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Who here is riding a Trakehner???

Dressage
#61

Trakehners rock

Wow…this is a great and positive thread. I’ve had trakehners since 1988. Starting with tb approved mare (CSHA and Can.Trak) bred to Trak.approved stallion. Then…kept that daughter, bred a superb tb mare at age 19 to trakehner…kept that daughter…her dam was approved at age 21…and the inspectors commented on what clean legs she had, the dam that is, etc. for her age and having been a race horse to boot. The dam was awesome to ride too. Then…bought a trakehner yearling stud by Nemo out of a Falko QV dam…so…at this time…although breeding dutch/trakehner…still breeding a few trakehners as well. 3, four year olds presently at home by our youngest trakehner stallion. Hoping to bred a mare or two to the older trakehner stallion, and keep one…normally they sell too fast. We love the riding temperment and work ethic of our trakehners! Amazing. So in total at this time.
2 Trakehner stallions
7 trakehner mares Sired by Bernstein, Falko QV, Schwalbenherbst, Liebreiz, Merkur
One of the mares is in foal to Liebreiz, 1 is retired, 1 in foal to our Dutch Warmblood stallion.
Oh…forgot the coming 4 year old gelding. So…total of 10 trakehners on our farm. Plus another 16 warmbloods and 2 thoroughbred mares (both producers of premium warmblood or trakehner offspring).
Our deceased dutch stallion had Doruto as his damsire!! Also trakehner there…chuckle.

#62

Are you familiar with Trak stallions named Mikado or Antritt? Thanks!

#63

Got a grey Trak gelding 5 years old and sired by herzzauber and I work another 3 trakheners. One of them is the really eager to please it is amazing

#64

We need more pics on this thread !

#65

Here’s a pic I got last night, already posted on another thread, but . . .

http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk8/dressagetraks/TwisteratSunset.jpg

Not a competition pic. Alas, her dressage and in fact riding days are over after a severe ankle injury. But she is a certified, inspected, and approved OSB Trakehner.

#66

Trakehner?

Ok, guess I have a trakehner?? I purchased my horse at the hanoverian auction in Germany last year so he was registered there as a hanoverian. However, his mom was hessian so he has a hessian brand and can’t be registered in the US as a hanoverian. His dad is Latimer so think that also makes him a trakehner. Guess I have a mutt :slight_smile: Anyway we love him dearly and would get another just like him if we could. I wrote about our buying experience at the auction here - http://www.sensationsporthorses.com/blog/ and there is also a gallery with photos of our Teddy there.
Jill

#67

pic

here is a photo - http://sensationsporthorses.com/teddy/sDSC02433_edited.jpg

#68

Jill, lovely boy. I love Latimer!

#69

Latimer

Thank you, I love Latimer too - beautiful. Not sure if this is typical but my boy does love to work - we have to keep his mind busy. Anyway, would buy a Latimer foal again.
Jill :slight_smile:

#70

We love our Latimer too! He isn’t 100% Trakehner, he’s a bit more than 75%, but what a sweetie he is. He just loves to be with people and is a really honest worker. I think that is a real Latimer thing.

His picture is on the web site.

#71

My first horse was a trakehner. (anglo arab really)

out of Sobek and the same Shayga lines as Windfall II.

She is small and red. She was the devil. I’m sure of it.

My tomb stone says, “my horse was made in Poland”.

When she was retired due to injury she was starting some working pirouette and a lil bit of half pass.
Didn’t have much for lengthens though. I’d say she was 1st level.
Training level eventing and I had wanted to move her up to Prelim.
She excelled at the 3’ jumpers though. She was as fast as the ponies but made the horse stride and wasted NO time in the air.

And she bucked my butt off monthly.

I sure loved her!
But now I’m older and smarter, and don’t like to hit the ground so often. lol.

http://www.picturetrail.com/sfx/album/view/8169844

#72

I’ve been reading this thread all along…

I didn’t post before, because I’m not RIDING my TrakenerX. He’s a long 2yo (August birthday, so another month he’ll be rising 3! )

But I just came in from seeing him, and I’m so very excited. He’s a special kid.

He’s a *Malachit grandson, out of my *Malachit daughter amazing grand old gem of a mare. She was a true adult ammy hunter for most of her life, always, always in the ribbons in the nicely competitive Western NY area. Then at the tender age of 14 she switched to dressage, scoring in the 70%s at First Level–again, with her ammy owner and no professional training. She raised an orphan foal for me alongside her own filly, and her legacy is my colt.

Said colt is 1/2 Arab. Well, he is 31/32 Arab. He gets his tobiano (!) from 1/32 of ASB. I love his substance–he still looks ‘baby-ish’ but already has such a substantial barrell, he’ll take up my leg beautifully.

