<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
<str<strong>on</strong>g>Haflinger</str<strong>on</strong>g> Pferde <str<strong>on</strong>g>Haflinger</str<strong>on</strong>g> weltausstellung 2010horse breeding that it is today. And to those who think that <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> Tyrolean<str<strong>on</strong>g>Haflinger</str<strong>on</strong>g> costs too much m<strong>on</strong>ey, I want to say that we couldc<strong>on</strong>vince you over <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> last years and in <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> last few days that everypenny <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> investment capital that was put into Fohlenh<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> was merited,that we have a world center here <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> likes <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> which doesn’texist anywhere else. That we’ve built a horse breeding facility thatis a gem for <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> public hand, a gem for <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> public as well that hasearned your support.An a few more hits here as well. The stud farm Piber has 16,000 hits,<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> breeding center Stadl Paura 21,000 and Fohlenh<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> 33,000.Fohlenh<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Ebbs, <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>refore, has nearly as many hits as Piber andStadl Paura combined. When <strong>on</strong>e totals <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> sp<strong>on</strong>sorship received, itaccounts for about ten percent. So we needn’t apologise for a singlecent; believe me, every cent is perfectly invested here and appliedexactly where it ought to be, in advertisements for <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>Haflinger</str<strong>on</strong>g> asTyrol’s breed and in <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> breeders <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> Tyrolean associati<strong>on</strong>, andnot in <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> pockets <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> some <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>ficial or operative – that I can guaranteeyou.With that, let’s get back to <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> horses – we now have in fr<strong>on</strong>t <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> us<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> most beautiful <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> beautiful, <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> champi<strong>on</strong>s <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> 2010.We begin with <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> young colts that we first saw, but <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>y should bementi<strong>on</strong>ed <strong>on</strong>ce again: Walzertraum and Stilt<strong>on</strong>.These two were already in <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> ring <strong>on</strong>ce with <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> young champi<strong>on</strong>sand Walzertraum, as stated earlier, represents toge<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>r with Wolfgang<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> future <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> W-line.Similarly, Stilt<strong>on</strong> is <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> hope for <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> future <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> ST-line toge<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>rwith proven stalli<strong>on</strong>s like Straden and Standschütz, but also with <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>stalli<strong>on</strong> Stainz, a member <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> ST-line who is <strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> way to futuresuccesses.Abendstern, and this <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> course I am happy to repeat now, is a phenomen<strong>on</strong>:a stalli<strong>on</strong> with fifteen years <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> c<strong>on</strong>stant placement atworld champi<strong>on</strong> level is truly unique. The jury did not have aneasy time making a selecti<strong>on</strong>, I want to say that this was not aneasy decisi<strong>on</strong> to reach. Does <strong>on</strong>e move <strong>on</strong> to <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> young <strong>on</strong>es orremain with <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> old stalli<strong>on</strong>; <strong>on</strong>e hears people <strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> outside say“we probably haven’t managed to breed anything better in <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> lastten years,” or <strong>on</strong>e can say in all h<strong>on</strong>esty, that beauty remains beautifuleven with age.And exactly this decisi<strong>on</strong> is what <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> jury came to and <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>y reachedit with a large majority, making Abendstern <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> champi<strong>on</strong> thirdtime running. And this naturally brings me much joy, since all threecomp<strong>on</strong>ents are found in this stalli<strong>on</strong>, as was said earlier: successfulbreeding, beauty and usefulness. From this perspective, Abendsternis <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> worthy 2010 world champi<strong>on</strong>. Best wishes <strong>on</strong>ce againto Abendstern and to all those who were resp<strong>on</strong>sible in part for hissuccess.Stainz is <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> reserve winner, who I have also already described; bornin Ötztal, standing stud here at Fohlenh<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> and also used in riding anddriving, since beautiful stalli<strong>on</strong>s must also be presented. Beautifulstalli<strong>on</strong>s and mares must be presented to <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> public all year round.Five days <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> world show are w<strong>on</strong>derful, five days <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> show are a hitfor all <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> us, but we need to present our horses every day <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> year;we need <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>m to be friendly with children and prove this <strong>on</strong> a dailybasis. Fohlenh<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Ebbs has 150 riding members, <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> whom 120 arechildren, and is <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> largest riding club in Tyrol.184120 children, mostly young girls, join us year round to ride and aresupported by <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> Tyrolean associati<strong>on</strong>. And that is also a part <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>breeding <str<strong>on</strong>g>Haflinger</str<strong>on</strong>g>s: not just breeding, not just propagating, but runninga breeding operati<strong>on</strong> not just for quantity, not just for m<strong>on</strong>ey,but so that <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> future <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> breed is ensured. This is what we workfor day after day and what we will c<strong>on</strong>tinue to work for in <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> future.Stainz is just such an example <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> an advertisement: he has beenreared so that he will accomplish in <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> future much <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> what Abendsternhas accomplished. He will be ridden dressage and prepared;how far al<strong>on</strong>g he will go is something we will <strong>on</strong>ly be able to tell in<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> future. But c<strong>on</strong>gratulati<strong>on</strong>s to <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> champi<strong>on</strong> stalli<strong>on</strong>s and withthat we come to <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> last 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> <str<strong>on</strong>g>Haflinger</str<strong>on</strong>g> breed showand world show 2010.Before we come to <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> mares, ladies and gentlemen, let me firstthank you. Thanks, not just joy, must have a place in my show comments;I want extend thanks now to <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> endless list that I have triedto shorten as much as possible.Above all, I want to thank Chairman Hans Strobl, chairman <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>Tyrolean Associati<strong>on</strong> and al<strong>on</strong>g with him, <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> Tyrolean <str<strong>on</strong>g>Haflinger</str<strong>on</strong>g>Breeders Associati<strong>on</strong> for organizing this show as a window for <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>world. Thank you very, very much for also supporting <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> breedingdirector <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> Tyrolean Associati<strong>on</strong>, who occasi<strong>on</strong>ally goes his ownway without asking questi<strong>on</strong>s or having much discussi<strong>on</strong>. There isseldom time during our l<strong>on</strong>g days for discussi<strong>on</strong> but this collaborativeunderstanding, <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> support <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> associati<strong>on</strong> and <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> belief<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> board that <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> small town <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Ebbs, <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> small Fohlenh<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>, <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g><str<strong>on</strong>g>Haflinger</str<strong>on</strong>g> associati<strong>on</strong> with its fifteen employees can fully producea world show, this belief has made us all str<strong>on</strong>ger. Thank you very,very much, my dear Hans Strobl, for your pers<strong>on</strong>al commitmentthroughout <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> whole year and above all for your trust in <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> directi<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> associati<strong>on</strong>. Without internati<strong>on</strong>al judges, this showcould obviously not exist, so I want to thank all <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> our friends, andI believe that we’ve all become friends by now, for your supportand your efforts which go uncompensated and <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>ten unrecognizedthroughout <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> year. Whenever some<strong>on</strong>e is criticized at events likethis, it is always <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> judges. So it is not always a joy to be a judgebecause <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> critique stops with <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>m. For this I want to thank you foryour efforts and your tireless fight for a unified breed standard. I alsowant to thank <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> employees here at Fohlenh<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>, especially RobertMair, Anni Schwaiger at <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>fice, Reini Gappmeier, Carina Koidl