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JANUARY
2010
Astrix 2009 Canadian National Reserve Champion Sport
Horse
The Two year old gelding Astrix by
Autocrat out of We Hilary bred &
owned by Steve Smith & Alexa Hell of Ashton Ontario, Canada,
has won the title of 2009 Canadian National Reserve Champion Sport
Horse, and the 2009 Canadian National Reserve Champion Two Year Old
Sport Horse Gelding. Steve & Alexa plan to show Astrix on line
in 2010 as a three year old and “With a little luck, get him
to the Toronto Royal for the Cup Classes.”
NOVEMBER 2009
AUTOCRAT SIRE OF TOP HANOVERIAN MARES
Autocrat sired 2 of North
America’s top scoring young Hanoverian mares at their respective
Hanoverian inspections in 2009, making them both Elite Mare
Candidates.
Ana Isabellah
(aka Izzy), is a 3 yr old Hanoverian mare (Autocrat x Indullah
by Inschallah) bred by Sherry White of Graystone Farm and
owned by Jan & Graham Marquardt of Walkabout Station in Willis
Texas, USA. (www.walkaboutstation.com
)
Izzy was inspected at the Creek Colony Ranch American Hanoverian
Inspection in Houston Texas and received an inspection score
of 7.66. scoring 8’s on saddle position, frame & foreleg
and 9 on her walk.
With just a few months under
saddle, Izzy also participated in the Mare Performance Test
receiving a very convincing score of 7.88, scoring
8’s for walk, trot & rideability & .8.5 for
canter. She also did exceedingly well in the free
jumping portion scoring 7.5 for both technique and ability.
She was awarded Champion Hanoverian Mare, and is
now an Elite Mare Candidate. With those terrific results combined,
Ana Isabellah is very likely one of the top 3 year old Hanoverian
Mares in the U.S. for 2009.
At only 3 yrs old, Izzy competed
in dressage and materiale classes in 2009. She received scores up
to 72% at training level 4 (open) giving her the
High Score Champion award on November 1st at the South West Dressage
Championships (SWDC) held in conjunction with the 2009 GAIG/USDF
Region 9 Championship.
Anna Isabellah - Standing picture by Rebecca
Pendleton of Sonesta Farms/ Stall photo by Walkabout Station
Asia, a 4
yr old Hanoverian mare, (Autocrat x Whoopie by Weltmeyer),
bred by Kathleen Sulz of Woodhaven Farms was evaluated and given
an overall 8, and awarded the title of Elite Mare
Candidate at the Hanoverian Verband Inspection at Tannenhof
Stables in McGregor Manitoba, Canada. She scored 9 for her
frame with other comments being “a very good walk”.
We welcomed Dr. Ludwig Christmann & Inga Hamilton as inspectors.
Asia is in foal to the Hanoverian Stallion Schroeder
owned by Majestic Gaits.
(Read all the results of the Manitoba Hanoverian Inspection
below).
Asia with David Schmidt of Crooked Creek Farm
& Kathleen Sulz. Photos by Dr. Ludwig Christmann.
SOMETIMES BIGGER IS BETTER!
ARTOS (“Art”)- 3 yr.
old registered Oldenburg gelding by AUTOCRAT, owned
by Dree Thomson–Diamond of Victoria, B.C. - 17.2 hh
Nov. 7th, 2009 - 10 yr. old Graham up on Artos
with Dree along with friend Tony on Soleil
Photo taken by Tony’s wife, JoAnne.
Dree’s comments from Oct. 21st . 2009: “Artos
was AMAZING on the trail today. We traversed the full trestle bridge
(1.5 urban blocks in length and over water) then along a paved bicycle
path, across a busy secondary road using a cross-walk and walk signal
system, then up a very paved area (1km of suburbia) to reach some
beautiful park trails. He took all of this in stride and then enjoyed
a fun trot in the park. On the return we had to retrace the access
route and again, Art was a stalwart soul and simply walked along
as if he had been doing this sort of ‘urban integration’
thing all his life. I am so thrilled to be a part of the Artos team.”
Dree & Art hard at work Nov. 17, 2009
From Dree: “The real magic is when
everything comes together and his trot positively floats.....sometimes
I feel glimmers of what is to come when I am riding him. At present
we are really focused on balance and rhythm; the magic is coming.”
AUSTEN SHOWS WINNING WAYS
FIRST YEAR OF SHOWING IN THE HACKS
4 Yr Old Austen by Autocrat
out Lorann by Lorbas bred by Sharon Stebeleski and owned
by Patti Hooker of Cambridge Meadows, Winnipeg, Manitoba, started
his show career in the hack divisions in Manitoba this summer.
Ridden by Rina Bergen & Patty Hooker, Austen
was Over All Hack Champion at the “A” Circuit
show Heart of the Continent where he was
also Champion Show Hack.
