Summer 2012 - the American Hanoverian Society!

2013 AHS Annual
Meeting Registration
SUMMER 2012
The AmericAn hAnoveriAn
The Quarterly Magazine of the American Hanoverian Society
In Passing: Fritz Floto
Farewell to a pioneer of Hanoverian
breeding in Canada and the U.S.
Show Reports
Commonwealth Dressage and
Combined Training Association,
Golden State Dressage Classic
and more!
My Hanoverian Feature
Ballerina DMV

L ö r k e
16.2h Elite Hanoverian, 1995 by Lauries Crusador xx out of St. Pr. St. Worlddream (Weltmeyer/Duerkheim)
Fully licensed and approved for breeding by the American Hanoverian Society and the Hanoverian Verband
Lörke is by Lauries Crusador xx, the most successful
Thoroughbred improvement sire in the Hanoverian breed
for the past 15 years.
Lörke is out of SPS Wolddream by Weltmeyer, the 1998
Hanoverian Stallion of the Year and, former licensing
Champion and DLG Champion – the proverbial
Hanoverian stallion Triple Crown winner.
Lörke has had many inspection site Champion mares
and very successful Mare Performance Test participants.
He has also had site Champion fillies and colts. His son,
Leopold Q, now Lymrix, won the inaugural 2005 FEI test
for four-year-olds at Dressage at Devon, and was the
highest-scoring American-bred in the FEI Five-Year-Old
division in 2006. Lymrix, and new owner/rider Crystal
Kroetch, finished 7th overall at the 2011 Pan Am Games
on the Canadian Silver Medal dressage team. Also in
2011, L Shiraz, owned by Caroline Stearns, won the Three-
Year-Old Filly Materiale class at Dressage at Devon.
Fees: $250 per frozen breeding dose.
Also available: Anhaltiner E, Weltbekannt and
Wertherson.
Suzanne C. Quarles • Phone & Fax: 301-831-5070 • E-mail: squarles@erols.com • Website: www.somedaysoonfarm.com

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five miles, or fifteen minutes from the
San Diego International Airport. The
hotel offers incredible ocean views,
waterfront dining, a pool side lounge,
an eco-friendly spa, and redesigned
hotel rooms, suites and meeting rooms.
Guests of the Hyatt Regency Mission
Bay experience the epitome of
California coastal chic.
Photos: Steffen Peters & Ravel, © Sheri Scott; Hotel photos,
courtesy Hyatt Regency Mission Bay Spa & Marina;
San Diego Zoo photos, © Ken Bohn, San Diego Zoo
2013 annual Meeting
Join Us at the Hyatt Regency...
January 18-20 I San Diego, California
The 2013 AHS Annual Meeting will be held January 18-20 at the Hyatt Regency Mission
Bay Spa & Marina in beautiful San Diego, California. The three-day meeting will include
lectures and round table discussions by industry professionals. We will be visiting
Steffen Peters at Arroyo Del Mar to meet his horses and hear him describe his Olympic
experience. Festivities will include a cocktail party at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park,
our Awards Banquet and always lively silent auction.
Friends, Fun, Fine Food, Education..and
Hanoverian Networking Opportunities...
SAN DIEGO:
AMERICA’S FINEST CITY
San Diego, California’s second
largest city and the United States’
eighth largest, is renowned for its
mild year-round climate, natural
deep-water harbor, miles of pristine
beaches and world-class family
attractions. Popular attractions
include historic buildings and
landmarks, museums, art galleries,
gardens, sporting activities, spas
and salons, casinos, shopping,
dining and more!
While staying in San Diego consider visiting Balboa Park, San Diego Zoo and Safari Park,
SeaWorld San Diego, Belmont Amusement Park, Legoland, The Globe Theatres, USS Midway
Museum, San Diego Air and Space Museum, Maritime Museum of San Diego, Natural
History Museum, the San Diego Museum of Art or Old Town San Diego.
Full information and a detailed schedule of events for the 2013 Annual Meeting will be posted
this fall on the AHS website at www.hanoverian.org/ahs-annual-meeting.
WELCOME RECEPTION OPEN MEETINGS DINING ENTERTAINMENT SILENT AUCTION AWARDS DINNER

Hyatt Regency
Mission Bay
AHS SPECIAL ROOM RATE: $165.00 SINGLE OR DOUBLE OCCUPANCY
2013 Annual Meeting Registration Form RETURN VIA FAX OR MAIL TO:
The American Hanoverian Society ■ 4067 Iron Works Parkway, Suite 1 ■ Lexington, KY 40511
Phone: (859) 255-4141 ■ Fax: (859) 255-8467
REGISTRATION FORMS MUST BE RECEIVED BY JANUARY 2, 2013
Choose your level of participation:
AHS members must reserve rooms by December 27, 2012 in order to receive the special
annual meeting room rate. Mention the American Hanoverian Society when reserving
your room(s).
Hyatt Regency Mission Bay hotel guest rooms and suites feature balconies, room service, an
in-room safe, coffee maker, iron/ironing board, hair dryer, and 32" TVs. Other amenities
include a fitness room, swimming pools and sailboat, kayak and jetski rentals.
For reservations, call central reservations at (888) 421-1442 or the hotel directly at (619) 224-1234.
Registration Type Advance Late Registration/Walk-ins
❑ Full Registration $200.00 $225.00
(includes all meetings, Friday banquet, Saturday’s events and cocktail party)
❑ Friday Evening Banquet Only $65.00 $75.00
❑ Saturday Events Only $100.00 $115.00
(includes visit with Steffen Peters, African tram safari and cocktail party at San Diego Zoo Safari Park)
THE CUTOFF DATE FOR THE SPECIAL AHS ROOM RATE IS 5 P.M. LOCAL TIME ON DECEMBER 27, 2012.
CANCELLATION POLICY: Cancellations received on or before December 27, 2012 will incur a $25.00 administration fee.
Due to AHS contractual obligations with Hyatt Regency Mission Bay Spa & Marina we will be unable to give refunds after December 27, 2012.
Total Registration Cost: $_________________. This payment is for the following individual(s):
Name(s): _____________________________________________________________________________________ Phone: _____________________
Address: ______________________________________________________City: __________________________ State: _______ Zip: __________
❑ Enclosed is my check in the amount of $ ______________________
LOCATION: Conveniently located five miles, or fifteen minutes from
the San Diego International Airport and within minutes of SeaWorld
San Diego.
DINING AND ENTERTAINMENT: Enjoy eating in the hotel’s on-site
restaurant, Red Marlin Restaurant, or venture into San Diego for an exciting
dining experience.
LOCAL ATTRACTIONS: The Hyatt Regency Mission Bay Spa & Marina
is located within minutes of SeaWorld San Diego, Balboa Park, San Diego
Zoo and Safari Park, Belmont Amusement Park, Legoland, USS Midway
Museum, Old Town San Diego, golfing, shopping, dining and more.
Hyatt Regency Mission Bay ■ 1441 Quivira Road ■ San Diego, CA 92109 ■ Reservations: (888) 421-1442 ■ www.missionbay.hyatt.com
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Signature of Cardholder: ______________________________________________________________________

THE AMERICAN HANOVERIAN
PUBLISHER
American Hanoverian Society, Inc.
Edgar Schutte, President
EDITOR
Sandra Werkheiser
EDITORIAL
ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Hugh Bellis-Jones
Vanessa Carlson
Steve Carroll
Cheryl Johnson
Diane Nauman
PRODUCTION
Briann McPeek
Sandra Werkheiser
The Design Werks Creative Group
PROOFREADER
Hugh Bellis-Jones
AHS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Hugh Bellis-Jones
AHS CENTRAL OFFICE STAFF
Sandy Clevenger
Carol Hienzsch
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publication of the American Hanoverian
Society, Inc., 4067 Iron Works Parkway, Suite 1,
Lexington, KY 40511. Phone: (859) 255-4141.
Fax: (859) 255-8467. E-mail: ahsoffice@aol.com.
Website address: http://www.hanoverian.org.
Copyright © 2012 by the American Hanoverian
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and clarity. Material is selected based on its
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addressed, stamped envelope must accompany
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to be returned.
TRAVELING TROT WINNER – Duet MF (Don Principe-EM Rotina/Rotspon), owned by Maryanna
Haymon and handled/ridden by Brendan Curtis, was named the 2011 USDF winner of the Traveling
Trot perpetual trophy. This is the first time a Traveling Trot recipient has been able to pose with
the actual trophy. During this time, Duet MF competed in the KDA Spring shows and won her
Materiale class with an 80+% and Training Level, Test 3 with a 76.1%.
ARTICLES AND INFORMATION
7 2012 Inspection Tour Schedule
15 Ballerina DMV—by Jill Giese
26 AHS Performance Awards Form
SHOW RING
17 A Winner at Every Level—by Pat Limage
22 Golden State Dressage Classic & CDI*—by Sheri Scott
DEPARTMENTS
4 President’s Message
6 News
in this issue
27 Administration
29 Sales List
On the Cover: Twenty-three-year-old Brian Hafner of Penngrove, Calif., claimed his first National
Championship title by winning the National Young Adult “Brentina Cup” Dressage Championship atop the
13-year-old Hanoverian gelding Lombardo LHF (Londonderry-Waluga/Werther), at the 2012 USEF
Dressage Festival of Champions held in the Dick and Jane Brown Arena at the USET Foundation
Headquarters. Hafner and Lombardo scored an average of 70.264%. Photo: © Susan Stickle. All rights reserved.
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© MARY MCKENNA

president’s message
On a lighter nOte, a big
congratulation goes to our
new judge Dorie Vlatten-
Schmitz who passed her German
Judges Training Course. This was
the remaining requirement left for
her to become a fully-fledged AHS
judge after having been a learner
judge. Dr. Ludwig Christmann told
us, “As expected, she did a good job
and I will propose to our board to
accept her as a Hanoverian breeding
judge; you can expect to use her as a
full judge this summer.” The same
can be said about Ursula Hosking,
a candidate from Ontario, Canada.
Congratulations! We look forward
to having Dorie judging for the AHS.
The inspection tour is now in full
swing. Few people know how much
time and thought was spent on making
changes and improvements for this
year’s inspection tour. Many thanks
go out to the members of the Inspection
Review Committee and our office for
working together on this daunting
task. The goal was to improve the
overall tour experience and safety
for our members and participants as
well as to protect our society and
hosts in case of a mishap. The committee
suggested some great ideas
and worked with our office, insurance
companies and attorney on ways to
implement them. Committee members
Natalie DiBerardinis, Annetta Coleman,
Suzanne Quarles, George Walker,
our director Hugh Bellis-Jones as well
as Sandy Clevenger spent countless
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Dear AHS Members:
On June 19 we lost our dear friend and fellow horseman Fritz Floto at the age of 88.
Fritz was a Hanoverian pioneer in North America, a long-standing member of the AHS
Mare and Stallion Committee as well as an honorary AHS member. Fritz would speak
his mind and had great knowledge to impart with a good sense of humor. He will be
missed by many. You can read more about Fritz and his wonderful lifelong contribution
to Hanoverian horses and breeders on page 9 of this issue.
Above: Fritz Floto
hours mulling things over until they
were workable improvements. This
year’s tour took a considerable amount
of planning after the Review Committee
examined every step the office takes
each year to organize this most
important event. It also involved
scheduling time for the new Futurity
offered at every site, a bit of an
unknown because this is the inaugural
year. A questionnaire indicated at
which sites more or less participation
can be expected. Emphasis was put
on planning sufficient travel time for
the judges so they get to the sites
rested as well as allowing adequate
time at the sites for judges to answer
questions from participants and
spectators. The inspections are the
only face to face contact we have with
most of our members so it is important
we schedule to spend quality time rather
than rushing through a list of horses.
We finally closed the hole on insurance
coverage (or lack thereof) as we now
require each site’s insurance company
to name the AHS as an additional
insured on their liability policy. I
think former AHS President Doug
Leatherdale, also the former CEO of
one of the largest insurance companies,
will be happy to hear this has finally
been acted on as he has told the board
numerous times how lucky we have
been to not run into trouble. New
liability waivers were designed and
approved by our insurance company
and attorney. A system with wristbands
will be used to identify all who
sign the waiver. New forms were
devised to report needed improvements
and/or injuries.
A secretary will be at each site to
assist participants and to help the
judges ensure that the paperwork is
done properly so the inspection can
continue smoothly without a delay.
Scoring and reporting systems used
by the judges have been redesigned
and appear in a new format. We also
recognize that even though verbal
comments are always given, many
owners and handlers are so involved
showing and catching their foals that
it is often hard to hear or remember
them. Foal owners and handlers will

