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<strong>07|2013</strong><br />
THE HANOVERIAN<br />
No. 7 | July 2013<br />
German<br />
Championships<br />
Successful <strong>Hanoverian</strong>s<br />
Sport<br />
Top results at<br />
international horse shows<br />
Portrait<br />
Charlott-Maria and her<br />
<strong>Hanoverian</strong> stallions
Sport<br />
Reality reaches<br />
for three stars<br />
<strong>Hanoverian</strong> event horses especially take the front spots<br />
in big event competitions next to top results in dressage<br />
arenas and on stadium courses. Reality and Sara<br />
Algotsson-Ostholt were the winners at the World Cupshow<br />
in Strzegom.<br />
By Britta Züngel<br />
Eventing<br />
Emiljo<br />
Franziska Roth’s rising star is Emiljo by El<br />
Bundy/Don Juan (breeder: Josef Bolmer,<br />
Meppen). <strong>The</strong> trip to Strzegom/Poland was<br />
awarded with a paramount success: <strong>The</strong> tenyear<br />
old won the CIC*.<br />
Entebbe de Hus (VA)<br />
Karim Laghouag rode Entebbe de Hus by Embassy/Carbid<br />
(breeder: Horst and Jeannine<br />
Petersen, Salzhausen) to victory at the CCI**<br />
in Houghton Hall/Great Britain banishing<br />
world-class rider William Fox-Pitt from Great<br />
Britain to second place.<br />
St.Pr.A. FRH Escada JS<br />
FRH Escada JS by Embassy/Lehnsherr (breeder:<br />
Jürgen Stuhtmann, Bahlburg) and rider<br />
Ingrid Klimke decided the 3*-event in<br />
Wiesbaden’s Castle Gardens in their favor<br />
with a start-to-finish victory.<br />
Eskadia<br />
Bundeschampionate – World Championships<br />
– International Competitions! <strong>The</strong> career<br />
path of Eskadia by Escudo/Groom Dancer xx<br />
(breeder: Ulrike Sybrecht, Isernhagen) has<br />
been straightforward and successful. Andreas<br />
Dibowski rode the eight-year old into third<br />
place in the first division of the CIC* in Marbach/Germany.<br />
Hamilton<br />
Josefa Sommer is the daughter of breeder<br />
Joachim Sommer and enjoyed two second<br />
placements in Bad Harzburg/Germany. She<br />
rode Hamilton by Heraldik xx/Furioso’s Sohn<br />
(breeder: Joachim Sommer, Immenhausen)<br />
into second place In the CCI**and Henry in<br />
the CCI*.<br />
Henry<br />
Hamilton’s full-brother Henry by Heraldik xx/<br />
Furioso’s Sohn (breeder: Joachim Sommer,<br />
Immenhausen) also finished in second place<br />
with rider Josefa Sommer in the one-star<br />
competition in Bad Harzburg.<br />
Petite Dame<br />
Petite Dame by Prince Thatch xx/Davignon<br />
(breeder: Johannes Brinkmann, Emsdetten)<br />
and rider Anna-Maria Rieke won the CCI**<br />
in Renswoude/<strong>The</strong> Netherlands with flawless<br />
performances in the dressage ring and on the<br />
stadium course.<br />
Reality<br />
Reality by Rabino/Prince Thatch xx (breeder:<br />
Hans Brüning, Garbsen) celebrated her first<br />
three-star victory at the Word-Cup competition<br />
in Strzegom. <strong>The</strong> nine-year old with rider<br />
Sara Algotsson-Ostholt took the lead after<br />
her dressage test and never gave it up. <strong>The</strong><br />
Nations-Cup Rating had to be cancelled due<br />
to inclement weather conditions.<br />
Waldano<br />
Waldano by Wolkentanz/Bergkristall (breeder:<br />
Berend Mennenga, Emden-Twixlum) and<br />
rider Julien Despontin from Belgium enjoyed<br />
a fourth place in the CCI*** in Strzegom.<br />
Third place in the CIC* for Eskadia and Andreas<br />
Dibowski in Marbach. Photo: Rau<br />
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Sport<br />
Jumping<br />
Breemeersen Adorado (VA)<br />
Belgium’s equip finished on top in the Nations-Cup<br />
of Lisbon/Portugal. Team member<br />
Donaat Brondeel added a clear round on Adorado<br />
by Acorado/Gluecksgriff (breeder:<br />
Frank Johannsen, Daensen).<br />
St.Pr. mare Acorte<br />
Top results in Nörten-Hardenberg/Germany:<br />
St.Pr. mare Acorte by Acorado/Stakkato<br />
(breeder: Henrich Bremer Jun., Nöpke) finished<br />
fourth with rider Rolf Moormann in<br />
both main open jumper classes. <strong>The</strong> ten-year<br />
old completed the victory round for the Gothaer<br />
Trophy as well as the regular openjumper<br />
course of the Grand Prix fast and without<br />
faults. A rail fell in the jump-off and<br />
prevented the rider from winning the battle<br />
for the “Goldene Peitsche” (Golden Whip) for<br />
the second time.<br />
Admirable<br />
Marie Pellegrin-Etter rode Admirable by A<br />
Jungle Prince/Rhytmo (breeder: Patricia Sausmikat,<br />
Bremen) into third position in an open<br />
jumper class with jump-off in Lons-le-Saunier/France.<br />
L.St.-S. Fixdesign Athletica<br />
Athletica by Achill-Libero H/Pit (breeder: Arend<br />
Kamphorst, Prieros) provided the best Italian<br />
results in Bourg en Bresse/France. <strong>The</strong><br />
performance mare finished a speed class in<br />
third place with rider Giulia Martinengo-Marquet.<br />
<strong>The</strong> pair placed fifth with a fast round in<br />
the second qualification for the Grand Prix.<br />
Temple Road<br />
Cassio Rivetti and Temple Road by Antaeus/<br />
Graf Dagobert (breeder: Karl Rabeler,<br />
Egestorf) competed as the first pair for the<br />
Ukraine in the Nations Cup of Rome/Italy laying<br />
the foundation for the success of this<br />
team. <strong>The</strong> victory was decided in the jumpoff;<br />
the eleven-year old finished with only<br />
three penalty points while the teams from<br />
Germany and France each had one rail down.<br />
Chaccima<br />
Chaccima by Chacco-Blue/Calido (breeder:<br />
Heinrich Grüppemeier, Maasen) gave a sample<br />
of her great talent at the Pappas Amadeus<br />
Horse Outdoors in Lamprechtshausen/<br />
Austria. <strong>The</strong> seven-year old had a convincing<br />
performance with rider Nicole Scheller placing<br />
fifth in the final of the Young Horses<br />
Tour.<br />
Chico<br />
Philipp Weishaupt rode Chico by Cordalme/<br />
Sandro (breeder: Dietrich Schulze, Wedemark)<br />
into second place in the final of the<br />
Youngster Tour in Wiesbaden/Wiesbaden.<br />
Cointreau<br />
Three out of the top five horses carried the<br />
<strong>Hanoverian</strong> foal brand in the final of the<br />
Small Tour at the Nations Cup competition in<br />
Drammen/Norway. Malin Hansen rode Cointreau<br />
by Contendro/Carbid (breeder: Michael<br />
Dierks, Loxstedt-Stinste) into fifth position.<br />
Constantin B (VA)<br />
Hans-Dieter Dreher rode Constantin B by<br />
Contendro/Espri (breeder: Helmut Bischof,<br />
Börgershausen) into fifth position against<br />
first-rate competition at the CHIO in St. Gallen/Switzerland.<br />
Terrible weather conditions<br />
impacted the event and caused many classes<br />
to be cancelled.<br />
Contigo<br />
Three competitors shared third place in the<br />
first qualification for the Grand Prix in Lipica/<br />
Slovania. Contigo by Chasseur/Ginsberg<br />
(breeder: Johann Brand, Schwanewede)was<br />
one of them with rider Ruslan Petkov.<br />
Temple Road and Cassio Rivetti secured the<br />
victory in the Nations Cup of Rome for the<br />
Ukrainian team. Photo: Rau<br />
Corvin<br />
Tim Rieskamp-Goedeking and his mount<br />
Corvin by Contendro/ Athletico (breeder: Katja<br />
Ahlemann-Wobbe, Hellwege) followed a<br />
well thought-out course in an accumulator<br />
class that earned the pair a fifth place in La<br />
Baule/France. <strong>The</strong> pair enjoyed a second<br />
place in the last S-level class in Nörten-Hardenberg<br />
one week later.<br />
Cosma<br />
Cosma by Coleur-Rubin/Stakkato (breeder:<br />
Heinrich Ramsbrock, Menslage) found a new<br />
home in the United States of America. Abigail<br />
McArdle rode the ten-year old in an opening<br />
class into third position at the National CSI in<br />
Calgary/Canada on the second weekend in<br />
June. <strong>The</strong> pair won a class the following day.<br />
Delloren<br />
Franziska Baum-Gundlach and her mount<br />
Delloren by Drosselklang II/Acord II (breeder:<br />
Wilhelm Leymann, Bassum) were the fastest<br />
pair in the Speed Derby of Wiesbaden.<br />
Black Jack<br />
<strong>The</strong> last weekend in May was very successful<br />
for David Will and Black Jack by Escudo/Drosselklang<br />
II (breeder: Jürgen Hattebuhr, Burgwedel);<br />
they won an opening class in Nörten-<br />
Hardenberg and placed fourth in another<br />
class.<br />
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Sport<br />
<strong>Hanoverian</strong> News<br />
Mr. Whoopy by Contendro/Watzmann<br />
(breeder: Hartmut and Wilfried Wilking<br />
GbR, Stemwede) won the 100,000<br />
US-Dollar Grand Prix in Del Mar/USA. He<br />
set the standard with his rider Duncan<br />
McFarlane from New Zealand being the<br />
first competitor in the jump-off; no other<br />
horse was able to beat them.<br />
Young rider Tamara Rehnig is trying to<br />
enter the U25-classes on Liostro by Le<br />
Primeur/Wenzel (breeder: Heiner and<br />
Renate Hormann, Landesbergen). Ingrid<br />
Klimkerode the chestnut into third place in<br />
the Grand Prix Special in Bremen at the<br />
beginning of March just before the owner<br />
unexpectedly decided to sell Verden’s<br />
former auction horse.<br />
Potomac by Prince Orac xx/Wenzel<br />
(breeder: Friedrich Lührs-Behnke, Verden)<br />
died at the age of eighteen. <strong>The</strong> licensed<br />
stallion had won the team bronze medal at<br />
the European Championships for dressage<br />
riders with rider Susanne Lebek in Windsor<br />
in 2009.<br />
Potomac and Susanne Lebek. Photo: Rau<br />
Saint Amour by Stakkato/Sherlock<br />
Holmes (breeder: Adolf Feldmann, Haenigsen)<br />
will be the first <strong>Hanoverian</strong> for rider<br />
Janne-Friederike Meyer. <strong>The</strong> Team World<br />
