Daylight, Hanoverian Mare of the Year 2020

Breeding

Hanoverian

State Premium Mare Daylight was named the Hanoverian Mare of the Year 2020 at the annual Hanoverian stallion Licensing in Verden, Germany, on 24 October 2020.

Daylight (by De Niro x Weltmeyer) was born 20 years ago in the stables of Wilhelm Klausing in St. Hülfe. She was the second foal out of St.Pr.St. Wicke (by Weltmeyer x Grenadier - dam line of Noria) who was highly awarded at the German Mare championships in Neustadt/Dosse.

State Premium Mare and Auction Horse

As a 3-year-old Daylight was awarded first prize and a State Premium at the show in Wagenfeld. One year later she passed her mare performance test in Hoya. In this test she showed not only her very good dressage qualities, but also an exceptionally good free jumping ability.

In foal to the young stallion Stedinger, the dark chestnut mare was part to the collection for the Verden broodmare auction in August 2004 and sold to the family Brenninkmeyer from Hamburg. So her way led to the Klosterhof in Medingen, where Daylight found her new breeding home.

Legacy

Her first foal, Seline (by Stedinger), produced the premium stallion and reserve Hanoverian Young Horse Champion, Quattroporte (by Quantensprung).

The pairing of Daylight to Fidertanz, who had moved to Fidertanz' home Klosterhof Medingen in 2005, was particularly obvious. Her most successful offspring are out of this combination. Among them is Fats Domino, born in 2007 and meanwhile winning at Grand Prix level with Germany’s Fabienne Müller-Lütkemeier. His full brother is Flanell, four years younger and also reared at the Klosterhof. He was a premium stallion at his licensing in Verden in 2013 and is now on his way to Grand Prix with rider Kathleen Kröncke-Keller. His first offspring are already celebrating success in basic and advanced level tests.

In 2016 Daylight gave birth to the Borsalino daughter, premium candidate Bond Girl, an impressive mare who qualified for the Herwart von der Decken-Show last year via the Lüneburg Elite Championships and was awarded the Ic Prize in a strong class there.