eceive written comments handed
to them after their presentation this
year along with the traditional spoken
comments.
In June, Mare and Stallion Committee
Chair Suzanne Quarles informed the
judges of all the changes during a
webinar organized for the Mare and
Stallion Committee with the help of
Natalie and Annetta. Another webinar
has been designed to inform the inspection
site hosts, and will be held in small
groups of hosts before their respective
tour dates. None of this would be possible
without the computer expertise
of Annetta Coleman who is helping
us utilize our digital cyber options,
thanks Annetta!
As part of the Inspection Review
Committee’s evaluation, Annetta Coleman
visited the AHS office to literally see
and understand all the steps the office
takes to organize the tour. Part of her
mission was to better understand the
computer system they work with. Our
computer system does the job it was
designed for very well; printing papers,
but that is about it. It is a 15-year-old
system and it has been hard to retrieve
any specific data out of our database.
When our Information Technology
consultant, Tim Forshee, resigned last
month Hugh had the USEF computer
department, our neighbors in the park,
come in and give us a quote to “redo”
and maintain our system. With the
help of Annetta we came to an agreement
that was both unique and competitive.
It was approved by the AHS board. The
unique part is that the USEF computer
department is equine-related and that
they have already set-up several registries
with an “alike” system that works
very well with little or no maintenance
needed once up and running. The office
will be able to make its own queries,
which will save a lot of programming
expenses when data is needed for new
projects. Now we will be able to find
out which of your horses did what and
when, with the touch of a button.
Participate in the $3,000 AHS Futurity
at your local site on this year’s tour!
Have a great inspection! n
Sincerely,
Edgar Schutte
AHS President
Call for Nominations
June 30, 2012
This fall, in accordance with the American Hanoverian Society’s bylaws,
elections will be held for six positions on the Board of Directors, and also for
the elected members of the Nominations and Membership Committee (3),
the Breeding Technology Committee (2), and the Finance Committee (1).
Those individuals whose four-year board terms expire in 2012 are Steve Carroll,
Judy Hedreen, Doug Langer, Barbara Schmidt, Edgar Schutte and Meg Williams.
To serve on the board, an individual must have been an Active AHS member
for at least three (3) consecutive years prior to their nomination for office.
Nominees must be nominated by an Active member and the eligibility of
nominated individuals will be verified by the central office. Please note that an
Active member may nominate no more than one (1) person for each position.
If you are eligible and interested in running for the board or for one of the
above named committees, or would like to nominate an eligible individual to
do so, please contact AHS Executive Director Hugh Bellis-Jones at hbjahs@aol.com
or by fax at (859) 255-8467.
The board strongly encourages qualified individuals to run for office; please
confirm that any nominee is willing to serve before submitting his or her name
to the AHS.
Alternatively, you may contact one of the members of the 2012 Nominations
and Membership Committee. These individuals are:
Diane Nauman, Chair (info@hardenbergfarms.com)
Judy Hedreen (sylvanfarm@aol.com)
Cathy Tucker-Slaterbeck (cathy-slaterbeck@earthlink.net)
Pat Limage (baeprid@erols.com)
Mary Lou Winn (marylou@homeagainfarm.com)
Also this fall, members will be asked to vote on some major revisions to the
association’s corporate bylaws. For the past eighteen months, the “Rules
Committee” has been hard at work revising both the Bylaws and Rules of
Registration. We’d like to acknowledge and thank committee members Rick
Toering, Suzanne Quarles, Barbara Schmidt and Sharon Garner for their
dedication to this task. Collectively, they’ve literally spent hundreds of hours
on this assignment.
Ballots will be prepared by the central office and mailed to all eligible voters
the week of October 29. The deadline to return ballots to Lillian Cushny, CPA,
who will conduct the audited count, is Friday, December 14, 2012. Thank you
for your participation in this important aspect of society governance and for
your interest in The American Hanoverian Society.
Sincerely,
Hugh Bellis-Jones Diane Nauman
AHS Executive Director Chair, Nominations and
Membership Committee
DID YOU KNOW? The closest relatives of a horse are the rhinoceros and the tapir.
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news
Regalo and Sanceo Top Markel/USEF Young Horse Dressage Western Selection Trials
the future Of dressage in the
U.S. was on display this weekend
as horses and riders contested
the 2012 Markel/USEF Young
Horse Dressage Western Selection
Trials in La Cañada Flintridge, Calif.
Held in conjunction with the Dressage
at Flintridge CDI*Y/J, these combinations
were vying for a spot on the
USEF Young Horse Dressage Short
List and attempting to qualify for the
FEI World Breeding Championships
that will be held in Verden, Germany
later this year. Regalo, the winner of
the five-year-old division and Sanceo,
the six-year-old division winner, both
qualified for the short list after producing
scores above the required 7.8.
Caliente DG, who finished second
place in the five-year-old division, also
earned a spot on the USEF Young
Horse Short List.
“We just finished the Markel/USEF
Young Horse Dressage Western
Selection Trial at Flintridge Riding
Club. The number of entries was down
this year, however the quality was
excellent.” Reflected USEF Young Horse
Dressage Coach Scott Hassler, “All the
combinations showed very well and
finished with high scores which were
deserved through good performances.”
In the five-year-old division Lientje
Schueller rode Pinky Roberts’ Regalo
to a decisive victory and earned a spot
on the USEF Young Horse Dressage
Short List. The Oldenburg gelding
produced an overall score of 8.1 after
earning an 8.1 in the Preliminary Test
which counted for 40 percent of the
total and an 8.2 in Saturday’s Final
Test which counted for the remaining
60 percent. Regalo (Rosario-Dandiell/
Nandino) now stands on the top of
the 2012 Markel/USEF Five-Year-
Old Ranking.
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The Hanoverian Sanceo (San Remo-SPS Rivera/Ramiro’s Son II), owned by Alice Womble and ridden
by Sabine Schut-Kery, was named the winner of the Six-Year-Old division at the 2012 Markel/USEF
Young Horse Dressage Western Selection Trials.
Finishing in second place in the fiveyear-old
division was Caliente DG
(OO Seven-Satina/Contango) ridden
by Craig Stanley. Brenda Linman’s
Dutch Warmblood mare finished with
an overall score of 7.9 after earning
an 8.4 in the Preliminary Test and a
7.7 in the Final. Caliente DG has also
earned a spot on the short list.
Alice Womble’s Sanceo (San Remo-
SPS Rivera/Ramiro’s Son II) was the
lone entry in the six-year-old division
but made the trip to Flintridge worth
it by earning a place on the USEF
Young Horse Dressage Short List.
While doing so, Sanceo scored high
enough to earn a spot representing the
U.S. at the FEI World Breeding
Championships for Young Horses in
Dressage. Those championships will be
held August 5-11 in Verden, Germany.
Sanceo, ridden by Sabine Schut-Kery,
scored an 8.7 in the Preliminary Test
and an 8.6 in the Final Test earning
an overall score of 8.6.
Hassler was very impressed with the
stallion and the way he has come
along over the years.
“Sabine presented Sanceo beautifully
both days. He has matured a great
deal since last year and would hold
his own over in Europe. It has been
fun to see this combination develop
over the last few years.”
To learn more about the Markel/
USEF Young Horse Dressage Program
visit http://usef.org/_IFrames/breedsdisciplines/discipline/alldressage/
NatlYHProgram.aspx.
To learn more about the 2012 Markel/
USEF Young Horse Dressage Selection
Trials and the USEF Young Horse
Dressage Short List visit http://usef.
org/documents/disciplines/dressage/
WBCSelectionProcedures.pdf. n
Courtesy of the United States Equestrian
Federation, www.usef.org.
ERRATA – The 2011 AHS Sport Horse Breeding winner Mary McKenna was misidentified on page 17 of the Annual Meeting Report in the 2012 spring issue of
The American Hanoverian as Mary McGinnis. Mary owns the horse Flavius MF (Fidertanz-Diora/De Niro) that placed fourth in the Younger Colts and Geldings –
Weanlings and Yearlings division.
SHERI SCOTT PHOTO

American Hanoverian Society
2012 Inspection Tour
STALLION LICENSING ■ MARE INSPECTION ■ MARE PERFORMANCE TEST ■ FOAL REGISTRATION
Date Host/Location City/State Contact Phone: E-mail
2011 Tour Dates
7/15/12 River House Hanoverians Piermont, N.H. Verne Batchelder (603) 728-5505 rhhanoverians@gmail.com
7/16/12 Brookside Equestrian Center North Smithfield, R.I. Lyn Spinella (401) 766-5400 or
(401) 265-9421
LynSpin9@aol.com
7/18/12 Hawk Hollow Farm at
Cazenovia College Equine Center
Cazenovia, N.Y. Christine Kropf (315) 558-8525 cmkhhf@aol.com
7/19/12 Callaway Farm at
Delaware Valley College
Doylestown, Pa. Kimberly Kobryn-Callaway (215) 530-9606 callawayfarm@aol.com
7/20/12 Windswept Farm Georgetown, Ont. Nancy or Elke Mulholland (905) 873-1899 (barn) sport-horses@windsweptfarm.com
7/21/12- Hilltop Farm
Colora, Md. Holly Fisher (410) 658-9898 holly@hilltopfarminc.com
7/22/12 (including stallions)
7/22/12 High Point Hanoverians
(foals only)
Chestertown, Md. Klaus Schengber (410) 708-3098 barilar@aol.com
7/23/12 Hilton Farm Somerset, Va. Rosemary Lysczek or
Cindy Faulconer
(540) 672-2498 hiltonhann@hughes.net
7/25/12 Sullivan Farm Hanoverians, LLC Walkertown, N.C. Bettie Carroll (336) 595-4286 carrollsbm@aol.com
7/26/12 Maple Run Farm at
Jefferson County Fairgrounds
Jefferson, Wis. Shannon Langer (920) 674-6344 (evenings) maplerunfarm@yahoo.com
9/16/12 Chestershire Farms, LLC Manchester, Mich. Kathryn Judge (734) 637-9698 chestershirefarm@aol.com
9/17/12 HorsePower Farm Vancouver, Wash. Nancy Connolly (360) 882-8735 nancyc@avantexec.com
9/18/12 Branscomb Farm LLC Half Moon Bay, Calif. KC Branscomb Kelley (650) 560-9650 info@branscombfarm.com
9/19/12 Creek Hollow Ranch Ramona, Calif. Colleen Burman (760) 789-4875 colleen@creekhollowranch.com
9/20/12 Rainbow Equus Meadows Lincoln, Calif. Susan Schutte (916) 645-1471 edgar@rainbowequus.com
10/2/12 Emerald Spring Equestrian Center Prosperity, S.C. Laura Trumbower (803) 422-6432 emeraldspring@att.net
10/3/12 Saint Louis Equestrian Center Saint Louis, Mo. Dr. Chris Perry (314) 749-2696 chrisperry@
SaintLouisEquestrianCenter.com
10/4/12 Leatherdale Farms Long Lake, Minn. Louise Leatherdale (763) 473-3803 lleatherda@aol.com
10/5/12-
10/6/12
Oakwood Farms Lawrenceburg, Ind. Meg Williams (812) 926-4295 oakwoodfarms@yahoo.com
10/12/12 Home Again Farm at
Pennock Point
Reddick, Fla. Mary Lou Winn (352) 468-1670 marylou@homeagainfarm.com
10/13/12 Mid-Atlantic Hanoverian
Breeders Club at
Hedgeland Equestrian Center
Waterford, Va. Kate Palmquist (540) 348-3495 autumnhillfarm@msn.com
10/14/12 High Valley Hanoverians Suches, Ga. Annetta Coleman (678) 936-8087 highvalleyhanoverians@
windstream.net
10/15/12 Creek Colony Ranch Richmond, Texas Mary Goldberg (281) 658-3857 mary@creekcolony.com
10/16/12 Royal Equus Farm Coupland, Texas Alyssa & Patrick Tompkins (254) 210-9085 alyssa@aptitudesporthorses.com
10/17/12 Los Cedros USA Scottsdale, Ariz. Dawn Green or Paula Paglia (480) 575-6100 dgreenloscedros@msn.com
10/18/12 DG Bar Ranch Hanford, Calif. Willy Arts (559) 732-7738 or
(559) 269-5152 (cell)
willyarts@dgbarranch.com
11/8/12 Woodridge Farm Claremore, Okla. Vanessa Carlson (918) 629-0814 woodridgef@aol.com
11/11/12 Silver Creek Farms
(stallions only)
Broken Arrow, Okla. Barbara Sikkink (918) 830-4262 barbara@silvercreeksporthorses.com
The AHS reserves the right to make scheduling changes as needed. Non-Hanoverian mares eligible for inspection include:
Jockey Club-registered Thoroughbreds, registered Arabians and registered Anglo-Arabians. Non-Hanoverian warmblood mares
may be eligible for inspection and are considered on a case by case basis after review of registration papers.
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Royal Rousseau KIS – The Little Colt That Could
the ChampiOn Of the inaugural
Breeders Challenge Sweepstakes
held by Scott and Susanne
Hassler of Hassler Dressage, Chesapeake
City, Md., was Royal Rousseau KIS
(Rousseau-Royal Princess OBX/Royal
Prince). “Roy” was bred by Wendy
and Marty Costello of Kent Island
Sporthorses, Stevensville, Md., and is
now owned by Hassler Dressage.
The Breeders Challenge Sweepstakes
is a new breeders’ contest open to
all participating stallions’ offspring
in the Hassler Dressage program,
beginning with foals born in 2011.
Through this program Hassler Dressage
intends to highlight quality foals
and award breeders with prizes and
recognition.
All entrants were scored blindly – no
pedigree, owner information, gender
of foal, or other details were given to
the judges. Only a video and photographs
submitted by the foal’s owners
were presented to the judges.
Foals were judged on five categories:
walk, trot, canter, conformation and
overall impression. Judges included
National Young Dressage Horse
Coach Scott Hassler, internationally
respected breeding expert Jacques
Verkerk of Holland and World Breeding
Championship for Young Horses
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breeder and top stallion producer
Ingo Pape of Germany. Each judge
submitted their scores independently.
Once all scores were tallied,
Hassler Dressage kept the results
quiet until they made an announcement
at Dressage at Devon.
Wendy and Marty were awarded
$5,000 as well as a $100 breeding
credit for any stallion in the Hassler
Dressage program. The couple was
also invited to Riveredge for a celebration
and will receive wide recognition
through advertising and
other publications.
Change of Address for AHS Publications Submissions
Please note the following change of address for all future display advertising and
material submissions for The American Hanoverian magazine and the 2013 American
Hanoverian Society Breeders’ Guide, Stallion Directory and Mare Book:
Terri Ralenkotter
AHS Publications Editor
12574 Andrews Road
Walton, KY 41094
Phone: (859) 802-8895
Fax: (859) 485-1365
Email: ahs_editor@hanoverian.org
For more information or questions regarding advertising or materials submission for
publication, please contact the AHS Publications Editor. n
Roy won the Sweepstakes as a sixweek-old,
and was pinned at Devon
at three months old.
Roy’s dam, Royal Princess OBX (Royal
Prince-Brimming/Banter), bred by
Don and Dee Kapper of Outer Banks
Farm, Ohio, gained Elite Mare status
after foaling this colt.
Roy is now playing and growing at
Hassler Dressage under the watchful
eye of Suzanne, and as it turned out
his field buddy is a Donavan colt (a
Premium GOV) named Donegal. n
Contributed by Wendy and Marty Costello
and Hassler Dressage.
Benidetto Foal Wins at
First German Foal Show
the first qualifier fOr the 2012
German Foal Championships
took place at Hannes Baumgart’s
stable Schwartze Hof in Verden, Ger.,
on May 30, 2012. The winner in the
filly division was Jochen Dittmer’s
20-day old filly by Benidetto out
of a Don Cavallo dam. The 2004
Hanoverian stallion, Benidetto, is
owned by Linda Woltz of Walnut Farm,
Ohio, and was bred by Dittmer. n
COURTESY WENDY COSTELLO

