992 and has sired champions such as 

Ironman who not only has sired many successful dressage 

horses, but was also the 2007 USEF Sire of the Year for 

Hunter Breeding. #10’s mare line then goes back to Argentinus 

who was arguably a jumper and sired many top 

jumpers, but he has also sired internationally successful 

Grand Prix dressage horses such as Amaretto ridden by 

Isabel Werth, Aleppo S ridden by Ellen Schulten-Baumer, 

and European Champion Gold medalist Albano ridden by 

Heike Kemmer. In other words, this champion colt’s bloodlines 

are a veritable who’s who of dressage breeding. 

In the end, the expressive movement, incredible type, 

and the interesting bloodlines were the factors that lead 

to the Flemmingh x St.Pr.St. Identify (Inselfürst) colt becoming 

the champion of the 2009 licensing. Following 

this announcement he was auctioned for the top price 

of 250,000 Euro, and interestingly he was purchased by 

Doug and Louise Leatherdale of Leatherdale Farms, Minnesota. 

Doug Leatherdale is the president of the American 

Hanoverian Society, and this was the fi rst time they have 

purchased an Oldenburg stallion. 

It was Jens and Susanne Meyer that called the Leatherdales 

back in Minnesota to tell them about the Flemmingh 

colt after seeing him on the fi rst day. Louise Letherdale 

writes on her news page, “They raved on about how wonderful 

this stallion was both in movement and temperament 

saying how everyone who saw him loved him!” Since 

they could not get over to the licensing themselves, they 

had to rely on internet videos. Louise continues, “So… 

with Doug sitting up half the night then watching the presentations 

of stallions on “Clip My Horse” he woke me at 

some unearthly time to give me the news that the stallion 

we wanted to bid on was selected as Grand Champion of 

the licensing. That did NOT bode well for any bidding to 

be done in a few hours. But...we decided to try anyway. 

Long story short...we actually got him for a reasonable 

amount and we couldn’t be more proud! He is now in Dorum 

where MANY breeders are already showing up to see 

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We are thrilled for many reasons to fi nd this stallion....1) 

his movement is sensational in all gaits 2) his temperament 

(per Susanne) indicates that I will be perfectly 

safe giving him carrots and kisses on the nose indicating 

a snuggle bunny! 3) he offers some very new bloodlines 

needed for both the Oldenburg and Hanoverian 

breeding...a much needed thing we feel. From his bloodlines 

and the video and freejumping at the licensing it 

looks like he will not only be a true dressage horse but 

can jump too!” A few days later they collectively decided 

to name him Fairbanks. He will be staying in Germany and 

will stand at Hengststation Jens Meyer along with many of 

the Leatherdales’ other top stallions. 

The Reserve Champion stallion was the expressive and 

very balanced colt, #2 sired by Danone I and out of St.Pr. 

St. Rihanna (Welt Hit II x Vb.Pr.St. Riconess (Noble Roi 

xx)). He has since been named Dante Weltino and he 

will be standing at the Dressurpferde Leistungszentrum 

Lodbergen. He really showed his talent on the lunge line 

cantering and trotting effortlessly maintaining his frame 

and uphill movement. He was bred by Olaf Bahls and 

stemming from the very successful Oldenburg mare line 

of Richilda, he was sold at the 2007 Elite Foal auction to 

Ernst Kemper of Borken, Germany. In this auction he was 

sold initially to someone whose sponsor could not fund the 

bid, so he was brought back in at the end and sold to the 

Dressurpferde Leistungszentrum in Lodbergen, Germany 

where Grand Prix rider Markus Gribbe is the head trainer. 

The third placed stallion is a son of the Hanoverian licensing 

champion, Hotline (Hofrat x De Nira (De Niro)), and is 

out of one of the most successful Oldenburg mare lines. 

His dam, St.Pr./El.St. Merethe (Florestan I x St.Pr./El.St. 

Maradonna (Donnerhall)) is out of the same dam as last 

year’s licensing champion, Furstenball. Furstenball was 

not only the licensing champion, he recently won his 70 

day performance test in Schlieckau scoring an incredible 

154,99 for dressage and having a fi nal total of 145.25. 

OS Champion - Last Man’s Hope Photo: Kiki Beelitz

Jane Cleveland & #8. Photo: Law 

Fuerst Romancier (Above). Photo: Law 

Pentagon’s Peron (Below) Photo: Kiki Beelitz 


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The Hotline colt, #16 was bred by Georg Sieverding and 

is owned by Blue Hors of Denmark. He has since been 

named Hot Spot, and he will be standing at Blue Hors. 

The fourth placed stallion was #30 sired by Sir Donnerhall 

and out of Kira K (Banditentraum x El.St. Kanessa 

(Schwalbenherbst)). He stems from the well known 

Trakehner damline of Kassette which is the same line as 

stallions such as Kostolany were bred from. #30 was bred 

by Annemarie Krause and is owned by Maria Ring of Sweden 

and Paul Schockemoehle. 

The fi fth placed stallion was #1 sired by Belissimo M and 

out of St.Pr.St. Faberge (Florestan x Diora Divina (Donnerhall)). 

Faberge was a Brilliant Ring mare in 2003, and 

stems from the mareline of Steinrose. #1 was bred by 

Kamma Beirholm and is owned by Heinrich Ramsbrock 

and Kamma Beirholm. He will be standing in Sweden. 

The auction was successful given the fi nancial situation 

and everyone at the Verband was more than happy with 

the results. The majority of the stallions sold to countries 

outside of Germany, and #8 who is the full brother to 

the 2008 Brilliant Ring champion, Weihegold, was among 

them. He was purchased by the American FEI level dressage 

rider, Jane Cleveland of Tennessee. She was thrilled 

to have won the bid for this remarkable horse who was 

obviously going through a growth spurt. The pair is sure 

to do very well together in the future! 

The OS Licensing 

Everyone was very impressed with how well the OS program 

is developing. The depth of talent went much further 

this year than in past years, and the stallions were good 

movers and very modern types. The champion was not 

only a half brother to last year’s phenom, Le Champ Ask, 

he comes from the same breeding family having been 

bred by the Möller brothers. #61 was sired again by Last 

Man Standing and is out of Caletta (Conteros x Dorina IV 

(Caletto I)). #61 showed exceptional form and talent over 

the jumps. He has since been given the name Last Man’s 

Hope, and he will be standing at Paul Schockemoehle’s 

stallion station in Mühlen, Germany. 

Last Man Standing has an interesting history in his young 

career. He was born in Holstein and after being licensed 

in Redefi n, and having completed his approval requirements 

in Mecklenburg he was sold to Maria Chernova of 

Moscow, Russia. She later approached Dietmar Weinrich 

of Pferde Weinrich International to help her market the 

horse in Germany. With the help of Bernd Richter he was 

able to arrange for the stallion to be brought back to the 

Oldenburg region to stand at the Holkenbrink stud. We 

were all treated to the surprise of the great stallion coming 

into the arena during the stallion show that evening.

The Reserve OS Champion was #72 sired by Stalypso 

and out of Celline (Couleur-Rubin x Makimono (Carprilli)). 

He was bred by Wilhelm Meiners and is owned by Erich 

Stevens. He has since been named Straviaty and will be 

standing at Hengststation Kathmann. This colt had very 

impressive gaits and a lot of power and scope over the 

fence. He is sired by Stalypso (Stakkato x Caracalla (Calypso 

II) who was the champion of his 30 day test scoring 

a 9.88 for his jumping. His damsire is the young stallion 

Couleur-Rubin who has been very successful, and recently 

won the CDI4* Championate Stadt Basel under rider Ludgar 

Beerbaum. 

The third placed stallion was #54 sired by Clarimo and 

out of Lovely (Stauffenberg x Graefi n (Ahorn Z)). He was 

bred by Carsten Schultz and is owned by Equo Reitsport 

GmbH. He has since been named Clielito Lindo and will 

be standing at the Haupt-, und Landgestüt Schwaiganger. 

Although still very young in his development, this colt really 

impressed everyone with his reaction time and how 

beautifully he folded up his knees and hind legs. His outline 

over the fence was also excellent. He stems from an 

exceptional mare line. 

The fourth placed stallion was #73 sired by Toulon and 

out of Gold Patch (Pardarco x Goldess (Dimenos)). He was 

bred and is owned by Gestuet Lewitz. He has since been 

named Toulouse and he will be standing at Paul Schockemöhle’s 

stallion station. This stallion had tremendous 

presence and was very impressive on the lunge line and 

at liberty. His canter is fantastic and his bascule and scope 

over the fence completed the exceptional package that he 

is. His breeding is distinctly Benolux, and he brings these 

interesting lines to Schockemöhle’s collection. 

The fi fth placed stallion was #52 sired by Check In and 

out of Vb.Pr.St. Walanda (Landadel x Vb.Pr.St. Waskia 

(Andiamo)). He was bred by Andreas Tabeling and is 

out of Franz R. Sanktjohanser. He has since been named 

Checkland and will be standing at Hengststation Böck- 


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mann. This stallion is a beautiful type, and showed elastic 

and rhythmic gaits. His jumping technique and style were 

also outstanding. 

2009 Haupt Premium Stallions 

Following the awarding of this year’s champions, the Haupt 

Premium awards were announced. This award is given to 

a 5 yr. old Oldenburg or OS stallion that has had success 

in his performance test, in sport, and with his foals. The 

jumper Haupt Premium stallion for 2009 is Cornet’s Prinz 

(Cornet Obolensky x Almoxella O (Almox Prints)) bred by 

Willi Ottmann and owned by Gestüt Klatte. The dressage 

Haupt Premium stallion for 2009 is Fürst Romacier (Fürst 

Heinrich x Ronja (Romancier)) bred by Lothar Schulze and 

owned by Gestüt Lewitz. 

The Stallion Parade 

The conclusion to all of these exciting days was the wonderful 

evening performance of the older stallions in what 

is called the “Stallion Parade”. Stallions from around Germany 

and Europe were invited to show themselves off to 

the breeders in attendance. There were so many great 

stallions it was impossible to video them all, but please 

visit the website to see videos of the following standouts: 

Christ, Rock Forever, Show Star, Pentagons Peron, Weser- 

Ems Cyrill WE, Licotus, Ampere, and the Jumpers Balou 

du Rouet, Ludwigs As, and Carlucci. 

In addition, there is also a video from the stallion parade 

of the VTF awarded dressage stallion, the 8 year old Sancisco 

(Sandro Hit x Rosenfee (Rohdiamant)) who has had 

wins at Grand Prix under rider Ronald Lüders with scores 

above 72%. He was bred by Elisabeth Münstermann and 

is owned by Gestüt Kempke Hof. 

To see the videos of the top stallions of the licensing and 

highlights from the Stallion Parade, go to www.oldenburghorse.com/Oldbrg-Stallions.htm, 

and there you will see 

the tab “Stallion Days in Germany”. Click on that, and 

then “Past Reports and Videos”. 

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Report: Lita Dove 

Photo Right: Rafalca and Jan Ebeling 

Photo: Terri Miller 

Jan Ebeling, The Acres 

Team, and Their Success with Oldenburgs Rafalca and Sandrina 

Jan Ebeling always knew he loved dressage. Growing up 

in Germany, where dressage is the foundation of all riding 

disciplines, many kids could not wait to be considered 

good enough to go on to jumping. “But I was always 

drawn to dressage, the thrill and the puzzle of training 

the horse to successful Grand Prix,” he confesses. 

In Germany, he earned his trainer’s license while working 

for mentor Herbert Rehbein, the legendary ‘trainer of 

trainers’. U.S. Olympic rider and coach Robert Dover, a 

shrewd judge of talent, asked Jan to consider a move to 

the United States, and Jan agreed to do so in 1984, moving 

to Dover’s East Coast base. “Robert made it possible 

for me to start right away with good horses and clients. I 

have always been grateful for that,” says Jan. 

Ebeling eventually moved to the West Coast, fi rst to Colorado 

and then to Southern California, and has been here 

since the early 1990’s. But the most signifi cant change 

for Ebeling came when he married his wife, Amy, and 

became a U.S. citizen. “I always tell people,” says Jan, 

“riding is a team sport!” A rider without a team may be 

talented, may have success, he continues, but will not be 

able to reach the top. He adds—that is the same for any 

sport today. 


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Amy, an FEI rider herself, helps organize and run the Ebeling 

barn, The Acres, oversees the training schedule, is 

often the critical eye on the ground for Jan. And without 

doubt, it is the strength of their relationship that provides 

the strong foundation required to not only establish but 

keep running—and improving—a top sport dressage barn. 

Amy helped develop their barn in Moorpark, California, 

from the ground up, naming it The Acres and deciding 

where the pastures would go, what footing to use in 

the main dressage arena. Small trails wind through and 

around the property, as Jan believes in the horses being 

able to hack out before and after work—which is fairly often 

in the weather that gives Sunny Southern California 

its name. 

The string of successful horses that this husband-andwife 

team have produced include Ricardo, the U.S. Intermediaire 

One Champion of 2000; Liberte, who won the 

2002 Reserve Champion title at Intermediaire One and 

has since gone on to a very successful career for an Ebeling 

student, Amanda Harlan, now 20, who won Young 

Rider honors with the horse and is currently competing 

in Brentina Cup , the Grand Prix competition for younger 

adult riders. “He told me from the start, ‘I know this horse 

is meant for you,’” Harlan recalled.

In 2003, Jan qualifi ed for the U.S. Intermediaire One 

Championship with the stallion, Feleciano, and then was 

selected for the Pan Am Games team. The Canadians were 

very diffi cult to beat, and it was Jan’s ride which gained 

the team gold for the United States. “Feleciano was just 

the most fun to ride,” says Jan. “There was not one bad 

day—he was so ridable, so willing. It is just amazing to 

look back and realize that every day, I looked forward to 

sitting on him!” 

But Feleciano was always an investment horse, so when 

the owners wanted to sell him, Jan agreed this was the 

wise course, and the stallion was sold to a wonderful home 

in England, where, Jan says, “he is very happy.” 

During this time, Ebeling worked intensively with dressage 

uber-coach Harry Boldt. “Harry Boldt was just amazing,” 

says Amy Ebeling. “He came every month, to help Jan. 

