Althengst Parade and Hauptpremium Winners
End 2003 Oldenburg Stallion Licensing
November 29, 2003
The Oldenburg Zuchtverband had a difficult
task in finding an appropriate way of closing a
highlight event such as the 2003 Stallion Licensing
with style.
As
tradition dictates the "Althengst Parade" is the
ideal way of honoring Oldenburg stallions and
breeders. It is the perfect opportunity to check
what stallions the Oldenburg Zuchtverband has in
stock and in which sires they take most pride.
The 2003 Althengst Parade was opened with
the 2003 Licensing Champion and Reserve Champion,
followed by an appearance of the 2002 Licensing Champion
Stedinger (Sandro Hit x Landadel). The first "large"
group of stallions that entered the ring contained
stars such as Chico's Boy under Holga Finken, the
elegant Trakehner K2 under Julia Katharina von Platen
and the 3-year old future prospect San Rubin (Sandro
Hit x Rubinstein) under Dr Ulf Möller.
Gestut Birkhof was represented in Vechta with the
4-year old Oldenburg stallion Royaldik (Royal Diamond
x Caramel xx). Under Nadine Plaster, the bay stallion
showed much suppleness and reach in his movements combined
with great rideability. Bianca Kasselmann rode the
liver chestnut Welt Hit VI (Weltmeyer x Hill Hawk),
a licensed
stallion previously trained and competed by Dr Ulf
Möller. Welt Hit VI has developed into a nice FEI horse
already schooling the upper level movements. Heiko
Klausing presented the Prix St Georges stallion Donatelli,
who is moving to the U.S.A for the 2004 breeding season,
but it was painful not to see him on Don Larino, the
2000 Hauptpremium Sieger by Don Primero. The immer-friendly
Klausing won the Bundeschampionate in 1999 with Don
Larino, but the owner decided no longer to have him
in training and only use him as a breeding stallion.
In Vechta, Don Larino still showed to have immense
capabilities but the horse hardly had any muscles and
training experience in him.
Making the biggest impression of all was Rubin Royal
(Rohdiamant x Grundstein II) under Dieter Weichert.
Just as the 2003 Reserve Licensing Champion by Rubin
Royal, sire Rubin Royal has an unbelievably superb
moving mechanism. Stallions are very often spectacular
as they are all pumped up at stallion shows; they throw
their legs and seem to be incredible movers, but behind
they are walking instead of trotting. That is absolutely
not the case with Rubin Royal. This horse has the power
and talent to be strong and impressive in front AND
behind.
Karin Rehbein saddled Dionysos, a De Niro x Rubinstein,
who has been correctly classically trained. He was
light in front all the time so that the naturalness
of his movements were visible in every gait. Lisa Wilcox
rode Jazz Time (Jazz x Romadour II) but had a handful
with him. The stallion had to wait too long before
entering
the
ring and was all nervous when he entered. The dark
bay Prix St Georges trained Jazz Time reared several
times, threw off Wilcox (who landed without hurting
herself) and ran off to the warm up ring). Ten minutes
later Wilcox entered the ring again and soothed him
in a very relaxed and calm way. The stallion tried
to challenge Lisa's riding skills only once more and
was then a very good boy. The Rubinstein line was represented
by Rhodes Scholar under Kira Wulferding. Owned by the
Floridian Holly Simensen, Rhodes Scholar (Rohdiamant
x Grafenburg) is an extremely elegant and rideable
stallion with a great
personality.
He has the beauty of his sire, is uncomplicated to
ride and shows much talent for FEI level.
It
was a pleasure to see Miriam Henschke in the ring with
the double Bundeschampionate winner Lord Sinclair (Lanciano
x Raueck I). The dark bay Bavarian sire has been trained
to Intermediaire I level but is no longer in competition.
Although none
of colts were selected for the Oldenburg licensing
this year, he is still one of the most used sires in
Germany.
The Donnerhall line appeared in Vechta through stallions
Day Dream, Del Piero and Davidor. The latter did not
really deserve a place in between top sires such as
Schlossacker's Day Dream and Ingo Pape's Del Piero.
Davidor was slow behind, had no power, and is extremely
classical and rough in conformation. Del Piero and
Day Dream on the other hand are modern sport horses
with elegance and supple movements. Especially Day
Dream stole the show under Katrin Burger. The black
sire by Don Gregory x Schärmer was the 1996 Vechta
Elite Auction highlight and went on to become a great
stallion
and
FEI dressage horse.
The
2003 Bundeschampionate stars Florencio, Farewell III,
Baroncelli and Rusty had their go after the Donnerhall
offspring. Rusty was the three year old gelding Bundeschampionate
winner under Julia Katharina von Platen. In Vechta
the chestnut stallion showed an incredibly solid walk,
but could have been a bit quicker behind in the trot,
even though he moved with a good rhythm. Hans Peter
Minderhoud presented the Florestan offspring Florencio.
His Dutch way of riding with very low, fixed hands
and a very curled up neck stood out in all other German
trained stallions. Florencio is gifted with a fantastic
canter. Susan Draper's Baroncelli was not really the
horse I expected him to be. So many positive reviews
were ridden about Baroncelli, but today in Vechta he
did not excel. His movements were nice, but not flamboyant.