The Dressage Foundation
Awards Grant from
Elysium Farm Fund for
U.S. Breeder Excellence
the dressage fOundatiOn is
pleased to announce that the
inaugural recipient of its Elysium
Farm Fund for U.S. Breeder Excellence
grant is Laurie Weiser, DVM, owner of
Blume Farm Hanoverians, N.C.
The Elysium Farm Fund for U.S. Breeder
Excellence, established at The Dressage
Foundation in 2011 by Abbey Henderson,
provides financial assistance to breeders
to pursue educational opportunities
related to breeding that will advance
their careers, promote sound breeding
practices and further enhance the quality
of U.S.-bred dressage horses.
Laurie was awarded $2,860 to attend
the Hannoveraner Verband Breeder’s
Course in Verden, Germany. Her goal
in attending the course is to further her
knowledge and education to improve
upon her small breeding program. “I
desire to one day be able to ‘think’
like successful breeders such as Axel
Wendeler or Harli Seifert… to think in
generations, to have a solid understanding
of the history of bloodlines and to
critically assess a mare and stallion
pairing. The educational courses I have
attended, and additional courses in the
future, are geared towards developing
and improving these skills,” said Laurie.
Blume Farm Hanoverians, located in
Pittsboro, N.C., began in 2000 when
Laurie purchased her foundation mare,
Elite Mare Dorfblume. Laurie’s long-term
goal with her program is to consistently
produce dressage horses that have the
bloodlines, gaits, and conformation suitable
for competitive adult amateur riders.
Applications will again be received in
2013, with a due date of May 1st.
Further information about the Elysium
Farm Fund for U.S. Breeder Excellence
is available at The Dressage Foundation
website, www.dressagefoundation.org
or call (402) 434-8585. n
Fritz Floto
(1924-2012)
At the age of 88 years Fritz Floto passed
away on June 19, 2012 at his farm near
Fergus, Ontario. “The word Hanoverian and
the name Fritz Floto are synonymous in
North America,” well described this old
school horseman in the Canadian magazine
Horse Sport in September, 1992. Fritz Floto
was the pioneer of Hanoverian breeding in
Canada and had much influence on the
development of the Hanoverian breed in
the U.S. For his merits he was awarded the
Golden Badge of Honour of the Hannoveraner
Verband in 1980. The Chamber of Agriculture
Hannover awarded him with a Golden Medal
in recognition of his achievements in building
up and promoting the Hanoverian breed
in North America, and from the German
Equestrian Federation he received the Gustav
Rau Plaque. Mr. Floto was also a lifetime
member of the Hanoverian Breeders’ Club
of Eastern Canada.
“The word Hanoverian and the
name Fritz Floto are synonymous
in North America.”
—Horse Sport magazine
Fritz Floto was born at Gut Gaedebehn in
Mecklenburg in 1924, the son of a family
with a long tradition in horse breeding. He
IN PASSING
experienced the horrors of World War II
in a cavalry regiment and with the artillery
in Russia, where he was wounded several
times. In 1952 Fritz Floto emigrated to Canada.
He and his wife Erica settled down in the
Guelph area in Ontario and started a dairy
farm. The couple had two sons. He sold his
cattle in 1968 and accepted employment
at the Ontario Veterinary College in Guelph.
In 1961 he bought two mares, Windrose,
by Weiler, and Fernanda, by Fernjaeger, as
well as the stallion Weimar, by Firnis, all
of which had been imported to Calgary a
short time before. With these horses he
laid the foundation of Hanoverian breeding
in Canada. In close cooperation with the
German Hannoveraner Verband and the
Lower Saxony state stud at Celle he imported
further stallions in the following years
such as Denar by Duft, Waidmann by
Waidmannsdank xx, Ansturm by Adlerfarn II,
Equuleus by Eindruck II, Sandsturm by
Sendbote, Lepanto by Leibwächer, and
lastly Welfenschatz by Walhall.
As a judge and its branding representative
Fritz Floto was for many decades a pillar
for the Hannoveraner Verband in Eastern
Canada. He was an honorary member of
the American Hanoverian Society and a long
standing member of the AHS Mare and
Stallion Committee. The Hannoveraner
Verband in Germany and Hanoverian breeders
all over North America mourn the passing
of a great horseman who was always
open to discuss the issues with breeding
and raising Hanoverians.
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Hafner Gets Early Jump on Young Adult “Brentina Cup” Competition
the 2012 usef dressage festival Of ChampiOns
came to a close Sunday, June 17 with National
Champions being crowned in the Intermediaire I and
Young Adult “Brentina Cup” competitions in the Dick and
Jane Brown Arena at the USET Foundation Headquarters.
Intermediaire I Freestyles and the FEI Young Rider Grand
Prix were presented to the Ground Jury of Lois Yukins,
Hilda Gurney, Jane Weatherwax, Axel Steiner, and Janet
Foy. Caroline Roffman followed up her 2011 Young
Adult “Brentina Cup” win with the 2012 National
Intermediaire I title. Brian Hafner claimed his first
National Championship in the National Young Adult
“Brentina Cup” Dressage Championship.
In the Young Adult “Brentina Cup” competition Hafner
of Penngrove, Calif., proved unbeatable as he claimed
his second blue ribbon of the weekend on his way to
earning his first National Championship. On Sunday, he
rode his own and Rebecca Hafner’s Lombardo LHF to a
score of 69.860% to finish the championship with an
average of 70.264%.
Hafner has had the 13-year-old Hanoverian gelding since
the horse was four and they have come up the ranks
together. They came to Gladstone on top of the National
Brentina Cup Ranking List and delivered on expectations.
“It’s been such a long road, even this past year competing
and qualifying has been a dream come true.”
The 23-year-old was very pleased with his horse’s performance
but believes that Lombardo has yet to show his best.
“There’s just small mistakes that need cleaning up, so
there’s potential to be better. Overall I’m really happy
how solid he’s been and at this competition. He’s been so
steady for both tests,” Said Hafner. “I’m fortunate to have
such a great horse. Once we get everything a little more
polished he’s going to be a great horse.”
Heather Ann Beachem was making her third trip to the
USEF Dressage Festival of Champions and produced her
best performance in 2012. The Alpharetta, Ga., native
and her own Windsong cruised to a score of 67.651%
in Sunday’s FEI Young Rider Grand Prix Test to place
third in the class on her way to collecting Reserve
Champion honors. In 2011, Beachem rode the now
16-year-old Hanoverian gelding to third place in the
National Championship.
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Beachem was very pleased with her improvement over
the years and believes the Young Adult “Brentina Cup”
requirements suit her horse.
“I came here three years ago and didn’t do so great. Each
year it has gotten better,” said Beachem. “He loves the
piaffe, he likes the ones. He’s a special little horse.”
Mary Cameron Rollins and her Rose Noir 2 placed
third in the National Championship with an average of
68.374%. Rollins of Wellington, Fla., and the 15-year-old
Oldenburg mare scored 69.209% in Sunday’s test to place
second in the class.
Rollins was competing in her first year of Young
Adult “Brentina Cup” competition and was thrilled with
her result.
“This I think was my sixth test today. I’m pretty happy to
be sitting where I am right now.” n
Courtesy of the United States Equestrian Federation, www.usef.org.
DID YOU KNOW? The horse belongs to the Equus family which comes from the ancient Greek word meaning quickness.
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In the Ribbons
COURTESY HIGH VALLEY HANOVERIANS
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Many Hanoverians have been
garnering top ribbons at shows in
recent months, including...
Don Frederic HVH
The 2008 Hanoverian gelding Don
Frederic HVH (Don Frederico-EM
Wruffian Q/Weltbekannt) and Young
Horse trainer Ashley Marascalco
achieved two blues for the Training
Level 3 Open class at the May Day
Show in Aiken, S.C., with a score
of 78%. In the same show, they
accomplished a score of 83.8% in
the Four-Year-Old Young Horse
Warm Up class. With just three
dressage shows under their belt,
they have two qualifying scores for
Region 3 USDF Championships at
Training Level and also have two
qualifying scores for the USEF
Four-Year-Old Young Horse Dressage
division with an average score
of 80.4%. The talented pair will
continue to campaign in Four-Year-
Old Young Horse classes and Training
Level classes during the 2012
show season. Don Frederic was
bred and is owned by High Valley
Hanoverians.
Davignair
Sandy Johnson and Davignair
(Davignport-Dancing on Air/Dederick),
placed first at Fourth Level, Test 2
at SVDA, Inc Spring Fling in
Williamsburg, Va., April 22, 2012,
with a 74.189%. The pair also took
first place in Fourth Level, Test 2
(68.378%) and Fourth Level, Musical
Freestyle (69.833%) at the VADA-CH
Spring into Dressage show, April
28-29, 2012, in Culpepper, Va.
Sirius WS
The 2008 gelding Sirius WS (Salieri-
EM Rosa Canina/Rubinstein I),
owned by Joyce Harris, was the
High Point Hanoverian Champion
at the Houston Dressage Society,
Spring Classics Show I held April 27-
28, 2012 in Katy, Texas. He was also
named Reserve High Point Champion
of the show and won the Hedley
Lamberty Award. Sirius went on to
be the High Point Champion at the
HDS Spring Classics II show held
Sunday, April 29. It was a very
successful weekend for this young
Hanoverian and his trainer/rider
Erika-West Danque.
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Billie Steffee’s All the Gold Inducted Into the National Show Hunter Hall of Fame
althOugh Craighead farm has
been known for showing horses
throughout the years, it is the
renowned All the Gold who has been
their shining light, putting Billie
Steffee and Craighead Farm on the
map. The Elite Hanoverian stallion
achieved remarkable accolades during
his career as a champion hunter, and
Tuesday night he was inducted into the
National Show Hunter Hall of Fame.
It was a remarkable night for Steffee
as SBS Farms’ Susie Schoellkopf
inducted the stallion into the National
Show Hunter Hall of Fame. Steffee
listened to his numerous accomplishments,
heard testimonies from colleagues
and friends, and the audience
was nothing but smiles and applause
as she accepted the honor.
On September 19, 2011, All the Gold
passed away at 29 years of age. During
his competitive years All the Gold
was trained by Jessamy Rouson, Otis
Brown, Jr. and Philip DeVita, Jr.
With insightful trainers and two
talented riders, Patty Stovel and Sarah
Steffee, he won back-to-back Grand
Circuit Champions at the Winter
Equestrian Festival in the Regular
Working Hunters in 1992 and 1993.
He also earned the Reserve Champion
in the Amateur Owner 18-35 Hunters
at the very same Winter Equestrian
Festival. In 1990 and 1991, the chestnut
stallion was awarded the Circuit
Reserve Championship in the Regular
Working Hunters for the Arizona
Winter Circuit. Although he retired
in 1994 to devote all of his time to
breeding, he was the leading sire based
on earnings for seven consecutive years.
“I don’t think it gets any better than
this,” Steffee remarked. “I think any
time when you receive an honor like
that from all the people in the industry
that you admire, it is monumental.
He was such a special horse, both
when showing and breeding, and to
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Above: All the Gold (Gepard-Wedda/Wettstreit). Below: Billie Steffee and Susie Schoellkopf accept
the award for All the Gold’s induction into the National Show Hunter Hall of Fame.
have had such an elite group select
your horse to be part of the history
of the show hunter world, there is no
way to describe it, it’s the biggest
honor somebody could bestow on a
horse you thought so much of.”
In 2004, All the Gold’s offspring won
in every category at the International
Hunter Futurity in Lexington, Ky. All
the Gold won the Grand Champion
Sire award five times at the International
Hunter Futurity in Lexington, Ky.,
and his offspring won the Three-Year-
Old Grand Hunter Championship
four times, as well as the Four-year-
Old Grand Hunter Champion three
times. His offspring earned over
$300,000 in prize money, which is
an achievement that is difficult to
accomplish and surpass. In 2008 and
2009, All the Gold was second in the
USEF Hunter Sire Rankings. All the
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Gold dominated the breeding industry, winning numerous
awards for his progeny’s success in the show ring.
“He was a real gentleman’s gentleman,” Steffee explained.
“Goldie knew his job very very well. He was just delightful
and we miss him so much. He was the whole spirit of this
farm. All the mares that were here were his girls, and all the
babies were his. He was the king. He handled his responsibilities
in such a wonderful way, and brought joy into so
many hearts.”
After two decades of showing and siring, All the Gold has
etched his name in history, and his legacy is one that will
never be forgotten. His incredible achievements have left
footprints in the equestrian world, from influencing the
acceptance of Warmbloods in the hunter ring, to reshaping
the breeding industry. His descendants continue his legacy,
and his name will forever be remembered in the National
Show Hunter Hall of Fame.
“All the Gold was an incredible horse, and not only did he
excel as a top show horse, but also as a breeder stallion. There
were so many influential people involved in his career, and
Billie had an incredible way with of all of it,” Susie Schoellkopf
explained. “I was so honored and touched to have been the
one to induct All the Gold, he was a true character, and he is
a horse that truly deserves the honor.”
“There has never been and may never again be a more talented
and beloved hunter stallion than All The Gold,” DeVita said.
“He was for so many years and for many different riders a
consistent winner and competitor. He was a very special and
interesting horse to train, so very smart and clever, one who
rarely ever touched the depths of his talents and abilities. To
me the driving force and real hero of Goldie’s fabulous
career is his owner Billie Steffee. She believed in his abilities
and his future from the beginning, as a show horse and a
breeding stallion. Goldie will always be in our hearts and
remembered as the true Champion he was, and sire of so
many incredibly talented show horses!”
Steffee concluded, “I will never hope to have another one like
him. Nobody could replace him.”
Based out of Buffalo, N.Y., SBS Farms’ Susie Schoellkopf and
Jennifer Alfano run one of the foremost show hunter training
operations in the country, and travel nationwide to compete
in the nation’s most prestigious horse shows. SBS Farms, Inc.
continues the proud tradition of the Saddle and Bridle Club
as one of the top show stables in the northeast. Schoellkopf
is also the Executive Director of the Buffalo Therapeutic
Riding Center, which houses both The Buffalo Equestrian
Center as well as SBS Farms. Built in 1922, the 160-stall facility
is a historical landmark, with its unique English Tudor and
gothic style architecture. For more information on SBS
Farms and the Buffalo Therapeutic Riding Center, please
visit www.thebtrc.org. n
Courtesy of Kendall Bierer, Phelps Media Group.
USEF Dressage Festival of Champions
the fOllOwing lists COntain apprOved hanOverian
horses that placed at the 2012 USEF Dressage Festival
of Champions and USEF Dressage Selection Trial
held in Gladstone, N.J.
Junior
Panash (Pablito-La Boheme/Lortzing), ridden by Stephanie
Early; third in Individual, 67.297%; fourth in Team, 65.921;
fourth overall
Wandango 12 (Weltmeyer-Bogenfee/Bogenschuetze), ridden by
Anna Campbell; seventh in Individual, 64.270; ninth in Team,
64.579; eighth overall
Young Rider
Donarweiss GGF (De Niro-SPS Highlight/Hohenstein), ridden
by Genay Vaughn; third in Individual, 68.474; second in Team,
67.263; third overall
Schabos Waitongo (Wittinger-Nancy), ridden by Grace Goodby;
fifth in Individual, 66.474; sixth in Team, 63.474; fifth overall
Waranja (Walt Disney I-Engie/Espri), ridden by Genay Vaughn;
tenth in Individual, 64.684; fifth in Team, 64.711; sixth overall
Daverden (Davignport-Gisela/Garibaldi), ridden by Kaitlin
Blythe; eighth in Individual, 65.026; tenth in Team 62.474; ninth
overall
Brentina Cup
Lombardo LHF (Londonderry-Waluga/Werther), ridden by Brian
Hafner; first in Young Rider Grand Prix, 70.667; first in Brentina
Cup Test, 69.860; first overall
Windsong (Weltmeyer-Lara), ridden by Heather Beachem;
second in Young Rider Grand Prix, 70.077; third in Brentina Cup
Test, 67.651; second overall
Stelina (Sherwood-Wasti), ridden by Julie McKean; eighth in
Young Rider Grand Prix, 63.385; fourth in Brentina Cup Test,
66.140; sixth overall
Intermediaire I
Pie (Worldly-World Lady), ridden by Carolyn Roffman; first in
Prix St. Georges, 73.974; first in Intermediaire I, 75.395; third in
Intermediaire I Freestyle, 73.925; first overall
Sundance 8 (Shakespeare in Love-Daylight), ridden by
Steffen Peters; second in Prix St. Georges, 72.237; eighth in
Intermediaire I, 69.605; seventh in Intermediaire I Freestyle,
72.800; fourth overall
Rigo (Rotspon-Winnepeg H/Wolkenstein II), ridden by
Shawna Harding; eighth in Prix St. Georges, 69.184; tenth
in Intermediaire I, 68.737; fifth in Intermediaire I Freestyle,
72.925; ninth overall
Leoluigi (Landor S-Caline/Calypso II), ridden by Patricia Becker;
twelth in Prix St. Georges, 65.026; twelth in Intermediaire I,
68.184; eleventh in Intermediaire I Freestyle, 70.425; twelth
overall
Farleight (Friendship-La Bandita/Lemon Tree), ridden by Nora
Batchelder; fourteenth in Prix St. Georges, 63.500; fourteenth in
Intermediaire I, 65.237; thirteenth in Intermediaire I Freestyle,
69.10; fourteenth overall
Grand Prix
Breanna (Brentano II-World Queen), ridden by Kathleen Raine;
thirteenth in Grand Prix, 66.809; eleventh in Grand Prix Special,
67.889; eighth in Grand Prix, 69.02; sixth in Grand Prix Special,
70.556; ninth overall
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A Call to Action: Colorado Wildfires – Donate Now to the USEF Equine
Disaster Relief Fund
fires blazing aCrOss the COlOradO
landscape have together burned
more than 100,000 acres in the
past few weeks. The Waldo Canyon
and High Park fires near Colorado
Springs and Fort Collins respectively
have ravaged the natural beauty of
the area, destroyed nearby homes, and
left many displaced people wondering
what to do next. For horse owners
that uncertainty is even greater.
Hundreds of horses have already
been displaced and, while local horse
parks, fairgrounds, and equestrian
centers have graciously opened up to
evacuated horses, the cost of caring
for those horses magnifies the stresses
of an already trying time. Efforts to
help are already underway but outside
assistance is badly needed.
With the support of CEO John Long,
the United States Equestrian Federation
(USEF) asks that equestrians, equestrian
fans, and all people who share
a love for horses make a donation to
the USEF Equine Disaster Relief Fund.
Cooler weather and calmer winds
are helping firefighters in Colorado
contain the blazes, but the cost of
relocating, feeding, and caring for
horses is a burden that local residents
In the Ribbons
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and humane societies will carry long
after the fires have ceased to burn.
With luck, many horses will be
returning home soon, but some
will have no home left to return to.
With your help we can ensure that
all affected horses are well cared
for and help Colorado’s devastated
communities re-build.
To most effectively deliver aid the
USEF Equine Disaster Relief Fund
was established with the goal of
getting horses the help they need,
when they need it. “It is important to
understand this fund is a dollar in
and a dollar out,” says John Long,
“nothing is withheld.” Any donation
to the USEF Equine Disaster Relief
Fund is a timely and efficient benefit
for horses and horse owners.
COURTESY FAIR WINDS FARM
Ridley
COURTESY MEGAN FELTZ
Donations may be made online by
visiting www.usef.org/_AUAIFrames/
DisasterRelief/DisasterRelief.aspx.
Having originated during the aftermath
of Hurricanes Rita and Katrina
the USEF Equine Disaster Relief Fund
was formed to help ensure the safety
and well being of horses during trying
times. Money donated to the USEF
Equine Disaster Relief Fund is used
to prepare for disasters and assists
equids of any breed who are victims
of disasters including but not restricted
to hurricanes, tornadoes, floods,
blizzards, and fires. Money donated
to the fund is held by the USEF in an
account restricted for this purpose.
Money from the fund can only be
disbursed upon the authorization of
the USEF Chief Executive Officer.
If you wish to contribute by check,
please make it out to the USEF
Equine Disaster Relief Fund and mail
it to: The United States Equestrian
Federation, 4047 Iron Works Parkway,
Lexington, KY 40511.
Courtesy of the United States Equestrian
Federation, www.usef.org.
Fair Winds Farm, Virginia Beach, Va., is happy to report
their stallion, Ridley (Rotspon-EM Wiccan/Walt Disney I),
was awarded the FEI High Score at the Delaware Valley
Dressage at Fair Hill for his score of 70.263% at
Intermediaire I on Saturday, June 9, 2012. He was
also awarded first place in the FEI Test of Choice class
on both days of the show. Ridley continues to receive
excellent scores and remarks from the judges. Ridley is
a 2002 Hanoverian stallion bred by Marefield Meadows.
He is shown by Stacy Pattison of Warrenton, Va., who
has been riding Ridley for about two years. In that time
this pair has worked together going from Fourth Level
through Prix St. Georges and Intermediaire and are now
training for Grand Prix. His connections could not be more
pleased with the work they are doing and are thrilled by
their success.