He went with us to Gladstone, and to the Pan Am Games.” 

Jan nods, “ Harry taught the meaning of being patient 

with the horses. That tomorrow is often soon enough. And 

if not tomorrow, then next week. Or next month.” 

Several of the Ebeling owners decided to invest in the 

long-term goal of seeing Jan with a top sport horse that 

he could keep all the way through Grand Prix and hopefully, 

team success: Pat Crow, a friend since his days 

in Colorado; and two other friends, Beth Meyer and Ann 

Romney. “I like geldings and for sure stallions that are 

like Feleciano,” says Jan, then admits that he has never 

thought of himself as a mare person. “And then Christian 

called,” says Jan, laughing. 

Christian Heinrich , who lives in Germany, started as one 

of several contacts Jan would call when searching for new 

horses. “It started as business,” says Jan, “but over the 

years, our families have developed a real friendship and 

strong connection. So much so, if he tells me he has found 

a special horse, that means we just get on a plane. We 

don’t wait for a video or anything.” In 2006, Christian had 

found TWO special horses. “Both young mares!” exclaims 

Jan. “I groaned, and Amy and everyone else laughed.” 

But they got on a plane, and the mares turned out to 

be Sandrina and Rafalca. Sandrina (Sandro Hit x Ganymed) 

bred by Bernhard Seelhorst, has earned scores in 

the 70%’s at Intermediare II, and at her second outing 

at Grand Prix she scored a 70.65% in the Freestyle at the 

Del Mar CDI in March. 

Still, it is Rafalca that has turned out to be the biggest 

star so far. Rafalca was the sensation of Dressage World 

Cup 2007, in Las Vegas. It was a last-minute decision to 

have the mare be ‘test ride’ before the Grand Prix; a sort 

of guinea pig ride for the judges to score and then cali- 


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brate scores. Judges and spectators alike were charmed 

by the mare’s performance, and even though the scores 

were never announced, more than enough people knew 

the results to be quite happy for the Ebelings. For Jan and 

Amy, it was all quite stunning --this was also Rafalca’s fi rst 

Grand Prix! 

Rafalaca is a 1997 Oldenburg mare by Argentinius (Absatz) 

out of Ratine (Rubinstein I) bred in Germany by Erwin 

Risch. Her fi rst owner-trainer was Melanie Sandig who 

trained with Isabel Werth’s trainer, Wolfram Wittig, and 

won several Prix St. George classes in Germany. 

In 2009, Jan and Rafalca returned to Las Vegas World 

Cup to represent the U.S. as part of the three combinations 

that qualifi ed. Jan then took his top horses back to 

Germany to work intensively with Wolfram Wittig, coach 

of riders including Isabell Werth, and showed Rafalca at 

the prestigious Oldenburg3* as well as “indoor Aachen,” 

Stuttgart CDI-W5*. 

What keeps Jan focused and keeps priorities in order is 

Ben, his son with Amy. “Life now includes family bike 

rides, hiking, sleepovers!” Amy and Jan both chorus, 

“Friends who have nothing to do with dressage, let alone 

horses!” Ebeling says this is great, allows him fully to enjoy 

the time with the horses, and adds that dealing with 

Ben has taught him patience in a wonderful new way. 

“When you are young, you’re hungry to get there. When 

you get a bit older, you realize it’s better to take the time.” 

Wanting to give back to USEF and the sport, he accepted 

a post as a member of the USEF High Performance Committee, 

and will serve through 2012. Currently, he is preparing 

his horses for the upcoming WEG qualifying shows, 

but still fi nds time to give clinics all over the United States 

–and steal quality time for family and friends. Working 

towards the fi rst qualifying CDI, Rafalca showed Grand 

Prix under highly-respected U.S. judge Natalie Lamping 

(“I) and received a 70.85 score. “And there’s more in the 

tank!” says a happy Jan. 

Jan Ebeling and Sandrina. Photo: Terri Miller

FHITZGERALD 

SHAKESPEARE RSF 

2004 DARK BROWN HANOVERIAN 

(SANDRO HIT/ARRIAN) 16.3 H 

With an overall score of 130.29, 

Shakespeare was the clear winner of the 

2009 70-Day Stallion Test held at Silver 

Creek Farms, OK., also placing first in 

the dressage portion with 136.01 points. 

He was among the top five stallions 

in jumping with an index of 105.42. 

Shakespeare RSF is fully approved by the 

AHS, HV, GOV, RPSI and Oldenburg ISR. 

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FHITZGERALD 

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SHAKESPEARE RSF 

CHAMPION OF THE 2009 70-DAY TEST! 

His � nal score of 136.01 included 9.5’s (character, trainability, 

rideability); 9.25 rideability (test rider); 9’s (temperament, canter); 

8.5’s (trot, cross country jumping); 8’s (walk, free and stadium 

jumping). From his � rst crop in 2009, eight foals were named 

GOV Premium, with two receiving Foal of Distinction ribbons, and 

another was named the Top Colt at the large AHS Ohio inspection. 

2004 BAY OLDENBURG 

(FLORENCIO/WELTMEYER) 16.2 H 

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Fhitzgerald placed fifth in the 70-Day Stallion 

Test, scoring 113.16 points overall. His super 

easy attitude and good gaits were reflected in 

excellent scores of 9.0 (character, trainability, 

canter, cross country jumping); 8.75 (rideability, 

free jumping and stadium jumping); 8 walk, 

and 7.4 trot. His jumping was confirmed with 

an index of 115.89, placing him fourth. He 

easily jumped 1 meter 40 under saddle at the 

stadium jumping final test. He is approved 

by the GOV, RPSI and Oldenburg ISR. 

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Fhitzgerald photos: ©2009 Reg Corkum; Design: thedesignwerks.com

Preparing for the Free Jumping Chute - Report by Mo Swanson 

Free jumping is an integral part of both the Mare Performance 

Test (MPT) and Stallion Licensing. It is also 

required during the 30 and 70 Day Stallion Performance 

Tests. In the US, the Oldenburg Horse Breeders Society 

stallion licensing occurs twice on the inspection tour, 

usually on the east coast and the west coast. The last 

two years, a MPT was offered during the Oldenburg Horse 

Show held at High Point Hanoverians in Chestertown, MD, 

and in 2009, it was offered for the fi rst time on the west 

coast at Pollyrich Farms in Solvang, CA. Even though free 

jumping and jumping under saddle are two different entities, 

research has shown that a horse that shows talent 

in the free jumping will also show talent in jumping under 

saddle. If there is a negative correlation, it is more often 

than not due to the negative infl uence of the horse’s rider. 

Free jumping is therefore an indication of the jumping potential 

of breeding stock. 

The judges take their roles seriously and are doing their 

best to fi nd out what the horse is capable of doing without 

over facing him. They want what the owner wants- a 

good experience for the horse and a good score. They 

can only judge what they see, however, so good preparation 

is important. It is always unfortunate to see training 

issues or problems occurring during the test or licensing 

that should have been addressed at home in schooling 

sessions prior to the test. 

There are two scores given by the judges for free jumping- 

one for technique and one for ability. The technique 

score includes the following: How calmly and alertly does 

the horse approach the jump? Does the horse adjust its 

stride shorter or longer to take off for the jump in a good 

spot? How well does the horse use himself over the jump, 

including the use of the 

neck and the rounding 

of the relaxed back (bascule)? 

The judges will 

also look at the tightness 

of the front legs with the 

forearm ideally being parallel 

to the ground or even 

higher, the quickness of 

the front and hind legs to 

get into a good position, 

and the tightness of the 

front and hind legs with 

desire to be careful and 

not touch the rails without 

over jumping. A kick 

out behind that gives the 

horse an extra boost over 

the fence to avoid touch- 

The 2010 Vechta Free Jumping Day Champion, Curt. Photo: Tammo Ernst 


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ing the rail with the hind legs is also rewarded. The ability 

score indicates the horse’s ability to get to the base of 

the jump for the take off and jump a high and wide fence. 

The two scores do not necessarily go hand in hand. For 

instance, a horse can show a very good ability to jump a 

high and wide fence using a less than desirable jumping 

technique and vice versa. 

Dressage bred horses are not expected to jump as high 

as jumper bred horses, but a suffi cient score for both the 

technique and jumping ability is good because the scores 

are averaged in as part of the fi nal overall score. A good 

jumping score can help raise the overall MPT score or licensing 

score. A signifi cant portion of the scores in the 

stallion performance test are related to jumping. A stallion 

is ahead of the game if he shows at least suffi cient talent 

for jumping. Any horse, talented or not, should be able to 

negotiate the free jumping chute with confi dence. 

We can’t teach a horse to jump. Jumping is something 

horses do by instinct. They have survived being eaten by 

predators for eons due in part by running fast and jumping 

obstacles in their paths. Our job in teaching horses 

to free jump is to nurture and develop what is already 

there in a talented jumper and to try to enhance the form, 

capability and confi dence in a horse that doesn’t show a 

natural jumping talent or ability. We want the horse to 

jump naturally in a calm, confi dent way. Once a horse has 

learned how to free jump, it can be used as something to 

bring variety in the training of the horse, for instance, to 

break the monotony of schooling in the indoor ring during 

the winter. I like to see if a young horse has natural talent 

for jumping early on, so that I can market the horse 

appropriately if it is for sale. The hunter/jumper market 

in the US cannot be ignored! 

Free jumping is a 

great way to build confi - 

dence in the horse without 

the infl uence (good or 

bad) of a rider. The horse 

learns that running out 

or refusing is not an option 

and they learn to be 

more honest. In the free 

jumping chute, the horse 

can jump confi dently over 

jumps that are more challenging 

than those that it 

is ready to be ridden over 

under saddle. 

The set up for a free jump 

chute does not need to be

fancy, but safety should be the primary concern. The best 

place for free jumping is an indoor ring, or in a specially 

designed permanent high walled jump chute. If all you 

have is a covered ring or an outside ring, the sides of the 

ring should be high enough that jumping out would be 

visually discouraged. Use of straw bales or cloth material 

can be used to augment the appearance of solidity. Mirrors 

should be covered. One of my distinct memories is 

of a talented Holsteiner stallion crashing head fi rst into 

mirrors at the end of the chute on the short side, thinking 

that he was looking at another jump (he was thankfully, 

OK). My indoor ring has sliding windows and we now 

close them all, even if it is really warm inside. One year, 

a stallion jumped out through one of the windows, luckily 

landing on fl at ground and not onto the steep downhill cliff 

just outside one wall of the ring! 

The free jump chute is set up for MPT’s and stallion licensing 

from the left rein, with the horse going in a counter 

clockwise direction. If you want to school your horse at 

home in a clockwise direction too, that is fi ne as long as 

you build gradually on each schooling session. There are 

two kinds of free jump chutes- open and closed. An open 

chute is one where the horse is allowed to run out of the 

chute without catching it at the end. The horse can either 

be led in, or it can be trained by body signals and 

voice commands to wait until the chute is ready and then 

urged toward the opening. A closed chute is one where 

the horse is stopped at the end of the chute by a barrier or 

wall and then caught. A grain bucket can be used to entice 

the horse to stop and come to the handler. You don’t 

want the horse using up all of its energy playing running 

games while trying to be caught. 

The horse is led to the beginning of the chute and released, 

either from a trot, a slow jog, a walk, or halt, 

depending on the eagerness and energy of the horse. If 

you have a small ring, you can set up a free jump chute 

using only two jumps, but know that your horse will be 

jumping three jumps at the MPT or stallion licensing. My 

indoor ring is 160 feet long, and we can set up three to 

four jumps along the long side with room to spare. If 

you have a large arena, start the chute at a place along 

the long side so that you can leave just enough room at 

the end of the chute to not be too long, but to not act 

as a visual barrier to the horse as he is taking the last 

jump. The horse should have enough room after the last 

jump to canter a few strides before stopping- 42-45 feet 

is minimal, 60’ or more is ideal. If you have a way to create 

a visually imposing end of the chute, you can also set 

the chute so that the fi rst jump is approximately 25 feet 

from the short wall. This can help slow the approach for 

an eager horse. 

Your free jump chute does not need to be fancy. The in- 


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Elevation Diagram Showing the Jumping Distances 

side ”wall’ can be constructed using brightly colored caution 

tape strung along the tops of the jump standards. 

This works quite well for a few Oldenburg breeders that I 

know. My husband made simple, lightweight panels from 

2 by 6 and 1 by 4 lumber (see photo below). Whatever 

method you use, a 4 foot height is ideal, since it discourages 

the horses from jumping out over the side. You can 

open up the sides just a little in 2 places just after jumps 1 

and 2. This allows the handlers to have free access to the 

chute, in case encouragement for the next jump is needed 

using the whip. 

The end of the chute should have a “gate” or easily moveable 

single pole so the horse can be led through the opening 

after being caught. A bucket of grain nearby can help 

to catch the horse. The chute will be as wide as your 

jump poles, generally 10-12 feet. For a chute consisting 

of three jumps (one crossrail, one small oxer , and one 

oxer that will increase in height and width, plus ground 

poles), you will need a minimum of 13 poles and 10 standards. 

If you have less than this, don’t despair- use what 

you have as long as it is safe. Use your imagination. Old 

barrels, straw bales, stacked cavalettis and even a pole 

with a tablecloth draped over it can be used as a jump. 

Brush boxes, panels, and gates are a bonus and can be 

used to vary the appearance of the jumps. This keeps the 

jumping interesting for the horse, helping to avoid sloppiness 

in jump technique. Changing things around also 

encourages confi dence in preparation for the test when 

the horse must jump in an unfamiliar jump chute. 

Diagram Showing the Jump Set-Up

El. Mare Fhashion Model. Photo: Courtesy of Mo Swanson 

You can use natural rails, but I prefer brightly colored, 

striped poles. I use white PVC drain pipes for ground 

rails. I prefer wood rails or PVC with wood inside to hollow 

PVC for the jump rails. I have found that using the 

hollow, lightweight PVC rails predisposes horses to get a 

little careless because they are too easily knocked down. 

