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Hanoverian
Breeding News
Drosselklang II, Hanoverian Stallion of the Year
2001
 At
the 2001 Hanoverian Stallion Licensing in Verden, Germany,
the Celle owned Drosselklang II was laureled as the
Hanoverian Stallion of the Year 2001. His breeder Margarethe
Hagenah from Himmelporten, Germany, received a bronze
statue and a check of DM 20,000. Drosselklang II is
the tenth Stallion of the Year, an annual award sponsored
by Uelzener Insurances.
Drosselklang II was born in 1984 at Hagenah's breeding
stable. His dam, Forstlady, already produced a list
of top competing horses of which full brother Diavolo
was successful under Peter Schmitz in show jumping.
Manager of the Celle State Stud, Dr Burchard Bade, already
acquired Drosselklang I in 1985 where he served for
five years as breeding stallion. Drosselklang II, however,
grew up in the stable of Heinrich v. Allwörden in Krautsand,
Germany. At the Verden Stallion Market in 1986, Drosselklang
II had to compete against the legendary Weltmeyer I
and put down the best show jumping scores. The bay stallion
moved to the breeding station in Berglage where he is
still up for stud today.
Drosselklang II's breeding career almost came to an
end five years ago when the stallion injured himself
while jumping in freedom. The stallion is nowadays one
of the last licensed stallions with Don Carlos blood
in his pedigree. Drosselklang II is a top producer in
the program for Hanoverian Show Jumper Breeding. Many
of his descendants are highly priced at the Verden auctions
of which Donnerlitchen is one of the most famous. Owned
by Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum, Donnerlitchen was Reserve
champion at the 2000 Bundeschampionate. Don Oscar was
Dobrock Champion, Dorain became reserve champion at
the 1998 World Championships for Young Show Jumping
Horses under Karl Heinz Markus. Dorincord participated
at the Olympic Games under Canadian Ian Miller. Other
known names descending from the Drosselklang II line
are Dobel's Frechdachs (Otto Becker), Skyboy and Delany
(Rodrigo Pessoa) and Bella Donna (Gilbert Bockmann).
Related Links
For Pleasure, Hanoverian
Stallion of the Year 2000
Eiger I, Hanoverian Stallion of
the Year 1999
Weltmeyer, Hanoverian Stallion
of the Year 1998
World Cup I, Hanoverian Stallion
of the Year 1997, Passed Away
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