when earl’s restaurant’s
founder Bus Fuller was
faced with the dilemma of
re-homing his anti-social cockatoo
Lilly, he had no idea he would be
replacing her with a 1,200 pound
creature that would steal his heart –
and line his office shelves with
trophy after trophy! His architects,
Pemberton, Canada locals Grace and
Ernie Collins, suggested he meet their
neighbors Jill Giese and John Dingle
who provided new homes for animals
that didn’t quite fit their original
ones. Delivering the problematic Lilly
to her new digs at Dreamcatcher
Meadows, breeding and training center
of talented sport horses, Bus and
Rikki Fuller were moved by the site
of the “Girls Club,” a field of rescued
mares enjoying a second chance at
life, becoming the surrogate mothers
for the embryos transferred from
Dreamcatchers’ top competition mares.
Offering a donation to help with the
large cost of looking after these discarded
animals, Jill suggested they
buy a foal and then have something
of interest to show for their generosity.
Bus was initially disappointed when
he learned his pick of the 2008 born
foals was not for sale. He just trusted
John and Jill’s guidance that the
gangly dark brown filly standing
aloof from her stablemates was the
“pick of the litter.”
Dressage has been described as an
art form combining two souls – one
equine and one human; a true form
of live artistry and love. With the
support of Bus, the team of coach
Jill, rider John and diva Ballerina
DMV tirelessly worked towards
perfecting their art. Three years later
Bus found himself on a stage in San
Diego receiving a Horse of the Year
award presented by the United States
Dressage Foundation for the accomplishments
of his young mare, Ballerina
DMV. The gawky filly had blossomed
Ballerina DMV
into a regal athlete, receiving scores
throughout her first year of dressage
competition that most in the sport
only dream of.
It was with a huge sigh of relief,
and much celebration, that the
Dreamcatcher Meadows team celebrated
Ballerina DMV’s 2012 competition
debut. At the Beaujolais
Classic Dressage Festival June 16-18
her accomplishments were simply
astounding! On Friday, sport horses
of all ages and breeds were presented
in-hand (without a rider) as they were
put through their paces before internationally
acclaimed judges. After
winning her age group, she was
declared Mare Champion of the show,
followed by the Champion of her
breed, Hanoverian. Her younger threeyear-old
stablemate Lady of the
Dance DMV and two-year-old stallion
Lordsley DMV also enjoyed victories,
but Ballerina DMV earned the top two
scores of over 200 show participants!
“My Hanoverian” feature
Jill Giese and John Dingle of Dreamcatcher Meadows, Pemberton, British Columbia, with Ballerina DMV
(Balletmeister-Dreaming/Dimaggio), sporting her Championship ribbons from the Beaujolais Show
at Donida Farms in Auburn, Wash.
Competitors are thrilled to achieve
scores in the 70 percentiles. Throughout
the show, John and Ballerina DMV
posted scores ranging from 83.5% to
an unbelievable 88.5%! The final and
most prestigious of the class competitions,
the Markel United States
Equestrian Federation class, was held
Sunday afternoon, amidst high winds
and showers. Each of the four- to six-
year-olds in the class had exhibited
talent in the past, earning an invitation
to participate in this elite competition.
By scoring at least 7.2 (72%) in two
qualifiers, a participant qualifies to
attend the annual Markel/USEF finale,
held in Wayne, Illinois in August.
Each horse completed the mandatory
movements set out in a five-minute
pattern specified for the relevant age.
This class is unusual in that the judges
address the audience, publicly critiquing
each performance, announcing
the scores with the winner last. Ballerina
DMV had acquired a considerable
fan club, as her unusually high scores 4
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ecame a topic of discussion over
the three-day show. It was delightful
to hear clear affirmation from the
audience when she was announced
class winner with a whopping 8.65!
With 9’s awarded for walk, canter and
overall impression, panel spokesperson
Judge Richardson said the only criticism
they had was that Ballerina DMV
was not going home with any of them!
With a total of seven wins in her
2012 competition debut, Bus Fuller
was thrilled to learn Ballerina DMV’s
final victory literally ranked his girl
as the “number one” young horse in
all of the United States. He’ll watch
anxiously as the season progresses,
looking forward to personally attending
the championships if she qualifies to
be there, by repeating this success.
But for now, he’s just thrilled that
Lilly found a happy second home
and he’s discovered a new girl in his
life as he enjoys his 80’s! Bus enthuses,
“I can’t say I fully understand yet the
magnitude of this accomplishment
as I am new to being a horse owner
and to this sport, but it sure is exciting
to have this new adventure at this
point in my life. It will be great fun
to see just how far my team will go
and I’m behind them every step of
the way!”n
Contributed by Jill Giese
MY HANOVERIAN – WHAT’S YOUR STORY?
Do you share a unique bond with your
Hanoverian as a competition partner?
As a dedicated schoolmaster? As an
irreplaceable member of your family?
The AHS is looking for short stories
and accompanying photos to use in
The American Hanoverian magazine.
Tell us what makes your Hanoverian
so special!
For consideration, entries should consist
of a short essay depicting your horse’s
remarkable qualities and one or two
high quality, high resolution color digital
photos (2000 x 3000 pixels minimum,
JPG format) submitted via email to
AHS Publications Editor Terri Ralenkotter
at ahs_editor@hanoverian.org.
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In the Ribbons
COURTESY ROBBIE RICE
COURTESY HIGH VALLEY HANOVERIANS
COURTESY ANGELA GOODWIN-VOLPERT
Many Hanoverans have been
garnering top ribbons at shows in
recent months, including...
EM River Side Lady
EM River Side Lady (Royal
Diamond-Déjà vu/Donnerhall) won
the Developing Horse Test under
rider Debbie Hill on Sunday at the
KDA Spring Warm Up and Annual
Dressage Show with a 69.7%. At
the same show, River Side Lady
and Debbie also won the USDF
Freestyle at Fourth Level with a
77%. EM River Side Lady is owned
by Robbie Rice and was bred by
B.G. and Hanken Schroeder, Ger.
Hadrian HVH
The 2008 Hanoverian gelding
Hadrian HVH (Hotline-EM Whitney
BH/Welser) and Young Horse trainer
Ashley Marascalco achieved a
blue ribbon in the May Day Show
in Aiken, S.C., for the Young
Horse Test of Choice Qualifying
class with a score of 81.8%. With
just three dressage shows under
their belt, they have received two
qualifying scores for Region 3
USDF Championships at Training
Level and also have earned two
qualifying scores for the USEF
Young Horse Dressage division
with an average score of 80.8%.
Hadrian was bred and is owned
by High Valley Hanoverians,
Suches, Ga.
Won Torrid Affair
The winner of the American
Hanoverian High Percentage
Award at the Harmony in the Park
Dressage Show was Won Torrid
Affair (Widmark-Lost-A-Sock/
Letkiss) along with owner/rider
Christy Thuer of Carthage, Ind.
Won Torrid Affair was bred by Ron
and Meg Williams of Oakwood
Farms, Lawrenceburg, Ind.