and European Champion has taken over<br />
the privately owned stallion (born 1999)<br />
from Svante Johansson from Sweden who<br />
competed Saint Amour in the European<br />
Championships in Windsor. Before that Eva<br />
Bitter had successfully ridden Saint Amour<br />
in the Bundeschampionat in Warendorf<br />
twice.<br />
Top placements in La Baule for Lord Lohengrin<br />
and Patrick Stuehlmeyer. Photo: Toffi<br />
Callahan (VA)<br />
<strong>The</strong> world’s elite riders met at the Global<br />
Champions Tour in London/Great Britain for<br />
the first time. Gerco Schröder and Callahan<br />
by Contendro/For Pleasure (breeder: Joachim<br />
Tobaben, Buxtehude) convinced placing<br />
fourth in the Grand Prix.<br />
Cool Boy<br />
Dalia Lehmann successfully competed Cool<br />
Boy by Contendro/Cavalier (breeder: Dieter<br />
Hartleff, Drochtersen) placing fifth in the<br />
Children-Grand Prix of Posen/Poland.<br />
Ecuador (VA)<br />
A victory in the two-phase jumper class in<br />
Copenhagen/Denmark catapulted Ecuador<br />
by Escudo/For Pleasure (breeder: Hermann<br />
Penshorn, Schneverdingen) onto the international<br />
competition pages of THE HANOVERI-<br />
AN. <strong>The</strong> nine-year old with his rider Shane<br />
Carey from Ireland was almost one second<br />
faster than his fellow competitors. Owner<br />
Linnea Ericsson had ridden Ecuador until this<br />
event.<br />
El Rubin<br />
Frederik Knorren successfully rode El Rubin<br />
by El Bundy/Grandferdinand (breeder: Friedrich<br />
Wilkens, Elsdorf) in Franconville/France.<br />
<strong>The</strong> ten-year old finished a speed class in fifth<br />
place.<br />
Embassy II<br />
<strong>The</strong> Grand Prix of Wiesbaden counts for the<br />
Riders Tour and was won by a very narrow<br />
margin. Embassy II by Escudo/Silvio (breeder:<br />
Dr. Bonny-Jasmin Jacobs, Bierbergen) showed<br />
himself at his best. He and his rider Hans-<br />
Dieter Dreher placed second behind Antello Z<br />
and Cameron Hanley by only a tiny margin.<br />
Escobaldi<br />
Cerrin Doehle and Escobaldi by Escudo II/Garibaldi<br />
II (breeder: Walter Foege, Ihlienwoerth)<br />
won two S-level jumper classes for<br />
amateurs in a superior fashion at the CSI in<br />
Klein-Roscharden/Germany.<br />
Eternety D<br />
Mikko Maeentausta from Finland rode Eternety<br />
D by El Bundy/Chasseur (breeder: Klaus<br />
Damman, Fredenbeck) into fourth place in a<br />
speed class of the Small Tour at the CSIO in<br />
Drammen. <strong>The</strong> pair finished the final in third<br />
position.<br />
Farah Lea R (Hessian)<br />
Peter Reichel enjoyed a fifth place in the first<br />
qualification of the Amateur Tour Large at the<br />
tradition-rich horse show in Wiesbaden. He<br />
rode his self-bred mare Farah Lea R by Forsy-<br />
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th/Logos (breeder: Günter and Peter Reichel,<br />
Huenfelden-Mensfelden).<br />
Final Destination Z<br />
Mate Lehotai from Hungry rode Final Destination<br />
Z by Zeus/Pik Bube (breeder: Hermann<br />
Diercks, Buchholz) into third place in the<br />
Children Grand Prix of Lamprechtshausen/<br />
Austria.<br />
Fine Lady<br />
Fine Lady by Forsyth/Drosselklang II (breeder:<br />
Wilhelm Leymann, Bassum) participated in a<br />
demanding CSIO in La Baule for the first<br />
time. Holger Wulschner rode the ten-year old<br />
in a 1,50 meter speed-class into second<br />
place. As the very last competitor in the<br />
Grand Prix of Nörten-Hardenberg it was up<br />
to Holger Wulschner and Fine Lady to win the<br />
much sought-after trophy “Golden Whip” for<br />
the third time. A careless mistake cost the<br />
pair the victory. <strong>The</strong>y finished on an excellent<br />
third place with a fast time.<br />
St. Pr. mare Fit for Fun<br />
Fit for Fun by For Pleasure/ Fabriano (breeder:<br />
Sigrid Crome-Sperling, Lutter a. Bbg.) and rider<br />
Luciana Diniz finished in third place with<br />
the Olympic Stadium in London as backdrop.<br />
Flying Boy (VA)<br />
Simone Blum and Flying Boy by Fligh High/<br />
Sao Paulo (breeder: Horst Heidemann, Meppen)<br />
finished the international opening jumper<br />
class in Balve/Germany with an excellent<br />
fifth place. <strong>The</strong> pair placed fifth in a speed<br />
class of the Great Tour, too.<br />
Forry Deluxe<br />
<strong>The</strong> majestic backdrop of the Piazza di Siena<br />
did not influence Forry Deluxe’s performance<br />
at his debut in Rome. This son of For Pleasure/Landadel<br />
(breeder: Wilhelm and Heike<br />
Strunk, Bochum-Stiepel) and his rider Jan<br />
Wernke placed fourth in a two-phase jumper<br />
class. <strong>The</strong> pair had the same placement in the<br />
“Piccolo Gran Premio” that was a jumper<br />
class over 1,50 meter.<br />
Fräulein Wunder (VA)<br />
Angelica Augustsson from Sweden rode<br />
Fräulein Wunder by For Feeling/Athletico<br />
(breeder: Werner Wegener, Wunstorf) into<br />
fourth position in a fault-and-time jumper<br />
class at the CSI in Nörten-Hardenberg.<br />
Delloren and Franziska Baum-Gundlach won the<br />
Speed Derby in Wiesbaden. Photo: Rau<br />
Galippo<br />
Lars Nieberg won a jumper class of the Medium<br />
Tour on his homebred Galippo by Giorgio/For<br />
Pleasure in Balve.<br />
Graf Moritz (VA)<br />
Graf Moritz by Graf Top/Classiker (breeder:<br />
Jürgen Siegert, Ganderkesee) was one of the<br />
<strong>Hanoverian</strong> winners in Nörten-Hardenberg.<br />
<strong>The</strong> stallion won a fault-and-time jumper<br />
class with rider Dirk Klaproth.<br />
Landita<br />
Landita by Lando/Bariton (breeder: Breeding<br />
Farm Lewitz, Steinfeld) celebrated her first<br />
international placements in Drammen. Nicholai<br />
Lindbjerg succeeded in finishing all<br />
three jumper-classes of the Small Tour in second<br />
place aboard the ten-year old.<br />
Limbiskit<br />
Julia Plate and her mount Limbiskit by Landor<br />
S/Chasseur (breeder: Ulf Plate, Oldendorf)<br />
had only one time penalty point after both<br />
rounds of the Nations Cup for juniors in Wierden/<strong>The</strong><br />
Netherlands. <strong>The</strong> German quartet finished<br />
in second place behind the Italian<br />
team.<br />
Little Lady Z<br />
Christian Ahlmann and Little Lady Z by Laptop/Grannus<br />
(breeder: Wiebke Hannken, Alfter)<br />
won a speed class in London. <strong>The</strong> pair<br />
finished the following accumulator class in<br />
third place.<br />
Lola likes Looping<br />
Nele Grafmüller and eleven-year old Lola<br />
likes Looping by Laptop/Grundsee (breeder:<br />
Dietlind Padberg, Auetal) collected 65 points<br />
in an accumulator class n Klein Roscharden.<br />
It was enough points for second place.<br />
Lord Lohengrin (VA)<br />
A top placement for Lord Lohengrin by Lordanos/Diskus<br />
(breeder: Helmut Kordes, Sulingen)<br />
at the Nations Cup show in La Baule: he<br />
placed third in an open jumper class with<br />
jump-off with rider Patrick Stühlmeyer.<br />
Lordan<br />
Nayel Nassar and his mount Lordan by Lordanos/Landor<br />
S (breeder: Gerd Sosath, Lemwerder)<br />
celebrated a second placement right<br />
behind Olympic champion Jeroen Dubbeldam<br />
after an exciting jump-off for the Grand Prix<br />
of Gelderland in Arnheim.<br />
St.Pr.A. New Love<br />
<strong>The</strong> rising generation of international jumper<br />
riders met in Klein Roscharden. Fabienne<br />
Gräfe rode New Love by Now Or Never M/<br />
Calido (breeder: Wolfgang Gräfe, Osnabrück)<br />
into fifth place with a penalty-free round in a<br />
fault-time class. <strong>The</strong> pair celebrated a victory<br />
in the Grand Prix of the Big Tour for juniors at<br />
the Youngster Festival in Wierden.<br />
Pepita R<br />
Pepita R by Perpignon/Drosselbart (breeder:<br />
Axel Baumgartner, Wulkau) finished a speed<br />
class in third place with rider Edwin Smits<br />
from <strong>The</strong> Netherlands in Lons-le-Saunier.<br />
Loro Piana JHG Popey<br />
Popeye by Peter Pan/Alme (breeder: Breeding<br />
Farm Lewitz, Steinfeld) finished a six-bars<br />
class in second place with rider Davide Kainich<br />
from Italy in Posen.<br />
Quel Homme (VA)<br />
Samuel Hutton from Great Britain rode Quel<br />
Homme by Quidam’s Rubin/Drosselklang II<br />
(breeder: Heiner and Renate Hormann, Landesbergen)<br />
into fourth position in an S-level<br />
jumper class against the clock in Arnheim/<br />
<strong>The</strong> Netherlands.<br />
Quidam’s As T<br />
Niklas Engemann rode Quidam’s As T by<br />
Quidam’s Rubin/Feiner Graf (breeder: Hans-<br />
Dieter Tüpker, Westerkappeln) into fourth position<br />
in the Small Final of the “Equi Young<br />
Stars & Amateurs” in Klein Roscharden.<br />
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Misdee Wrigley-Miller won in Herford. Sarasko<br />
(left) was one of the team horses. Photo: Rau<br />
Victorio (VA)<br />
Andreas Knippling rode Victorio by Uccello/<br />
Graf Top (breeder: Hans-Heinrich Plate, Otterndorf)<br />
into third place of the first class for<br />
seven-year olds at the CSI in Balve.<br />
Driving<br />
Quincy (VA)<br />
<strong>The</strong> CSI in Reims/France began with a speed<br />
class. Jemma Kirk and her mount Quincy by<br />
Quidam’s Rubin/Landadel (breeder: Georg<br />
Hardekopf-Hartmann, Lüdersfeld) placed<br />
third.<br />
Salome II (Hessian)<br />
Salome II by Saskan/Heuriger (breeder: Breeding<br />
Farm Im Niedern, Gedern) finished a<br />
speed class in Copenhagen in second place<br />
although inexperienced at international level.<br />
Tim Davies rode the 13-year old mare. <strong>The</strong><br />
British placed their trust in this pair for the<br />
Nations Cup and finished in fourth place.<br />
San Miguel G (VA)<br />
Only two rider/horse combinations qualified<br />