I don’t know if he’ll go SportPony or bigger. 2 of his 1/2 sibs (damside) are easily 16h, one stayed smaller, will be maybe 15h at maturity. Most of his sire-side sibs are bigger, but one is small. He’s 14.1-ish right now, taller behind… Super bone & feet. I don’t mind either way, he’ll be a killer SportPony prospect if he stays on the smaller side–lookout imports!!!

Anyway, been following the thread… jealous of many of you :wink: Someday I do hope to have another great Tk mare to continue Lugh’s lines. For now I was just busting with pride and joy at my feisty, funny, fluffy little guy. :cool:

#73

Here is a link to my 10 year old canadian trakehner.By Bonn out of an approved thoroughbred mare.

http://i315.photobucket.com/albums/ll469/mnmoran/P1020835-1.jpg

#74

This is my 5 year old

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f135/dutchmike1/Fred003.jpg

#75

smooching Trakehner faces! :lol: I love the cuties!

My smoochable face
SMOOCH
More slobbery kisses.

#76

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smooching Trakehner faces! :lol: I love the cuties!

My smoochable face
SMOOCH
More slobbery kisses.
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Bugs, here’s another one for you!

[IMG]http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h19/hijumpin1/IMG_1785.jpg)

#77

Hope this works!

http://www.facebook.com/photos.php?id=570564825#/album.php?aid=50006&id=570564825

My Trakehner is the babe in the snaffle! Bronte!

#78

We all have some lovely trakehners!!!

#79

Dutch Mike, my horse - a six year old Trak/Shagya cross - looks so much like your guy! Only he’s hairy. Well, maybe not so much now since he’s off for two months of training and has been clipped. I’m going to go visit next week and am looking forward to seeing his new, clipped self. Although I also realize he’s been spending much more time in a stall and you know what that means with a gray horse…:frowning:

I don’t know how to post pics…
Robin

#80

I’m not going to post a gazillion links. If anyone wants to see the horses you are invited to peruse our website. :slight_smile:

I purchased my first Trakehner to be a broodmare because I was breeding Appaloosa Sport Horses only at the time. The mare is an Anglo-Trakehner by Kartacz - a pretty unknown stallion that was not promoted and then died tragically. I ended up riding her insteading of breeding and she was a lovely naturally collected mover and enthusiastic jumper - the kind you have to work at keeping away from the jumps in the ring. She is no longer sound due to a ridiculous pasture injury and is 18 this year. Karoline’s Traum, is the one that turned me on to Trakehners and I now have several Trakehners and Anglo-Trakehners as well as some Trakehner crosses.

Kryptic is a 2007 colt by Fandango and out of Karoline’s Traum. A very handsome young man, intelligent and sensible. He is our up and coming stallion prospect.

Ala is a 1995 purebred Trakehner mare by Troy and out of Austria by Flaneur. She is a substantial mare. She is my riding horse (dressage, jumping,) however I haven’t ridden her for a couple of years due to lack of time.

Adahlia is a 2007 purebred filly by Advocate Ps and o/o Ala.

??? is a bun in the oven due 5/19/09. Sire is Trakehner stallion Blitz und Donner and o/o Ala. This foal is being carried by a recip mare.

Good Faith is an Anglo-Trakehner mare by Graditz E. She has produced two nice crosses with Irish Draught stallions (see below).

Phoenix is a 2006 gelding by Western Sun RID o/o Good Faith. He will be 3 in June and I look forward to getting him going. He is definitely going to be a dressage horse.

Serendipity is a 2007 filly by Macha Breeze RID o/o Good Faith. This girl has beautiful movement and could go dressage with no problem at all but she has the athleticism and spirit to be a very competitive eventer as well.

Tallulah Belle is a 2007 filly by Tanzeln and o/o my appaloosa mare Waps Skip N Line. Super athletic and confident filly that should do well in the jumpers or perhaps eventing.

??? Is Tallulah’s full sibling and is expected 6/1/09

And we have a leased broodmare here named Devotion. She is by Hailo PgE* and o/o a TB mare. Her owner rode her dressage up to 3rd level if I remember correctly.

We are breeding a couple of mares to Oskar II Pg this year (Devotion and Karoline’s Traum) and I’m really looking forward to seeing those babies. We are also planning on breeding Ala to Joe Pimental’s newly approved Trakehner stallion Holster. Very exciting.

I love the Trakehners because they are intelligent in addition to their other positive characteristics. I appreciate a thinking horse. You have to build a relationship with the horse, not just boss it around like you can with some breeds. I appreciate this kind of relationship and companionship most…it is real. That is why I also love Appaloosas. I find them to be very similar in that respect.

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