Training Level
at training level, the blaCk,
17.1-hand, domestically-bred
Lehnsritter’s Legacy led the
way with 73.571% in Training Level,
Test 2 for the win on Saturday and a
whopping 76.4% in Training Level,
Test 3 on Sunday. Ridden by Barbara
Strawson, Md., the nine-year-old also
placed second with a 77.321% in
another Training Level, Test 2 and third
in Training Level, Test 3 with a 73.4%.
Lehnsritter’s Legacy is by Lehnsritter
out of L.A., by Lanthan, and was
bred by Esther Noiles of Wood’s
Lane Farm, Md. Esther said that the
colt was born the same year she lost
Lehnsritter to colic. “When he was
born, he was the spitting image of
daddy but in a black suit, hence, the
name.” She continued, “He was a
super easy foal, nothing fazed him.
When he was less than a month old,
he apparently was stung or bitten by
a spider on his lips. I came out to
feed breakfast and his head was as
big as a basketball! His tongue was
swollen and sticking out, he had milk
all over his face, and mom’s udder
was huge. With anti-inflammatories
the swelling subsided, but the tongue
remained out for almost a year. He
could get it in to eat, but then it
would slide out to the side again.
Needless to say, we were concerned it
would stay that way. On a lighter
note, I had an employee that used to
call him ‘Mikey’ for Michael Jordan
– black with the tongue sticking out
just like when Jordan was dunking
the ball. Maybe not politically correct,
but funny, nonetheless.”
MAY 5-6, 2012
A Winner at Every Level
Legacy’s owner, Janice Alperin, says
that several years ago she started
looking for a youngster to come up
behind the 25-year-old Hanoveriancross
mare she owns. “When I met
Legacy, I could not help but fall in
love with him. He was the sweetest
horse I have ever met, he was beautiful
and he was incredibly tolerant of
my less than stellar riding skills. So,
just as he turned six, he came home
with me. Unfortunately, soon after I
brought him home, he had a series
of injuries that all together meant
that we were never able to have him
in consistent training for very long.
Luckily for me, I had a patient trainer,
Barbara Strawson, her able barn
manager Brook Brown, great vets,
and the help of Tony Eiler, our local
‘horse whisperer’ who was willing
to get on his back and get him going
after a five-month stint in the stall.”
Now, a year later the horse is doing
well and he was very successful in his
first recognized show.
Legacy lives at trainer Barbara
Strawson’s facility in Maryland. Janice
says, “He thinks he is the mayor of
the barn, always stopping to chat
with everyone on his way up and
down the aisles. I think he especially
loved showing because there were so
many new horses to meet and socialize
with. I bought Legacy so that I
could really work on my riding and,
fortuitously, I have this summer off
and can for the first time devote lots
of time to riding. I think now that he
has shown and has his qualifying
scores for the BLMs, the two of us
show ring
The Commonwealth Dressage and Combined Training Association held its CDCTA Dressage at Morven Park on
May 5-6, 2012 in Leesburg, Va. It was a big show with five rings running throughout each day.
Hanoverians showed everyone how it’s done with at least one winner at every level.
[ BY PAT LIMAGE ]
will spend a good part of the rest of
this summer working with Barb on
both of us.”
Barbara is equally enthralled with
the big, black horse. “He is such a
friendly horse that wants to please in
every way,” she says. “This makes him
a joy to train. He will try anything
you ask and he has the talent to do
what you want. This was his first
recognized show. We were all happy
to find out that he loved being out
there. I have never taken a horse out
for the first time who was so steady
in the ring.”
First Level
waterlOO by wOrldly Out
of Ruxandra/Rubinstein I,
owned/ridden by Adrian
Griner, Md., won First Level, Test 2
with a 73.243%. He also placed
second in First Level, Test 2 with
73.243% and was third in two First
Level, Test 3 classes with 69.839%
and 68.871%.
Waterloo was imported from Germany
in 2007 as a five-year-old. Adrian
has had the 16.3-hand, black gelding
for a little over three years and has done
most of the training himself, but
once you hear his story you may be
surprised they made it this far at all.
Adrian relates, “Waterloo has a very
colorful past. I got him from Danielle
Fleegle who is a good friend and
owner of Morgan Run Stables in
Westminster, Md. She bought him
from a trainer who was boarding with
her at the time [2008]. This trainer 4
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was going to have him euthanized after
he bucked her off one Sunday morning.
Dani stepped in and purchased Waterloo
for a dollar. That’s when I first met
Waterloo because I start youngsters
and work with problem horses. To
make a long story short, he was in a lot
of pain and bucked everyone off that
ever tried to work with him, including
me! [That episode, in March 2009, sent
Adrian to University of Maryland Shock
Trauma.] So, Waterloo bounced around
from barn to barn and was even sent
back to Germany to be sold with no
takers. I worked with him for about a
month and was planning on going to a
schooling show until he sustained a
massive wire cut to his right hindleg
that required nine months and many
thousands of dollars to rehabilitate
him. Some at the farm tried to persuade
Dani to put him down once again, but
she saw something in him and if there
was a chance of saving him, she was
going to do all she could. After that, I
lost track of him for almost a year until
I got a call asking if I wanted him and,
of course, I did. It’s been a bittersweet
road with him but one I wouldn’t
change for anything because I’ve learned
so much. With the help of a great chiropractor,
[a specialist discovered the
horse had two misaligned ribs that
caused him pain when mounted] I’m
able to keep Waterloo feeling good so
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he can be the great athlete that he
is. It’s been all up hill. Two years ago he
won the BLMs at Training Level and
was named Reserve Champion at the
GAIGs. He is a very willing partner
and a great friend. The CDCTA show
was his first since last July and it went
very well. He is settling in and becoming
an old hand at showing. As a matter of
fact, I think he likes to go! I plan on
taking him as far up the levels as I can
go, hopefully, moving to Second Level
by late summer.”
Above: The seven-year-old Belissario (Belissimo M-Rubina/Rubinstein), along with owner/rider Amy
Dahlgren, Va., won Second Level, Test 2 with a 67.632% and Third Level, Test 1 with 64.605%. The pair
also placed second in Second Level, Test 3 with a 64.524%.
Second Level
there were several hanOverians
taking home blue at Second
Level. Kathleen Kelly, Va., rode
her nine-year-old gelding Figaro HP
(Feinbrand-Russian Roulette/Rouletto)
for a win in Second Level, Test 3 with
67.857%, as well as first place in the
USDF Musical Freestyle with 73.167%.
Amy Dahlgren, Va., rode her sevenyear-old
Belissario (Belissimo M-
Rubina/Rubinstein) to win Second Level,
Test 2 with a 67.632% and Third Level,
Test 1 with 64.605%. They also took
second place in Second Level, Test 3
with 64.524%. Another winner at Second
Level (68.429% in Test 1) was a beautiful
17.3-hand mare with a Hanoverian
brand on her hip, but I can’t confirm
her pedigree as the owner bought her
“with incomplete paperwork.” What a
pity; she was a lovely mare!
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On the other hand, paperwork is absolutely
complete on Figaro HP. He was
bred by High Point Hanoverians, Md.,
and is all-American. Kathleen says she
bought him as a five-year-old from a
lady who had purchased him from High
Point as a yearling “but soon realized
with his size he was never going to work
for her. Lucky me!” Kathleen says, “He
had been given his four-year-old year
off because he was growing so fast. He
had been back under saddle just a few
months, so basically I was starting from
scratch.” Kathleen has done all the
training on Figaro herself with lessons
from Linda Zang and Nicky Vogel. She
continues, “He has been a challenge and
a joy. With his big body and movement,
it can be a lot to get everything coordinated,
but when it all comes together
he can be just amazing. The great part
is his attitude. He is one of the sweetest
horses I have ever had the pleasure to
work with and he will try anything and
never says no. The hardest part has
been being patient and letting him
grow and mature in his body so that he
stays sound and happy.”
Kathleen continues, “At this show, we
did our first Musical Freestyle. It was
great fun and even though we had a
little faux pas in the counter canter, he
still got a great score and we won the
class. We also rode Second Level, Test 3
to qualify for GAIGs and even though
I didn’t think it was one of our better
rides, the judge must have seen something
she liked because he won that
class as well! On Sunday we rode Third
Level for the first time. (Lots of firsts
that weekend!) We did what I would
consider an okay job. We made some
mistakes but I was still very happy with
the overall ride. I think that given a
little more time and practice Fig will
do really well at Third. Right now our
future plans are just to keep taking
things one level at a time. I’m not in
a rush to push him and am really
enjoying the journey; not that going
FEI wouldn’t be fabulous!”
Third Level
in third level, bellisariO (belissimO
M-Rubina/Rubinstein) was a star.
“Bo” is a flashy 16.2-hand, seven-year-