for the jump-off of the Junior Cup in Lamprechtshausen.<br />
Nadja Schmitz from Switzerland<br />
and her mount San Miguel G by San<br />
Brasil/Noble Roi xx (breeder: Lutz Gähler,<br />
Eystrup) had the fastest time but also a jumping<br />
fault; this meant second place.<br />
Silas<br />
Silas by Stakkato Gold/Calypso II (breeder:<br />
Bernd Busse, Petershagen) and rider Hilar<br />
Meyer crossed the finish line of the class<br />
“Wiesbaden Speed” in the third fastest time.<br />
Sinfonie<br />
Sinfonie by Satisfaction/Don Juan (breeder:<br />
Gudrun Wenzel, Bad Gandersheim) showed<br />
herself from her very best side in Nörten-<br />
Hardenberg. Katrin Eckermann rode the seven-year<br />
old into fourth position in the qualification<br />
of the Youngster Tour.<br />
Skyliner<br />
<strong>The</strong> just eight-year old Skyliner by Satisfaction/Quidam<br />
de Revel (breeder: Carsten, Wiedemann,<br />
Uelzen) won an S-level jumper class<br />
in Nörten-Hardenberg with rider Karl Brocks.<br />
Skype me (VA)<br />
Skype me by Stakkato/Embassy (breeder:<br />
Karl-Heinz Ellenberg, Luedersburg) won the<br />
Young Horses Tour in Lamprechtshausen. <strong>The</strong><br />
six-year old placed second and fifth in the<br />
qualification classes. Jürgen Süßmann rode<br />
this former elite auction participant.<br />
Souvenir<br />
Souvenir by Stakkato/Lemon xx (breeder: Rainer<br />
Schulze, Burgdorf) and Philipp Weishaupt<br />
finished a speed class in fifth position with a<br />
flawless performance at the Nations Cup<br />
Show in Rome.<br />
Argelith Squid<br />
Eva Bitter will remember the weekend of Balve<br />
for a long time. Not only did she become<br />
German Champion but also won the first<br />
qualification of the international Youngster-<br />
Tour on Squid by Salito/Gibraltar (breeder:<br />
Ralf Grindt, Peine). <strong>The</strong> grey finished in fourth<br />
place in the second jumper class.<br />
Dallas<br />
Rudolf Huber drives one of the most successful<br />
two-in-hand combinations. He finished<br />
the combined class in second place in Herford/Germany.<br />
Dallas by Dacaprio/Sorel<br />
(breeder: Dr. Jochen Köster, Langen) is in his<br />
team.<br />
Dirigent (Hessian)<br />
Dieter Lauterbach drove Dirigent by Dartagnan/Carol<br />
(breeder: Heinz-Günter Reber,<br />
Eppstein) into second place in the combined<br />
class of the international one-in-hand competition<br />
in Dillenburg/Germany.<br />
Ducati<br />
De Niro-descendants give their very best also<br />
when pulling a cart. Ludwig Weinmayer drove<br />
his team to victory in Herford. Ducati by<br />
De Niro/Eklatant (breeder: Heinrich Grotefendt,<br />
Hessen) was a team member.<br />
Sarasko (Hessian)<br />
Misdee Wrigley-Miller from the United States<br />
won the two-in-hand competition in Herford.<br />
<strong>The</strong> driver who trains with Michael Freund<br />
placed her trust into the proven Sarasko by<br />
Silvano/Azett (breeder: Silke Gehrisch, Ober-<br />
Ramstadt)<br />
Dressage<br />
Asta laa Vista (VA)<br />
Maria Julia Vasconcelos competed Asta La<br />
Vista by Alabaster/Weltmeyer (breeder: Rainer<br />
Meyer-Kisker, Melle-Bulsten) for Portugal<br />
in Vidauban/France. <strong>The</strong> pair won the Inter-<br />
Freestyle.<br />
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Bella Rosa<br />
Robin Beeking presented eight-year old Bella<br />
Rosa by Belissimo M/Hohenstein (breeder:<br />
Heino Bruns, Gödenstorf) in Arnheim/<strong>The</strong><br />
Netherlands. <strong>The</strong> pair won Inter I.<br />
Blind Date<br />
Victoria Max-<strong>The</strong>urer and Blind Date by Breitling<br />
W/Donnerhall (breeder: Margarethe Klare,<br />
Maasen) go from victory to victory. <strong>The</strong>y<br />
won the Grand Prix and the Freestyle at the<br />
Chateau Achleiten in Austria.<br />
Broadway<br />
<strong>The</strong> CDI in Lipica/Slovenia was a 3*-competition.<br />
In the Grand Prix of the Freestyle-Tour<br />
the judges awarded Broadway by Beluga/<br />
Wolkentanz (breeder: Heiko Janssen, Schortens)<br />
and rider Sylvia Zimmers performance<br />
the fifth-best score and the third highest<br />
score in the freestyle.<br />
Chamberlain (VA)<br />
Chamberlain by Compliment/Grundsee<br />
(breeder: Hans Mikulle, Immensen) and Dana<br />
Beck from Luxembourg impressed with their<br />
performance placing fourth in the freestyle<br />
competition for juniors at the CDIJ in Lipica.<br />
Condio B<br />
<strong>Hanoverian</strong> horses determined the outcome<br />
of the CDIJ in Compiegne/France. Three of the<br />
four top-placed horses carried the soughtafter<br />
foal brand. Claire-Louise Averkorn rode<br />
Condio B by Contendro/Willem’s As (breeder:<br />
Stephan Baumgart, Drochtersen) into first<br />
place in the individual test and in the freestyle.<br />
Earlier on the pair had won silver in the<br />
team test.<br />
D’Agostino<br />
A <strong>Hanoverian</strong> dual victory at the CDI in Wiesbaden/Germany!<br />
D’Agostino by De Niro/Shogun<br />
xx (breeder: Klaus Lahmann, Dassendorf)<br />
and Fabienne Lütkemeier placed second in<br />
the Grand Prix behind Don Johnson FRH.<br />
Danilo<br />
Shelly Francis from the USA rode Danilo by<br />
De Niro/Andiamo (breeder: Susanne and Jürgen<br />
Beck, Stuttgart) in Inter I and received<br />
the fifth best result in Arnheim.<br />
Der Clou<br />
<strong>The</strong> majority of horses that participated in<br />
the CDI in Madrid were of Iberian descent.<br />
Der Clou by De Niro/Matcho AA (breeder: Dr.<br />
Rainer Nitsch, Salzhausen) was one of the<br />
few representatives of a riding horse breed.<br />
<strong>The</strong> bay won the freestyle with rider Filipe<br />
Canelas after having placed third in the<br />
Grand Prix.<br />
Don Charly (VA)<br />
Minna Telde and Don Charly by Don Gregory/<br />
Inschallah AA (breeder: Ewald Grotelueschen,<br />
Wardenburg) won the Grand Prix Special<br />
and the Freestyle at the CDIO in Vadauban.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Grand Prix also determined the<br />
Nations Cup; the pair placed third there. <strong>The</strong><br />
Swedish team won silver in this competition<br />
behind the Dutch team.<br />
<strong>Hanoverian</strong> News<br />
Grosso Z by Goliath II/Furioso II (breeder:<br />
Leon Melchior, Lanaken/Belgium)has<br />
turned 30 years of age. <strong>The</strong> senior enjoys<br />
his retirement on the breeding farm<br />
Wiesenhof. <strong>The</strong> dual-talented dark bay<br />
who was a successful dressage competitor<br />
himself up to Prix St. Georges sired the<br />
privately owned stallions Goldfever I and II.<br />
Grosso Z. Photo: private<br />
Franziska Roth and her mount Dictus J by<br />
Drossan/Gletscher (breeder: Heinrich<br />
Jansen, Geeste) were awarded the<br />
U25-advancement prize in Marbach. <strong>The</strong><br />
23-year old rider and her <strong>Hanoverian</strong><br />
finished the CIC*** in ninth place overall.<br />
Bella Rosa and Robin Beeking were the winners<br />
of Inter I in Arnheim. Photo: Bronkhorst<br />
Don Diego (VA)<br />
<strong>The</strong> Spanish dressage rider Juan Matute discovered<br />
Don Diego by Don Frederico/Wolkenstein<br />
II (breeder: Claus Schuett, Hemmoor) on<br />
Verden’s elite auction in April 2007. He made<br />
the horse available to his son called Juan Matute<br />
Guimon for international competitions.<br />
<strong>The</strong> 16-year old placed third in the FEI-team<br />
test at the CDIJ in Compiegne. He improved<br />
and placed second behind Condio B in the<br />
following individual test and in the freestyle.<br />
Don Johnson FRH<br />
Don Johnson FRH by Don Frederico/Warkant<br />
Dictus J and Franziska Roth. Photo: Rau<br />
<strong>The</strong> stallion Matchos As (breeder:<br />
Johannes Otto, Wildeshausen) has past<br />
away. He was the last actively breeding<br />
descendant of the Anglo-Arab sire Matcho<br />
AA. Mid May Matchos As died of sudden<br />
heart failure. Matchos As was one of<br />
Verden’s top-selling auction horses on the<br />
elite auction in the spring 1995 after a<br />
brief period of time as breeding stallion.<br />
He successfully competed up to Inter I.<br />
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(breeder: Ulrike Meyer, Dedelstorf) did justice<br />
to his role as favorite in Wiesbaden’s Chateau<br />
Gardens. He won the Grand Prix with his<br />
rider Isabell Werth. <strong>The</strong> Special had to be cancelled<br />
due to inclement weather conditions.<br />
Donaublick<br />
Tatjana Svehla from Austria rode Donaublick<br />
by Don Vino/Brentano II (breeder: Martin<br />
Schmid, Legden) into fourth place in Inter II<br />
at the CDI in Lipica.<br />
Doolittle J (VA)<br />
Tatiana Miloserdova rode Doolittle J by Don<br />
Frederico/Regazzoni (breeder: Breeding Farm<br />
Julienhof, Vastorf) into third place in the<br />
Grand Prix on the breeding farm of Lipica.<br />
Du Pre (VA)<br />
A new <strong>Hanoverian</strong> for Beatriz Ferrer Salat:<br />
She presented Du Pre by Don Frederico/Weltmeyer<br />
(breeder: Fred Wedemeier, Isernhagen)<br />
for the first time in Madrid and placed third<br />
in Prix St. Georges and in Inter I.<br />
Duela<br />
Duela by Dimaggio/Alabaster (breeder: Karin<br />
Hoerner, Conwy/GB) finished the team test<br />
and the freestyle in fourth place with Pippa<br />
Hutton<br />
Dustin (VA)<br />
Dustin by Don Primero/Aderlass (breeder:<br />
Hermann Cordes, Winsen) found a new home<br />
in Spain at the winter auction in 2005. Josep<br />
Bassols rode him into fourth place in the FEI<br />
team test and into fifth position in the freestyle<br />
for young riders at the CDI in Madrid.<br />
Esperanto<br />
Andrea John and Esperanto by Escudo II/Rio<br />
