2004 Vorwerk Stallion Show

The Road to Vechta

The final destination of our two-day trip was Vechta for the 2004 Vorwerk Stallion Show, so after having left Wettringen to visit Laudabilis at Hengsthaltung Beckmann, Thomas and I took the long route to Vechta doing some stallion station-hopping along the way. We had contacted Harli Seifert to visit her stable in Löningen, but were running late. When we finally found her mansion-barn in the forest everything was closed. We walked a bit around the premises outside, rang the bell, but nobody opened. Another time then.

Thomas was smart enough to bring the Guide, that is the "Ausgewählte Hengste Deutschlands" book in which a large collection of stallion in Germany are listed. So we looked up addresses close to Löningen, and decided to go to Stall Ramsbrock in Menslage, which was the town next to Löningen. Stall Ramsbrock, owned by Heinrich Ramsbrock, is a gorgeous facility partly with the typical old German "Fachwerkhause," the white buildings with wooden spines and beautiful markings painted on them. Ramsbrock seemed closed too -- no human to be seen -- and as we had not made an appointment, we did not insist to enter the buildings unattended.

So again we ended up watching the architecture rather than the horses, but Thomas and I couldn't care anyway. We were having a blast talking and driving around in horse country, where you can hop from one "Institution Stallion Stallion" (like Sprehe, Bockmann, Kathmann, Ramsbrock, Seifert, Vorwerk, Schockemohle) to another virtually within ten minutes driving distance.

Image copyrighted: Thomas Bach Jensen

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