The end of a long season could have contributed to
that. Showing fantastic talent, on the other hand,
was the delightful Show Star (Sandro Hit x Feinbrand),
presented by Henrike Sommer-Böker. The dark bay
sire was light footed, active and round all the time.
Katrin
Burger's
FBW
French
Kiss (Florestan x Donnerhall) was nice and together,
but he lacked electricity.
Hohenstein and Latimer were the Trakehners on duty
to please the audience. Ridden by the 14-year old Theresa
Wahler, Hohenstein was calm and collected during the
pas de deux with his stall mate Latimer. The latter
former Bundeschampionate winner was ridden by Nuno
Palma e Santos, but was tense and scared from the commotion
in the stands. He exploded several times and did not
show his movements well enough.
Oldenburg's favorite rider Lisa Wilcox gave a short
clinic with Royal Diamond (Rubinstein x Inschallah
AA) on some of her training techniques, which accentuated
the importance of a quiet rider's seat. Wilcox's number
one stallion Relevant was not in Vechta, but his full
brother Revan was, as the stallion became the 2003
Haupt Premium Sire because of winning the Oldenburg
Regional Championships and his first convincing first
crop of foals. Revan (Rubinstein x Goldloewe) is bred
by Heinz Luërs and owned by Gestut Vorwerk.
The Oldenburg Zuchtverband had a difficult
task in finding an appropriate way of closing a
highlight event such as the 2003 Stallion Licensing
with style.
As
tradition dictates the "Althengst Parade" is the
ideal way of honoring Oldenburg stallions and
breeders. It is the perfect opportunity to check
what stallions the Oldenburg Zuchtverband has in
stock and in which sires they take most pride. 
Gestut Birkhof was represented in Vechta with the
4-year old Oldenburg stallion Royaldik (Royal Diamond
x Caramel xx). Under Nadine Plaster, the bay stallion
showed much suppleness and reach in his movements combined
with great rideability. Bianca Kasselmann rode the
liver chestnut Welt Hit VI (Weltmeyer x Hill Hawk),
a licensed
stallion previously trained and competed by Dr Ulf
Möller. Welt Hit VI has developed into a nice FEI horse
already schooling the upper level movements. Heiko
Klausing presented the Prix St Georges stallion Donatelli,
who is moving to the U.S.A for the 2004 breeding season,
but it was painful not to see him on Don Larino, the
2000 Hauptpremium Sieger by Don Primero. The immer-friendly
Klausing won the Bundeschampionate in 1999 with Don
Larino, but the owner decided no longer to have him
in training and only use him as a breeding stallion.
In Vechta, Don Larino still showed to have immense
capabilities but the horse hardly had any muscles and
training experience in him. 
Making the biggest impression of all was Rubin Royal
(Rohdiamant x Grundstein II) under Dieter Weichert.
Just as the 2003 Reserve Licensing Champion by Rubin
Royal, sire Rubin Royal has an unbelievably superb
moving mechanism. Stallions are very often spectacular
as they are all pumped up at stallion shows; they throw
their legs and seem to be incredible movers, but behind
they are walking instead of trotting. That is absolutely
not the case with Rubin Royal. This horse has the power
and talent to be strong and impressive in front AND
behind. 
It
was a pleasure to see Miriam Henschke in the ring with
the double Bundeschampionate winner Lord Sinclair (Lanciano
x Raueck I). The dark bay Bavarian sire has been trained
to Intermediaire I level but is no longer in competition.
Although none
of colts were selected for the Oldenburg licensing
this year, he is still one of the most used sires in
Germany. 
The
2003 Bundeschampionate stars Florencio, Farewell III,
Baroncelli and Rusty had their go after the Donnerhall
offspring. Rusty was the three year old gelding Bundeschampionate
winner under Julia Katharina von Platen. In Vechta
the chestnut stallion showed an incredibly solid walk,
but could have been a bit quicker behind in the trot,
even though he moved with a good rhythm. Hans Peter
Minderhoud presented the Florestan offspring Florencio.
His Dutch way of riding with very low, fixed hands
and a very curled up neck stood out in all other German
trained stallions. Florencio is gifted with a fantastic
canter. Susan Draper's Baroncelli was not really the
horse I expected him to be. So many positive reviews
were ridden about Baroncelli, but today in Vechta he
did not excel. His movements were nice, but not flamboyant.
The end of a long season could have contributed to
that. Showing fantastic talent, on the other hand,
was the delightful Show Star (Sandro Hit x Feinbrand),
presented by Henrike Sommer-Böker. The dark bay
sire was light footed, active and round all the time.
Katrin
Burger's
FBW
French
Kiss (Florestan x Donnerhall) was nice and together,
but he lacked electricity. 
Hohenstein and Latimer were the Trakehners on duty
to please the audience. Ridden by the 14-year old Theresa
Wahler, Hohenstein was calm and collected during the
pas de deux with his stall mate Latimer. The latter
former Bundeschampionate winner was ridden by Nuno
Palma e Santos, but was tense and scared from the commotion
in the stands. He exploded several times and did not
show his movements well enough. 