Branco (breeder: Johann-Christian Eggers,<br />
Freiburg) qualified for the freestyle with a<br />
third place in the Grand Prix at the 4*-CDI in<br />
Villach-Treffen/Austria. <strong>The</strong> pair finished the<br />
freestyle in fifth place.<br />
Fifty Cent<br />
Fifty Cent by Fidertanz/Welt Hit II (breeder:<br />
Alois Wester, Klein Stavern) won the final for<br />
6-year old dressage horses in Lipica. Robert<br />
Acs from Hungry rode the dark bay.<br />
Frechdachs H<br />
Martin Hauptmann rode Frechdachs H by Fabriano/Pik<br />
König (breeder: Heinrich Lindemann,<br />
Gr. Heere) into fifth place in the Grand<br />
Prix Special at the CDI*** in Villach-Treffen.<br />
Hofjuwel (VA)<br />
Sarah Millis from Great Britain finished third<br />
in Prix St. Georges and fourth in Inter I on the<br />
just eight-year old Hofjuwel by Hofrat/Davignon<br />
(breeder: Ulrich Bahlinger, Söhlde) in Vidauban.<br />
Laocoon (VA)<br />
<strong>The</strong> CDI in Vidauban took a successful end<br />
for Serge Cantin and his mount Laocoon by<br />
Lancier/Wanderkoenig (breeder: Anton, Berger,<br />
Lunestedt). <strong>The</strong> pair placed fifth in the<br />
Grand Prix Special.<br />
Lautrec<br />
Lautrec by Landclassic/Gibraltar (breeder:<br />
Willi Ehlers, Walsrode) succeeds in international<br />
dressage arenas while his right brother,<br />
the privately owned sire Langer Jan, has<br />
made a name for himself in jumper competitions.<br />
He finished the Grand Prix Special in<br />
second place with rider Alexander Ayache at<br />
the CDI in Vidauban.<br />
Peteta<br />
Peteta by Pommery/Imperator (breeder: Heinz<br />
Kroeger, Stemwede) obtained international<br />
placements in Flintridge/USA. Stephanie Busley<br />
rode her into fifth position in Inter I and<br />
into fourth position in the freestyle.<br />
Regulus<br />
Regulus who was born in 1996 and is by<br />
Ramiro’s Son II/Pinkus (breeder: Heinz Koppelmann,<br />
Engelschoff) obtained international<br />
successes in Flintridge. He placed third in Prix<br />
St. Georges and second in Inter I with his rider<br />
Allison Dechant.<br />
Top placements in Arnheim for Rockstar and<br />
Michael Eilberg. Photo: Bronkhorst, www.arnd.nl<br />
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Woodlander Rockstar<br />
Rockstar by Rotspon/Sao Paulo was born in<br />
Great Britain (breeder: Lynne Crowden, Sulby/GB).<br />
Michael Eilberg rode the eleven-year<br />
old stallion into second place in Prix St. Georges<br />
and into third place in Inter I-Freestyle in<br />
Arnheim.<br />
Mit Sarasko (links) im Gespann gewann Misdee<br />
Wrigley-Miller in Herford. Photo: Rau<br />
Romeo-Star<br />
Romeo-Star by Romantic Star/Mister A (breeder:<br />
Jörg H. Ohlmann, Hagen) obtained his<br />
first international victories in Lipica. Elena<br />
Sidneva rode the dark bay to victory in Grand<br />
Prix and in the freestyle.<br />
Rosenzauber<br />
Amanda Harlan and Rosenzauber by Rotspon/Shogun<br />
xx (breeder: Eberhard Hennings,<br />
Petershagen) won Inter I-Freestyle in Flintridge.<br />
Earlier on the pair had finished Prix St.<br />
Georges in fourth place and Inter I in second.<br />
Royal Spirit (VA)<br />
A <strong>Hanoverian</strong> dual victory in Inter I in Lipica!<br />
Royal Spirit by Romanov Blue Hors/Weltgeist<br />
(breeder: Heinrich Giesselmann, Barver) finished<br />
Inter I in second place right behind Sacre<br />
Coeur. He and his rider Benjamin Werndl<br />
continued on to the show in Achleiten; he<br />
placed third in Prix St. Georges and fourth in<br />
Inter I.<br />
Sabbatik Rubi (VA)<br />
Rubi by Rotspon/Wanderbusch II (breeder:<br />
Wilhelm Janssen, Moorweg) was one of the<br />
successful Spanish auction acquisitions. Now<br />
she is an eight-year old. <strong>The</strong> bay and her rider<br />
Sandra Pena Aguilar finished Inter I in fourth<br />
place at the CDI in Madrid.<br />
Russian Fox (VA/Hessian)<br />
Michele Toldo competed Russian Fox by Ritter<br />
Remus/Graphitano (breeder: Friedrich and<br />
Brigitte Sude, Voehl-Dorfitter) in Lipica. <strong>The</strong><br />
pair finished Inter I in fifth position.<br />
Tsarevitj<br />
<strong>The</strong> nine-year old Prince Thatch xx/Lanthan<br />
son (breeder: Heinz-Erich Sagemann, Pestinghausen)<br />
hides behind the unusual name<br />
Tsarevitj. <strong>The</strong> dark bay competed in international<br />
competition for the first time in Vidabaun.<br />
Mattias Jansson from Sweden rode<br />
him into fourth position in the Grand Prixfreestyle.<br />
Sacre Coeur (VA)<br />
Sascha Schulz from Luxembourg and Sacre<br />
Coeur by Sir Donnerhall/Pik Bube II (breeder:<br />
Helmut G. Heidmeyer, Rahden) won Prix St.<br />
Georges and Inter I in Lipica.<br />
Satchmo M<br />
<strong>The</strong> result charts from Vidauban read third<br />
place in Inter II and fourth place in Grand Prix<br />
for Satchmo M by Sandro Hit/Donnerhall<br />
(breeder: Hans-Günter Berner, Edendorf). Gilles<br />
Ngovan from Switzerland rode this halfbrother<br />
of Celle’s state stud sire Hochadel.<br />
Walk Of Life (VA)<br />
Allan Skov and Walk Of Life by Wolkentanz II/<br />
Picard (breeder: Breeding Farm Good Hope,<br />
Klein-Umstedt) were victorious in Prix St.<br />
Georges and in Inter I in Villach. Renowned<br />
riders like Hans-Peter Minderhoud and Valentina<br />
Truppa placed behind them. <strong>The</strong> pair received<br />
the second-best score in the freestyle.<br />
Warbeau<br />
Switzerland finished the Nations Cup of Vidauban<br />
in fourth position. <strong>The</strong> best Suisse<br />
duo was Warbeau by Wolkenstein II/Matcho<br />
AA (breeder: Horst Quast, Hechthausen) and<br />
rider Hans Straub.<br />
Wellington<br />
Wellington by Wanderer/Garibaldi II (breeder:<br />
Diedrich Meyer, Koehlen) and rider Jill de Ridder<br />
won the FEI Young Rider Grand Prix in<br />
Villach-Treffen. <strong>The</strong> pair finished Inter II in a<br />
promising second place, too.<br />
Esperanto and Andrea John successfully competed<br />
in Villach. Photo: Frieler<br />
Weltzin (VA)<br />
Hannah Biggs rode Weltzin by Weltbogen/<br />
Werther (breeder: Breeding Farm Burghof<br />
LTD, Blumenthal) into second place in the<br />
Grand Prix Special at the end of the CDI Roosendaal/<strong>The</strong><br />
Netherlands.<br />
Wie Atlantico de Ymas (VA)<br />
Wie Atlantico de Ymas by Wie Weltmeyer/<br />
Rondo (breeder: Jörn Merzdorf, Ettenbüttel)<br />
was one of the successful <strong>Hanoverian</strong> competitors<br />
in Vidauban. Rider Anders Dahl from<br />
Denmark rode him into second place in the<br />
CDI-Grand Prix and in the freestyle.<br />
Windhuk (VA)<br />
Michele Thill and her mount Windhuk by<br />
Waikiki/Arogno (breeder: Jörn Hormann,<br />
Landesbergen) competed for Luxembourg at<br />
the CDIJ in Compiegne. <strong>The</strong> pair received the<br />
fourth-best score in both the introductory<br />
and the individual test. <strong>The</strong> pair celebrated a<br />
third position in the freestyle-final. Three <strong>Hanoverian</strong>s<br />
led the victory gallop in this class.<br />
Wolkenritter (VA)<br />
<strong>The</strong> judges saw Wolkenritter by Wolkentanz/<br />
Hitchcock (breeder: Walter Slink, Grossheide)<br />
and rider Amanda Hartung in fifth place in<br />
the Grand Prix and in the freestyle in Achleiten.<br />
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Charlott-Maria Schürmann’s eyes sparkle when<br />
she talks about Burlington FRH. “I have the<br />
best horse in the world,” she said overjoyed after<br />
having won the Nürnberger Burgpokal last December.<br />
At 20-years of age she is the all time youngest<br />
winner of this highly prestigious trophy. It was not<br />
the first time the dressage rider had won an important<br />
title. She eagerly collected medals in the junior<br />
and the young-rider divisions. She became Team<br />
European Champion for juniors and won silver in<br />
the individual competition in Ermelo four years<br />
ago. Charlott-Maria Schürmann celebrated a triumph<br />
in Kronberg the following year. She won<br />
three gold medals giving the competition no chance<br />
for a victory at the European Championships.<br />
She added team gold in Broholm and Bern to her<br />
success record as a young rider, too. She won both<br />
reserve titles in Switzerland; one in the freestyle<br />
and one in the individual competition.<br />
Charlott-Maria<br />
and her stallions<br />
She has a good feeling for both her <strong>Hanoverian</strong><br />
stallions. <strong>The</strong> Vice European Champion won the<br />
Nürnberger Burgpokal on Burlington FRH and has<br />
big plans with Celle’s state stud sire Edward.<br />
By Britta Züngel<br />
Reliable partners for her successes: three <strong>Hanoverian</strong><br />
chestnuts - three stallions! Her first championship<br />
horse was World of Dreams by World Cup/<br />
Cardinal xx (breeder: Adolf Eck, Lustadt). Burlington<br />
FRH by Breitling W/Rohdiamant (breeder:<br />
Hans-Heinrich Oltmann, Borstel) followed as a<br />
young horse. Celle’s state stud sire Edward by Embassy/Fabriano<br />
(breeder: Hans-Heinrich Dittmer,<br />
Radbruch) was added at the beginning of this year.<br />
“<strong>Hanoverian</strong>s suit me very well,” Charlott-Maria<br />
Schürmann says laughingly. “You must truly love<br />
stallions and carefully build up trust; then they will<br />
fight for the rider,” she raves. “I am certainly not<br />
the tallest. <strong>The</strong>refore I need very rideable horses.”<br />
Her trainer Oliver Oelrich adds, “Elasticity is definitely<br />
a decisive factor; the rest lies in the riding<br />
technique!” Charlott-Maria Schürmann has trained<br />
with the renowned rider and trainer in Lengerich<br />
