I’m wanting to know more. I heard that my Rotspon/Walt Disney mare that was sold to lady in NJ got great reviews & her colt by Quaterback was named a stallion prospect. Want to hear about the entire day.
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I’m wanting to know more. I heard that my Rotspon/Walt Disney mare that was sold to lady in NJ got great reviews & her colt by Quaterback was named a stallion prospect. Want to hear about the entire day.[/QUOTE]
I was there only for day 2, so I don’t have a full report.
I don’t have the full scores but your Rotspon mare did very well and scored well over a 7 per memory. I know that they commented on her nice neck and very powerful trot movement. Her colt was named the #2 colt of the inspection (there were 19-20 foals), right behind Catherine Haddad’s Don Principe-Ramiro’s Bube colt.The 3rd place colt was by Contucci out of an imported mare Bahia Breeze (bred by Kareen). The inspectors said it was a very nice foal crop, with the colts having slightly better quality than the fillies. The Qredit foals routinely got really high marks on the quality of their movement. If memory serves, the top fillies were by Qredit, one out of the mare that produced Shakespeare RSF. The Sir Wanabi’s got good remarks on their very nice hunter movement (~3 Sir Wanabis). The Don Principe’s also received very nice comments (especially the Top Colt).
In the Non-Oldenburg class, Marne Martin-Tucker had the 2 top mares, one by Furstenball-Jazztime and the other by Royal Hit-Le Coeur, both scored over a 7.5, and although very different in type, both are very lovely.
July 20-21st Hilltop Farm was pleased to host the American Hanoverian Society Inspection & Futurity. Dr. Ludwig Christmann, Volker Ehlers, and Suzanne Quarles made an excellent judging panel and their evaluations of each horse proved extremely valuable to the audience and owners.
Three stallions were presented for licensing this year, but unfortunately none were accepted at this time. Four mares participated in the Mare Performance Test: First Song KF (First Dance-Sandro Hit), Shalimar GGF (Schroeder-Wolkenstein II), Rheadora CF (Royal Prince-Tantris), and Sri Lanka (Sir Donnerhall-Legendaer I). It was Rachel Ehrlich’s mare Shalimar GGF that was the High-Score of the day with a 7.44 overall and highlight scores of 8 on her walk and rideability.
Now in its third year, the Yearling & Two-Year Old Futurity continues to grow. A total of 8 youngsters were presented. Denver HTF (Donarweiss GGF-Royal Prince) won the Two-Year Old Colts/Geldings & Chris Preston’s Hostreak CF (Hotline-Rotspon) was 2nd. Kathy Jackson’s geldings placed 1st & 2nd respectively in the Yearling Colts/Geldings with Dior KJ (Donarweiss GGF-Festrausch) earning scores of 8 on type, correctness, and his walk to place over Bugatti Royale (Bugatti-Del Piero). Quinzy HTF (Qredit-Cordoba) was the sole participant in the Two-Year Old Fillies but we were pleased with her 8’s for her head/neck and front legs especially. Finally in the Yearling Fillies, 1st place went to Relevè HTF (Royal Prince-Cordoba) with a 78.5% and 2nd was Beth Custalow’s filly Bugatti’s Ballerina (Bugatti-Rohdiamant).
Studbook inspections for mares were held over the two days and a total of 7 Hanoverian and 4 Non-Hanoverian mares were presented and all were accepted for the Main Studbook. Claudia Patrick’s First Song KF was the overall High-Score Hanoverian Mare with a 7.66 including 8’s for saddle position, typiness/femininity, impulsion/elasticity, and overall impression. Her walk however was the highlight earning a 9. She is now an Elite Mare Candidate. Mares scoring 7 or higher for Elite Eligibility included Bahia Breeze (Benetton Dream-Banditentraum) with a 7.5 (owner Michelle Ryan-Schwartz; breeder Kareen Heineking-Shutte), Raptana High (Rapture R-Highland Ruckus) with a 7.0 (owner Tamara Doloff; breeder Alice Alley), and Rejoyce JW (Rotspon-Walt Disney) with a 7.5 (owner Janet Rae; breeder Julia Whitfield). For the non-Hanoverian mares, all had to receive scores of 7 or higher for their acceptance into the AHS Main Studbook. High-scoring Non-Hanoverian mare was Marne Martin-Tucker’s Donatella M (Furstenball-Jazztime) who scored an overall 7.66, including a 9 for her neck and no less than five scores of 8.
A total of 18 foals were presented and the judges’ commented that the quality was high overall, and especially with the colts. Stallions represented included Bugatti, Donarweiss GGF, Doctor Wendell MF, Don Principe, Don Hill, Wamberto, Qredit, Shakespeare RSF, Sir Wanabi, Contucci, Escudo II, and Quaterback. Six foals were called back into the ring: Catherine Haddad’s Damascus (Don Principe-Ramiro’s Bube), Michelle Ryan-Schwartz’s Coach (Contucci-Benetton Dream), Que (Quaterback-Rotspon) owned by Janet Rae and bred by Julia Whitfield, Tawna King’s Quarter Sinclaire (Qredit-Lord Sinclair), Michelle Reilly’s Quartet GSH (Qredit-Arrian), and Claudia Patrick’s Duchess KF (Don Principe-Contendro). In the end, it was Damascus and Quartet GSH that were chosen as the Top Foals of the Day.
Thank you to all of the participants and spectators who made this weekend such an enjoyable one. We look forward to seeing you again next year!
Oh great to read of Bahia Breeze - I recall her well - Her dam was Statespremium. Now she has her own foal already …
Awesome. I’m so happy for Michelle she has gone through a lot of effort and has firmly stood behind her mare to be able to make this dream of hers come true. Also congrats to everyone else who did well! Marne’s Donatella is a fantastic mover. She has lived with us for a while before coming home. Well done everybody! And thank you to Hilltopfarm for the extensive report. It’s great to have such a quick report!
Thank you hilltop & Edgewood for the reports.
Ah right. I did not realise about Donatella. Congrats there aswell, also to Cathrin whom I met over here.
Here’s a video of Bahia Breeze’s brother who has just come under saddle.
A good interior never falls out of fashion. Their dam was retired from the breeding shed and is now a junior horse in Austria they have already participated in their national championships, do both dressage and jumping and love her to bits If anybody has any hints to photos from Bahia Breeze’s colt at the inspection they would be much appreciated! Collecting materials for our new flyer that is due this year…
