Who here is riding a Trakehner???

[acottongim]

@eventer_mi;3745339

I have a riding age son of Oskar II (out of Maskottchen) who is registered Oldenburg, but is 100% Trakehner on both sides. He’s 6, and I was also forewarned about the “hot Trakehner temperment”, but Oliver is anything but hot. he’s easily one of the most laid-back horses I’ve ever owned, and is super-easy to train. The most wonderful thing about him is that he LOOOOOVES to jump, especially xc! He hasn’t been at it that long, but he shows quite a fondness for it and is a blast to ride. He’s an absolute sweetheart, very forgiving, and nothing phases him - loves to trail ride, splashes through water, loves to have his head scritched.

If Oskar babies are all like this, I’d buy another one in a heartbeat. I’ve waited my whole life for this horse!

He is beautiful. May I ask why you registered him OLD if he is 100% TK? (you can PM me if you would rather) Even a part bred (D book) TK is elig for year end awards in the ATA.

As for how easy they are… I’ll let you know in a couple of years what it is like to start Emma, but I suspect it is going to be very similar. All of his babies (I’ve only been around the babies at my house and Joe’s) are super friendly and easy going. Actually EMMA is prob the most “hot” of all of them I’ve been around - but her dam is/was fairly “hot” too (and she is primarily T’bred). I do know it has been super easy to teach her anything else though - she is way to smart for her own good LOL.

[Olympussporthorses]

I am not riding my trakehner (she’s a broodmare) but she is a 1994 16.1 chestnut mare by Tropez x Flugleicht/Flugwind.

Her name is Furstleicht

http://good-times.webshots.com/album/568496771ElycnB?vhost=good-times

[eventer_mi]

@acottongim;3745630

He is beautiful. May I ask why you registered him OLD if he is 100% TK? (you can PM me if you would rather) Even a part bred (D book) TK is elig for year end awards in the ATA.

As for how easy they are… I’ll let you know in a couple of years what it is like to start Emma, but I suspect it is going to be very similar. All of his babies (I’ve only been around the babies at my house and Joe’s) are super friendly and easy going. Actually EMMA is prob the most “hot” of all of them I’ve been around - but her dam is/was fairly “hot” too (and she is primarily T’bred). I do know it has been super easy to teach her anything else though - she is way to smart for her own good LOL.

Actually, I didn’t have anything to do with the registration process - his breeder registered her mare (who’s pure Trak) Oldenburg, and then somehow Oliver got registered Oldenburg. I have no idea why - she told me, but I was fawning all over Oliver at the time and I’m afraid I don’t recall anything she said :winkgrin:. I’ve tried to contact her regarding Oliver and his progress, but she doesn’t respond back to me, so oh well…looks like I’ll have to go somewhere else to find my next Oskar baby.

Your Emma is beautiful - Oskar definitely stamps his get! I love the name Emma, btw - my Sheltie daughter is named Emma. Can’t wait to hear how these Oskar babies grow up and fare in the competition scene, but all I can say for my guy is that he loves to jump and trail ride!

[acottongim]

Thanks - I love my Emma and will freely admit to being 100% barn blind when it comes to her - I just don’t see reason around her LOL. :winkgrin:

As of today also it is OFFICIAL. Oskar II is now Oskar II Pg!!! He had the 5 scores over 60% at GP from 5 shows and 5 different judges to earn that title. Here is what is amazing - Hokken Thorn took him from First Level to GP in 1 1/2 years! Granted, he showed First Level a handful of times with his AO, but still that is pretty amazing I think. Oskar was retired due to a freak accident in 2001 - no one ever bothered to see about getting his performace award prior to now.

[LynneK]

Trakehners

I have 15 Trakehners that range in age from six months old to 24. We have one approved stallion, two geldings, and the rest mares. One mare is in foal for 2009.

[Bugs-n-Frodo]

Lynne, who is your stallion?