old chestnut gelding owned and ridden
by Amy Dahlgren, Va., who purchased
him in November 2009. “At that time he
was well started but all legs and angles,
absolutely no ability to carry himself,”
Amy says. Besides her demanding
career as an emergency room physician,
Amy is raising three small children
and, needless to say, she doesn’t
have as much time as she would like to
work with a trainer. In 2011, Amy with
her family and Bo moved from
Michigan to Virginia and soon discovered
the young trainer/instructor
Lauren Sprieser in Marshall, Va. Amy
has done most of the training on Bo
herself, but takes lessons from Lauren
as often as possible.
Amy boards Bo at a small hunter barn
near her home. She says, “We are the
anomaly there although I have had the
trainer, Kristin Kadar, jump Bo. I don’t
jump but he seems very talented at it
and seems to enjoy it. Bo has the best
personality. He’s like a big lap dog. He
comes over every time he sees me. He
lets my girls (Gabrielle 7 and Amanda 4)
lead him, brush him and feed him lots
of treats. They both ride him (pony
rides at this point) and I joke that he’s
their horse, not mine. I have no doubt
it will not be long before they are
really riding him. I love it when he
hangs his head over the fence and let’s
them hug his nose.”
Regarding the show and future plans
Amy says, “I was very happy with how
we did at the show. It was our first time
out at Second and Third Level and we
won both of those classes. He needs to
be stronger for the collection, though.
I would love to see him become an FEI
horse. I think he’s talented; I just hope
I’m good enough. Of course, I plan to
ride with Lauren as much as possible.
We haul up for lessons and I hope to stay
for a few weeks of more intense training
this summer. I just think Bo is amazing!
It would be difficult to find another
horse with his brain and talent!”
Fourth Level
the fOurth level winner was the
absolutely electric Du Vent (De
Niro-Heidekleid/Rubinstein I),
happily, another American-bred. He
scored 72.432% in Fourth Level, Test 2
and 68.429% in Fourth Level, Test 1
for the win in both classes. Rider/
trainer Silva Martin says of him, “Du
Vent is a very exiting horse. He is very
powerful and a great athlete. I am having
a great time training and showing
him. Du Vent sure is on the hotter side,
but I like that about him. He has been
challenging at times but I really think
we have worked through that. We
understand each other very well and I
am very lucky to be riding such a great
horse.”
His owners T. Larry Smith and Melinda
Walton relate, “Du Vent is a 2003
American-bred Hanoverian gelding,
bred and owned by us. He was our first
attempt at breeding, having started our
Hanoverian breeding operation in 2002.
A flashy chestnut with a blaze and socks,
Du Vent possesses a remarkable presence,
expressive movement and a hot temperament.
Silva Martin has been working
with Du Vent since June of 2010
and has been consistently winning with
him this year. They won both of the
Fourth Level classes in which they
competed at the CDCTA show and
are schooling all of the Prix St. Georges
movements at home.
“Silva also competed Du Vent’s half
brother – Benefactor RRS, a four-yearold
gelding by Bonheur out of Heidekleid
– at the same show. Benefactor was
also bred by us and was sent to Silva in
the fall of 2011 as a three-year-old. This
was Benny’s first competition and he
and Silva won both the Materiale class
with 81% and Training Level, Test 1 with
78%. Benny also possesses beautiful
gaits and an amazing work ethic. Silva
has very high expectations for both of
these Hanoverians.”
“As breeders, we have emphasized the
quality of our broodmares, purchasing
only a few of the best that could be
found. Although some of our mares
are Dutch or Oldenburg, all have been
presented to the AHS and approved for
the Main Studbook. We feel that the
American Hanoverian Society has been
very supportive of our quest for the best!”
Above: The 2003 American-bred gelding Du Vent (De Niro-Heidekleid/Rubinstein I) won Fourth Level,
Test 2 with a 72.432% and Fourth Level, Test 1 (68.429%) under rider /trainer Silva Martin. Du Vent
was bred and is owned by T. Larry Smith and Melinda Walton.
Prix St. Georges
feniCe (feiner stern-em rhiannOn/
Ramiro’s Bube), owned by Brandi
Benedict and bred by Marefield
Meadows, both of Virginia, is a horse
I’ve had the pleasure of watching develop
over the years. His successes under
owner/rider/trainer Brandi have been
reported in this magazine a number of
times as they moved up the levels. At
this show they won both Prix St. Georges
tests with 68.684% on Saturday and 4
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69.474% on Sunday. And it couldn’t
happen to a nicer young lady. Brandi is
a joy to know – always pleasant, optimistic
and energetic. She tells us about
Fenice, “He was so good at that show.
He has really started to mature over
the past year. I have been working with
Heidi Berry here in Virginia, and I also
go up to Maryland to get help from
Scott Hassler. They have both helped
me tremendously with him.”
But it hasn’t always been easy. Brandi
explains, “Fenice has taken a long time
to figure out the changes (I’m talking
years!) and over this last winter he
finally got them! This has been a huge
breakthrough for him. He has been
schooling the piaffe/passage/pirouettes
for a long time, but the changes have
been holding us up. This weekend was
a big confidence builder for me in realizing
that my horse is solid now in the
changes and I can start to focus on
making other things better.”
Although Brandi admits to being nervous
going into the test on Saturday,
she says, “I knew we were ready, but in
the back of my mind I couldn’t help
but wonder if everything would just
fall apart. As soon as I turned down the
center line and made the first halt/
salute any worries I had, completely
vanished. He was amazing. He was
confident, relaxed, and full of power.
The test was flowing and energetic and
the changes were clean and big! He
waited for me in the tempis and never
got flustered. All the years of work and
trying new exercises, and being happy
with small micro-steps of improvement,
paid off after that test. I was sitting on
a solid FEI horse that I had made from
the beginning! There is something really
special about that.
“Sunday the test was also good. It lacked
a little of the power that the other test
had, and he got a little tighter, but my
changes were clean and he actually
scored better. What made me really
happy was that two different judges
had seen my horse go on two different
days, and both scored him very similarly.
This made me even more confident
in my horse and his training.”
“I think what I’ve learned through these
last few years with Fenice is that there
is no set time line for where a horse
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Above: Gentleman N (Grusus-SPS Rumpelstilzchen/Raphael), bred by Kathryn and Jeffrey Nesbit, Va.,
and owned/ridden by Kristin Herzing, Pa., was awarded first place at Intermediaire II scoring 64.342%.
should be at a certain age. Some take
longer than others. You have to be
patient. If you have a horse you really
believe in, don’t give up. Keep working
at the problem and maybe try to find
other ways to approach it. Sometimes
you really have to think outside the
box to solve something. Looking back,
there were so many times I thought he
would never figure it out, but all the
times I perceived as failed attempts
were just opportunities to find new
ways to solve the training problem we
were having. Now I have a huge toolbox
full of ideas and exercises to help
future horses in their training and I
owe it all to Fenice!”
Intermediaire I
COntessa (COntender-ginger/
Gibralter) scored 68.421% for
the win in Intermediaire I. She
is owned by Rachel DeMarcus, Va.,
and ridden/trained by Donna Gatchel,
Va. I first met this team in 2007
when they were winning at Fourth
Level. Contessa is now confirmed
at Intermediaire I and heading for
Intermediaire II. Donna says Contessa
has the one-tempis and passage, but
piaffe is taking a little longer to conquer.
Owner, Rachel, has been a constant
supporter of her horse and trainer,
attending the shows, carrying towels,
brushes, water, whatever the pair may
need for a good turn-out.
Donna says, “I was thrilled with my
ride at the CDCTA show, she produced
some great work, earning 8’s for her
extended and medium trots and 8’s for
her tempi’s, which are so easy for her.
The pirouette work is still hard but we
did get 7’s so I was happy about that, I
lost her in the extended canter on the
diagonal, which brought our score down.
I definitely hope to go all the way with
her, she has come so far and I do love her.”
Intermediaire II
at intermediaire ii it was anOther
familiar pair taking the blue
ribbon. Kristin Herzing, Pa., on
Gentleman N by Grusus out of SPS
Rumpelstilzchen/Raphael, bred by
Kathryn and Jeffrey Nesbit, Va., scored
64.342% for the win. When I contacted
Kristin to tell her Gentleman would be
the representative for Intermediaire II in
this article about Hanoverian winners
at every level, she commented, “I didn’t
know that the CDCTA show had
Hanoverian winners at every level, but
I am not surprised. I can’t say enough
about my Gentleman and the breed, in
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general. I love to look through the show
rosters and see all his relatives. He has
been such a joy to own and develop.
The judges all comment on his lovely
demeanor – he truly is as his name
states. We climbed the ladder together
from Training Level on up and he has
always taken care of me. This was
our second outing at Intermediaire II
this year and I was really pleased with
his performance. We are working on
developing his strength and hope to
come out at Grand Prix next year.
After eight years, I finally have the confidence
to go in there and show him off
a little. Ribbons aside, I always say that
his best performances are in the pasture.
We arrived home early from
CDCTA, so I turned Gentleman out to
stretch his legs. After two FEI classes
and some 50 lead changes later, I stood
in awe as he galloped and bucked
across his field. All I could think was
thank goodness he doesn’t do that
when I’m on his back! He is a wonderful
ambassador of the breed and I am
blessed to have him.”
Grand Prix
elite stalliOn harmOny’s barOnCelli
(Bergamon-SPS Madeira/Matcho
x), owned by Harmony Sporthorses,
rounds out our list of winners by taking
both Grand Prix classes at the CDCTA
Dressage Show. With his rider Susanne
Hassler, Md., he scored a 68.83% and
66.702%.
Susanne reports that an injury had
kept her out of the saddle for a few
months over the fall and winter, which
dashed her hopes of showing in Florida
this year. She started her show season
later than usual. She relates, “Beginning
in our second year together, Baroncelli
is feeling stronger than ever and our
partnership is definitely improving. I
was very pleased with how he was
thinking and offering himself to the
Grand Prix both days at the CDCTA
show. The footing was a real challenge for
us the first day but they dramatically
improved it with better management
for the second day, for which I was
grateful. I had really wanted to try to
ride back-to-back Grand Prixs as a test
of Baroncelli’s fitness and I was pleased
that he felt up to the challenge!” Susanne
and Baroncelli debuted their Freestyle
at the Devon CDI last year and will have
their second performance at the CDI
in New Jersey. She says, “I’m excited
about it and am hopeful to produce a
good Grand Prix and Freestyle. I know
I’ll have a lot of fun in the process and
will give Baroncelli my best. We’ve also
been invited to perform in PVDA’s
Ride For Life gala evening ‘Dancing
Horse Challenge’. I’m really looking
forward to it! That show and the cause
mean a lot to our family and I am
delighted to be invited to participate.”
The Rider for Life show benefits breast
cancer research. n
Pat Limage is the vice president of MAHB and
a former AHS board member, who chaired the
Marketing Committee and Annual Meeting
Committee for six years. She has been raising
Hanoverians for 24 years at her Bae Prid Farm
in Gainesville, Va.
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JUNE 14-17, 2012
Golden State Dressage Classic & CDI*
show ring
Ten west coast juniors and young riders braved triple-digit heat at the Murieta Equestrian Center on
June 14-17, 2012 to earn scores for the upcoming North American Junior & Young Rider Championships.
This show was the second to last time riders could earn qualifying scores for placement on the Region 7 teams,
without a long trip outside of California, which led to intense competition.
Cassidy gallman made the
10-hour drive from Poway,
Calif., with her Hanoverian
gelding Woden. The trip had been
very successful as they won all three
of the FEI Junior classes in the CDI
with scores of 67.207%, 68.026% and
a 71.125% for their Freestyle. This
was their best show so far during the
one and a half years that Gallman
has owned Woden (Weltmeyer) and
they’re in the top four of the standings
for the Region 7 Junior Team. The
pair stayed in northern California for
another week to compete at the qualifying
competition at the Christiane
Noelting Dressage Center in Vacaville
on June 23-24.
“I’m very proud of him in this heat,”
said Gallman of Woden. “He gets sort
of nervous, we were worried about
him being far from home. My team
test was really good. The trot wasn’t
as great as we would have liked it to
be, but it was still better than average.
I was happy. Every show has been an
improvement.”
Gallman, 17, and Woden, 14, started
training with Steven Birchall at Clear
Spring Farm in Rancho Santa Fe,
Calif., last November. “Woden came
Facing: Seventeen-year-old Cassidy Gallman
of Poway, Calif., and her 14-year-old Hanoverian
gelding Woden (Weltmeyer-Derby/Ankum)
won all three of the FEI Junior classes at the
Golden State Dressage Classic & CDI* with
scores of 67.207%, 68.026% and a 71.125%
for their Freestyle. Woden was bred by
Above: The four-year-old Hanoverian mare Cabria JW (Cabalito-Pagoda/Prinz Gaylord) and Carrie
Harnden of Escalon, Calif., scored over 70% in all of their classes, winning four of their five classes.
Cabria was bred by Josie Walsh of Los Gatos, Calif.
into my barn for sale and I thought
they would be a super match,” said
Brichall. “They’ve just been awesome.
He’s not the easiest horse – he’s a
Weltmeyer and is a little opinionated.
They started out in this season’s first
CDIs not doing well but have increased
their scores 10 to 15 percentage points.”
Gallman and Woden have won the
FEI Junior Team Individual and
Freestyle tests at their last three selection
trials – Del Mar National in April,
Flintridge Dressage in May and now
the Golden State Classic. Their goal is
to make the Region 7 team for Kentucky.
“He’s a super cool horse,” said Gallman.
“I’ve become a better rider so I know
how to control him now. His trot is
very big and bouncy. The half passes
are my favorite on him.” Wodan was
bred by Herbert and Irene Ilg.
Young rider Jamie Pestana is lucky
to be competing with her eight-yearold
Hanoverian gelding Winzalot
(Wolkenstein II-Franzisca/Frappant).
Winzalot colicked 10 days before last
year’s North American Junior & Young
Rider Championships. He had a perforated
colon and had to have surgery
at UC Davis, where Pestana is now an
undergraduate student with the goal
of becoming a veterinarian. It turns
Herbert and Irene Ilg. © Sheri Scott Photo. [ BY SHERI SCOTT ]
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out that Winzalot was allergic to the
internal sutures so he herniated. He
had a second surgery to replace the
sutures with metal staples, but he
reacted to the staples as well and UC
Davis performed a third surgery to
remove those. It’s been a long haul, and
this was only their second show of the
2012 season. Luckily, Pestana was able
to ride Winzalot a bit between surgeries
and that helped get them back in
the show ring.
“I’m working on getting his strength
back,” explained Pestana. “At each show
he’s been a little stronger. Friday, in the
team test, he was a little excitable but
Saturday’s Individual test was better. I
thought moments of it were some of our
best moves ever. And then there were
movements when his attention span just
wasn’t there. Overall, I was happy with
him considering everything. He’s finally
getting his fitness and strength back.”
Winzalot, a 16.3-hand dark bay, placed
second in all three of the Young Rider
selection classes with scores of 66.272%,
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68.772% and 73.042%. The pair placed
second in the Freestyle by only .208%.
Their freestyle music was put together
by Terry Gallo, which included “Fun
House” by Pink for the walk work, music
from Slum Dog Millionaire for the
trot, and “Today is Your Last Day” by
Nickelback for the canter.
“I thought his canter work was pretty
good other than one spook,” said Pestana.
“It was the most rideable he’s been in
the canter. His trot work was maybe not
our best but he was still satisfactory. And
his canter pirouettes were really good.”
Pestana purchased Winzalot as a threeyear-old.
Dennis Callin had found him
for Pestana at Catherine Haddad’s barn
in Germany. He was bred by Hans-
Heiner Duescher.
Chelsey Sibley of Sonora, Calif., rode
Starr Vaughn Equestrian’s 10-year-old
Hanoverian stallion Donner Starr to wins
in the Prix St. Georges on all three days.
His scores went up as the show went on
earning 66.97%, 68.289% and 71.842%.
“Here, he’s just been a star,” said Sibley.
“He’s finally starting to get the whole
program down. He’s really strong in
the Prix St. Georges and I’ll start showing
him at Intermediaire I soon.”
“He was so easy and strong riding through
the test,” continued Sibley. “Everything
has gotten better. His pirouettes have
progressed. They’ve sort of been a
problem that he’s had for a little bit, now
he’s doing really well. I’m working on
keeping him up more in the extended
trot. He’s coming out of his shoulder
now that we’ve started working on the
Grand Prix movements.”
“Rancho Murieta was a new place for
him and he was a little worried the first
day and distracted by stuff, but he did
everything I wanted and was really
good. When he’s good he’s easy to ride.
You just sit up there and ride him
through the test and it’s automatic.
He’s been getting like this the last few
months. I’ve had him for two years and
it seems like it takes me about that long
to really get to know a horse and for

