Trakehner Breeding News

Power Horses at the 2007 German Trakehner Championships

July 26, 2007

From the 20th to 22nd of july friends of the Trakehner got together for the federal tournament. A large number of visitors decided to come to Hanover. Besides the quality of the horses, the good weather and excellent side show delighted the audience. Few new Trakehnern horses and plenty of well tried ones took place in the different disciplines.

Gifted young ones

Beate Heise’s (8,8) Zauberfürst, son of Interconti and Caprimond, won among the three-year-old stallions. One of the four-year-old stallions impressed the audience like no other. Imperio (Connery-Balfour xx) won with the highest mark of the entire tournament 8.9 and made his breeders from the stud Schwaiganger proud.

Trakehner power mares

Bona Fides won among the three-year-old mares and geldings with a mark of 8.3. The daughter of Cadeau and Kennedy consequently qualified herself for the federal championat. Recieving the mark of 8.4 the Exclusiv-Freudenfest daughter Karena won best four-year-old mare/gelding. Karena is owned by Beate Langels and will represent the Trakehnen horses in Warendorf.

Victory in the dressage arena

The Trakehner dressage horse champion is Karolinger v. Latimer-Hohenstein from the Klosterhof Medingen. (pictured above)

Foal auction, full success

Another highlight of the Trakehner Bundeschampionat was the open air foal auction. 17 foal were sold for a total of 142,500 Euros. The highest bid was given up for Bartok, son of Herzensdieb and Preussenprinz. The black and brown stallion foal which was bred by Wilhelm Tieste was sold to Lower Saxony for 18,000 €.

The Champions

championess three-year-old mares and geldings
Bona Fides by Cadeau – Kennedy
breeder: Hippo Stables, P.J. Smeets, NL-Beuningen
Owner: Nadine-Vanessa Rüdel, Felde
Rider: Nadine Rüdiger

champion three-year-old stallions
Zauberfürst by Interconti – Caprimond
Breeder: Dr. Elke Söchtig, Wolfhagen
Owner: Beate Heise, Seeon
Rider: Friederike Schulz-Wallner

championess four-year-old mares and geldings
Karena by Freudenfest – Exclusiv
Breeder: Trak.Gest.Hämelschenburg/Langels GbR, Emmerthal
Owner: Beate Langels, Emmerthal
Rider: Daniela Schunko

champion four-year-old stallions
Imperio by Connery – Balfour xx
Breeder: Hartmut Keunecke, Strasburg
Owner: Haupt- u. Landgestüt Schwaiganger, Ohlstadt
Rider: Friederike Schulz-Wallner  

Photos courtesy: Jutta Bauernschmitt - Trakehners International

Related Links
Trakehner Horses Selected for Bundeschampionate
Official Scores from the 2007 Trakehner Championships (pdf file)