for more than five years. No less than seven<br />
young german cadre members and their horses<br />
train with Oliver Oelrich at his small facility. “<strong>The</strong>y<br />
have thirst for knowledge and they are very ambitious.<br />
It is a lot of fun to work with them,” the<br />
trainer praises his protégées. “We all get along<br />
well and visit the same horse shows. That is a lot of<br />
fun,” so Charlott-Maria Schürmann.<br />
Charlott-Maria grew up in a family of horse enthusiasts<br />
in Gehrde. Father Heinz-Werner always supported<br />
both daughters and their the passion for<br />
horses. Charlott-Maria had outgrown the ponies<br />
once turned fifteen and needed a good and experienced<br />
dressage horse. Family Schürmann found<br />
the privately owned stallion World of Dreams at<br />
Heinrich Klatte’s facility. <strong>The</strong> first impression was<br />
that the stallion of some caliber was too strong for<br />
the rather small and young female rider. <strong>The</strong>y got<br />
on well from the first moment on though. “I rode a<br />
flying change for the first time in my life. It was so<br />
cool!” Charlott-Maria Schürmann remembers. A<br />
price was negotiated and World of Dreams who<br />
was a Grand Prix winner had to be retrained for<br />
M-level dressage level. “It seemed as if this made<br />
‘Woody’ fresher every year. At the European Championships<br />
he was 17 years of age but appeared<br />
younger than he looked when he was fourteen. He<br />
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was an incredible teacher!” Oliver Oelrich explains.<br />
Burlington FRH came to Lengerich as a lanky fiveyear<br />
old in 2008. “He had all the necessary ingredients<br />
and was extremely rideable.” <strong>The</strong> stallion<br />
placed seventh at the Bundeschampionat as a sixyear<br />
old; he competed internationally in the junior<br />
division as a seven-year old. Charlott-Maria Schürmann<br />
preferred to ride the experienced World of<br />
Dreams at the European Championships for juniors<br />
in 2010. Burlington FRH had to rest for a while<br />
because of an accident. He returned to competition<br />
in full force one year later: He won his first Prix<br />
St. Georges in Dortmund’s Westphalen Arena in<br />
2012. Seven victories followed! <strong>The</strong> triumph of<br />
winning the Nürnberger Burgpokal was the highlight<br />
Charlott-Maria Schürmann still cannot quite<br />
wrap her head around, “I was pretty nervous and<br />
overwhelmed before the final we won. I rode a<br />
flawless test that meant the victory!” Now she is<br />
diligently training for the Grand Prix. It takes time.<br />
“Burlington FRH has to develop more strength for<br />
the Grand Prix. If we had forced this last year, he<br />
would have been less successful in the junior division,”<br />
Oliver Oelrich is convinced. Charlott-Maria<br />
Schürmann adds, “We shall compete once Burlington<br />
is ready and not before.” Oliver Oelrich is convinced<br />
that Charlott-Maria will succeed in making<br />
the transition from young rider to Grand Prix-competitor,<br />
“<strong>The</strong> difference predominantly lies in the<br />
head of the rider and after that in the succession of<br />
movements. <strong>The</strong> basic quality of the horse is of utmost<br />
importance for the rising young riders. Grand<br />
Prix horses do not necessarily require the most<br />
exuberant movement. <strong>The</strong> difficulty is that these<br />
younger riders lack experience. Many horses are<br />
not appropriately trained.” <strong>The</strong> german national<br />
trainer for juniors and young riders called Hans-<br />
Heinrich Meyer zu Strohen is confident. He attests<br />
to the talent and the ambition of the young dressage<br />
rider, “Marie-Charlotte wants to win and is<br />
very able to call on her performance potential in<br />
competitions.”<br />
<strong>The</strong> focus is on competition<br />
Using Burlington FRH as a breeding stallion is an<br />
issue father Heinz-Werner Schürmann is toying<br />
with. “My dad is fanatic about breeding. He attends<br />
licensing and mare and foal shows as often<br />
as possible.” His daughter and her trainer slow him<br />
down as they focus on competition. Breeding horses<br />
is also dear to Oliver Oelrich’s heart as he grew<br />
up riding the young horses of breeders, “It is sad<br />
that many riders do not know anything about the<br />
breeding and seem not at all interested in it. <strong>The</strong><br />
cost of training is too high for breeders. We must<br />
try very hard to get more people excited about horse<br />
breeding!”<br />
It was a mere coincidence that state-stud sire Edward<br />
who was born 2005 came to Charlott-Maria<br />
Schürmann. Hans-Peter Klaus had already successfully<br />
competed Edward at Prix St. Georges when<br />
state stud manager Dr. Axel Brockmann decided to<br />
follow a different path, “We want to support a<br />
young rider from Lower Saxony. Charlott-Maria<br />
Schürmann loves to compete and she has a good<br />
hand with stallions.” <strong>The</strong> appropriate arrangements<br />
were made for Edward to compete while<br />
also being used as a breeding stallion. “ Edward<br />
was well trained. I was able to ride everything with<br />
him right away,” Charlott-Maria Schürmann remembers<br />
the tryouts at the state stud. And there<br />
we see it again; the smile that makes the young<br />
dressage rider so attractive! Charlott-Maria and<br />
the chestnut sire get along very well. <strong>The</strong>y won<br />
both S-level dressage classes in Vechta; they finished<br />
the „Preis der Besten“ in second place after<br />
winning the introductory class in Warendorf. <strong>The</strong><br />
plans are ambitious; she aims to win the Louisdor-<br />
Prize that is a Grand Prix for up-and-coming dressage<br />
horses with eight-year old Edward during her<br />
last year as a young rider. “Edward has all the prerequisites<br />
for a Grand Prix, “ so Oliver Oelrich.<br />
<strong>The</strong> story of chestnut stallions continues.<br />
Burlington’s full-brother has already moved into<br />
the parental stable to be prepared for the stallion<br />
licensing. Charlott-Maria is only at home on rare<br />
occasions. Her life centers around her student<br />
apartment in Münster and the riding facility in Lengerich.<br />
“<strong>The</strong> whole family comes together at horse<br />
shows. <strong>The</strong>y give everything and support me in<br />
every way possible.” Attending the university and<br />
riding horses is a good combination. She goes to<br />
the barn before or after her classes. She works harder<br />
before horse shows. “I greatly enjoy the daily<br />
training,” she explains. “It is important to be creative<br />
in your training’s program. Horses do not like<br />
being bored.” “Gymnastic exercises are everything<br />
in the training,” Oliver Oelrich says. Horses must<br />
have inner peace and enjoy moving!” Charlott-<br />
Maria Schürmann studies the science of industrial<br />
management. She already has a plan for her future<br />
career path. She would like to join her mother in<br />
her business; producing special clothing. This will<br />
however still take a while. Her greatest dream is to<br />
compete in a Championship. Charlott-Maria Schürmann<br />
is especially proud of the co-operation with<br />
the <strong>Hanoverian</strong> Association for Promoting <strong>Hanoverian</strong><br />
Horses in Competition (FRH) ; it is also an incentive;<br />
“This is a huge honor for me; especially<br />
when I consider that Desperados and Don Johnson<br />
are FRH-horses also.” •<br />
“We are a great team and enjoy the<br />
work!” Charlott-Marie Schürmann<br />
and Oliver Oelrich agree.<br />
“He is my all time favorite!”<br />
Charlott-Maria Schürmann and<br />
Burlington FRH. Photos: Rau<br />
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Sport<br />
Perigueux<br />
wears the tiara<br />
Celle’s state stud sire Perigueux and Eva Bitter won<br />
the German Championships for female jumper riders<br />
in Balve. Three silver and three bronze medals were<br />
added on stadium courses and in the dressage ring.<br />
By Britta Züngel<br />
Don Johnson FRH and Isabell Werth<br />
won two silver medals. Photos: Frieler<br />
<strong>The</strong> rider who wanted to wear the tiara of the<br />
sport of jumping in Germany had to participate<br />
in the jump-off. For female riders three accepted<br />
the challenge of winning the title; three were on<br />
<strong>Hanoverian</strong> stallions. 10 out of 40 of the participating<br />
horses carried the <strong>Hanoverian</strong> foal brand. <strong>The</strong><br />
result of the second qualification was sensational:<br />
<strong>Hanoverian</strong> horses took the placements two to<br />
five! Perigueux by Perpignon/Stakkato (breeder:<br />
Dr. Karl-Otto Jacobs, Bierbergen) was the last competitor<br />
in the exciting jump-off. Eva Bitter risked<br />
everything on the current Grande Prize-holder. She<br />
celebrated winning gold for the fifth time after<br />
only 38,6 seconds.” This was phenomenal! Normally<br />
I just cannot win a jump-off against Katrin<br />
Eckermann.” Katrin Eckermann and her mount the<br />
chestnut Firth of Lorne by For Pleasure/Stakkato<br />
(breeder: Meinolf Roelleke, Bochum) surpassed<br />
everyone until the very last seconds, when the title<br />
was taken from her. She was a very happy Reserve<br />
Champion! <strong>The</strong> bronze medal went to Ambassador<br />
N.T. by Askari/Weltmeister (b.: Udo Pflaum, Kaulitz)<br />
and Sarah Nagel-Tornau.<br />
German female jumper rider Champion: Perigueux and<br />
Eva Bitter. Photo: Rau<br />