them to get to know me and my aids. I feel that we’re really
in sync now and he’s understanding everything that I want,”
said Sibley.
Starr Vaughn Equestrian of Wilton, Calif., bred Donner Starr
(Domiro-EM Waranja/Walt Disney I). His dam EM Waranja
is one of Genay Vaughn’s young rider mounts, and placed
sixth at the Festival of Champions at Gladstone earlier this
month.
Carrie Harnden of Escalon, Calif., scored over 70% in all of
her classes with her four-year-old Hanoverian mare Cabria JW.
They won four of their five classes at the show. Cabria JW is
by the Elite stallion Cabalito out of Pagoda, by Prinz Gaylord,
and was bred by Josie Walsh of Los Gatos, Calif. Harnden
purchased Cabria JW from Walsh as a two-year-old.
Above: The 10-year-old Hanoverian stallion Donner Starr (Domiro-EM Waranja/
Walt Disney I) and Chelsey Sibley of Sonora, Calif., won Prix St. Georges on
all three days of the Golden State Dressage Classic & CDI* show, scoring 66.97%,
68.289% and 71.842%. Donner Star was bred by Starr Vaughn Equestrian
Center of Wilton, Calif.
“She has jumping lines but she’s proving to be a good dressage
horse,” said Harnden. “I broke her and she’s been very easy
and so uncomplicated. She’s the best horse I’ve owned in my
life. Her trainability is amazing.”
This was Cabria’s third show under saddle and she won all of
her classes at the Shasta Chapter of the CDS show in May and
at the Dressage in the Redwoods show. She was also named the
High Score mare at Dressage in the Redwoods in Bonny Doon,
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2012 INSPECTION TOUR REMINDER
Mare Inspection Photos Needed
Photos of all new 2012 Elite Mares, Elite Mare Candidates,
High Score Hanoverians and non-Hanoverian mares from
the inspection sites, new Jumper Breeding Program mares,
and the mares upgraded from Studbook to Main Studbook
in 2012 through performance are needed for publication in the
inspection reports included in the fall and winter issues of The
American Hanoverian, as well as for the Mare Book section of
the 2013 AHS Breeders’ Guide and Stallion Directory. The AHS
would like to include as many photos of these mares as possible.
Photos must be received immediately after the inspections for
use in The American Hanoverian reports, and no later than
November 20, 2012 for inclusion in the 2013 AHS Breeders’
Guide and Stallion Directory.
Calif., last weekend. Cabria was awarded Reserve Champion
Filly at the USDF Region 7 Championships last October.
“Cabria was a little tense out there, but her trainability is so
great,” said Harnden of their Materiale class on Saturday
morning where they scored 78.1%. “She just settled as she
went on out there. She was unflappable. The judge [Sarah
Geikie] loved her. She said all three of her gaits were fabulous
and she could see potential in the mare.” n
AHS member Sheri Scott is a nationally acclaimed photographer who
resides in Folsom, Calif. Sheri’s articles and award-winning photographs
regularly appear in such publications as The Chronicle of the Horse and
Dressage Today.
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Jumpers and Eventing Horses
must be enrolled by
September 30th of the current
competition year to be eligible.
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PLEASE USE ONE FORM PER HORSE. Complete and return to the AHS at the address provided.
Horse’s Registered AHS Name: Show Name (if different):
Horse’s AHS Registration # (Or Certificate of Pedigree #):
Horse’s USEF #: Horse’s USEA #:
Owner’s Name: USEF Zone shown in:
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PLEASE USE ONE FORM PER HORSE. These are the divisions in which we track points for our AHS Hanoverian Year End Awards. We use USEF’s
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USEF also). Please check below the division(s) in which you are showing in or plan to show in during the upcoming year, so we can track your horse’s
achievements. See complete eligibility requirements at www.hanoverian.org/awards/eligibility.htm
Hunter Divisions (mark all that apply):
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o Junior Jumper
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o Beginner Novice
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o Children’s Jumper
o Preliminary
o Intermediate
o Advanced
o Grand Prix Jumper
o 5-Year-Old Jumper
o Young Horse Series 4-Year-Olds
o Young Horse Series 5-Year-Olds
o Adult Amateur Hunter,
Rider 18-35 Years Old
o Adult Amateur Hunter,
Rider over 35 Years
o Pre-Green Hunters
o 6-Year-Old Jumper
o 7/8-Year-Old Jumper

administration
The American Hanoverian Society
Minutes of the Board of Directors Teleconference Meeting
Friday, February 3, 2012
ahs president edgar sChutte
called the meeting to order
at 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time.
Present: Vanessa Carlson, Steve Carroll,
Judy Hedreen, Doug Langer, Doug
Leatherdale, Suzanne Quarles, Barbara
Schmidt, Edgar Schutte, Cathy Tucker-
Slaterbeck, Meg Williams, and Executive
Director Hugh Bellis-Jones. Not
present Volker Ehlers and Rick Toering.
President Edgar Schutte reported that
the AHS had a great annual meeting
in Florida. Member Sandy Hunt will
organize and host the 2013 meeting
in San Diego. The AHS is considering
sponsorship opportunities for 2013;
Mr. Schutte will report back to the
board when further details are available.
Motion to approve the minutes of
the Board’s January 20, 2012 meeting.
Passed.
Executive Director’s Report: The 2012
Stallion Book is at the printer and will
be mailed the week of February 6.
Carol Hienzsch begins her employment
with the AHS on February 13.
Sandra Werkheiser will continue as
AHS Website Director; she will also
continue to produce monthly press
releases and national advertising in
print media. The Special Marketing
and Education Committee will lead
the search for a new individual to
produce the Stallion Book and quarterly
magazine. The AHS has signed
a five-year (2012-2016) lifetime foal
recording contract with the United
States Equestrian Foundation (USEF).
Judy Hedreen reported on the possible
development of a Hanoverian Young
Breeders Camp. The concept would
be to introduce young breeders to the
Hanoverian breed with the goal of
having an AHS Young Breeders Team
at the 2017 World Championships
for Young Breeders that will be held
in Canada. Maren Schlender from
the Verband would be involved with
this. Scholarship funds may be available.
Christine Kropf, Gina Leslie and
Dorie Vlatten-Schmitz will work on
this project.
The Board discussed the establishment
of a Special Mare Matching Committee
to assist breeders in making breeding
decisions. After lengthy discussion the
Board decided to table this subject
until its next meeting.
Motion to add an AHS membership
directory to the members’ only section
of the AHS website. An opt out option
would be included. Passed.
Judy Hedreen introduced the USEF
Young Horse Championships and
Festival. This is a new week-long
show to be held at the Kentucky
Horse Park in September 2013. The
goal is to showcase young horses,
create a greater market for breeders,
promote American-bred horses, and
attract buyers looking for potential
future athletes. This venue may be
an excellent opportunity to promote
Hanoverians. Judy Hedreen will
report back to the board with any
new developments.
Mr. Schutte reported that the next issue
of Warmbloods Today would feature
a special section on The American
Hanoverian Society. Publisher Liz
Cornell had indicated that at 132
pages, this was by far their largest
issue yet. The board agreed to permit
the AHS mailing list to be used to
send a complimentary copy of this
issue to every AHS member.
The board discussed the planning of
the 2012 Inspection Tour. Motion
that beginning in 2012, the AHS will
require all inspection sites to provide
proof of liability insurance to the AHS.
In addition, the AHS, its officers, judges,
designees, and AHS staff will be listed
as additionally insured parties for
the day of inspection. Passed.
The Board discussed a proposal
from the Virginia Tech Middleburg
Agricultural Research and Extension
Center to conduct a Genetic Analysis
of the Hanoverian horse. After discussion
the Board declined to fund
this project.
There being no further business,
Mr. Schutte adjourned the meeting
at 4:15 p.m. n
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administration
The American Hanoverian Society
Minutes of the Board of Directors Teleconference Meeting
Monday, May 21, 2012
ahs president edgar sChutte
called the meeting to order at
4:00 p.m. Eastern Time. Present:
Vanessa Carlson, Judy Hedreen, Doug
Langer, Doug Leatherdale, Suzanne
Quarles, Barbara Schmidt, Edgar
Schutte, Rick Toering, Cathy Tucker-
Slaterbeck, Meg Williams, and Executive
Director Hugh Bellis-Jones. Not present
Steve Carroll and Volker Ehlers.
President Edgar Schutte stated that the
meeting had been called to review
and discuss a proposal from United
States Equestrian Federation (USEF)
to provide the AHS with hardware/
software maintenance. Reports would
also be given by various committee
members.
Motion to approve the minutes of the
Board’s February 3, 2012 meeting.
Passed.
Executive Director’s Report: The office
is operating well and Carol Hienzsch
is a valued member of the staff. The
office has begun to process inspection
tour and Futurity entries. Terri
Ralenkotter has been engaged as the
AHS’s new Publications Editor. Her
duties will begin with the fall issue of
the quarterly magazine and the 2013
Stallion Book. AHS member Annetta
Coleman spent April 20 at the central
office observing and analyzing
AHS operations. She has provided
valuable input in assessing AHS’s IT
requirements. The inspection tour
itinerary was produced by the Inspection
Tour Planning Committee and the
summer tour was ticketed on May 15.
The office has been working with
legal counsel at Wyatt, Tarrant and
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Combs to produce a liability waiver
that all participants will be required
to sign during this year’s inspection
tour. AHS members Sandy Hunt
and Cheryl Johnson are planning the
2013 annual meeting that will be held
January 17-20 in San Diego. At this
time hotels are being reviewed; the
full agenda will appear in the summer
issue of The American Hanoverian.
Elections will be held this fall for
open board positions. Those members
whose terms expire at the end of this
year are Steve Carroll, Judy Hedreen,
Doug Langer, Barbara Schmidt, Edgar
Schutte, and Meg Williams. The
office will work with Nominations
Committee Chair Diane Nauman to
implement the election process.
Treasurer Vanessa Carlson reported
for the Finance Committee that the
2011/12 finances are very much in
line with the budget. It is anticipated
that revenues will increase as inspection
tour enrollments are received.
Rick Toering, Chair of the Rules and
Grievances Committee, reported that
a draft of the proposed revisions to
the society’s By-Laws and Rules for
Registration would be available for
the committee’s review within two
weeks.
Suzanne Quarles reported for the 2012
Inspection Tour Planning Committee.
A number of new documents will be
utilized during this year’s inspections,
including a liability waiver which
has been approved by the AHS’s
legal counsel and insurance carrier.
A webinar will be held to familiarize
the judges with this year’s new procedures
and a later one will be held for
site hosts.
DID YOU KNOW? Horses have 16 muscles in each ear, allowing them to rotate their ears 180 degrees.
Doug Langer reported that the Breeding
Assistance Committee is now in operation
with Mary Lou Winn as Chair.
A number of member inquiries have
already been addressed.
New Business. With the April 18
resignation of the AHS’s long-time
computer consultant, the AHS was in
receipt of a proposal from USEF to
meet the AHS’s IT needs, specifically
hardware/software maintenance. AHS
member Annetta Coleman, who had
been invited to lead this discussion,
stated that the AHS’s present system is
outdated and has limitations. However,
the database is sound, functional and
efficient in implementing the work
flow, particularly the issuing of foal
registration papers. The AHS hardware
had not been significantly updated in
15 years and she expressed confidence
that USEF’s proposal was accurate
and could maintain the AHS’s future
software/hardware needs. A lengthy
discussion ensued, including feedback
that had been gathered from the Welsh
Pony and Cob Association, Friesian
Horse Association of North America,
and the United States Hunter Jumper
Association, three of several companies
for whom the USEF IT department
provides services.
Motion to approve the IT upgrades
outlined in the USEF’s May 1, 2012
proposal for servicing and maintaining
the AHS’s hardware/software requirements.
Passed.
There being no further business,
Mr. Schutte thanked everyone for
their attendance and adjourned the
meeting at 5:15 p.m. n

