2004 Oldenburg Stallion Licensing

Champion and Reserve Champion Make Furst Heinrich Festival

At the 2004 Oldenburg Stallion Licensing, the first 2,5 year old Furst Heinrich colts were being presented for licensing, and at the end of the three-day licensing triathlon, they took highest honour becoming the champion and reserve champion stallions. While René Tebbel's Furst Heinrich x Volturno reigned supreme, Andreas Wempe and Frank Pohlenz' Furst Heinrich x Singular Joter rose to the occasion and claimed reserve champion's title.

The bay Furst Heinrich x Singular Joter was a lovely young colt with a nice conformation and a strong walk and trot. The youngster could have had a bit more shoulder freedom and length in the neck, but he was engaging nicely from behind and is overall an very interesting prospect for the future.

Bred out of Silence (Singular Joter x Matcho AA x Goldstein), this bay colt has been sold to Gudula Vorwerk-Happ of Gestut Vorwerk in Cappeln, Germany, just before the licensing. "We've bought this stallion to modernize our stallion station," Gudula Vorwerk told Eurodressage. "This horse has no weaknesses and his basic gaits are very convincing to me."

It is fascinating to see that a major stud farm in Germany, like Gestut Vorwerk, has decided to add a Furst Heinrich colt to its breeding program. Renowned for their R-line stallions (Rubinstein, Rohdiamant, Relevant, etc), Gestut Vorwerk is opening a window to the future by purchasing this Furst Heinrich colt. Yet, they are also very "retro" in their acquisition by bringing old Furioso II blood back to the farm. Vorwerk discovered the French stallion Furioso II and imported him into Germany in the 1970s. Furioso II has been a foundation sire for the Oldenburg verband and for many more breed societies in Germany. Furst Heinrich descends from the line of Florestan - Fidelio - Furioso II.

The Furst Heinrich colts proved to be very modern young stallions and the first crop of colts was no disappointment. "The Furst Heinrichs were very convincing," Uwe Heckmann said. "They are very modern and have a meaningful topline with good hindlegs and they stand correctly in the rectangular model. It is good to have this new blood for Oldenburg."

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Furst Heinrich Photo by Werner Ernst

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