The standards that are placed along the wall should be 

as close to the wall as possible. If your arena wall has a 

slanted kick wall, a triangular piece of cardboard or wood 

can fi ll in the gap between the standard and wall so that 

the horse doesn’t try to escape through that opening. At 

a minimum, rest a short board from the top of the standard 

to the top of the kick wall. Special standards that 

hang vertically off of the wall can be constructed (see 

photo above). 

You will need lots of jump cups. Ones that can be quickly 

moved from hole to hole are the best. Safe ones in 

good condition are a minimum requirement. I prefer deep 

cups. The shallow cups are good for jumper competitions, 

but for schooling, a deeper cup is better. Never wedge 

the pole into the jump cups tightly. If an accident happens, 

you want the poles to dislodge from the jump cups. 

Never leave an empty jump cup protruding into the chute. 

Either take the jump cups off of the standards and store 

them in a safe place outside the chute or set them on the 

standards facing to the outside of the chute until you need 

them. 

A horse can start free jumping as young as a year old. 

There was even a study done in Holland a few years ago 

evaluating foals through the chute and then correlating 

the scores to those given when they were older. As long as 

the sessions are short and the fence heights are low, the 

young horse should be able to handle it. They will probably 

enjoy themselves. Don’t free jump the really young 

horse too often - maybe once or twice a month. As the 

horse gets older and matures, you can gradually add to 

the frequency of the sessions and the height of the jumps. 


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To prepare for the MPT or stallion licensing, 6-8 sessions 

is a bare minimum, once or twice a week. More practice 

than this can only help. Watch your horse’s progress. 

Avoid pushing too far, too fast. Don’t keep doing the same 

jumps at the same distances over and over. Vary the 

jumps in appearance, distances and heights to keep the 

horse fresh and not becoming careless with complacency. 

A few weeks before the MPT or licensing, I like to test the 

horse for the maximum height that I think the horse is capable 

of. If something happens, there is still time to add a 

few extra sessions, back off a little, regain confi dence and 

retest for maximum height or get back on track regarding 

their confi dence level. I like to know what my horse is 

capable of doing going into the test. 

Checking early allows time for a few sessions where we 

back off and just put the horse through at comfortable, 

familiar heights and distances. I want the horse going 

into test day feeling confi dent and invincible. There is 

usually a practice session the day or evening before the 

test. This session is used to acquaint the horse with the 

strange chute and strange jumps, and to build confi dence 

going into the big day. 

This practice session also gives the whip handlers and 

jump crew a chance to become acquainted with the horse. 

Does it need encouragement or does it need to be left 

alone or quieted? Does it tend to rush or is it a bit lazy 

or hesitant? These are the type of things that need to 

be communicated to the handlers in this practice session. 

They are there to help your horse have a good experience 

and be awarded the highest score possible. 

If you are free jumping a yearling or young two year old, 

a halter can be used. If your horse is a little pushy, a 

bridle with a bit is helpful. Horses should be free jumped 

with a bridle and snaffl e bit. Keep the noseband a little 

looser so they are able to open their mouths to eat the 

grain you will offer at the end of the chute. A fl ash can 

be used, but it should be a little loose, too. The reins can 

be attached to the bit rings with snaps. At the beginning 

of the MPT,you will enter the ring, present the horse for a 

short conformation evaluation, and then release it for free 

running. The snaps are easier to manage than fumbling 

with the rein hooks. 

For the free jumping you will use a soft piece of leather or 

a smooth piece of nylon rope at least 18” in length looped 

through the bit ring for a smooth, quick release by the 

handler when approaching the fi rst jump. This smooth 

release takes a little practice. You don’t want to hit the 

horse with the end of the rope during the release, and you 

don’t want to interfere with the smooth forward progress 

of the horse toward the fi rst jump. You don’t want to 

allow the horse to bolt away from you, either. Hold the

elease rope loosely so it slides easily through the bit ring. 

Bell boots are a good idea to protect the horse from overstepping. 

Open front jumping boots, splint boots, neoprene 

support boots or dressage boots should be used 

to protect front and hind cannons. Polo wraps are not 

recommended because they can unravel, creating a potential 

hazard. 

Ideally, there should be 3-4 people knowledgeable about 

horse body language and jumping, and capable of controlling 

a lunge whip. One person acts as team leader. All of 

the whip handlers and horse handlers should follow his or 

her guidance, but they should be knowledgeable enough 

to act appropriately without being told every move to 

make. The whip handlers should be careful to never move 

towards the front of the horse if they are trying to encourage 

it to go forward. The body language used is similar 

to that used in lunging a horse or working in a round pen. 

If a horse refuses a jump or escapes out of the chute, 

there is no need to shout at it or get aggressive with the 

whip. Just lead the horse out of an opening you make in 

the chute and try again, lowering the fences for the next 

go and gradually building the fence heights back up as the 

confi dence of the horse returns. 

It is the job of the whip handlers under the guidance of 

the training leader to let the horse know that it has no option 

but to jump, but this should not be done in a way that 

the horse loses confi dence or becomes quick and frantic. 

The horse’s memory for bad experiences seems to be just 

as good, if not better, than its memory for good experiences. 

Sometimes it is best to just get the horse through 

the chute at minimum height and then quit on a positive 

note. There is always another day to try again. 

One person handles the horse entering the chute. A whip 

handler can follow the horse in the chute to prevent the 

horse from turning around and exiting instead of going 

forward. There should be a whip handler between fence 1 

and 2 and also fences 2 and 3. The whip handler between 

fence 1 and 2 can also keep the whip behind the horse 

entering in the chute. Someone can catch the horse using 

the grain at the end of the chute and bring the horse to 

the person who releases the horse into the chute. As long 

as everyone knows their job and pays attention, many 

combinations of people can work. If you just have a few 

helpers, at a minimum, one person to release the horse 

and one to act as whip handler can suffi ce. If you have 

trained your horse to go to the grain bucket at the end of 

the chute, most of the time they will wait there for someone 

to come and get them. One handler can go get the 

horse while the other raises the jump. 

The horse’s muscles need time to stretch and relax before 


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starting the jump work. After the horse is brought into 

the ring from the stable or fi eld, we allow a little time for 

the horse to run free or lunge before starting the free 

jumping. At the test or licensing, this is the time the judges 

evaluate the canter and free trot. If the horse comes 

from a stall and has not had much turnout, we allow a 

little time for the horse to warm up his muscles but not 

so long that they tire. If the horse had some turnout, the 

warm up time is brief. The horse usually lets you know 

when he is ready to go to work. 

Set up the free jumping chute using the following guidelines: 

A one stride distance is generally understood to 

be 21 feet in an adult horse. The one stride distance for 

a yearling would be approximately 18 feet. A one stride 

distance for a two-year-old would be 18- 20 feet. For an 

adult mare which is led into the chute, start with a cross 

rail followed by 21-22 ½ feet to a small oxer, followed by 

23 – 25 feet to a large oxer. If you are jumping toward 

the arena entrance, jumping a mature big strided stallion, 

or using an open jump chute, the distances will need to be 

increased. If the horse is heading away from the entrance 

in the chute, or if your horse is immature or short strided, 

the distances will need to be on the shorter side. 

The distances mentioned are only approximate. It is better 

to adjust the distances slightly, especially in the beginning 

of the free jump training, in order to facilitate a 

positive experience for the horse. It would be best to try 

and get the horse used to jumping at these distances over 

the weeks of your schooling sessions, since most likely at 

the test or licensing; there will not be a lot of adjusting of 

distances to accommodate your horse the day of the MPT 

or licensing. 

The very fi rst time the horse is free jumped, we lower all 

of the jumps and just stack poles on the ground at each 

jump. We lead the horse at a walk over the poles on the 

ground, and praise him and reward him with some grain 

Full Jump Chute. Photo: Courtesy of Mo Swanson

Above - Rein Clip. Below - Quick Release Lead. Photos: Mo Swanson 

at the end of the chute. If the horse seems confi dent and 

nonchalant about it, we may try trotting the horse in hand 

a few times, always rewarding the horse with grain when 

he reaches the far end of the chute. Don’t walk toward 

him to give him the grain, make him go to you at the very 

end of the chute. We might do this a few more times, 

depending on the horse. 

The next step is to release the horse on the run at the trot 

and allow him to make his way to the end of chute, with 

the whip handlers’ encouragement. Don’t worry about 

whether the horse trots or canters through the chute the 

fi rst few times. Let the horse fi nd his own way to the end 

of the end of the chute and reward him with the grain and 

your voice. Sometimes we quit there and call our fi rst 

session a success. 

Sometimes if the horse seems to “get it”, we start to 

construct the jumps. My rule when teaching horses to 

free jump is - one change to one jump at a time, per 

go through. The following suggested program can be 

done over many sessions, each one ending in success and 

building the heights and sequences as the horse learns. 

Never over face the horse and try to keep things calm. 

Never get the horse tired. End on a positive note- there 

is always another day. 

If you have a problem and the horse loses confi dence, 

take the time to lower the jumps and gradually regain the 

horse’s confi dence. Start each training session at a low 

level and build the jumps up gradually. After the horse is 

trotting the poles on the ground by himself, we leave the 

fi rst two jumps as poles on the ground and make the last 

jump a cross rail. Then, one pile to two cross rails, then 

three cross rails, then two cross rails to a small vertical, 

then a cross rail to two small verticals, then cross rail 

to small vertical to small oxer, then cross rail to small 


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oxer to the oxer that will be raised gradually to maximum 

height and width. 

It is best if the oxers are not square. Always ramp the 

oxer slightly from front to back. Try not to leave gaping 

spaces between the poles in the fi nal jump. Make it 

look as solid as possible by adding rails to the front set 

of standards in the oxer. Remember to widen the oxer as 

you raise the jump, and always use a ground pole at the 

base of each jump. Move the ground pole out as the jump 

height is raised. As the horse’s confi dence increases, the 

last oxer may be raised and widened, taking into consideration 

the age and ability. It may be necessary to raise 

the 2nd jump slightly, but the second jump usually doesn’t 

need to be more than 2’6”- 2’9” with a width of 2’- 2’3”. 

It is tempting to keep raising and widening the last fence 

more and more, especially with a horse that shows great 

natural talent and ability, but be warned that even these 

talented horses can be made sour by repeatedly asking 

for maximum efforts every time out. It is much better 

to vary the jump construction, appearance and distances 

and keep the fence heights moderate than to continue to 

ask for higher and wider jumps in every practice session. 

You want the horse to walk into the ring and have a look 

in his eye that shows he is eager to get started with the 

training over jumps. 

When adding new elements to the chute, it is important 

for the training leader to watch the reactions of the horse 

to the new jump or distance. If the horse is hesitant, it is 

the training leader’s job to be sure that the whip handlers 

help the horse by using body language and/or gentle whip 

use or clucks with more pressure in a guiding way rather 

than a punishing way. 

As the training progresses, most horses can learn how 

to shorten or lengthen their stride to the jumps, the leg 

technique front and hind can improve, the horse learns 

to use its neck better, the back of the horse relaxes and 

the bascule improves. I have had only two horses in my 

30+ year breeding career that I can say had no innate talent 

for free jumping. We therefore required very little of 

these horses in the free jump chute and were just happy 

if they willingly went through the chute jumping only very 

small jumps. Their scores for free jumping were nothing 

to brag about, needless to say, but they both made wonderful 

dressage horses under saddle. 

Know the capabilities of your horse by the time the MPT or 

licensing comes around. That day is not the one to school 

confi dence or ability problems! 

Some horses are excited by free jumping. They like to 

rush into the chute and rush through the chute. This can

make the horse jump fl at and sometimes carelessly over 

the jumps. Usually, very little whip if any, is used for this 

type of horse. Sometimes a cluck is all that is needed. 

The horse may need to walk into the chute and be released 

from the walk or even from a halt. 

Make sure you give the horse at least 9 feet from the 

base of the fi rst jump after the release. Releasing the 

horse at least one canter stride away from the fi rst jump 

(about 18-21 feet) is even better when the height of the 

last jump gets big. Play mind games with the horse that 

rushes. Make him halt, pat him, walk forward, then halt 

again. Vary the release so that he never knows when 

the release will occur. Always make him wait until he is 

calmer before releasing. 

Try not to allow the horse to come into your space on the 

approach. If he starts to be rude with his shoulders, circle 

him in tight circles away from you, raising your left hand 

toward his head. He will learn to stay in his own space. 

Sometimes raising the fi rst jump into a vertical can back 

them off in their approach and slow down a rusher. Another 

thing that works well with horses that rush is to set 

up an extra ground rail 9 feet in front of the fi rst cross 

rail or small vertical jump. You can even make that fi rst 

ground rail into a cross rail, forming a bounce jump. For 

a horse that rushes between the 2nd and 3rd jumps, you 

can try placing a ground rail half way between the two 

jumps. This also helps with a horse that tries to make the 

one stride distance between jumps 2 and 3 into a bounce 

- very scary! 

Some horses are slow and a little lazy. You can try trotting 

this type briskly to the fi rst jump and then smoothly 

releasing in a trot. Have the whip handlers ready to encourage 

it forward with their body language, keeping the 

whip behind the horse. Sometimes the whip handler will 

have to step into the space provided in the chute side 

and get behind them a bit with their bodies as well as the 

whip. Sometimes, all that is needed is a soft fl owing whip 

lash over the chute sides with the lash landing behind the 

horse (never touching him). Cracking the whip is usually 

not needed. Remember, if there is much cracking 

and shouting, the horse can become distracted and focus 

on the handlers instead of the jump in front of them. It 

is easy to turn a lazy horse into a frightened one. The 

horse must learn to go forward through the chute. Alert, 

knowledgeable whip handlers are instrumental in schooling 

problems like these. 

Some horses tend to hug the wall or the chute side and 

not take the jumps in the center. You can funnel the horse 

to the center of the jump by making the fi rst cross rail a 

steep one by raising the cup height on both sides. You 

can also try laying a pole on top of the front vertical pole 


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of the oxers towards the center with the other end on the 

ground to the outside. Always keep safety foremost in 

your program. Never school problems like this at maximum 

height. 