The American Hanoverian Society’s Hanoverian Sales List is a service to AHS members. Neither the American Hanoverian Society, its Officers,
Directors, nor staff assume any liability, legal or otherwise. Inclusion in this list does not constitute endorsement by the AHS. Each horse
advertised must have AHS or HV papers, or an AHS Certificate of Pedigree, or have applied for same with the exception of all non-Hanoverian
mares who may be advertised if they have been inspected and accepted into the AHS breeding program. The American Hanoverian Society,
through its Board of Directors, reserves the right to accept or reject advertisements for this publication at its discretion.
MARES AND FILLIES:
Breathtaking filly Breathtaking, the perfect word
to describe the movement, conformation and
pedigree of this filly. Her sire, Belissimo M, is in
every way amazing: top horse at the 24th NRW
Elite Riding Horse Auction; record winner of his
30-Day Test in Zweibrücken, first place in dressage
(9.63) as well as in jumping (8.77)! Undisputed
winner of the Riding Horse Championships in
Verden. Radiant 2003 Bundeschampion of fouryear-old
riding stallions in Warendorf. With a
score of 9.38, he was the clear winner of a qualification
in his class for the final round at the
World Championships for young dressage horses
in Verden 2004. Her dam, Rococo OSH, was the
high-scoring Hanoverian mare for the American
Hanoverian Society 2011 inspection tour. In
addition, she also received the Bari Von Buedingen
Memorial award. $18,000. (352) 425-6270, FL or
EVRSOStanton@gmail.com or www.conundrumfarmocala.com.
Condelina – 2012 Contucci filly for sale We’re
very pleased to present this quality filly as a future
talent for both sport as well as breeding. Born
on April 29, this pretty bay filly by Contucci is
sure to please the dressage breeder or rider. Her
sire Contucci (Caprimond/Lungau/Akzent II) won
the dressage portion of his 100-Day Test with an
impressive 147.11, earning six 9’s throughout the
testing for character, willingness to work, and
rideability, as well as his trot and canter. Contucci
was named the 2005 USEF Dressage Breeding
Sire of the Year and the 2009 USEF Dressage Sire
of the Year and his offspring are successfully
competing from Training through FEI Levels with
amateur, junior, and professional riders. Three
Reserve Grand Champions of Dressage at Devon
have been sired by Contucci as well as the 2008
and 2011 Devon Foal Championships. Contucci
is also the sire of both BW-Callista and Cabana
Boy (Contucci/Bordeaux), winners of multiple
USEF National Young Horse Championships.
This filly is out of the mare Delicat (Del Piero/
Parabol) who is herself a product of the Hilltop
Farm breeding program. Delicat is approved for
breeding with both the AHS and ISR/Oldenburg.
She is by Del Piero who earned an overall
125 points at his 100-Day Test, was the 1998
Bundeschampion, Reserve Champion at the 1999
World Breeding Championships for Young Horses,
and continued on to a successful Grand Prix career.
Granddam Parlez (Parabol/Consul) was a successful
competitor in dressage, show jumping, and eventing
and has produced multiple Premium mares and
an approved stallion. This filly will be registered
with the American Hanoverian Society and will
attend her inspection in July. Her full brother has
just begun showing and in his first outing earned
a 67% at Training Level. We believe this filly is well-
suited to following his footsteps into the dressage
arena. $9,000. (410) 658-9898, MD or breeding@
hilltopfarminc.com or www.hilltopfarminc.com.
2003 Weltmeyer out of Wendekreis MSB mare
Wind Star is an extremely amateur-friendly and
athletic Hanoverian-branded and AHS Main
Studbook approved mare. She has been professionally
trained to Second Level dressage and is
currently showing at First Level with scores up
to 66.7%, with 7’s for gaits and impulsion, and 8’s
on her leg yields. Wind Star has an exceptionally
smooth and comfortable canter, and a very
rhythmic and rideable trot. She is brave, sure
footed, and dependable on the trails. Always
sound and healthy, Wind Star is an easy keeper
with great hooves. She has been barefoot and in
full training with no problems. She has excellent
ground manners, trailers well and is very good
for the vet and the farrier. Wind Star’s top bloodlines
make her an exceptional broodmare candidate
as well. Her sire is the 1998 Hanoverian Verband
Stallion of the Year Weltmeyer. In 2011, he was
ranked second for USEF Leading Dressage Sire
Awards. Her dam is an imported Hanoverian
Verband Main Studbook mare by the Hanoverian
Celle Stallion and jumper foundation sire
Wendekreis out of a MSB dam by the Celle
improvement sire Maikater I. Wind Star also has
a USDF Lifetime Registration Number. For more
information, video, and pictures please visit
Wind Star’s web page. $15,000. (530) 621-1676,
CA or kbg@westgrangefarm.com or web.me.com/
westgrangefarm.
COLTS AND GELDINGS
Top quality prospect with exquisite mare Hold
Me Back is the result of meticulous stallion
selection paired with an exquisite modern mare
line. Extraordinary movement, a commanding
presence, and prestigious bloodlines make Hold
Me Back a very exciting prospect for the highest
level of competition. His sire, Hotline, was the
absolute star at the 2005 Hanoverian Stallion
Approvals receiving a standing ovation as the
Champion stallion. Three extraordinary gaits with
good conformation and an even temperament
make him particularly valuable. Sire Hofrat was
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Reserve Champion at the Trakehner Approvals in
Neumünster 2000 and has since then been successful
in Intermediate I. Grand sire Gribaldi is
one of the best stallions in Holland. The dam’s
sire De Niro offers an equally successful career
in the sport and as a producer like his famous
father Donnerhall. Hold Me Back’s dam, Rococo
OSH, was the high-scoring Hanoverian mare
for the American Hanoverian Society inspection
tour 2011. In addition she also received the Bari
Von Buedingen Memorial Award. $15,000. (352)
425-6270, FL or EVRSOStanton@gmail.com or
www.conundrumfarmocala.com.
Rio – 2012 Hanoverian colt for sale It’s been a filly
year here at Hilltop, so we were very excited when
Rio moved onto the farm! A flashy colt from what
is quickly becoming a favorite cross of Royal Prince
paired with Contucci mares, we expect this colt
to excel in the dressage arena. Sire Royal Prince
has been a standout as a competitor and a
breeding stallion. As a five-year-old, Royal Prince
won the East Coast Selection Trials for the
World Championships for Young Horses with
an unprecedented score of 9.82 and finished
4th in Verden later that summer. Royal Prince
continued his development into the FEI ring
and the exceptional quality of his basic paces as
well as his rideability has always been his trademark.
Royal Prince has been named the USEF
Dressage Breeding Sire of the Year for the past 4
years, he already has a number of Elite and EMC
daughters to his credit and his oldest offspring
are winning as dressage horses, hunters, and
eventers. This is the first foal for this Contucci/
Andros daughter. As a weanling Calais placed
3rd at Devon with an impressive score of 82%
in the Fillies of 2008 class and finished second in
the Hanoverian Two and Under class out of 27
horses. Her dam, an imported Wurttemberg
mare, was shown through Fourth Level before
producing Calais. This colt will be registered
with the American Hanoverian Society and will
attend his inspection in July. Dressage riders
looking for a prospect to develop in the coming
years will definitely want to come see this handsome,
powerful moving colt. $11,000. (410) 658-
9898, MD or breeding@hilltopfarminc.com or
www.hilltopfarminc.com.
Sakima KS - 2008 Hanoverian gelding 16.3 hands,
dark brown. Sakima KS is an excellent example
of the modern sporthorse type. His compact, yet
leggy build will suit a variety of riders and he
has a natural uphill balance. As a foal he was named
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Top Colt of his AHS inspection. Showing in-hand
only one time as a youngster, he won his Two-Year
Old Colts and Geldings class and the Born in the
USA award at the Morven Park Breed Show with a
score of 79%. Sakima was allowed ample time to
mature and only began his under saddle training
in the fall of his three-year-old year. He’s now
ready to begin showing at Training Level and his
correct hindleg and three good gaits, combined
with a desire to please his rider will make him a
fun horse to develop over the coming years. The
Sandro Hit son Sinatra Song is the sire of Sakima
KS. Sinatra Song was named Champion stallion at
his licensing in Germany and was selected to compete
at the Bundeschampionat the following year.
Sinatra Song earned 9’s for character, temperament,
and all three gaits at his Stallion Performance Test,
with an overall Dressage Index of 121 points. His
sire Sandro Hit has become one of the most popular
dressage sires of all time. Sakima’s genetics are
further strengthened by his dam, EM Berlina.
Berlina scored 8’s for all three gaits and rideability
at her Mare Performance Test, is an Elite Mare with
the American Hanoverian Society, and was the 1998
Grand Champion of Dressage at Devon. Berlina is
by Brentano II, sire of Olympic competitors Brentina
and Barclay. Sakima will be an excellent choice for
the rider looking to develop a quality young horse
into the FEI ring. He is sweet and responsive to work
with, is sensitive yet sensible, and is suitable for a
professional or an amateur with young horse experience.
$35,000. (410) 658-9898, MD or breeding@
hilltopfarminc.com or www.hilltopfarminc.com. 4
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Sir Highness – Sandro Hit/His Highness This colt’s pedigree reads like the
Who’s Who of modern sporthorse breeding. Sandro Hit, Donnerhall, Hohenstein,
Rubinstein, Weltmeyer. Sired by Sandro Hit who represents his own dynasty,
the dam of this colt, Elite Mare Halleluja is by His Highness (Hohenstein/Donnerhall)
out of Elite Mare Radunja by Rosentau (Rubinstein/Weltmeyer). This damline
is rare, representing seven direct generations of Elite/States Premium mares.
Sir Highness has a lovely temperament, with uphill and floating gaits. $14,000.
(517) 266-6331, MI or cheryl@hiddenacresfarm.net or www.hiddenacresfarm.net.
Wroyal Dancer – Wild Dance/His Highness Wroyal Dancer, a colt by Wild
Dance (Wolkenstein II) out of Elite Mare Heiress B (His Highness) is an example
of modern Hanoverian sport horse breeding with lofty uphill gaits, incredible
suspension, elasticity and a great mind. This colt is extremely athletic with rare
bloodlines. His bloodlines tell us he is destined for the big ring with a temperament
suitable even for an amateur rider. Sire Wild Dance was the winner
of his 100-Day Performance Test in Germany with 147+ in dressage/rideability.
He has an exceptional temperament and a willingness to work. He spent the
majority of his career as a competition horse. We are very lucky to have access
to these bloodlines. Wild Dance is a 16.2 H Hanoverian Grand Prix performer
with many wins and placings and already has multiple offspring at Grand Prix
Level. Although he is a fantastic mover, Wild Dance also received a 9 on jumping.
Wild Dance is by one of the best Weltmeyer sons, Wolkenstein II, out of a
States Premium mare by Matcho x. This bloodline combination has proven
exceptional. He adds movement and suspension to the gaits. The dam is Elite
Mare Heiress by His Highness. Damsire His Highness was the unchallenged
winner of the Hanoverian licensing in 2002. His Highness was celebrated by
the press like no Hanoverian Approval Champion before him. He went on to
win the 70-Day Test in Prussendorf, receiving the maximum score of 10 points
for his rideability and his canter, receiving a total score of 149.24. His
outstanding quality was rewarded with the dressage index of 155.04, the highest
score in this class. Elite Mare Heiress followed in her father’s footsteps. She was
declared champion multiple times during her showing career including a
USDF HOY award winner, EM Heiress represents 4 generations of SPS/Elite
Mares. Her first two foals were top at AHS inspections and her daughter
Wyleigh Princess by Weltmeyer was 2011 USDF Regional Yearling Filly Champion.
See www.HiddenAcresFarm.net for videos. $12,000. (517) 266-6331, MI or
cheryl@hiddenacresfarm.net or www.hiddenacresfarm.net.
Deanardo Deanardo is a three-year-old chestnut Hanoverian gelding. He has
started under saddle as of June 2012 and is doing exceptionally well. He won
the 2012 Cornhusker Classic I USDF qualifier breed show with an impressive
score of 78.8. As a yearling he won the USDF/Consequin Mid-States Finals Breed
show. He has beautiful movement and would make a wonderful dressage prospect.
His has that amazing Marilyn Monroe walk, relaxed and swaying. He is also
showing a propensity for jumping, so would work well in the hunter/jumper
arena as well. He has a sweet temperament with a willing heart and a mind to
match. He will make someone a companion for life horse who will take them
up the levels or bring in the ribbons in the show jumping ring. $20,000. (816)
807-6859, MO or country_girl109@hotmail.com or www.timeoutfarm.com
Landinair – 2012 Landkönig colt Landinair is a charismatic and bold colt
ready to take on the world. Bred to be an amateur competitor’s dream. He’s
bred to jump, but already shows an elegance and big uphill gaits very suited for
dressage. Sired by Landkönig out of the beautiful Arabian mare Caraechstrodinair,
this colt has a beauty and presence that is unique and special. Very easy to
handle, learns quickly and amateur friendly. He’ll be registered and branded
Hanoverian and registered Half-Arabian. $10,000. (916) 300-5144, CA or
tamcamera@me.com or www.tamarawiththecamera.com.
OTHER
Young Prospects – International Bloodlines Various youngsters available for
sale - from 2013 in-utero to competing four-year-olds. Dimaggio, Dream of Glory,
Weltmeyer, Rotspon, Lordanos, Brentano, and Thoroughbred bloodlines. Inquire.
(604) 894-6819, Canada or equimat@telus.net or www.dreamcatchermeadows.com.
In the Ribbons
Deanardo
The Hanoverian gelding Deanardo (Dacaprio-EM Delanie/
Donnerkeil) placed first in the Sport Horse Three-Year-Old
Colt or Gelding class with a score of 78.8 and won the
Sport Horse Colt/Gelding Qualifier Champion on May 19,
2012 at the 35th Annual Cornhusker Classic I & II. On May 20,
he placed second in the Three-Year-Old Sport Horse Colt or
Gelding class with a score of 75.5. Deanardo is owned/bred
by Emily Fowler and was handled by Patrick Benson.
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COURTESY EMILY FOWLER

Mid-Atlantic Hanoverian Breeders
proudly announce the
2012 All-American Hanoverian Young Dressage Horse Awards
offering $6,000 in Prizes at Dressage at Devon
Solitaire HM (Scimitar-Blue Dinamode xx/Dinamode xx) owned, ridden and bred by Karen Holweck-Mulreany.
Special thanks to the 2012 “All-American Hanoverian Young Dressage Horse Awards” sponsors:
Paul Cohen, Associations Underwriters, Inc. and Ziplow Horse Insurance, Westminster, MD; Jane MacElree, Hilltop Farm, Inc., Colora, MD;
Suzanne Quarles, Some Day Soon Farm, Mt. Airy, MD; Doug and Shannon Langer, Maple Run Farm, Helenville, WI; Anne Sparks, Horses Unlimited,
Albuquerque, NM and Annetta Coleman, High Valley Hanoverians, Suches, GA
Rewarding American breeders and competitors campaigning domestically-bred Hanoverians in dressage!
Three awards totaling $6,000 will be presented to eligible
American-bred Hanoverians competing in the Young
Dressage Horse classes at Dressage at Devon (DAD),
Devon, PA, September 25-30, 2012. The intent is to promote
American breeders by encouraging competitors to buy and
campaign domestically-bred Hanoverians in dressage. Dressage
at Devon is an excellent showcase for American-bred dressage
horses, as it is the largest show of its kind in the United States
and attracts the country’s top horses in both the breeding and
performance divisions.
To be eligible for the All-American Hanoverian Young Dressage
Horse Awards, a horse must be American-bred and -owned, which
the donors have defined as conceived and foaled in this country. The
horse must have been issued AHS registration papers. The donors
have stipulated that the sire of an eligible horse must be either an
AHS Elite Stallion or a stallion standing in Germany but owned by an
AHS member. The horse must be in the ribbons in its respective class
at Dressage at Devon but its owner need not be a member of the AHS.
$2,000 will be awarded to the highest-placing horse in each of the
three classes and the money will be split between owner and breeder.
Again in 2012, Paul Cohen of Associations Underwriters, Inc. and Ziplow Horse Insurance Agency will offer the AUIZHI-MAHB AWARDS of $1,000 each to
the highest-placed MAHB-bred Hanoverian in the Young Horse division and the Mature Horse division of the DAD in-hand open breeding classes. Eligible
horses must have been bred by a member of MAHB at time of registration. Money to be split between owner and breeder. Owner need not be a member of MAHB.
For further information on the All-American Hanoverian Young Dressage Horse Awards:
Please contact Pat Limage at (703) 754-7555 or baeprid@erols.com.
Details will also be available on the Mid-Atlantic Hanoverian Breeders Club website at www.mahanoverians.com.
MAHB members consistently produce outstanding Hanoverian sport horses
from the very best bloodlines in the U.S. and Germany. See the current sales list at:
www.mahanoverians.com

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