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Hanoverian
Breeding News
Hanoverian Stallion "Welcome" to
GW Ranch in The United States
October 17, 2003
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Havikerwaard's number one dressage breeding stallion
Welcome is moving to the United States. The massive
liver chestnut Hanoverian will be standing at Heike
Albert's GW Ranch in Valley Center, California. Albert
is very pleased to bring over Welcome. "He needs
blood mares, so the U.S. is perfect for him," Albert
explained, also adding that his pedigree and his competition
record were a vital decision factor to chose him. "He
is also approved in multiple registries (Hannover, Westfalian,
Oldenburg) and fully approved KWPN with top performance
test results."
Welcome was born in 1987 and is bred out of very old
and famous Hanoverian lines. Sired by World Cup I out
of Grebina (by Grande x Artur), Welcome came in training
with Isabell Werth at the age of three. Between 1995
and 1998, Werth and Welcome were multiple Grand Prix
test winners throughout Europe. In 1999 the stallion
was sold to the Dutch stallion station De Havikerwaard
in De Steeg, The Netherlands, where he came under the
care of Leida Strijk. A succession of riders competed
with the stallion: Leida Strijk, Ebba von Essen, Coby
van Baalen and Bart Veeze; under all of them, he stayed
a consistent Grand Prix scorer.
Welcome started breeding in 1998 and has a small crop
of foals in The Netherlands. His get performed well
at breed shows and was wanted at foal auctions. One
of his offspring (dam sire Weltmeyer) has been selected
for the 2003 Stallion Licensing in 's Hertogenbosch.
Welcome will arrive in California in December and will
be up for stud for the 2004 breeding season. He shall
be stallmates of Feiner Stern, Coromino and Routinier.
Text © Astrid Appels
Image copyright: Mary
Phelps/Phelpsphotos
Related Links
Welcome
and Welt Hit II's Come Back on the Show Scene
World Cup I Passed Away
Ebba
von Essen and Rambo
Welt Hit II and Welcome to Marlies van Baalen
Welcome will be standing at Heike
Albert's GW Ranch
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