For horses that are a little slow to fold up their front legs 

over the jump, I like to set up a jumping chute with low 

fences or fences of varying heights that are all set at 

bounce distances, then perhaps ending with a one stride 

distance between the last two jumps. Sometimes vary 

the look of the jumps by using greenery or fl owers, laying 

a cloth over a pole to make it look solid, or using panels 

and gates. 

For horses that are not using their backs in a good bascule, 

I place a pole on the ground set one stride away 

(18- 21 feet) from the base of the far side of the last 

jump. They will lower their head to see where the pole is 

and where to place their feet, hopefully helping improve 

their bascule. 

The best prepared horses receive the highest scores they 

are capable of. It is best to know what you have regarding 

jumping talent and confi dence level long before the day of 

the test or the licensing. Horses schooled in free jumping 

learn to enjoy it. A true jumper talent almost looks as if 

he wants to show off. Knowing what you have and giving 

yourself and your horse all the time that he needs will 

pay off in a good score and a good positive experience for 

your horse. 

Maurine “Mo” Swanson owns and operates Rolling Stone 

Farm in Pennsylvania. She and her husband Jim have 

been breeding sport horses for 31 years, and have between 

10 and 25 foals every year. They stand the stallions 

Gold Luck, Shakespeare RSF, and Fhitzgerald. Many of the 

horses they have bred have been in the top 10 nationally 

in dressage and hunters. Mo has also trained and shown 

numerous top scoring free jumpers. 

Shakespeare RSF at the Performance Test. Photo: Reg Corkum


Photo Right: Lars Petersen & 

Beemer, March 2010 

Photo: Susan J. Stickle 

A New Young Horse 

Training Program with Lars Petersen and Ed Borresen 

Breeding on its own is a tremendous job. The amount of 

work, time, and dedication it takes to care for a group of 

broodmares and their offspring can be overwhelming. Not 

to mention researching bloodlines and keeping up with 

the latest reports on the stallions! So when it comes time 

to start training the young horses, many breeders are at 

a loss for either the time or expertise needed. This is not 

just a problem in North America. Breeders in Europe are 

also faced with this issue, and seldom does a breeder in 

Europe start his or her own horses. The European breeders 

usually turn to well qualifi ed professional trainers. 

Starting a young horse is a very special process. What the 

horse experiences in these formative stages will create a 

physical and psychological foundation that will affect the 

training process for the rest of the horse’s life. A negative 

approach, even when unintended, can be disastrous for 

a young horse’s career. By the same token, letting them 

sit in the pasture until they are much older doesn’t bring 

much for a breeder fi nancially, and this can also mean a 

delayed if not stunted sport career for the horse. 

In Europe, there are many options for the breeders to 

choose from, but in North America it can be diffi cult to 

fi nd trainers who have the specialized knowledge that is 


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needed. This is why the winner of the 2003 National USEF 

Young Championships, Ed Borresen, has teamed up with 

the internationally successful Grand Prix rider, Lars Petersen, 

to create a new young horse training program at 

Legacy Farms in Loxahatchee, Florida. 

Both Ed and Lars envision a comprehensive program 

which will not only include care and training for the young 

horses, but eventually, European style auctions and possibly 

young horse shows. They feel that the breeders in 

North America are breeding excellent young horses, but 

they see that many of them are diamonds in the rough 

who, unfortunately, do not get the start that they need 

to live up to their full potential. They feel not only is this 

a waste of talent, it also greatly affects the value of the 

breeder’s horses which is a fi nancial factor that is critical 

for the entire industry. 

The greatest advantages that Lars and Ed have are their 

years of experience and the extensive network that 

they’ve built up from North America to Europe. Ed Borresen 

and his wife, Monica Sinks, of Willow Spring Farm in 

Pennsylvannia have travelled throughout the Netherlands 

and Denmark, and have spent a lot of time training there 

in dressage over the past 30 years. They both achieved

their USDF Gold medals in 1991, and have trained many 

horses successfully up to Grand Prix including Quadrant, 

Harlequin, Kandis, Fueling Sonne, and Carrera who won 

the Grand Prix Special at Devon in 2003. With Monica 

helping Ed as his coach, Ed also rode the Oldenburg gelding, 

Beemer (Laudatio x All Day Long (Aldatus)) to win the 

2003 USEF National Young Horse Championships for the 5 

year old dressage horses. 

Lars Petersen is, of course, one of the most successful international 

Grand Prix riders of this generation. He is from 

Denmark where he had a great deal of success riding for 

the world renown Blue Hors. With their horses he spent 

10 years on the international stage having represented 

Denmark in the Olympic Games, three World Equestrian 

Games, two World Cup Finals, and three European Championships. 

He was also the Danish National Champion fi ve 

times. The horse that he had the most success with was 

Blue Hors Cavan, and thanks to their accomplishments 

Lars was ranked 2nd in the FEI 2001 World Rankings. In 

2002, he and Cavan were a very close second in the World 

Cup Finals held in ‘s-Hertogenbosch. 

What made the relationship special between Lars and Blue 

Hors Cavan was the fact that it was Lars who started the 

remarkable horse under saddle. Lars recalls, “I remember 

getting him started out in the muddy fi elds of Denmark 

in March. This was before Blue Hors had a good indoor, 

so we were out there teaching him to lunge, and got him 

going under saddle in the wet fi elds.” Blue Hors is a very 

large breeding facility, and having been their head trainer 

for so many years, Lars was in charge of getting many 

young horses started. 

After competing in the 2002 World Equestrian Games 

with Cavan, Lars made the decision to move to the United 

States. He was initially based in Virginia, and now operates 

from Wellington, Florida with Melissa Taylor and 

Legacy Farms. Since coming to the US, Lars has done exceptionally 

well, particularly with the horses Dacardo and 

Success. With Dacardo he won both the Prix St. Georges 

and Intermediare I at the 2006 Dressage at Devon, and in 

2007 and 2008 he won the Grand Prix and the Grand Prix 

Freestyle with Success. 

Just this year in March, things for Ed and Lars came full 

circle when Lars rode Ed’s 2003 Young Horse Champion, 

Beemer, to victory at the WEF Dressage Classic CDI3* in 

the Grand Prix Special scoring a fantastic 70.750%! Beemer, 

who was bred by Gestüt Lewitz, is now 12 years old, 

and is owned by Global Dressage Sales LLC. He has been 

in full training with Lars for the past two years, but Lars 

has known the horse much longer due to his long standing 

friendship with Ed and Monica that goes back 18 years. 

What Ed and Lars envision for their young horse program 


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is to set up a center where breeders and owners can send 

their horses to be started correctly, and be prepared for 

various disciplines or events depending on the goals of 

the owners and the natural talents of the horse. They are 

more than willing to take horses as young as 2 years old 

out of the pasture to get them started with proper handling, 

lunging, and hand work, and eventually start them 

under saddle when they are older and ready. The horses 

in their training will be prepared for careers in the sports 

of dressage and jumping, and they will be happy to prepare 

young stallions for licensings and performance tests, 

and mares for mare performance tests. 

For breeders and owners that wish to market their horses, 

they foresee starting a European style auction for young 

horses to be held in Wellington. They are keeping an eye 

on the global economic situation at the moment, but once 

they feel the conditions are right, they are ready to begin 

the auctions. Breeders and owners who are interested 

in this program will need to send in videos so that their 

horses can be evaluated, and the discussion about which 

direction the horse should go in can start. Both Ed and 

Lars want to be clear that they are not just looking for top 

international sport prospects. As Lars noted, “The young 

horses that do not have the special movement, but have 

the heart and character for the training can benefi t in value 

as much or more from good training as the horses with 

the larger gaits. When they are properly trained to the 

correct level for their age, and they are easy to ride, their 

value will increase a lot.” 

Their team and facility at Legacy Farms is ready to begin 

taking young horses now. They have an excellent group of 

young professional riders from Europe that will be working 

under them, and they will be very involved with each 

horse in their program. Ed concludes, “We want to work 

for the breeders and help guide them through the process 

of getting a young horse started on their way correctly. 

It’s an important investment to make in a young horse.” 

Ed Borresen & Beemer in 2003. Photo: Susan J. Stickle

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Report: Kim Miller 

Photo Right: Hap Hansen on Sir Caletto 

Photo: Todd Sutherland 

Silverhorne Sporthorse 

LLC - Sir Calett o Delivers a Breeding Legacy in the Making 

Hap Hansen remembers very clearly the privilege of campaigning 

the elite Hanoverian stallion Sir Caletto. They 

won just about everything winnable in the Open Regular 

Hunter divisions at Indio in 2004, two years after the 

handsome, grey 1995 sire was imported from Germany’s 

Paul Schockemohle by Silverhorne Sporthorses. 

“He was one of the nicest horses I’ve ever ridden,” says 

Hansen, who, in the course of becoming one of America’s 

winningest Grand Prix riders and scoring countless hunter 

championships, has ridden a lot of horses. While out to 

dinner one night during that Indio circuit, Hansen ran into 

two show judges. One had pinned Hansen and Sir Caletto 

in the hunter ring that day and the other had been offi 

ciating in the adjacent arena from the berm where both 

rings’ judges sat. “They told me that the judge watching 

Sir Caletto told the other judge to turn around and watch 

this horse,” Hansen relays. “That judge said, ‘I can’t, I’m 

watching this horse.’ ‘Forget about that horse,’ the Caletto 

judge insisted. ‘You have to watch this horse’.” 

Approved by the American Hanoverian Society, the NA/ 

WPN Dutch Warmblood, ISR Oldenburg North American, 

the German Oldenburg and Swedish Warmblood registries, 

the Hanoverian has two of the world’s top jumping 


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stallions in his lineage: his sire Sandro and his dam’s sire 

Caletto I. Hansen campaigned Sir Caletto in the hunters 

with happily confl icted emotions: “I’d seen some of his 

jumping tapes and I knew what he could do in that ring, 

but I was quite enjoying him in the hunters.” 

The 16.3 hh stallion’s big body nicely took up Hansen’s 

considerable height and long legs and his temperament 

was great, the rider recalls. “He was very level headed 

and very easy to work with. I hope to get the chance to 

ride one of his babies.” 

Coupled with qualifying for Germany’s Bundeschampionate 

and winning the country’s Young Hanoverian Jumper 

Championships, the 2004 victories left little to prove 

regarding Sir Caletto’s performance record. He went to 

work full-time fulfi lling an already-busy breeding schedule 

at Silverhorne in the Sacramento area’s Gold River. His 

domestic-bred babies, the oldest of which are 6, are just 

now bringing Sir Caletto’s remarkable traits into hunter, 

jumper and dressage show rings. 

Some of the country’s savviest breeders have long been 

fans and many sure superstars are the result. One such 

example is the 2009 foal Jackson, out of Strapless. A

Champion Foal, Social Butt erfl y by Sir Calett o. Photo: Tamara 

Danish Warmblood, Strapless is one of America’s most renowned 

hunters. She won the American Hunter Jumper 

Foundation’s Hunter Classic Spectacular in 2001, 2002 

and 2003, with professional Emily Williams, then again in 

2004 with her owner, amateur rider Clara Lindner. 

In addition to 70 foals bred in Sweden and Germany, Sir 

Caletto has become an increasingly popular and successful 

stallion in his seven breeding seasons in the States. 

These babies include 22 inspection champions, International 

Hunter Futurity winners and competitors and International 

Jumper Futurity champions. 

Barbara Gualco, who owns Silverhorne with her husband 

Jackson, is thrilled with Caletto’s career already but believes 

it is only just beginning to take hold in the States. 

She has taken a distinctly European approach to marketing 

Silverhorne’s sole stallion. As is the practice among top 

Hanoverian breeders in Germany, Gualco wanted to fi rst 

see consistency in the athletic abilities, temperaments 

and conformation in the sire’s offspring before launching 

a major marketing effort. 

Further, she wanted to see that consistency produced 

when crossed with mares of several breeds and to have 

positive results in the pairings of several sporthorse 

bloodlines. From the get-go, she predicted that Sir Caletto 

would cross beautifully with various Warmblood and Thoroughbred 

lines, but she wanted confi rmation of that from 

outside experts. The success of Caletto’s offspring in 

breed inspections and young horse competition has provided 

that in spades, a gratifying outcome for any breeder 

and especially so for a relatively small program like Silverhorne’s. 


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Well-set necks, nice big shoulders, very good saddle positions 

and round croups are distinguishing features consistently 

showing up in Caletto’s get. They are also typically 

blessed with long graceful legs and beautiful heads. 

Good looks tell only half the story, however. Rachel and 

Don Jessop have been working with Sir Caletto babies 

since 2005, taking many from their under saddle introduction 

to jumping small courses. “What I love most about 

them is their wonderful gaits and their rhythm,” Rachel 

Jessop explains. “There is nothing nicer than a horse that 

comes softly to the jump, takes it in stride and jumps nice 

and round.” These are diffi cult, perhaps impossible, qualities 

to train into a horse, she acknowledges. Every youngster 

is different, of course. “Some you feel as if they could 

jump an Olympic course right away, the way they tuck 

their legs and produce a beautiful bascule over the fence. 

Some are ideal for beginning riders. They are horses that 

you know you’d be very safe on.” 

Many inherit their sire’s sense of playfulness, Jessop notes, 

but all in the context of being intelligent, level-headed and 

curious. “You are never worried about getting run over 

when you’re working with them from the ground.” 

Gualco’s research before buying Sir Caletto and her gut 

instincts upon seeing him, plus her patience, has paid off. 

Return customers are the hallmark of any good business 

and Silverhorne has several clients who keep coming back 

for more Sir Caletto babies. Some now own eight to 10. 

Mares Matter 

Even being the star that he is, Sir Caletto is not the only 

reason for the high quality of Silverhorne’s horses. “It’s 

simple math,” says Gualco of an unassailable tenant in Silverhorne’s 

breeding philosophy. “The mare brings half of 

the DNA in any foal produced.” Mares were the foundation 

of Silverhorne Sporthorses long before Sir Caletto arrived 

in 2002. The band of 15 broodmares currently residing at 

Silverhorne represents the best of their breeds. 

