Dancier Gold, Escamillo, Shu Fu Receive 2021 Weltmeyer Prize

Breeding

Hanoverian

For the tenth time, the Hannoveraner Verband has awarded the best young stallions after successfully passing the performance test.

While in the past the best young stallion was awarded with the Weltmeyer prize, since 2012 the Hanoverian society decorates more stallions each year with the distinction.

This year the breeders of three dressage stallions can be happy about the Weltmeyer Prize.

The 6-year old Dancier Gold (by Dancier x Weltmeyer), bred by Georg Strübing and owned by Gestüt Sprehe) was selected for the 2020 World Championships for young dressage horses with Australian Simone Pearce. The had already been successful at the Hanoverian Championships as well as at the Bundeschampionate and convinced in both parts of the sport test (final scores 8.73 and 9.24).

The 6-year old Escamillo (by Escolar x Rohdiamant), bred by Dr. Carolin Langhorst and owned by American Kimberly Davies-Sious, USA, was a premium stallion at the Licensing and completed part II of his sport test in Verden in 2020 with a final score of 9.36. He celebrated victories in dressage tests for young horses with Germany’s Helen Langehanenberg in the summer.

The 6-year old Shu Fu (by Sezuan x Fürst Heinrich) , bred by Gestüt Greim and owned by State Stud Celle, was born and raised in Bavaria. Due to injury he could not travel to the licensing in Verden. At the licensing in Munich-Riem, State Stud Manager Dr. Axel Brockmann discovered the athletic chestnut. He sent him to the 50-day test in Schlieckau in November, where Shu Fu topped the test with a final score 8.84.