<strong>The</strong> male rider division award ceremony took place<br />
with <strong>Hanoverian</strong> horses, too. A quartet emerged in<br />
the first class that remained penalty-free throughout<br />
all rounds. Rolf Moormann was the first participant<br />
in the jump-off on Acorte by Acorado<br />
(breeder: Heinrich Bremer, Neustadt); This horse is<br />
a <strong>Hanoverian</strong> with the a dam by Stakkato such as<br />
Perigueux and Firth of Lorne. This pair had two<br />
jumping faults and was unable to defend last years<br />
bronze medal. 23-year old Patrick Stühlmeyer was<br />
the championships surprise. He is member of the<br />
prospective group of the German Olympic Committee<br />
for Riding and rode Lord Lohengrin by<br />
Lordanos/Diskus (breeder: Helmut Kordes, Sulingen)<br />
beautifully and finished in third place without<br />
penalties. <strong>The</strong> national trainer awarded this performance<br />
with the permission to compete at the<br />
CHIO in Aachen. Daniel Deußer won the title on<br />
Cornet D’Amour.<br />
Four medals in the dressage ring<br />
Helen Langehanenberg did justice to her role as<br />
favorite. She won both possible gold medals with<br />
her mount Damon Hill NRW. Don Johnson FRH by<br />
Don Frederico/ Warkant (breeder: Ulrike Meyer, Dedelstorf)<br />
and rider Isabell Werth proved to be in<br />
top form. <strong>The</strong> pair performed an excellent Grand<br />
Prix Special and a freestyle filled with movements<br />
at the highest degree of difficulty and placing second<br />
in both classes. “We are doing better and<br />
better but we are nowhere near our limit – we are<br />
now just slowly starting to attack,” Isabell Werth<br />
explained with joy. Anabel Balkenhol presented<br />
her Dablino FRH by De Niro/Wanderbusch II (breeder:<br />
Weert-Arnold Sweers, Krummhörn) with precision<br />
and elegance to win the bronze medal in the<br />
Grand Prix Special. Fabienne Lütkemeier rode a<br />
new freestyle on her mount D’Agostino by De<br />
Niro/Shogun xx (breeder: Klaus Lahmann, Dassendorf)<br />
to music that was absolutely perfect for the<br />
long-legged chestnut gelding. <strong>The</strong> performance<br />
earned D’Agostino his first bronze medal at a German<br />
Championship.<br />
Dark Dynamic by Don Vino/Hohenstein (breeder:<br />
Georg Kok, Bunderhee) was the best rising youngster<br />
in Balve. <strong>The</strong> ten-year old won the Louisdor-<br />
Prize for the best up-and-coming dressage competitor<br />
with rider Nadine Capellmann. •<br />
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Breeding<br />
Trendsetting<br />
Co-Operation<br />
<strong>The</strong> Board of Directors of the Rheinisches Pferdestammbuch and the<br />
Hannoveraner Verband have decided on a co-operation while maintaining<br />
and continuing both brands and trademarks.<br />
By Dr. Werner Schade<br />
This includes the areas of selection, registration,<br />
administration and marketing and<br />
only applies for members of the Rheinisches<br />
Pferdestammbuch and the Hannoveraner<br />
Verband. <strong>The</strong> Executive Board of the Hannoveraner<br />
Verband will present the agreement<br />
to its delegates in an extraordinary general<br />
meeting in August. Amendments of parts of<br />
the Constitution will become necessary.<br />
Selections of mares and stallions will be commonly<br />
aligned resp. implemented jointly. <strong>The</strong>re<br />
are plans to already accept members of<br />
the Rheinisches Pferdestammbuch and their<br />
horses (Rhineland and Westphalia) for the<br />
<strong>Hanoverian</strong> Stallion Licensing in October<br />
2013. One representative of the Rheinisches<br />
Pferdestammbuch will complement the <strong>Hanoverian</strong><br />
Stallion Licensing Committee.<br />
Another important issue of the alliance is the<br />
mutual assistance when it comes to marketing<br />
strategies with the aim to considerably<br />
foster the joint market position. <strong>The</strong> Horse<br />
Centre in Wickrath is located at one of the<br />
most favourable venues for selling sport horses<br />
in Germany. <strong>The</strong> triangle Wickrath, Alsfeld<br />
and Verden provides a strong foundation for<br />
the domestic market. Breeders of the Rheinisches<br />
Pferdestammbuch will benefit from an<br />
improved access to international markets.<br />
<strong>The</strong> combination Verden-Wickrath offers<br />
many possibilities and direct advantages for<br />
both partners when it comes to enlarged additional<br />
marketing strategies.<br />
<strong>The</strong> co-operation emerged from the responsibilities<br />
of both breeding associations for their<br />
breeders. Courage, the disposition for a com-<br />
mon approach and mutual trust in the work<br />
of the executive boards made this step possible.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Manager of the Rheinisches Pferdestammbuch,<br />
<strong>The</strong>o Leuchten, explained: “Our<br />
discussions were open, full of trust and focused<br />
on targets. This decision secures the<br />
future of the warmblood breed in Rhineland.”<br />
Manfred Schäfer, Chairman of the<br />
Hannoveraner Verband, is also convinced of<br />
the correctness of this decision: “We perfectly<br />
match each other. <strong>The</strong> breeders of the Rheinisches<br />
Pferdestammbuch have successful<br />
horses, partially tracing back to a <strong>Hanoverian</strong><br />
basis.” Both breeding and business managers,<br />
Martin Spoo and Dr. Werner Schade,<br />
agreed: “This co-operation is meant to prepare<br />
a fusion. A clear signal should be set for<br />
the necessary structural reforms of the German<br />
sport horse breed.” •<br />
<strong>The</strong> castle Wickrath is the home of the Rheinisches Pferdestammbuch.<br />
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Breeding<br />
Everything for<br />
the breed<br />
Almost ten years ago Susanne and Jochen<br />
Schrader had to choose between a boarding<br />
facility with school-horses or a breeding<br />
facility: <strong>The</strong>ir <strong>Hanoverian</strong> heart made the<br />
decision!<br />
By Julia Martin<br />
<strong>The</strong> house is more than 100 years old.<br />
<strong>The</strong> huge, silver-grey home arises in front of the<br />
visitor once he/she steps on the premises of Susanne<br />
and Jochen Schrader in Königslutter. <strong>The</strong><br />
house is made of a certain type of stone from the<br />
Helmstedt/ Wolfenbüttel region. Mr. and Mrs. Schade<br />
welcome guests with heartfelt sincerity.<br />
<strong>The</strong> grandfather laid the foundation<br />
Fritz Jesse came from Anklam in Western Pomerania<br />
as a refugee and acquired the farm from Family<br />
Schrader during the post-war period. Finally daughter<br />
Margot Jesse married Karl-August Schrader. He<br />
was an athletic teacher and had no equestrian<br />
gene in him. It simply must have jumped a generation:<br />
Grandfather Fritz Jesse worked as a livestock<br />
and horse dealer. Horses had always been part of<br />
the farm’s inventory. Jochen Schrader and his three<br />
brothers enjoyed spending every free minute with<br />
their grandfather. <strong>The</strong>y rode ponies at a young age<br />
and later on horses. Horses and riding became<br />
more than only a passion to Jochen Schrader; he<br />
was born in 1965. <strong>The</strong>y became a crucial part of his<br />
life. He laid the foundation for this development<br />
from 1982 until 1985 when he studied equine management<br />
with an emphasis on breeding and raising<br />
of horses at the State Stud Celle and added<br />
studying equine management with the emphasis<br />
on riding at the State Riding and Driving School in<br />
Vechta. He successfully completed the exam to become<br />
a licensed trainer for the handicapped in<br />
1991. Jochen Schrader was a riding instructor at<br />
the facility of his grandfather in Königslutter and at<br />
the Riding Club in Braunschweig after his training.<br />
His Grandfathers facility offered 18 box stalls and<br />
an outdoor riding ring. He gave lessons and trained<br />
with Frank Uhde on the side in Braunschweig. He<br />
successfully competed at the S-level in dressage. “I<br />
Susanne and Jochen Schrader with trainer/rider Angela<br />
Drake (left) and mare Distelbluete. Photos: Martin<br />
greatly enjoyed teaching and therapeutic riding.<br />
Both were very important to me,” Jochen Schrader<br />
explains. His profession provided for an additional<br />
fundamental change. He met his future wife Susanne<br />
who has loved horses since her youth. Jochen<br />
Schrader put the final touches on his wife’s riding<br />
skills. Horses create very special connections! <strong>The</strong>y<br />
got married in 1995. Susanne Schrader is a trained<br />
industrial businesswoman and a system analyst.<br />
She works in a marketing management institute<br />
and attends to projects for new employees at the<br />
Volkswagen plant.<br />
“I ride one or two horses when I return home from<br />
work at night,” the 48-year old reports with a smile<br />
on her face. Fritz Jesse died in 1995 and the<br />
couple had to make the decision whether to keep<br />
the inherited property or sell the farm and build a<br />
new home. “I could not part with the farm,” Jochen<br />
Schrader explains. “I have always been very much<br />
at home here and love it. I have so many memories<br />
here. So we decided to reorganize and restructure.”<br />
<strong>The</strong> buildings were completely renovated. We gave<br />
up the school horses and the therapeutic riding<br />
program in 2005. <strong>The</strong> reason for the change could<br />
not have been a better one: Schraders wanted to<br />
