British Breeder Magazine May 2020
Magazine for breeders of British bred sport horses. Includes breeding industry news, updates, interviews, profiles and reports.
Magazine for breeders of British bred sport horses. Includes breeding industry news, updates, interviews, profiles and reports.
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Studbook - NEWS<br />
Trakehners UK<br />
News April <strong>2020</strong><br />
With the show season ahead of us still looking<br />
very uncertain at the time of writing this article,<br />
we hope that all breeders are safe and we look<br />
forward to seeing your pure and part bred<br />
Trakehner foals as the year progresses.<br />
We are very much hoping the Futurity series will<br />
be able to go ahead as planned and we are<br />
pleased to be able to offer members the chance<br />
to get their mares graded alongside the Futurity.<br />
Our judges will be available at all Futurity venues<br />
from 11th to the 17th August. We are also looking<br />
into options for stallion grading, so if you have<br />
a stallion or colt that you would like to present,<br />
please get in contact so we know what numbers<br />
we are dealing with.<br />
Even if you don’t have a Trakehner mare, if you<br />
are planning to put your mare in foal this year,<br />
then Trakehner stallions can offer so much to your<br />
breeding programme.<br />
The Trakehner was once deemed unfashionable,<br />
especially in the UK, but for many riders and<br />
breeders, once they have first-hand experience<br />
of this fantastic breed, they are converted.<br />
Trakehners are the Thoroughbreds of warmblood<br />
breeding. They are brave and athletic with<br />
stamina, a powerful combination for the eventing<br />
world.<br />
Top performers include Windfall who was an<br />
international performer at the highest level with<br />
Darren Chiacchia and is now producing 5 star<br />
eventers himself.<br />
Many UK breeders will regonise Fleetwater<br />
Opposition who was a junior eventing gold<br />
medallist who went on to sire many top<br />
performers, and whose bloodlines are still<br />
available in today. Grafenstolz is now flying<br />
up the world rankings for eventing sires. For<br />
dressage breeders Gribaldi needs no introduction<br />
as one of the most eminent modern sires and<br />
famous names such as Caprimond and Consul<br />
can be found in many pedigrees.<br />
Trakehners were originally bred in East Prussia<br />
destinated as cavalry horses that needed to<br />
be faster and tougher than their counterparts.<br />
Thoroughbred and Arabian stallions were used<br />
to add refinement and blood. After the second<br />
world war decimated numbers, the Trakehner<br />
Verband was founded in Germany in 1947 to<br />
preserve these extraordinary horses.<br />
The Trakehner studbook has always valued the<br />
mare lines, with offspring being named with the<br />
initial of their dam’s name. Trakehner breeders<br />
can tell you all the details of the motherline of<br />
their stock before expanding on the achievements<br />
of the sire.<br />
As the breed was dispersed around Germany,<br />
it’s stallions in particular have had a significant<br />
impact on the other German studbooks when<br />
used as a refining influence. They are sensitive<br />
and want to work, and riders who channel this<br />
find they have incredibly loyal and talented<br />
partners. Add in their charm and beauty and it is<br />
no wonder once you own a Trakehner you tend<br />
to find you are hooked.<br />
Currently one of the highest ranked horses in<br />
world dressage is the beautiful mare TSF Dalera<br />
BB (Easy Game x Handryk) who already has<br />
world and European medals under her belt. The<br />
Latimer son Erlentanz has international results<br />
with both Charlotte DuJardin and his regular rider<br />
Sonnar Murray Brown.<br />
In Denmark the approved stallion Aston Martin<br />
(Monteverdi x Sixtus) was earning world ranking<br />
points at CDI 5 star shows just a few months ago.<br />
In eventing the previously mentioned Windfall is<br />
the sire of world top ten Tsetserleg and another<br />
top 5 star horse in Vandiver. Primero, a Polish<br />
bred Trakehner, is one of the highest ranked<br />
eventers in Eastern Europe with a number of top 5<br />
placings at 4 star level in 2019.<br />
There are a number of <strong>British</strong> breeders who will<br />
have stock for sale this year if you are looking for<br />
your next competition partner.<br />
If you would like any advice on using a Trakehner<br />
stallion or sourcing a mare to add to your<br />
breeding programme then please<br />
get in contact.<br />
www.trakehners.uk.com<br />
Godington Trasimeno winning at Cherwell earlier in <strong>2020</strong><br />
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