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<str<strong>on</strong>g>Haflinger</str<strong>on</strong>g> weltausstellung 2010mare and must also affect her riding abilities and bring her success.Behind her is <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> mare Daurela, a Winterstein mare who was alreadychampi<strong>on</strong>. She was three years old at <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> last world show and wasnamed overall youth mare champi<strong>on</strong>; now five years later this marefrom <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> Fohlenh<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> is <strong>on</strong>ce more best <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> class. Her dominant qualitieshave remained c<strong>on</strong>stant over many years.Behind <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>m is <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> next category, seven year old broodmares with<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> mare Decolores. I have already spoken <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> her; she was born from<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> same cross (Davos and Straden) as <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> three year old stalli<strong>on</strong>reserve winner Stilt<strong>on</strong>. Here is <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> same breeding from <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> Pfauslerfamily from Roppen: very similar in type and model, <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> same eye,<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> same harm<strong>on</strong>y, <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> same closeness <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> line. Behind her is Melenawho has also already had much success in <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> European show, whereI believe she w<strong>on</strong>. She bel<strong>on</strong>gs to Victoria and Helena Rauch fromSchwendau im Zillertal. Here too is a horse with a history, as somany in <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> ring are; c<strong>on</strong>gratulati<strong>on</strong>s to Neuner family.Then is <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> mare Alexandria, who we’ve already seen and will see<strong>on</strong>ce more, from <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> Berchtold family: champi<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> five yearolds.Behind her is Desina from Fohlenh<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>, a Novembernebel mare whois <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> daughter <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> last world champi<strong>on</strong> mare who has unfortunatelypassed <strong>on</strong>. We needed to put her down after an accident, buttoday <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> mare Dematteo is represented here by her daughter. Thedaughter <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> world champi<strong>on</strong> mare and almost just as successfulin <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> next generati<strong>on</strong> as her mo<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>r. I am also pers<strong>on</strong>ally very proudthat my s<strong>on</strong> Matthäus is presenting his horse completely <strong>on</strong> his ownat 11 years <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> age.With that we move <strong>on</strong> to <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> maiden mares, beginning with <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>champi<strong>on</strong> Rimalda from Fohlenh<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> who was previously overallworld champi<strong>on</strong> mare, and has w<strong>on</strong> every class she has entered excludingher first world show. In that show in 1990 she was enteredas a yearling in <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> youth class, <strong>on</strong>e <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> nine in her class. She wasplaced seventh that day, third to last, and from third to last she roseto world champi<strong>on</strong> mare. Behind her is M<strong>on</strong>alisa-Marietta from <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g><str<strong>on</strong>g>Haflinger</str<strong>on</strong>g> PferdeReinprecht family from Schwarzenberg, in <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> Bregenzerwald <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>Vorarlberg. A few words about <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> Reinprecht family. I d<strong>on</strong>’t thinkyou can find more fantastic, enthusiastic, or true <str<strong>on</strong>g>Haflinger</str<strong>on</strong>g> breedersthan Hadwig and Othmar Reinprecht. Truly enthusiastic breedersthat push enthusiasm to its very limits, but I think <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>se are exactly<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> kind <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> breeders we need; breeders that publicly support ourorganisati<strong>on</strong>s. When <strong>on</strong>e is al<strong>on</strong>e, <strong>on</strong>e remains al<strong>on</strong>e; it is <strong>on</strong>ly in anorganisati<strong>on</strong> that <strong>on</strong>e finds a family, and for that I want to extend mysincere thanks for <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> Reinprecht family.The mare, an Amadeus <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>fspring, is also a very lovely model whorepresents our desired breed standards in modernity and type.Then comes <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> mare Nataschka from Klaus Adamer from Breitenbach,a breeder who has survived many setbacks; <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>ten judged well,but never completely happy, but today <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> scales have balanced andhe can be proud <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> his success. Klaus Adamer shows here a Stradenmare in <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> ring, bred himself, and he can be very proud <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> thislovely model – very modern, harm<strong>on</strong>ious, very light – c<strong>on</strong>gratulati<strong>on</strong>sto Breitenbach and <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> Angerberg associati<strong>on</strong>!With that we come to <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> last presentati<strong>on</strong> and <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> high point <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g><str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> show commentary – <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> presentati<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> overall world champi<strong>on</strong>s.“There are three kinds <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> lies: lies, damned lies and statistics”, is anold expressi<strong>on</strong> that pokes fun at statistics being lies.Every<strong>on</strong>e always believes that he is <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> best, he is <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> biggest, heis <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> most famous, he is <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> most beautiful, he is <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> most importantassociati<strong>on</strong> or breed. But <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>re are also commendably objectivenumbers.I want to share a few <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>se objective numbers with you today,since all <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>m can be proven and verified right away.All <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> us use Google when we want to find something <strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> internet.If I want to find out who Norbert Rier is, <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>n I google him andimmediately discover <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> Kastelru<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>r Spatzen. When I search for<str<strong>on</strong>g>Haflinger</str<strong>on</strong>g>s, I can find <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>m right away in <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> internet when I searchin Google. And when I argue that we are <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> most popular breed<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> horse in Austria, <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>n I can also go and search Google for this.Type in “Noriker” and you will receive 75,700 hits, or listings where<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> name or term “Noriker” is menti<strong>on</strong>ed – approximately 75,000.Then type in: “Warmblut” [warmblood] and you will get 202,000.Then type: “Lipizzaner” <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> Austrian breed <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> horse and you willfind 378,000 hits. Noriker, Warmbloods and Lipizzaners toge<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>ryield a total <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> 655,700 hits. Now enter <str<strong>on</strong>g>Haflinger</str<strong>on</strong>g> and you will see1,330,000 hits – you can’t ask for more pro<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> that <str<strong>on</strong>g>Haflinger</str<strong>on</strong>g>s are <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>most important, famous and well-known breed!The term <str<strong>on</strong>g>Haflinger</str<strong>on</strong>g> appears throughout <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> internet twice as <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>tenas <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> names <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> all three o<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>r Austrian horse breeds combined. Ibelieve that is sufficient pro<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>.And if we want to add ano<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>r few terms, like Icelandic, for example,even when Icelandic is associated with o<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>r things (like volcanicash), we find it appears just as <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>ten: 265,000 hits.There are 7 milli<strong>on</strong> hits for <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> word “horse,” so <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>Haflinger</str<strong>on</strong>g> hasabout 20% in comparis<strong>on</strong> to <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> term horse. So internati<strong>on</strong>ally renowned,<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>Haflinger</str<strong>on</strong>g> has risen to such a world horse breed; I wantto thank every<strong>on</strong>e from around <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> world who have made this possible.All <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> media who are resp<strong>on</strong>sible for this, all <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> breeders,all <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> you that have made <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>Haflinger</str<strong>on</strong>g> name <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> global term in183

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