focus solely on breeding <strong>Hanoverian</strong>s. <strong>The</strong>y had a<br />
small breeding program in place. Fritz Jesse had<br />
laid the foundation for it with the mare Wienerin.<br />
“We had no indoor arena and the riding lessons<br />
had to be cancelled all too often during the winter<br />
months. We had to make up our minds to either<br />
invest in an indoor arena and in school horses or in<br />
an extensive breeding program.”<br />
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Fritz Jesse bred Wienerin by Walzertraum/Julius<br />
Caesar xx. His grandson inherited a very valuable<br />
mare. She delivered 14 foals. Her descendants are<br />
of excellent quality and do very well in various disciplines.<br />
Wienerin was bred to Dream of Glory six<br />
times. Her son Duvall who was born 1997 developed<br />
into a first-rate athlete. Jochen Schrader’s<br />
brother Klaus has collected blue ribbons with the<br />
stallion at the Grand Prix-level. <strong>The</strong> pair successfully<br />
participated in the Lower Saxony Championships<br />
and in World Cup-qualifications several times. <strong>The</strong><br />
powerful stallion retired from competition this year.<br />
“Duvall was always so well-behaved. My 13-year<br />
old nephew Paul competed him in dressage classes<br />
at the E- and A-level last year. That is certainly not<br />
the norm,” Susanne Schrader raves. Full-sister Distelbluete<br />
received the Ia-award several times and is<br />
a state’s premium mare. <strong>The</strong> typy dark bay has earned<br />
her keep as a proven broodmare in the barn of<br />
Family Schrader by far: She has delivered seven foals;<br />
four of which have sold through Verden’s auction<br />
program. Her approved son by Weltmeyer<br />
called What a Dream competes in dressage at the<br />
S-level under Katrin Alkenings and Anke Bergmann.<br />
Daughter Fleur by Florencio successfully competes<br />
in dressage at the M-level. Full-sister Francis participated<br />
in Verden’s auction program and now competes<br />
under the name For my dream under rider<br />
Katrin Alkenings. Daughter Wunschkind by Worldly<br />
completed her mare performance test as one of the<br />
best in dressage and is now stabled in Königslutter.<br />
Her son Little Big Man is currently a member of<br />
Verden’s summer auction. Wienerin was the dam of<br />
the winning family at the mare show in Königslutter<br />
in 2003 with daughter Distelbluete and fullsister<br />
Dana. Winston Churchill by Worldly is another<br />
S-level dressage competitor out of the<br />
foundation mare. Anja Hermelink collects ribbons<br />
with him in the dressage ring. <strong>The</strong> mare Ferrera by<br />
Fabriano/Deichvogt is another pillar of the Family<br />
Schrader breeding program. She was acquired as a<br />
two-year old. “Ferrera is bottle-fed and a bit different<br />
in her behavior. She does not grant you space<br />
but all her offspring have wonderful dispositions<br />
and convince with excellent rideability,” Susanne<br />
Schrader explains. Her daughter Mabel by Muenchhausen<br />
was one of Verden’s top-selling horses of<br />
the November auction in 2006 and her son Campari<br />
by Cordoba both support Susanne Schrader’s<br />
explanation impressively. Campari sold on Verden’s<br />
summer auction in 2007 and participated in the<br />
German Junior Rider Championships in 2011. Chanel<br />
by Certus/Wittelsbach (breeder: Heinrich Eylmann)<br />
was one of Schrader’s foundation mares for<br />
many years. Bred to Fabriano she delivered the<br />
approved sire Ferruccio who successfully competes<br />
in S-level jumper classes under rider Anne Oberle.<br />
<strong>The</strong> broodmares of business partner Sven Frohreich<br />
are also stabled on the farm. About seven foals are<br />
born in Königslutter every year.<br />
Jochen and Susanne Schraders breeding program<br />
has a good reputation: 27 <strong>Hanoverian</strong>s have found<br />
new homes through Verden’s auction program. Ten<br />
hectares of fields that are located outside the farm<br />
are part of the business. <strong>The</strong> indoor riding arena at<br />
the neighboring riding club is in walking distance.<br />
<strong>The</strong> youngsters grow up in open-stables in Rieseberg<br />
that is a few kilometers away. “We trailer horses<br />
or walk foals at the road side,” so Susanne<br />
Schrader. “It guarantees that our horses are wellbehaved<br />
and reliable; most recreational riders appreciate<br />
this.” <strong>The</strong> rideability of the dams is just as<br />
important. “We ride every mare before they enter<br />
our breeding program.” Jochen Schrader attends to<br />
the training of the young horses. Most horses are<br />
sold after they have been broken to saddle. Schrader<br />
enjoys working with training facilities like that<br />
of auction rider Sascha Böhnke, “<strong>The</strong>y often add<br />
the finishing touches to the training.” Jochen<br />
Schrader no longer rides. <strong>The</strong> reason is Loriot by<br />
Lemon Park xx who was trained by Jochen Schrader<br />
and sold on one of Verden’s auctions. “I sold my<br />
heart when I sold him. He was very special.” <strong>The</strong><br />
Schrader stry not to be discouraged too much by<br />
the current difficult market situation. Susanne<br />
Schrader is confident, “We have to find creative<br />
solutions. It is essential to be in the limelight today.<br />
You have to make personal contact. Our homepage<br />
is an important medium to get customers attention.”<br />
And they seem to be successful! •<br />
Duvall and Klaus Schrader – a poster child for<br />
Schrader’s breeding program. Photo: Lafrentz<br />
<strong>Hanoverian</strong><br />
Highlights 2013<br />
HANNOVERANER<br />
VERBAND<br />
August, 7 to 11<br />
International<br />
Dressage and Show<br />
Jumping Festvial<br />
Herwart v. d.<br />
Decken-Show<br />
August 17/18<br />
39 th Elite-Foal<br />
and Broodmare<br />
Auction<br />
October 11/12<br />
129 th Elite-Auction<br />
<strong>Hanoverian</strong> Riding<br />
Horses and Foals<br />
October 24 - 26<br />
Stallion Licensing<br />
and Stallion Sales<br />
Hannoveraner Verband e. V.<br />
Lindhooper Str. 92<br />
Niedersachsenhalle<br />
D-27283 Verden<br />
Phone +49 42 31/67 30<br />
Fax +49 42 31/67 37 12<br />
www.hannoveraner.com<br />
hannoveraner@hannoveraner.com
Hannoveraner Verband<br />
A Bonus<br />
for Both Sides<br />
<strong>The</strong> Hannoveraner Verband has changed the auction<br />
billing from a commission based to an agency based<br />
business transaction. In an interview with DER<br />
HANNOVERANER, Gerhard Wiechers, Business<br />
Manager for Finance Department, explains the<br />
reasons and the therefor attached opportunities.<br />
By Julia Martin<br />
<strong>The</strong> reduced VAT of 7% for horses was abolished<br />
July 1st, 2012. Since then, the full VAT of<br />
19% has been valid for the sale of horses. <strong>The</strong> German<br />
Parliament has decided this with the community<br />
financial reform law last year. Background of<br />
the change was the decision of the European<br />
Court of Justice from May 2011, indicating that<br />
the reduced tax rate cannot be applied for all horses.<br />
<strong>The</strong> European Court of Justice approved the<br />
possibility to maintain the reduced tax rate for the<br />
sale of agricultural work horses, breeding stock<br />
and slaughter horses. Unfortunately, the legislator<br />
did not use the available opportunity for an exception<br />
of the rule, since a clear line cannot be drawn<br />
between sport and pleasure horses as the tax authority<br />
claims.<br />
For one year now, the horse trade has gotten 12%<br />
more expensive due to this change. <strong>The</strong> Managing<br />
Directors of the Hannoveraner Verband have now<br />
checked the possible consequences and opportunities<br />
for the auction business, which may arise<br />
from a change of the now in place commission<br />
based business to an agency business (broker). After<br />
thorough consideration of all facts, it was decided<br />
that as of the Elite Foal Auction 2013, the way<br />
of accounting will be changed to an agency based<br />
business.<br />
DER HANNOVERANER: What are the reasons<br />
for this re-organization? What are the resulting<br />
news?<br />
Gerhard Wiechers: With the so far used commission<br />
based business, all horses were taxed equally<br />
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Hannoveraner Verband<br />
with the full VAT of 19% since July 1st, 2012. <strong>The</strong><br />
result was that since that time, the end user had to<br />
invest 12% more when buying a horse. With the<br />
decided change to an agency based business, the<br />
customers of the Verband receive the economic tax<br />
benefits which are currently offered. <strong>The</strong>se measures<br />
are meant to stimulate the purchase behaviour<br />
at the auctions. We would like the Verden auctions<br />
to become more attractive again, because the buyer<br />
can invest more of the total budget directly towards<br />
the knock down price. This is of advantage<br />
for both sides: the exhibitor can be pleased about<br />
more bids and the customer has more money to<br />
spend for the desired horse.<br />
DER HANNOVERANER: Let‘s have a look at<br />
this innovation in practice: When and where<br />
do specifications to an individual sales tax<br />
rate have to be made? What happens if<br />
nothing gets claimed?<br />
Gerhard Wiechers: Nothing changes with the current<br />
rules and regulations. With the approval of a<br />
horse to one of the Verden auctions, the Verband<br />
issues a contract with the exhibitor regarding the<br />
