From the 20th to 22nd July friends of the Trakehner got together for the federal tournament. A large number of visitors decided to come to Hanover. Besides the quality of the horses, the good weather and excellent side show delighted the audience.
Few new Trakehnern horses and plenty of well tried ones took place in the different disciplines.
Gifted young ones
Beate Heise’s (8,8) Zauberfürst, son of Interconti and Caprimond, won among the three-year-old stallions. One of the four-year-old stallions impressed the audience like no other. Imperio (Connery-Balfour xx) won with the highest mark of the entire tournament 8.9 and made his breeders from the stud Schwaiganger proud.
Trakehner power mares
Bona Fides won among the three-year-old mares and geldings with a mark of 8.3. The daughter of Cadeau and Kennedy consequently qualified herself for the federal championat. Recieving the mark of 8.4 the Exclusiv-Freudenfest daughter Karena won best four-year-old mare/gelding. Karena is owned by Beate Langels and will represent the Trakehnen horses in Warendorf.
Victory in the dressage arena
The Trakehner dressage horse champion is Karolinger v. Latimer-Hohenstein from the Klosterhof Medingen.
Foal auction, full success
Another highlight of the Trakehner Bundeschampionat was the open air foal auction. 17 foal were sold for a total of 142,500 Euros. The highest bid was given up for Bartok, son of Herzensdieb and Preussenprinz. The black and brown stallion foal which was bred by Wilhelm Tieste was sold to Lower Saxony for 18,000 €.
The Champions
championess three-year-old mares and geldings
Bona Fides by Cadeau – Kennedy
breeder: Hippo Stables, P.J. Smeets, NL-Beuningen
Owner: Nadine-Vanessa Rüdel, Felde
Rider: Nadine Rüdiger
champion three-year-old stallions
Zauberfürst by Interconti – Caprimond
Breeder: Dr. Elke Söchtig, Wolfhagen
Owner: Beate Heise, Seeon
Rider: Friederike Schulz-Wallner
championess four-year-old mares and geldings
Karena by Freudenfest – Exclusiv
Breeder: Trak.Gest.Hämelschenburg/Langels GbR, Emmerthal
Owner: Beate Langels, Emmerthal
Rider: Daniela Schunko
champion four-year-old stallions
Imperio by Connery – Balfour xx
Breeder: Hartmut Keunecke, Strasburg
Owner: Haupt- u. Landgestüt Schwaiganger, Ohlstadt
Rider: Friederike Schulz-Wallner
Photos courtesy: Jutta Bauernschmitt - Trakehners International
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