The Thoroughbred mare, Love That Kennedy, gets credit 

for initiating Gualco’s path to breeding. In 1998, Silverhorne 

was a training and show barn and Gualco was an 

amateur rider having particular success with Thoroughbreds. 

Initially, she planned to breed the big jumping Love 

That Kennedy just once, but a passion for breeding blossomed 

in the process. Gualco set her sights on getting the 

mare approved by the American Hanoverian Society. 

Conveniently, the AHS president at the time lived just 10 

miles away and ran one of the country’s pioneering and 

premiere sporthorse breeding programs, Glenwood Farms. 

Love That Kennedy earned entry into the AHS registry by 

becoming champion in the under saddle and free jumping

tests at a 1998 inspection. Bred to Glenwood’s Diamont, 

Love That Kennedy produced a beautiful foal and inspired 

a winning breeding strategy. 

“That started me on the path of maintaining very high 

standards for show mares, and their daughters we’ve 

bred, who ultimately are directed into our broodmare 

band if we decide they have the athleticism and disposition 

for breeding and we want to keep the blood on the 

farm.” 

Breeding a mare simply because she’s available has never 

been part of Silverhorne’s plan. “I focus on well-known 

bloodlines or the mare has to have a respectable performance 

record, great conformation and disposition,” 

Gualco explains. It helped that her father was a UC Davis 

veterinarian who emphasized the mare’s equal role in any 

breeding equation. 

Sporthorse Source 

Breeding Sir Caletto to its own mares, Silverhorne typically 

puts between 10-16 foals on the ground every year. 

At any given time, there are a variety of young horses, 

from 2009 weanlings to 5-year-olds, for sale. About 70 

percent are sold directly to or through trainers, many of 

them return customers. Dressage clients typically snap up 

the youngest horses, Gualco notes, while amateur hunter/jumper 

riders often lean toward the older youngsters 

who’ve been nicely started by the Silverhorne team. 

“Often people will purchase the horse and we will continue 

to raise and even start them under saddle,” Gualco 

says. “We have 80 acres on a very nicely set-up farm with 

sheds, great and safe fencing, shade trees and grass pastures 

that are under sprinkles. We have jump chutes and 

round pens and a great group of people that work with me 

to make it all possible.” 

Silverhorne is equally interested in breeding to outside 

mares, but the same high standards apply to both the 

mares and the owner’s intentions for raising their foals. 

“Conformation, great character, athleticism, show record 

and/or performance test scores are all standards by 

which I evaluate outside mares,” Gualco explains. “What I 

care about the most is how the foal will be raised. I have 

passed on selling contracts to those who are unwilling to 

raise a foal correctly. 

“When you are establishing a young stallion’s reputation, 

you really work to protect his interests because he can’t,” 

she continues. “I work closely with fi rst-time breeders or 

breeders without the ability to raise a foal due to lack of 

space or the knowledge to do so and I guide them toward 

a workable solution. This way the breeder gets what 

they want, a good-minded, well-raised youngster to start. 


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I never hesitate to say to a potential or future client that 

it is not possible to raise a young one in isolation or in a 

show barn. It’s all been tried and we know what works 

well for the mare and foals.” 

As the 2010 show season gets underway, Silverhorne’s 

youngsters are bound to turn up in winner’s circles in 

the hunter, jumper and breeding venues. Although Gualco 

considers Silverhorne’s efforts to just now be taking 

root, the seeds of a remarkable legacy are in the soil and 

sprouting throughout the American sporthorse breeding 

world. 

For more information on breeding to Sir Caletto and Silverhorne 

Sporthorse LLC, visit www.silverhorne.com or 

call Barbara Gualco at 916 351 1100. 

Barbara Gualco & Paul Schockemoehle (Above). Photo: Silverhorne 

Silvia (Sir Calett o x Susie (Servus)) (Below) Photo: Tamara

Report: Donna Miller 

Photo Right: ArdCeltic Art 

Photo: David Mullinix 

The Journey 

To Ireland to Find the Top Sport Pony Stallion, ArdCeltic Art 

The journey started in 2005 while on my hunt in Ireland 

for a Connemara stallion prospect to bring back to the 

States. At the time, I was not sure whether I would come 

home with a pony or with an Irish Sport Horse prospect as 

my mind was not entirely made up for standing a stallion. 

Even after seeing ArdCeltic Art in Ireland, who at the time 

was a rising 3 year old juvenile who looked like a scraggly 

pony, I was not convinced that this was the path I should 

take. I went home with video and pictures of many horses 

who I knew would be great resale prospects…and then 

there was Art – the scruffy pony. It wasn’t the pictures 

that convinced me; because there wasn’t anything about 

the pictures that said “I am special”, but it was remembering 

the sparkle in his eye as we turned him loose in the 

arena to observe his effortless way of going and the video 

reminder of him cantering down the free jumping chute, 

and lifting his knees to his chin in perfect stride with the 

quality of jump I had not seen before, that convinced me 

it was worth the chance. 

Additionally, the words of Heather Wright were ringing in 

my head, who had originally purchased Art from Oliver 

Rogan as a yearling to stand on her prominent Ireland 

stud, Ard Cherrymount. When I asked her why she chose 


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Art of all the available yearlings in Ireland at the time, she 

answered; “he had the best step of any Connemara” she 

had seen. Had he not reached 148cm as a 2 year old (as 

none of his siblings before or after him had), I would be 

without a story to tell, as Heather would not have sold him. 

There is one additional piece to the puzzle which I fi nally 

put together late last year when Art’s breeder, Oliver Rogan, 

contacted me. Oliver informed me that Art, who is 

out of his lovely mare Moydow Lady, was given the name 

Moydow Prince when foaled. Moydow is Oliver’s farm prefi x. 

The CPBS rules at the time allowed for new owners to 

rename a pony (however the rule regarding prefi xes had 

to be abided by). When Heather bought Art she wanted 

to name him Celtic Art but could not use her farm prefi x 

(Ard) because she did not breed him. However she was 

able to add “Ard” to Celtic and that is how he came to be 

known as ArdCeltic Art. Oliver Rogan continues to breed 

Moydow Lady who has produced many quality purebreds 

including two full siblings, a fi lly named Moydow Jenny 

and a colt named Moydow Fred. 

Once arriving in the States in December of 2005, Art went 

into quarantine for 6 weeks prior to arrival at our farm. In 

quarantine, he was fi rst introduced to breeding when he

was bred live cover multiple times without any consideration 

of discipline as long as the “job” was done and it was 

determined that he carried no communicable diseases. 

I am an adult amateur, and never handled a stallion before. 

So needless to say, I was going into this venture a 

bit blind. I knew I was a good rider, and riding a pony 

would not be a problem. I also fi gured that his size was 

something I could manage, but I was still completely unprepared 

for the day he came down our driveway after his 

time in quarantine. 

I was a bit overwhelmed at fi rst, as Art was not discriminating 

as to gender – anything on four legs was fair game! 

We do not have an isolated “stallion paddock” nor anything 

but a fence between Art’s paddock and our gelding 

paddock, so when he went for the fence on arrival, we 

realized either he had to fi gure out how to fi t into our 

lifestyle or it just wasn’t going to work. Fortunately it was 

less than a month before Art was behaving like one of the 

geldings and quite happy at that. 

I fully attribute this to the wonderful temperament and 

trainability of the Connemara pony. He has successfully 

made the distinction between work and play, and has become 

my competition partner excelling in several disciplines, 

winning numerous national awards. I have learned 

so much from this special horse and treasure all our experiences. 

Art is just turning 7 and is competing Preliminary 

in Eventing and beginning 4th level dressage. Recently 

he made his debut in Wellington, Florida and competed 

in Open competition at 3rd and 4th level with Missy Ransehousen. 

He was able to hold his own against the “big” 

horses by winning or placing second in fi ve of the six 

classes entered, with several scores near 70%. 

It isn’t any wonder that Art turned out to be such a talented 

pony as his pedigree is chock full of performance 

ponies. He is sired by Monaghanstown Fionn who is line 

bred to the famous Connemara sire, Carna Bobby. Carna 

Bobby won multiple championships in his time, including 

at Ireland’s premier pony show, the Clifden Connemara 

Pony Show where he was the stallion champion 5 times. 

Monaghanstown Fionn’s pedigree also boasts several infl uential 

Mares; April Star, Fionnuala and Wise Sparrow. Art’s 

dam is Moydow Lady (Murphy Rebel x Breffni Nuala (Aran 

Flight)). Her mare line also goes back to Carna Bobby, and 

her sire, Murphy Rebel (Rebel Wind) has produced many 

Grade A show jumpers and performance ponies and at the 

age of 33 is still sought after for breeding sport ponies. 

We have had Connemara pure and part breds for the past 

14 years and are more convinced than ever, that this 

breed, whether a pure or part bred, is perfectly suited for 

the adult amateur, young rider, and even professional. 


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ArdCeltic Art & Donna Miller (Above & Below). Photos: David Mullinix

From the International Grand Prix Arenas to the Breed Shows... 

INTERNATIONAL SHOW JUMPING 

C&G LaGran 

As reported by Jennifer Wood writing for HunterJumper- 

News.com: “Pablo Barrios of Venezuela stepped into the 

winner’s circle for the fi rst time in a major FTI Winter 

Equestrian Festival (WEF) Grand Prix in the $150,000 FEI 

World Cup Grand Prix, CSI 3*, presented by Spy Coast 

Farm. He led the victory gallop in front of 4,800 show 

jumping fans on G&C LaGran, owned by Gustavo and Carolina 

Mirabal. 

In a class of 44 entries, there were six clear rounds that 

went on to contest the jump-off...Barrios and G&C LaGran 

went in knowing they had to go clear and just a touch 

faster to take the lead, which is exactly what they did. 

Barrios was able to push G&C LaGran through the course 

with a great turn back to the triple bar jump, and they 

stopped the timers in 41.75 seconds to take the lead. 

“This was his fi rst grand prix here for this season,” Barrios 

said of LaGran. “He came fresh and felt really good in 

the warm-up. I really liked the course for him. Everything 

ended up good, with a victory! There were not that many 

clears; I was right after Jeffrey. I watched his track and 

know that my horse is pretty fast. I tried to stay just a 

little faster than him and tried to be clear. When I looked 

to the board, I knew I had the time.” 

Don Principe & Courtney King Dye. Photo: Pat Girard Photography 


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C&G LaGran was bred by Rudolf Meyer of Westeremstek, 

Germany. LaGran was sired by Lancer II (Landgraf I x 

Inula (Fantus)), and he is a half brother to Sandro Boy being 

out of the same dam, Wiadora (Grannus x Walide (Argentinus)). 

Barrios has said that he will stay Stateside to 

concentrate on the WEG. To read the full report from Wellington, 

Florida, please visit www.hunterjumpernews.com. 

Quidditch II 

On Sunday, Charlie Jacobs, Principal Owner of the National 

Hockey League team, The Boston Bruins, took on 46 

competitors in the $50,000 CN Jumping Derby at the Palm 

Beach International Equestrian Center Stadium. Jacobs 

and his 10-year-old Oldenburg Quidditch II (Quattro B x 

Alcapri (Carprilli)) were one of only three competitors to 

go clean over the long derby course, designed by Richard 

Jeffery. Jacobs completed the course in 138.17 seconds, 

securing his win over Shane Sweetnam and Little Emir. 

The derby was challenging for many of the horses and 

rider combinations. Jacobs explained, “When walking the 

course Sunday, many of the riders may have thought that 

the jumps didn’t seem that large, around 1.45 m, but then 

when they started galloping the course, it became a real 

test of endurance on both the horse and the rider.” 

Jacobs competed with two young horses in the derby 

Quidditch II and his green, eight-year-old, Leap of Joy. 

Jacobs was very excited about his win and was also happy 

with how the course rode. “It was really special to have 

this big victory, but it was also unexpected. Regardless 

of where we placed, I was so happy with how Quidditch II 

rode over the course. She is defi nitely a horse that has 

some bigger days ahead of her.” 

Quidditch II and Jacobs have only been a team for a short 

time. She was originally sold as a 4 year old who had 

already won at A level in jumping at the 61st Fall Elite 

Auction in Vechta, Germany under the name “Quickborn”. 

She was bred and was owned at the time by Klaus Tietjen 

of Horstel, Germany, and she was known for her fantastic 

rideability, canter, and scope. 

Buying her from the United Kingdom in September, and 

then shipping her directly to Florida, Jacobs has made a 

big effort to get to know her. Once the Winter Equestrian 

Festival (WEF) began, he started her in the Amateur-Owner 

Medium before moving up to the High Amateur’s where 

they earned a second in the $15,000 Show Jumping Hall 

of Fame class. 

Throughout WEF Jacobs has been challenging his young 

horses, especially Quidditch II, to build up their stami-

Success!! 

na and physical body. He started out this week by winning 

the $2,500 High Amateur-Owner Jumper with Quidditch 

II. Then with a one-day break Jacobs was able to 

approach the stadium course eager to compete. “I have 

the opportunity to ride at our family’s lovely farm, gallop 

the large fi elds, and jump fences that simulate the derby 

fences,” explained Jacobs. “I like to give my horses a 20- 

30 minute heavy cardio workout to prepare them for each 

class. Then when my horse needs rest I send her to the 

farm to relax, roll in the grass, and just be a horse.” 

After WEF, Jacobs, will be staying in Florida through the 

winter and spring, and then will be taking his three top 

mounts Secret Love, Leap of Joy, and Quidditch II to Lake 

Placid, and Vermont. Story courtesy of Phelps Media. 

INTERNATIONAL DRESSAGE 

Beemer 

Things for Ed Borresen and Lars Petersen came full circle 

when Lars rode Ed’s 2003 Young Horse Champion, Beemer 

(Laudatio x All Day Long (Aldatus)), to victory at the WEF 

Dressage Classic CDI3* in the Grand Prix Special scoring 

a fantastic 70.750%! Beemer, who was bred by Gestüt 

Lewitz, is now 12 years old, and is owned by Global Dressage 

Sales LLC. He has been in full training with Lars for 

the past two years, but Lars has known the horse much 

longer due to his long standing friendship with Ed and 

Monica that goes back 18 years. Please see the full article 

on Ed and Lars’ Young Horse Training Program, pg. 28. 