auction conditions. Part of the contract is about<br />
the conditions, specifying sales billing, in which the<br />
exhibitor has to answer sales tax rate questions.<br />
Experience has shown that the exhibitors are aware<br />
of their status in this regard. We have been able<br />
to give professional assistance in single cases<br />
when lack of clarity or uncertainty was apparent.<br />
This has worked well in the past, and I estimate it<br />
won‘t be a problem in the future either. <strong>The</strong> three<br />
different tax rates will be published in the auction<br />
brochure with each horse. <strong>The</strong> exhibitors have to<br />
have given their sales tax information at the editorial<br />
deadline. If that has not happened, the candidates<br />
will automatically have a 19% sales tax. A<br />
belated change is not possible.<br />
DER HANNOVERANER: Up to now, the calculation<br />
amount revealed the following:<br />
Knock down price + 6% commission= net<br />
amount + 19% VAT= gross price + 1% insurance<br />
= final balance amount. What does<br />
the new calculation model look like?<br />
Gerhard Wiechers: That is the calculation model in<br />
a commission based business. <strong>The</strong> Verband on the<br />
other side is now a broker in an agency based<br />
business, and the individual sales tax rate of the<br />
exhibitor (commercial or farmer opting to tax =<br />
19%; flat tax farmer = 10.7%; hobby breeder/private<br />
+ 0%) gets billed to the buyer. This is what<br />
the purchaser’s settlement looks like:<br />
Knock down price + sales tax rate of the seller<br />
(0%, 10.7% or 19%)<br />
= subtotal 1<br />
+ auction fee in the amount of 6% of the knock<br />
down price plus 19% VAT on this (as is laid down<br />
in §§ 12, 2 German VAT Act)<br />
= subtotal 2<br />
Subtotal 1 plus subtotal 2= gross price + 1% insurance<br />
plus 19% tax on insurance<br />
= final balance amount<br />
<strong>The</strong> change is that the sales tax rate of the seller<br />
gets added to the knock down price. <strong>The</strong> commission<br />
amount and the VAT of 19% on this commission<br />
as well as the insurance premium stay the<br />
same.<br />
DER HANNOVERANER: Auction horses now<br />
get taxed in three different categories. Do<br />
exhibitors with the highest sales tax rate<br />
have a disadvantage?<br />
Gerhard Wiechers: It might look like that at first<br />
glance. <strong>The</strong> billing stays the same for the exhibitor,<br />
just as it was with the up to now system. Nothing<br />
is getting more expensive, but to be honest, it isn‘t<br />
getting cheaper either. However, we are hoping to<br />
stimulate the general buyer’s behaviour, from<br />
which the exhibitors should also benefit. Overall, it<br />
should and will be the liking of the new <strong>Hanoverian</strong><br />
horse, not the tax rate of the exhibitor, that will<br />
decide on a purchase.<br />
DER HANNOVERANER: How will the Hannoveraner<br />
Verband handle claims in the future?<br />
Gerhard Wiechers: In formal legal terms, changes<br />
in the relationship between buyer, seller and the<br />
Verband will arise. <strong>The</strong> attitude of the Verband in<br />
regards to direction and assistance of the breeder<br />
in cases of complaints will remain unchanged. <strong>The</strong><br />
auction conditions will be adapted accordingly.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Verband is aware of its responsibility for the<br />
exhibitor and will continue to perceive so.<br />
DER HANNOVERANER: What will be different<br />
with the change for clients from other<br />
countries?<br />
Gerhard Wiechers: <strong>The</strong> essential change for foreign<br />
clients is that the billed sales tax rate from farmers<br />
using a flat tax cannot be refunded, as the tax<br />
from the exhibitor does not get paid to the tax authorities.<br />
However, the billing for export in the settlement<br />
is more extensive and will lead to an increased<br />
need for explanation. Furthermore, export<br />
details and transport decisions need to be made by<br />
the buyer as soon as possible after the purchase.<br />
Up to now, the Verband has organized the requirements<br />
associated with export for their own VAT<br />
return. Now, we have to meet the requirements for<br />
the exhibitor and provide for their accounting.•<br />
New starting bids:<br />
<strong>The</strong> executive committee of the<br />
Verband decided to change the<br />
starting bids at the auctions as<br />
follows:<br />
Interim auctions:<br />
new 6,000 Euros<br />
(so far 4,000 Euros)<br />
Elite riding horse auctions:<br />
new 10,000 Euros<br />
(so far 7,000 Euros)<br />
Broodmares:<br />
new 6,000 Euros<br />
(so far 5,000 Euros)<br />
Foals:<br />
new 3,000 Euros<br />
(so far 2,500 Euros)<br />
Licensing (licensed stallions)<br />
new 15,000 Euros<br />
(so far 12,500 Euros)<br />
Licensing (non-licensed<br />
stallions)<br />
new 8,000 Euros<br />
(so far 7,000 Euros)<br />
Raising bids will be as of now for<br />
riding horses, broodmares and<br />
stallions at least 500 Euros and<br />
for foals at least 300 Euros.<br />
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Auction<br />
With great<br />
pleasure<br />
It does not work without them: <strong>The</strong> Verden’s auctions<br />
guest riders. <strong>The</strong>y support the training and sales<br />
center teams during the auction time.<br />
In a portrait: Jumper rider Roman Duchac.<br />
By Malte Kanz<br />
Roman and Patricia Duchac manage<br />
a show and training facility in Hannoversch<br />
Münden.<br />
Roman Duchac can still remember his first auction<br />
very well, “My first auction in Verden as<br />
an auction rider was the one in November 2002. I<br />
worked with groom Kathrin Meiners at the time.<br />
She was a tremendous help. She allowed me to<br />
focus on the training and riding of the auction participants<br />
I was entrusted with.” Roman Duchac is<br />
forty years old and was born in Czechia. He learned<br />
to become a businessman after graduating<br />
from high school. He came to Germany as a rider<br />
and trainer in 1995. He trained open jumpers including<br />
the horses from the Stallion Station Sosath.<br />
Roman Duchac started his own business<br />
three years later and opened up a show and training<br />
barn in Hannoversch Münden with his wife<br />
Editorial: THE HANOVERIAN is published by Hannoveraner Verband e. V., Lindhooper Str. 92, D-27283 Verden,<br />
Germany, e-mail: redaktion@hannoveraner.com. Editor: Britta Züngel, Translations: Yvonne Zuther, Paul<br />
Kershaw<br />
Patricia. “I would not be where I am today without<br />
my wife,” so Roman Duchac. He underlines that his<br />
wife backs him up all the time. “I could not be<br />
happier; my wife supports me 100 percent. I am<br />
very grateful for that.” <strong>The</strong> couple have started<br />
their own <strong>Hanoverian</strong> breeding program together<br />
with their two children Thies (20) and Nora (13).<br />
Patricia Duchac successfully competed foundation<br />
mare Expertin by Emigrant/Servus in open jumper<br />
classes at the M-level before Expertin became a<br />
successful broodmare. Family Duchac has successful<br />
offspring to show for; i.e. Anaconda D by Artari/<br />
Quantus, a participant at the World Championships<br />
for young jumper horses or a three-year old<br />
by Chacco Blue/Quantus, the winner of Verden’s<br />
free-jumping competition.<br />
Roman Duchac has a tremendous competition record:<br />
1,000 placements in open jumper classes<br />
from the A- to the S-level including about 200 victories<br />
mostly in jumper horse classes. <strong>The</strong> most<br />
successful horse Checkmate by Contender/Pik<br />
Bube II, an international competitor with rider Meredith<br />
Michaels-Beerbaum, received his basic training<br />
from Roman Duchac, who successfully introduced<br />
this top-level competitor to jumper shows.<br />
“I love starting and training young open-jumpers. I<br />
have made it my line of work. We train many horses<br />
with the objective to sell them through Verden’s<br />
auction program as well-prepared and well-started<br />
jumper horses with some show experience.” <strong>The</strong><br />
father of two has worked as a guest rider in Verden<br />
for more than ten years. He rides jumper horses on<br />
elite and interim auctions. He has actively participated<br />
in the Aslfeld Advent at the Equestrian Center<br />
Alsfeld since it started.<br />
Roman Duchac has been a permanent member of<br />
Verden’s auction team since 2002. <strong>The</strong> auction<br />
management and the co-workers appreciate his<br />
professional expertise. “Roman remains calm and<br />
collected in all situations. That is of utmost importance<br />
when training of young horses,” trainer<br />
Hartmut Kettelhodt states. “He handles every auction<br />
horse with equal care. <strong>The</strong> top horse or the<br />
inexperienced and young prospect – he gives the<br />
necessary attention to both equally well.” Auction<br />
manager Jörg-Wilhelm Wegener especially appreciates<br />
the jumper riders riding skills; he knows to<br />
show off the highlights of each individual horse in<br />
the auction arena. “He has the talent to quickly<br />
adapt to the horses assigned to him. He develops<br />
a training concept for each individual in no time.<br />
Customers and breeders really appreciate his expertise<br />
and often ask for Roman’s advice on and<br />
his evaluation of auction participants,” so Jörg-<br />
Wilhelm Wegener who looks forward to a continued<br />
and long cooperation with Roman Duchac. •<br />
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