Congrats to Oskar and Joe! :winkgrin: Now I am even more envious!!! :lol:

[Halt_At_X]

Not technically riding one, but I have a half Trakehner Not riding because we have had soundness issues and a horrible time finding a saddle to fit his non-existant withers

Anyways, my 10 year old is by Danger, an imported Polish Trak. His American name was A Different Drummer and evented to Prelim with Carol Lavell in his younger days (he’s been gone for about 8 years and was in his 20’s when he sired my baby). He is also out of a QH/Appy mare hence the funky coloring. He is funny, inquisitive and very much NOT hot at all. He is also in LOVE with my kids- as seen in the first pic.

http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n172/kids0406/horses/024-1.jpg
http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n172/kids0406/horses/011-1.jpg

And this was him at 6 months old-
http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n172/kids0406/horses/horsemontage022-1.jpg

[hijumpin1]

Th. He was bred at Rolling Oaks Farm in Elgin , IL:). I love him, he is my dancing partner and special boy. I’m just a dabbler at dressage, but we try our best. If it’s in my budget, I’d really love to show him at training level this year! I had dreamed of owning a Trak ever since I was a kid…I thought Abdullah was the most beautiful horse in the world. So I saved up, and almost twenty years later, I got one!

[IMG]http://i466.photobucket.com/albums/rr26/trakehner1/IMG_1905.jpg)
[IMG]http://i466.photobucket.com/albums/rr26/trakehner1/IMG_1705.jpg)
[IMG]http://i466.photobucket.com/albums/rr26/trakehner1/IMG_1355.jpg)

[acottongim]

I remember talking to you on line right after you got him. He looks so awesome! Good Luck showing him this year!

[Carli]

Pending a clean vetting, I’ll be riding one regularly! He is an Anglo-Trakehner by Tribute (Buetow) and out of a Thoroughbred mare. Plans are to get him fit and figure out to where he has been trained to, and what I need to do to get him back on track (he has been a bit of a pasture ornament for at least the past year).

[dressagetraks]

Just closed the deal on my new one. She’s by Troy out of a TB mare. Schooling 2nd, already has her changes. Personality girl, loves to work but is a bit of a perfectionist. She’ll be good for me to knock the rust off, with me coming off an injury/family layup of about 18 months. :lol: And she has no physical problems. Imagine. I’ve sometimes briefly thought I ought to rename the place Stove-Up Acres. But in 2009, I will actually be RIDING a Trakehner.

[Dance_To_Oblivion]

I just adore my Anglo-Trakehner mare by Mozart. She’s the first horse I’ve owned that wasn’t 100% Thoroughbred and I just love her. She is very demanding of me as a rider and forces me to be as correct as possible or she won’t perform well! She’s bold over fences and really likes to work. We’ve not shown but at some point in the future we will, starting probably with Training level dressage and beginner novice eventing. It’s been quite awhile since I’ve shown and I figure better to start slow!

I look forward to having many more Trakehners in the future!

[cheekyhorse]

[QUOTE=Dance_To_Oblivion;3750315]
I just adore my Anglo-Trakehner mare by Mozart. She’s the first horse I’ve owned that wasn’t 100% Thoroughbred and I just love her. She is very demanding of me as a rider and forces me to be as correct as possible or she won’t perform well! She’s bold over fences and really likes to work. We’ve not shown but at some point in the future we will, starting probably with Training level dressage and beginner novice eventing. It’s been quite awhile since I’ve shown and I figure better to start slow!

I look forward to having many more Trakehners in the future![/QUOTE]

This is the particular trait that I just LOVE about Trakehners. They make you a better rider. The mare I am riding/selling for her breeder is very much like yours. The better I rider her the better she goes. She just won’t perform to the same standards if you don’t ride her correctly. And brave…these horses will jump ANYTHING! Love them!

[acottongim]

You did get her Deb!!! Yeah!!! Now, hopefully the other part will fall into place!

You know, I love the trakehners for the same reason. I love me a thinking horse - I can’t stand “dumb” horses that have to be “told” everything. There are limits of course - and there are a few that I wish were a little “dumber” than they are! :lol: but by and large it is the personality and rideablity as well as the LOOKS of the trakehner that draw me to the breed. I always feel like my horses are “taking care of me” when I’m working around them.

[clivers]

I have an anglo-trakehner gelding by Salut who is ready to show 2nd level and schooling 3rd. He’s Isaac (Eye Salut) on our website and I’ll be eventing him novice/training next season. He’s had 2 years away from showing due to time constraints on my part, but was scoring in the mid 70’s (%) at 1st level in Summer 2006.