Don Principe & Courtney King Dye 

The 2009 Dressage USDF and USEF Reserve Breeder of 

the Year, Maryanna Haymon of Marydell Farms, excitedly 

reported in February that her stallion, Don Principe (Donnerhall 

x Papagena (Prince Thatch xx)) won the very competitive 

Prix St. Georges Class at the Wellington Classic 

Dressage Spring Challenge CDI at the Palm Beach County 

Jim Brandon Equestrian Center. Out of a class of 31, the 

Oldenburg approved Hanoverian stallion prevailed with an 

excellent score of 69.123% under his rider, Courtney King 

Dye. Courtney also rode Don Principe in a clinic with Steffen 

Peters, and the pair received very good feedback. 

Tragically, it was only a couple of weeks later when Mary 

Phelps of Dressage Daily reported that Courtney took a 

fl uke fall schooling a horse in Loxahatchee, and suffered 

a serious head injury. She was fl own immediately to a top 

trauma center in Palm Beach, Florida, and has since been 

moved to Teterboro, New Jersey for rehabilitation. As of 

April 3rd, her husband John reports that she is answering 

yes and no questions with body language, and is showing 

good signs of further recovery. To keep up with her condition, 

please visit the website www.courtneykingdressage. 


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com. We sincerely wish her and her family all the best. 

The Exquis World Dressage Masters 

In the beautiful balmy Florida weather, the 2010 Exquis 

World Dressage Masters opener was a great success at the 

Winter Equestrian Festival in Wellington. Steffen Peters 

riding Ravel, the son of the Oldenburg stallion, Contango, 

wowed everyone when he won the opening Grand Prix. 

The super gelding stayed relaxed and elastic throughout 

the ride, and earned a 76.851% which put him in front of 

two of the top riders in the world. 

Anky van Grunsven was a close second on her Olympic 

gold medal mount, Salinero with a 74.638%, and Isabel 

Werth was third on her World Championships gold medal 

horse, Satchmo with a 72.533%. Of course, Isabel is coming 

off of a break after her suspension and having a baby 

only three months ago. She said she had some “unforced 

errors” that she feels had to do with needing to get back 

into the routine of showing. 

After the Grand Prix, the OHBS held a party at Tuny Page’s 

beautiful Still Point Farm. It was a blast to see everyone 

and share great stories about horses, and of course the 

weather we were all escaping! The cocktail party was organized 

by the North American OHBS director, Holly Simensen, 

and the German Oldenburg Auction director, 

Leslie Morse & Tip Top. Photo: Law

High Defi nition & Jennifer Hoff mann. Photo: Courtesy German Dressage 

Above: Herzberg & J. Hoff mann. Photo: Courtesy Germany Dressage 

Below: Tuny Page’s Stillpoint Farm. Photo: Law 


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Thomas Rhinow, who was over from Germany for the 

event. Linda Zang, Patrick Burssens, Bent Jensen, Steve 

Kanikkeberg, Ilse Schwarz, Nancy Holowesko, Ulla Petersen, 

JJ Tate, Wendy Costello, Judy McGaughan, and of 

course Tuny were amongst the many guests who really 

enjoyed themselves. 

On Saturday, many braved the strong, crisp winds to 

come out and see Leslie Morse and the Oldenburg approved 

Swedish stallion, Tip Top, win the Grand Prix Special. 

The stallion was very impressive throughout the test, 

and even in spite of going off course, their scores were 

still high enough to win it. Placing second was Belinda 

Trussel riding Anton, and third was the youngest rider in 

the event, Elisabeth Austin riding Olivier. 

Even though the winds did not die down much, the arena 

was packed for the evening Freestyle. German rider 

Anja Ploenzke riding her Oldenburg gelding, Le Mont d’Or 

(Landjuwel Gold x Wie Andrea) ran into some mistakes, 

but still put in a very nice ride earning a 69.950%. Steffen 

then raised the bar with his fantastic ride on Ravel 

earning an amazing 81.700%. 

Isabel Werth followed him and also put in a beautiful ride, 

but Satchmo lost his concentration for a moment and 

broke to trot in the middle of the canter zig zag which cost 

them. It was all up to Anky who rode last, and with the 

experience of a world class rider, she stepped up to the 

pressure and put in a truly breathtaking ride. She and Salinero 

earned an incredible 84.450% and huge applause 

from the appreciative audience. 

In the end the top three riders gave everyone a treat with 

a victory passage together. It was a fantastic sight, and 

we all certainly hope that the Exquis World Dressage Masters 

will continue to bring top European riders over to the 

US in the future! 

NATIONAL DRESSAGE 

Herzberg and High Defi nition 

The two stallions owned by Jennifer and Juergen Hoffmann 

of German Dressage in California impressed everyone 

at the Indio Dressage Show with both of them scoring 

70%+! The Oldenburg approved Trakehner stallion, 

Herzberg (Leonardo x Hetra (Persaldo)) who is now 17 

years old won his Intermediare I class with a 71% ridden 

by Jennifer. 

His Oldenburg son, High Defi nition (Herzberg x Elfentanz 

(Figaro)) was also remarkable under Jennifer winning his 

Training Level and First Level classes with scores of 78% 

and 74%! He won the GOV High Point Award for the show, 

and Jennifer is thrilled with him remarking that this was 

only his second show ever.

High Defi nition was bred by Jennifer and Juergen, and he 

is out of their mare, Elfentanz who stems from the very 

successful mare line of Elfi . This is the mare line that has 

produced many approved stallions and the price record 

breaking fi lly from the 2008 Elite Foal Auction, Elfenschau. 

Jaye Cherry & Marta Kauffman’s Horses and Pony 

Jaye Cherry had an incredible evening at the Los Angeles 

Chapter of CDS Awards banquet. She accepted awards 

for her success riding for Marta Kauffman of California. 

Jaye and Dance With Me (Dream of Love x Rohdiamant) 

won the Champion Third Level Horse and Champion Upper 

Level Horse. The Weser-Ems Pony stallion, Chardonnay 

was also a double champion for the evening. He and Jaye 

won the Champion Intermediare I Horse, and Champion 

FEI Horse! 

D’ Amour 

Marta Kauffman’s mare D’Amour (De Niro x Unique (Figaro)) 

showed at the L.A. Winter Dressage Show to fi ll 

a scratch at Fourth Level, and not only did she and her 

trainer/rider, Jaye Cherry win, but she fi nished the show 

as Upper Level Champion. 

The pair went on to another exceptional performance in 

their Fourth Level classes at the Los Angeles Mid-Winter 

Dressage Show under Canadian Judge, Lorraine Macdonald. 

They won all of their tests with scores over 68 and 

69%. She then went on to be named the Upper Level 

Champion of the Show! D’Amour was purchased at an 

Oldenburg Elite Auction in Vechta, Germany, and Jaye has 

been enjoying her recent success in California immensely. 

BREED SHOWS 

Renegade RS 

The 2008 Oldenburg colt, Renegade RS, bred and owned 

by Daniela Fazzino of Camelot Equestrian Center did it 

again. He won his 2 year old Colts and Geldings class with 

a 74.8%, and then went on to receive Reserve Champion 

in the Colt Championships! He also won the IBC class with 

a score of 76.5%. 

Renegade is sired by Rhythm & Blues (Ferro x Harmony 

(Argus)) and is out of Füchsin von Rehwald (Ith x Faites 

vos Jeux (Casino)). Earlier, this colt was also super at the 

Dixie Gulf Dressage & Sport Horse Show. He won his 2 

year old Colts/Geldings class with an excellent score of 

72%, and then went on to receive Reserve Champion in 

the Colt Championships! 

So congratulations to all of these wonderful horses, riders, 

trainers, breeders, and owners! If you have an Oldenburg 

horse or Weser-Ems pony and are an active 2010 member, 

please send us your show results! Send a photo and 

the details to Oldenburghorseweb@hotmail.com 


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Jaye Cherry. Photo: Courtesy of Marta Kauff man 

Above: D’Amour & Jaye Cherry. Photo: Courtesy of Jaye Cherry 

Below: Daniela Fazzino & Renegade RS. Photo: Courtesy of D. Fazzino

The Champions of the 2009 Inspection Season &... 

Crosiadore Farm celebrates as Fiderline wins the Graf Anton 

Günther von Oldenburg Award, and Quote Unquote 

wins the Alain Seheut Award of the 09 Inspection Season! 

In 2009, Nancy Holwesko of Crosiadore Farm in Trappe, 

Maryland presented a number of excellent foals and mares 

to the Oldenburg Horse Breeders’ Society, and in the end 

she was honored by having both the top mare and top foal 

of the 2009 North American Inspection Season! The mare, 

Fiderline, who she bought at the 2006 Oldenburg Elite 

Foal Auction in Vechta, Germany had the highest scores of 

any mare at the two Mare Performance Tests held in 2009 

in Maryland and California. 

She was bred by Zuchstall Kotschofsky in Vechta, Germany, 

and she was sired by Fidertanz, the 2004 Westphalian 

licensing champion. Fiderline’s dam, Anna Karina is by the 

impressive stallion, Harvard, who is well known for his 

talent, type, and temperament 

which he scored a perfect 10 

for in his performance test. The 

Deputy Breeding Director of the 

German Oldenburg Verband, 

Katrin Burger, commented that 

Fiderline would be very competitive 

with the best mares in 

Germany. Fiderline was awarded 

the title of “Special Premium 

Candidate” in 2009. This will 

change into Special Premium 

Mare with the registration of 

her fi rst foal. We look forward to 

her fi rst foals, especially given 

Nancy’s talent for picking great 

stallions for her mares! 

Nancy’s colt, Quote Unquote, is also outstanding, and this 

year he was awarded the Alain Seheut award. He is sired 

by the phenomenal Bundeschampion, Quaterback, and 

he is out of last year’s Top Mare of the 2008 Inspection 

season, Florenzio who is by the double World Champion 

of the young dressage horses, Florencio. Florenzio’s dam, 

Fackira is a half sister to the 1998 Brilliant Ring Champion 

mare, El.St./St.Pr.St. Fackese, who was the dam of the 

2007 Licensing 1c Premium stallion Fackeltanz. 

Alain Seheut is originally from France where he was a 

professional rider/trainer in both dressage and jumping, 

and he is now a professional farrier, and the owner of the 

licensed and approved Oldenburg stallion, Soprano (Sandro 

Hit x Fiore (Contender)). Alain feels that providing 

the recognition for breeders who accomplish this level of 

excellence will help to improve our breeding programs and 

education. This year, since there was a large debate between 

two colts, the committee 

decided to also give an honorable 

mention to the second colt 

they had been discussing. 

He was Redhawk’s Don Sargasso 

(Don Schufro) bred and 

owned by Bob and Lynn De Gour 

of Redhawk Ranch in California. 

Don Sargasso is sired by the internationally 

successful Grand 

Prix stallion, Don Schufro, and 

is out of Redhawk’s Serendipity 

who is sired by Sir Oldenburg, 

one of the top 5% breeding 

stallions for dressage in Germany 

with a breeding index of 144. 

Above: Fiderline. Photo: Nancy Holowesko 

Below Left: Quote Unquote. Photo: Holowesko. Below Right: Don Sargasso. Photo: Courtesy of Redhawk Ranch 


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Premiums from the 2009 Inspection Tour 

Finishing Touches Farm 

Wisconson - August 8 

Premium, FOD & Top Colt - Denouement 

De Luxe x Sandro Set (Sandro Hit) 

Breeder/Owner: Cheryl Quick, 

Finishing Touches Farm, Inc. 

Redhawk Ranch 

California - August 27 

Premium Filly - Redhawk’s Slipstream 

Sir Donnerhall x 

Redhawk’s Picoletta (Pik’s Pride) 

Breeder/Owner: Lynn & Bob De Gour, 

Redhawk Ranch 

Trillium Horse Farm 

Ontario - August 27 

Premium, FOD Filly - Akira THF 

Apiro x Lindau (Lando) 

Breeder/Owner: Brad Walker, 


Premium Colt - Calypso THF 

Carbardino x Chika CR (Calido I) 



Premium Colt - Cognac THF 

Catholido x Lucky Penny (Octrooi) 



Premium Filly - Serenity THF 

Sagnol x Della Phinea (Del Piero) 



Premium, FOD Filly - Seforra 

Starlight x Savannah (Sherlock Holmes) 



High Point Hanoverians 

Maryland - September 12 

Premium Filly - Roanne TWF 

Rosenthal x Sofi e (Stedinger) 

Breeder/Owner: Laureen M. Megan, 

Twin Willows Farm 


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Premium Mares and Foals from the 2009 Inspection Tour 

High Point Hanoverians 

Maryland - September 12 

Premium Filly - Rockette 

Rascalino x GA Just Fired Up ox (Justafi re ox) 

Breeder/Owner: Ashley Horne 

Shannondale Farm 

Georgia - October 10-11 

Premium Filly - Serengetti 

Starlight x Wochenshow (Wolkentanz II) 

Breeder/Owner: Sheryl Smith, 

Dogwood Sporthorses 

Premium Colt - Quintessential Hit 

Quaterback x Stellar Hit (Sandro Hit) 

Owner: Sheryl Smith, 


Mare of Distinction - Wochenshow 

Wolkentanz II x (Donnerhall) 



Mare of Distinction - Stellar Hit 

Sandro Hit x Wochenshow (Wolkentanz II) 



Premium Weser-Ems Mare - 

Loafers Lodge Madeira 

Synod Dicky Bow x 

Glendower Joyful Snowdrop (Liester Radiant) 

Breeder: John Almond, Loafers Lodge Welsh 

Owner: Amanda McQuillen, Middlefi eld Farm 

Premium Weser-Ems Filly - Marimekko 

Voyager x 

Loafers Lodge Madeira (Synod Dicky Bow) 

Breeder/Owner: Amanda McQuillen, 

Middlefi eld Farm 

First Flight Farm 

Texas - October 14 

Premium Colt - Superman CR 

Sagnol x Wonder Woman (Wendelin III) 

Breeder/Owner: Christine Bergeron, 

Cadence Ranch 


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New Stallions for 2010 from the 2009 Inspection Tour 

Baron van Gogh 

Sire: Burggraaf (Landgraf I x Loanda (Cor de la Bryere)) 

Dam: Viola (Rigoletto x Lennie (Albatros)) 

Breeder: T.Ybema 

Owner: Susan and Edgar Schutte, Rainbow Equus Meadows 

Website: http://www.rainbowequus.com Phone: 916-945-1471 

Baron Van Gogh is by Europe’s top jumper producer Burggraaf, a Holsteiner who is a 

Preferent accredited top jumper stallion for the KWPN. By percentage, Burggraaf sired 

more GP offspring than any other stallion in Europe. Burggraaf competed internationally 

under Roelof Bril, once even jumping a wall of 2.10 meters at Indoor Brabant. 

Baron Van Gogh’s dam, Viola, showed at the highest national levels in jumping as well 

as PSG in dressage in the Netherlands. 9 out of 11 of Viola’s offspring have shown at 

international levels, and 2 of them in the Pan Am Games. Baron Van Gogh fi nished 

his 30 day performance test as the youngest stallion with the highest jumping score. 

Highlife’s Patriot 

Sire: Pilox (Pilot x Anja (Angriff)) 

Dam: Arwen (Al Martino x Winigpeg (Wenzel I)) 

Breeder: Joan M. Sims, Highlife Farms 

Owner: Highlife Farms 

Website: http://www.highlifesporthorsebreeding.com Phone: 407-293-0110 

A very attractive, young stallion with extreme talent and potential. Patriot won the 

GOV Breed Class at Devon as a weanling, and has earned breed show scores in the 

high 70’s. His sire, Pilox, was an international jumper himself who sired of many top 

jumpers, including international champion jumper, Highlife’s Prezioso OLD, who completed 

a successful European tour with Lauren Hough, and is now competing in WEF. 

The sire of Pilox, Pilot, was a sensation at his fi rst foal show, and was recommended 

for stallion status. There was no denying that he was an elegant horse with great 

conformation. The dam, Arwen, is by the Grand Prix stallion, Al Martino. 

Redwine 

Sire: Rotspon (Rubinstein I x Antalia (Argentan)) 

Dam: St.Pr.St. Merle (Matcho AA x Dessila (Dressman)) 

Breeder: Gustav Sindram 

Owner: Jill Burnell, Gray Fox Farm 

Website: http://www.grayfoxfarms.com Phone: 707-322-3046 

Redwine is a beautiful, imported, 8 year old black Hanoverian stallion with superb 

bloodlines. His sire, Rotspon, is by the legendary stallion, Rubinstein I who is widely 

known for throwing rideability and trainability in his offspring. His damsire is the 

highly prized Matcho AA who has produced no less than 20 approved sons and an impressive 

list of outstanding daughters. Redwine completed his 30 and 70 day tests in 

Germany receiving excellent scores in all areas, most notably, rare 10’s for character, 

constitution, and rideability. He has been competing successfully in the hunter ring 

with John French, and has scored above 70% in Training Level dressage. 


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Cielo B 

Sire: Simsalabim V/ Berkenbroeck (Nonstop x Patina (Feinschnitt I VD Richter)) 

Dam: Montana (Jus de Pomme x Hildegonde (Ahorn)) 

Breeder: Bannockburn Farm 

Owner: Ronda Stavisky, Rising Star Farm 

Website: http://www.risingstarfarm.com Phone: 512-751-2390 

Cielo’s sire decends from the legendary Darco, the foundation stallion of the BWP, an 

Olympic competitor and sire of numerous approved stallions including Parco. Simsalabim’s 

damsire, Feinschnitt I VD Richter another Olympic competitor, jumped at the 

1984 games. Cielo’s dam, Montana, is by the double gold medalist Jus de Pomme, 

while her damsire, Ahorn, rounds out the Olympic heritage of Cielo. Cielo B was 

the winner of the jumping portion of the 70 Day performance test with an index of 

140.07. The test director commented that Cielo has international level talent and will 

be a “true Grand Prix horse”. He will be competed in the 2010 7/8 y.o. Young Jumpers. 

Photo: Reg Corkum

New Stallions for North America from Germany &... 

Sir Gregory 

Sire: Sir Donnerhall (Sandro Hit x St.Pr.St. Contenance (Donnerhall)) 

Dam: Premiere (Don Gregory x Pandora (Picasso)) 

Breeder: Astrid Brabant-Stahl 

Owner: Jennifer & Armin Arnoldt, Dreamscape Farm 

Website: http://www.dreamscapefarm.com Phone: 604-881-6038 

Sir Gregory’s sire, Sir Donnerhall, was the Reserve Champion at his licensing in 2003. 

In 2006 Sir Donnerhall was the Reserve World Champion and the German National 

Champion for the 5 year old dressage horses. In 2008, Sir Donnerhall had the highest 

breeding index for dressage stallions with 182 points. As a 3 year old, Sir Gregory 

was the convincing winner of his 30 day test at Neustadt/Dosse with very high scores 

in every category. Interior 9.25, Walk 8.5, Trot 9.38, Canter 8.75, Rideability 9.38, 

Jumping Ability 8.0. This gave him the high overall score of 8.85, highest score in 

the dressage phase of 9.08, andd the very good score of 8.35 in the jumping phase. 

Sonntagskind 

Sire: Sandro Hit (Sandro Song x Loretta (Ramino)) 

Dam: Dorucza (Donnerhall x Ricarda (Rubinstein I)) 

Breeder: Louise & Joe Palmer 

Owner: Lucy Meyer, Royal Equus Farm 

Website: http://www.royalequusfarm.com Phone: 512-971-0358 

This young stallion combines the bloodlines of three legendary stallions. Sandro Hit 

was the World Champion of the 6 year old dressage horses, and has been producing 

breed champions, licensed sons, and internationally successful Grand Prix horses 

such as Sancisco. Donnerhall and Rubinstein were both internationally successful 

Grand Prix horses themselves, and their progeny have also reigned supreme in all 

levels of dressage breeding and sport. Sonntagskind was the Champion of the 70 & 

30 day performance tests, and was the 2009 USDF Reserve Champion 4/5 year old 

Stallion Materiale HOY. He was also the 2009 Region 9 Champion Stallion In-Hand. 

Sutherland Song HLF 


Dam: Coco Chanel (Caprimond x Lucca (Sion)) 

Breeder: Thomas Kothe 

Owner: Joan Sims, Highlife Farms 

Website: http://www.highlifesporthorsebreeding.com Phone: 407-293-0110 

Sutherland Song HLF is a young stallion sired by the legendary Sandro Hit who has not 

only won the World Championships for the Young Horses himself, he has sired Young 

Horse World and German National Champions such as Poetin and Samira who broke 

score records. Sandro Hit’s offspring are also becoming very successful at Grand Prix 

as exemplifi ed by his son, Sancisco OLD, who has won at CDI’s in Germany with scores 

above 70%. Sutherland Song’s damline is also very interesting going back to Caprimond 

and the Oldenburg stallion, Sion who is the sire of the Grand Prix horse, Sterntaler. 

Sterntaler was recently victorious in ‘s-Hertogenbosch over Salinero and Satchmo. 

Federalist 

Sire: For Pleasure (Furioso II x Gigantin (Grannus)) 

Dam: St.Pr.St. Eskalade (Eklantant x Amulett (Akzent I)) 

Breeder: Windswept Farm 

Owner: Jill Burnell, Gray Fox Farm 

Website: http://www.grayfoxfarms.com Phone: 707-322-3046 

Olympian, For Pleasure, fi nished his career with staggering lifetime earnings of 1.8 

million Euro. For Pleasure has contributed to 4 championship victories over the last 8 

years of his career with the German Showjumping team, and four times has won team 

gold. In jumping, he scored a 145.95 in his stallion performance test, and he has sired 

over 20 approved sons. Federalist is a proven competitor over fences in the jumpers 

and the hunters. In the jumpers he was successful at Mini-Prix. Conformation for longevity 

and his superb temperament is shown by him winning in the hunter ring at age 

18 with a re-entry amateur rider. His foals are successful in the hunter ring nationwide. 


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Photo: Susan J. Stickle

from the 2009 Inspection Tour 

Photo: Tass Jones 

Sandro Class 


Dam: World Class (First Class x World Magic (Welt As)) 

Breeder: Brenda Hendershot, Capriole Farm 

Owner: Breeder 

Website: http://www.capriole.com Phone: 717-294-3200 

Sandro Class’s sire is the famous Sandro Hit who won both the Dressage World Championships 

and the German Federal Championships. Sandro Class’ half sister, Poetin, 

also won the Young Horse Championships twice and then sold for a record price of 

2.5 million Euro at the prestigious PSI Auction. Sandro Class’ dam, World Class, is 

by the spectacular Grand Prix dressage champion, First Class by Furioso II. Sandro 

Class has successfully completed his 30 day test with very high scores including 9’s 

for character and temperament. In 2008, as a 3 year old, he was undefeated in all of 

the breeding classes entered, including a win at Devon with a score of 81.7%! 


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Sirringo 

Sire: Sir Donnerhall (Sandro Hit x Contenance (Donnerhall)) 

Dam: Reina H (Rubinstein I x Helena (Herbststurm)) 

Breeder: Judy Yancey, Yancey Farms 

Owner: Pamela M. Bailey & Helen L. Rodriguez, Riverside Equestrian Center 

Website: www.yancey-farms.com Phone: 415-279-5872 

Sirringo’s sire, Sir Donnerhall was the 2006 German national champion, and World Reserve 

champion for the 5 year old dressage horses. He was the 1c premium stallion at 

the Oldenburg licensing, and he won his 30 day performance test with scores between 

9.0 and 10.0. Sirringo’s dam, Reina H, is the cornerstone mare who stems from Judy 

Yancey’s top mare line. At the age of two, Sirringo was the Grand Champion of the Shelly 

Siegel Memorial Show in California qualifying for the Great American USDF Breeder’s 

Championships. The German licensing team of Katrin Burger and Uli Henschke loved 

his movement and his character. He will compete in dressage and jumping in 2010. 

Willemoes 

Sire: Cantus (Caletto I x Manoline H (Roman)) 

Dam: Wincett (Wahnfried x Koncett (Kompass)) 

Breeder: Carl-Erik Jensen 

Owner: HilCat Farm 

Website: http://www.hilcatfarm.com Phone: 985-839-4000 

Acknowledged as one of Cantus’ best sons, the elite Danish stallion, Willemoes, has 

old foundation bloodlines back to Cor de la Bryere. Although Holsteiner bred, Willemoes 

was raised in Denmark where he completed his performance testing. Willemmoes 

competed at Grand Prix with international rider, Tina Lund. Ms. Lund also rode 

Willemoes in a World Cup qualifi er. He had many Grand Prix wins before sustaining a 

career-ending injury. He has over 170 registered offspring in the Danish Warmblood 

registry alone. Over 52% of his daughters are graded Premium mares. Nine offspring 

qualifi ed for the DSA and seven participated in the Young Horse Championships. 

Acclaim 

Sire: Accorado HLP (Acord II x St.Pr.St. Doreen XII (Corrado I)) 

Dam: J-Siddartha (Silbersee x Vanessa XI (Lord)) 

Breeder: Theresa Blatt 

Owner: KC Branscomb, Branscomb Farm 

Website: http://www.branscombfarm.com Phone: 650-560-0132 

Acclaim’s sire, Acorado, scored perfect 10’s in jumping at his licensing, and went on 

to win his 100 day performance test in 1997 with an astonishing 149 in jumping. He 

won the Bundeschampionate and was destined to be one of the world’s greatest international 

jumpers when he died unexpectedly at the age of 8 years. Acclaim’s dam 

is from stamm 4232 which produced many international jumpers such as Coupe de 

Couer, Russel, and Marimba La Silla who is also the dam’s sister. Acclaim’s own dam 

won the Elmshorn Mare Championship and competed at 1.50 in the US. Acclaim won 

his 2006 AHHA licensing with over 50 bonits including 9’s for jumping.

New Stallions for North America from the 2009 Inspection Tour 

Reiner K 

Sire: Rosenthal (Rubinstein I x St.Pr.St. Kim (Karon)) 

Dam: Fiona (Feiner Graf x Lima (Lungau)) 

Breeder: Teresa Smith, Riverside Equestrian 

Owner: Breeder 

Website: http://www.riversideeq@verizon.net Phone: 540-383-0797 

Being an outstanding type with excellent coformation and movement, Reiner K’s sire, 

Rosenthal, is one of the leading sires of premium foals and mares in North America. 

Reiner K’s damsire, Feiner Graf, was sired by the 2002 Hanoverian Stallion of the Year, 

Werther, and Reiner K’s granddam, Lima is sired by the legendary stallion Lungau. 

Lungau was the damsire of 4 horses that competed in the Athens Olympic Garmes, 

Brentina, Barclay, Seven Up, and the individual gold medalist, Salinero. Reiner K won 

the 3 year old Material class at Devon under Klaus Schengber with a score of 81.5%. 

In his 70 Day Stallion Performance Test he placed 7th overall and 4th in dressage. 

Contiano BF 

Sire: Contefi no (Contender x St.Pr.St. Kyra XIII (Corofi no)) 

Dam: Lucille (Lanciano x Denise (Der Clou LDB)) 

Breeder: Branscomb Farm LLC 

Owner: KC Branscomb, Branscomb Farm LLC 

Website: http://www.branscombfarm.com Phone: 650-560-0132 

Contiano BF’s sire, Contefi no, acheived the rare perfect 10 in jumping at his stallion licensing, 

fi nishing bonit score of 54, ranking fi rst in his licensing year. Contiano’s dam, 

Lucille is an Elite Westphalian mare with an excellent dressage and jumping sport 

history as well as representing the powerful jumping and dressage lines of Landino, 

Pilot and Der Clou. Contiano BF scored 9.5 on his jumping ability and technique at 

his Oldenburg Verband stallion licensing in 2009. His exceptional calm and intelligent 

manner, his lovely expressive gaits, and his explosive jump make him an ideal all 

around young stallion for anyone looking to improve their mare. 