[cheekyhorse]

Here is a video of our now deceased stallion (and sire to my young stallion Pacific)
I just uploaded some old videos of him. Dalnomer competed to Int II in Russia and was very successful here in Canada at the Young Rider’s level.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YiU5KXrG3aM

[eventer_mi]

@acottongim;3750494

You know, I love the trakehners for the same reason. I love me a thinking horse - I can’t stand “dumb” horses that have to be “told” everything. There are limits of course - and there are a few that I wish were a little “dumber” than they are! :lol: but by and large it is the personality and rideablity as well as the LOOKS of the trakehner that draw me to the breed. I always feel like my horses are “taking care of me” when I’m working around them.

That’s so true - Oliver, while he isn’t hot in the slightest, is sensitive and is definitely a thinker. When we were xc schooling at The Ark (NC), we had to walk down the driveway that was bordered by very large, white boulders, guinea hens, peacocks, pot bellied pigs, llamas, emus, a bobcat in a cage, you name it. Definitely a terrifying place for a young horse! Oliver had two others with him - one, a three year old OTTB and an experienced Novice level TB, and Oliver was the bravest of them all. He led the way, and froze when he heard the cacophony and smelled the menagerie, but when I told him it was okay, he took a deep breath and then marched on like he had been doing it all his life. And he didn’t scoot through like you would expect - he marched solidly on and looked from side to side, but didn’t spook. What a brave, brave boy.

[AZ_Native]

[QUOTE=Horse Lover;3743009]
I have the outstanding honor and privilege to be the human companion and riders of three outstanding Trakehners:

1. Happy Hour - THE horse of MY lifetime (schooling PSG)

2. Induc - Happy’s sire - German Bundeschampion (with scores of 10’s) and still strutting his stuff at 18+… (the “schoolmaster”)

3. Perfect Hour - Our lovely 5-year old (16.3) boy by Happy Hour out of our lovely TB mare who tragically departed from this world WAY too young – a wonderful meshing of world-class, old line Trakehner bloodlines with superb quality TB lineage. His mom was an incredible, kind and vibrant lady whom we loved dearly and greatly miss – she is in our thoughts and hearts every day. He’s still growing and we’re taking our time – “hurry up slow”… (1st level)[/QUOTE]

I’m the proud owner of one of Happy Hour’s sons. His dam is by Erzsand E, who is also Happy’s damn’s sire ( I think ).Farleigh is 4, has about 45 rides, and is just a dream , both in temperment and rideability.Last I checked, in july, he was 16 hh. I cannot say enough about how nice this horse is!
http://picasaweb.google.com/lynn.stpeter/FarleighAt4#5231984648623166050

[stolensilver]

I’ve just ventured into Trakehner ownership for the first time. She’s only 2 so not riding her yet but I’m very excited at the thought of getting her going under saddle in 2009.

She is by Le Rouge, out of a King Arthur mare and is line bred to Arogno. Apparently this is a good thing in a Trak mare but I don’t know why! LOL! I bought her simply because I liked her. Since buying her her sire has been placed in the top 10 at the Bundeschampionat and 7 of his first crop of foals (now 2 years old) went forward for their stallion evaluation at Neumunster. 3 were approved and 1 was champion. Not bad for a first season sire is it? I hope my mare can follow in his footsteps. So far she has been a lady at all times, loading on a wagon without any arguments in the pouring rain despite having almost no training to do this. Allowing a farrier to open up an abscess in her back hoof without causing havoc and, I think most amazingly, allowing poultices to be put on her back foot while standing in the middle of a 7 acre field without even a headcollar on! I really don’t know of any other horse that would allow me to do that to them without at least tying them up first but this 2yo filly just stood there as good as gold. She also seems to be quite sparky and is really easy to light her up and get her to gallop round the field with her tail in the air yet if you change your body language she immediately walks up to you, calm as calm can be for a cuddle.

If this filly is representative of Trakehners I think they are the best breed in the whole wide world!

[Chase23]

I feel in love with trakehners when I was in college. During my first year I ended up finding a working student position at Evensong Farms in Alachua, FL. They stood the stallion Eligius (prior to his sale to Joe). I was fortune to work with Eli, a band of broodmares and the young ones for 3 years.

I left Evensong with Feder- an Anglo-Trak by Antritt. He is my heart horse. We showed dressage, learned to jump, trail rode, did some western. He has done everything ever asked and has earned his retirement.

Do any of you Florida Trakehner breeders know what happened to Barbara and Evensong? Have not heard from her in years and last I heard she was selling the farm.