Leonberg 

Sire: Lonely Boy xx (Athenagoras xx x Ladylike xx (Vienna xx)) 

Dam: Romina Power (Romiros x St.Pr.St. Goldblume (Grandus)) 

Breeder: Christine Paetzo D’blum 

Owner: Anne Sparks, Horses Unlimited 

Website: http://www.horsesunlimited.us Phone: 505-873-9043 

Leonberg is by the Thoroughbred stallion, Lonely Boy xx, by Athenagoras xx, an 

imported German Thoroughbred who infl uenced many German studbooks including 

Trakehner, Oldenburg, Hanoverian, Hessen, and Mecklenburg. Leonberg’s dam, 

Romina Power, is by the Ramiro son, Romiros. Leonberg is a successful international 

Grand Prix dressage stallion. He started 2010 with the impressive score of 72.20% 

at the Exquis World Dressage Masters CDI5* in the Grand Prix Freestyle (5th place), 

and a 71.80% in the GP Freestyle at the Gold Coast Opener (2nd place). Leonberg’s 

offspring inherit his incredible movement, elasticity, size and long legs. 

Highlife’s Burberry - Weser-Ems 

Sire: Highlife’s Bodyguard (Black Boy x Ronja K (Viktoria’s Chirac)) 

Dam: Conda (Chamberlain x Eskada (Constantin)) 

Breeder: Joan Sims 

Owner: Heather Luing, Whispered Wish Weser-Ems, LLC 

Website: http://www.germanridingpony.com Phone: 352-595-4570 

Burberry’s bloodlines combine two great dynasties in Weser-Ems breeding; Black Boy 

and Constantin. Black Boy’s lines go back to the legendary jumper, Grannus. Black 

Boy was champion of his stallion licensing and Weser-Ems Stallion Show. Bodyguard’s 

dam, Ronja K, is by the stallion Victoria’s Chirac who is one of the oldest and most 

successful stallion sons of Constantin, the foundation Welsh B stallion in GRP breeding. 

Burberry was 3rd in the Young Colt Championship and 2nd in the Material at the 

Region 3 USDF Championships. He has also won in breed shows and under saddle in 

the Material classes. He is the fi rst US bred Weser-Ems pony stallion to be licensed. 


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Photo: Susan J. Stickle 

Photo: Reg Corkum

The 2010 Inspection Checklist and Forms 

The following two pages are a checklist to help you understand and organize all of the forms and documents that 

are required for presenting your foal or horse for inspection. We recommend that you make a copy of it and be sure 

that you can cross off every box before coming to the inspection. 

MEMBERSHIP 

You must fi rst become a member of the OHBS before you can take your horse to an inspection for breeding approval 

or registration. Please visit the website to fi nd the PDF form http://www.oldenburghorse.com/Oldbrg-Membership. 

htm or contact the offi ce to have them send you the form. Fill it out and send that in along with your membership 

fee payment to the OHBS offi ce immediately. 

I have sent in my 2010 Membership Form and Payment. 

GO TO THE WEBSITE: www.oldenburghorse.com 

If you can use a computer and access the internet without problems please simply follow the rest of the steps outlined 

on this checklist. If using a computer and/or accessing the internet is a problem, then please read through 

the rest of this checklist and prepare all of the necessary information you will need for the forms. Once you have 

everything together call the offi ce at 561-969-0709 and give them all of the information they will need to fi ll out the 

forms for each of your horses and/or foals that you plan to present at the inspection. 

I cannot access the internet so I have called the OHBS offi ce and given them the inspection site date and location, 

as well as all of the necessary information about the horses and/or foals I plan to present. 

INSPECTION SITE ENROLLMENT FORM 

Please fi ll out the Inspection Site Enrollment Form and send it to the Inspection site that you plan to attend. This 

form is available as a PDF form on the website at: http://www.oldenburghorse.com/2009-Inspection-Enrollment- 

Form.pdf , or you can request that it be sent to you by mail from the OHBS offi ce. 

I have fi lled out and sent the 2010 Inspection Site Enrollment Form to the Inspection Site I plan to attend. 

INSPECTION REGISTRATION FORMS 

In order to expedite the paperwork process at the inspections and to minimize typographical errors we would like 

everyone to please fi ll out these forms online immediately. You can fi nd the links to the appropriate forms at: http:// 

www.oldenburghorse.com/Oldbrg-Inspections-Forms.htm. The fi nal form is a three paged carbon form that must be 

fi lled out WELL BEFORE the inspection, and the information that you send by fi lling out the online forms will be sent 

to the offi ce where the staff will complete the carbon forms on a typewriter. Once completed by the offi ce, this form 

will then be sent to the insepction site you will be attending. 

There are four different possible forms to use. For Oldenburg Foals and Yearlings please fi ll out the “Foal/Yearling 

Inspection Registration Form”. For Oldenburg Mares or Stallions please fi ll out the “Mare/Stallion Inspection Registration 

Form”. For Weser-Ems Pony Foals and Yearlings please fi ll out the “Weser-Ems Foal/Yearling Inspection 

Registration Form”. For Weser-Ems Mares or Stallions please fi ll out the “Weser-Ems Mares/Stallions Inspection 

Registration Form”. Please see page 36 for an example of the Oldenburg Mare/Stallion Form. 

I have fi lled out the appropriate Inspection Registration Forms online for each and every horse and/or foal I 

plan to present for the inspection. 

I have checked with the inspection site ahead of time and confi rmed that they have received the completed 

forms for all of my horses and/or foals. 


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The 2010 Inspection Checklist & Forms Cont’d 

DNA ENVELOPE 

This is an envelope with a small form on the front of it that will be sent to the inspection site by mail from the OHBS 

offi ce once you have fi lled out the online inspection registration forms. Samples for DNA can ONLY be pulled by the 

inspectors at the site, and they will seal the sample in the envelope at that time. Every horse being inspected for 

either registration or breeding approval with the Oldenburg Horse Breeders’ Society must be, or have been DNA 

tested by the OHBS or the German Oldenburg Verband. 

I have checked with the inspection site ahead of time and confi rmed that they received DNA envelopes for all of 

my horses and/or foals. 

REQUIRED DOCUMENTS 

For stallion or mare breeding approval you must bring the ORIGINAL registration papers of the horse being inspected 

and a copy. For foal registration we need the completed ORIGINAL BREEDING CERTIFICATE as well as the dam’s 

ORIGINAL papers. The breeding certifi cate can be obtained from the sire’s owner or the frozen semen agent, and 

it must be complete with the date of shipping, the signature of the sire’s owner or agent, the date of insemination, 

the inseminating vet or technician’s name, and their signature. In the past we have literally had over 100 missing or 

incomplete Breeding Certifi cates in a year, and this has caused delays in the issuing of registration papers for months 

if not permanently. Please see page 35 for an example of the Breeding Certifi cate. 

I have my mare’s and/or stallion’s ORIGINALRegistration Papers AND A COPY ready to take with me to the 

inspection. 

and/or: 

I have received the COMPLETED ORIGINAL Breeding Certifi cate from the owner and/or frozen semen agent 

of the sire of my foal. I have reviewed it carefully to make sure it is fully fi lled out and signed by the sire’s 

owner and/or frozen semen agent AND the attending veterinarian or technician that inseminated the mare, 

and I have it ready to take with me to the inspection. 

INSPECTION SITE FORMS AND DOCUMENTS 

The host farm may require additional information for their records and may provide a secondary entry form to be 

returned prior to your inspection date. Contact your local inspection site to receive a copy of the form(s) for early 

completion and for stabling information. In order to prevent the passage of disease please ensure that all breeding 

stock over 1 year of age have documented proof of negative coggins tests at the inspection and their vaccinations 

are up to date. 

I have contacted the inspection site that I plan to attend and have fi lled out any necessary stabling forms and/ 

or additional entry forms that they require. 

I have the proof of negative coggins for any horses over 1 year of age ready to take with me to the inspection. 

MARE PERFORMANCE TEST 

This year there will be two Mare Performance Tests held. One on the East Coast at Highpoint Hanoverians in Maryland 

on September 11-13th, and one on the West Coast at Pollyrich Farm in California, on September 15-16th. Registration 

for the Mare Performance Test will be via a seperate form that will be posted later on the website and will 

be mailed out. Please see www.oldenburghorse.com/Olbrg-Mares.htm and click on “Breeding Approval”. There you 

will fi nd the rules for Status Achievement that detail the eligibility requirements for the MPT. 

If you have any further questions or concerns about any of the above forms, or issues such as eligibility please contact 

the OHBS Offi ce by by phone 561-969-0709. 


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Above is a copy of the Oldenburg Breeding Certifi cate for your review. An original Breeding Certifi cate is necessary 

for foal registration. A copy will not be accepted. The original breeding certifi cate can be obtained from the sire’s 

owner or the frozen semen agent, and it must be complete with the date of shipping, the signature of the sire’s 

owner or agent, the date of insemination, the inseminating vet or technician’s name, and their signature. In the past 

we have literally had over 100 missing or incomplete Breeding Certifi cates in a year, and this has caused delays in 

the issuing of registration papers for months if not permanently. 


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The 2010 Inspection Checklist and Forms Cont’d 

Above is an example of an Inspection Registration Form for Mares and Stallions. There is a seperate one for Foals 

that looks very similar. It is now necessary to fi ll these out online as soon as possible. You can fi nd the links to the 

appropriate forms at: http://www.oldenburghorse.com/Oldbrg-Inspections-Forms.htm. The fi nal form is a three 

paged carbon form that must be fi lled out WELL BEFORE the inspection, and the information that you send by fi lling 

out the online forms will be sent to the offi ce where the staff will complete the carbon forms on a typewriter. Once 

completed by the offi ce, this form will then be sent to you so that you can review it, and make any necessary corrections 

before bringing it to the inspection with you. 


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The Oldenburg Horse Breeders’ Society 

Holly Simensen, Director 

150 Hammocks Drive, West Palm Beach, FL 33413 

Phone: 561-969-0709, Fax: 561-969-0064 E-Mail: oldenburg@oldenburghorse.com 


The Oldenburg Horse Breeders’ Society is the offi cial North American division of the Verband der Züchter des Oldenburger Pferdes (also known 

as the German Oldenburg Verband). The Society is the Verband’s only authorized representative in North America – no other organization or 

individual is authorized to act or speak on behalf of the Verband, and only the Oldenburg Horse Breeders’ Society can issue offi cial Oldenburg 

papers to horses bred in North America. The Society maintains permanent offi ces in West Palm Beach, Florida, and in Vechta, Germany. The 

Florida offi ce is managed by Holly Simensen, a long-time sport horse enthusiast and breeder who has been associated with the Oldenburg Verband 

for over 20 years. 

Announcements 

The 2010 Inspection Schedule Is Now Posted 

The 2010 Inspection Schedule has been posted on the website, www.oldenburghorse.com under “Inspections - Tour Schedule”. The dates are 

being confi rmed as this magazine is published, but please contact your local inspection site, and ask them to notify you if the date posted 

changes. We will also be sending out E-Notices to everyone as the dates are confi rmed and if there are any date changes. If you have not 

been receiving the E-Notices or E-Newsletters, please e-mail Oldenburghorseweb@hotmail.com so that your name and e-mail address can be 

added to the system. It is vital that you fi ll out the online forms as soon as possible so that they can be prepared in time for the inspection! 

Please see the Inspection Checklist on page 47 for details and information. 

2010 Nursery, Premium Mares and Foals 

If you plan to register your foal with the OHBS, send us a photo of it, and we’ll be happy to put it up in the Nursery on the website. This section 

can be found at www.oldenburghorse.com under “Foals”. Likewise, If your mare or foal is given a Premium award at his/her inspection 

this year, be sure to e-mail a good, high resolution photo so that it can be published in this magazine and on the website! E-mail the photo 

and the breeding information to Oldenburghorseweb@hotmail.com. 

Articles and Show Results Welcome! 

If you are an active 2010 member, please be sure to send us the great show results of your Oldenburg horse or Weser-Ems pony. We will be 

happy to put it up on the website, and in the magazine. We are also happy to take article submissions for this magazine. If you have a fun 

story to tell, or an interesting breeding experience, let us know! Oldenburghorseweb@hotmail.com 

Corrections 

Our apologies to photographer, Reg Corkum. His photos of the stallion, Mannhattan, on page 8 of Issue 3-2009 were not properly credited 

The 2010 Summer Mixed Sales Auction is Coming Soon! 

For more information on the Auctions, please visit www.oldenburghorse.com and/or contact the following sales representatives: 

Dressage: Thomas Rhinow 011-49-4441-935515, E-Mail: rhinow.thomas@oldenburger-pferde.com. 

Jumping: Max Mayer 011-49-160-969-16266, E-Mail: mayer.max@oldenburger-pferde.com 

April 

May 

June 

Calendar - 2010 

8: Weser-Ems Under Saddle Licensing, Vechta, Germany 

14: Rolex FEI World Cup Jumping Finals, ‘s-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands 

10: OLD & OS Under Saddle Licensing, Vechta, Germany 

21-23: Markel/USEF Central Selection Trials for Young Horse Ch. 

28-30: Markel/USEF Western Selection Trials for Young Horse Ch. 

4-6: Markel/USEF Eastern Selection Trials for Young Horse Ch. 

5: 48th Summer Mixed Sales Auction, Vechta, Germany 


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As always, Yancey Farms hand picks top stallions 

thoughtfully chosen for the US breeder. You 

can trust the quality of the stallions chosen 

for our Frozen Semen Program. 

THE RESULT? 

Consistent foal quality with champion potential! 

Are your mares producing foals like this? All foals 

pictured are from stallions in the highly respected 

Yancey Farms Frozen Semen Program. 

Your Trusted Source of European 

Frozen Semen Since 1988! 

QUALITY SPORTHORSES SINCE 1975 

by BLUE HORS ROMANOV 

by QUATERBACK 

by HOTLINE 

Check our Website for YOUNG STOCK 

for Sale & complete listing of stallions in 

the FROZEN SEMEN Program! 

by DON SCHUFRO 

Photos by Cookie Serletic 

Be sure to check for CURRENT NEWS on “Judy’s News” page at www.Yancey-Farms.com 

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