At the Fall Harvest Show at Birds Hill Park,
he was Champion Road Hack and Reserve Champion Show Hack.
Austen is a big boy standing at over 17 hh. Patty
says they have started him over fences & that they are delighted,
as he shows a lot of talent.
Austen was the Manitoba
Hunter Jumper Association 2009 Road Hack Champion & the 2009
Show Hack Reserve Champion. Congratulations to Patty &
Cambridge Meadows.
SEPTEMBER 2009
ANOTHER PREMIUM MARE FOR AUTOCRAT – THIS TIME
FOR CWHBA
Astrid (Autocrat x Lindau
by Lando) a 3 yr old Oldenburg mare bred by & owned by
Ingrid Pflug was inspected in 2009 by the CWHBA and was awarded
a Premium Score of 7.2. Congratulations to Ingrid!
Astrid bred by Ingrid Pflug
The gorgeous young colt Absolut
(Autocrat x Sugarpalm xx by Dr. Schwartzman xx) bred &
owned by Susan Karashowsky, placed third in the CWHBA Foal
Futurity held in Brandon Manitoba in September 2009. Rumor
is that there is a trailer load of Autocrat offspring that would like
to make the trip to the Toronto Royal one day!
ASTRIX BY AUTOCRAT TOP 2 YR. OLD IN EASTERN ONTARIO
Astrix (Autocrat x We
Hilary) bred & owned by Steve Smith & Alexa Hell
did well at the Ontario breed shows this year winning Over
All Champion Two Year Old in Eastern Ontario. He also won
Overall High Point Champion (all ages and sex) for Eastern
Ontario for 2009.
Owner Steve and Alexa said:
“We have a very nice trophy with his name on it. Autocrat is
certainly getting lots of comments out this way. Auto was a very good
match for us as we have an outstanding gelding as the result.”
MANITOBA HOSTS FIRST HANOVERIAN VERBAND INSPECTION
&
PLANS UNDERWAY FOR ANOTHER IN 2010
Despite the truly wet &
scary weather early in the morning of September 8th, the first Hanoverian
Verband Inspection held in Manitoba was well received and well attended.
We welcomed Dr. Ludwig
Christmann and Inga Hamilton to Tannenhof Stables owned by
Dave & Elvira Toews of McGregor Manitoba.
Four mares were inspected (3
Hanoverians & 1 Oldenburg) with the following results:
The 4 yr old Hanoverian Mare
ASIA by Autocrat out of Whoopi (Weltmeyer x Lungau)
bred & owned by Kathleen Sulz of Woodhaven Farms was evaluated
with an overall score of 8 and deemed an Elite
Mare Candidate. This mare scored a 9 for her frame
and
comments included “a very good walk”
Asia by Autocrat
The 5 yr old Hanoverian Mare
WIEBKE MHS by Wolkentanz I out of Wendy (Wagner
x Nimrod) bred & owned by Barbara Beckmann of Manitoba
Hanoverian Stables was accepted into the Main Stud Book with comments
that she was a very good quality mare, but as she
was 5 yrs old she was not eligible to be an Elite Mare Candidate.
Some of her scores included 8’s for her head & neck.
Wiebke MHS by Wolkentanz I
The 4 yr old Hanoverian Mare
FORTISSIMA by Feiner Stern out of Diende (Diamont
x Darwin (Hann) bred by Rebecca Pennington (Cypress, TX)
& owned by Colleen Beres of Melville, Saskatchewan was accepted
into the Main Stud Book.
This mare was the only mare being inspected that had a foal at foot.
Fortissima by Feiner Stern
The 3 yr old Oldenburg mare
ANNA MARIA MHS by Autocrat out of Bashful
Ripper xx (Bashful Cloud xx) bred & owned by Barbara
Beckmann of Manitoba Hanoverian Stables was accepted into
the Main Stud Book with scores of 9 for her walk
and 8 for trot.
Anna Maria by Autocrat
Four Foals were also inspected
and registered that day by a variety of sires including Dacaprio,
Schroeder, Wonderful & Autocrat. Unfortunately the skies
opened up again and because of the downpour a top foal was not selected.
 
Davinci by Dacaprio Saxton
Hit by Schroeder
Almost Heaven by Autocrat
AUGUST 2009
10th ANNUAL OLDENBURG INSPECTION HELD AT CROOKED CREEK
& WOODHAVEN FARMS
This year we were pleased to
welcome from Germany the inspectors Sarah Schroer & Bastian
Scharmann, to Manitoba for what would be our 10th annual
Oldenburg Inspection.
There were two mare inspected this year with
the top mare being Felina (Freestyle x Princess
Celestina by Prince Gaylord) bred by Nicolette Horsthuis
of Black Creek B.C. & owned by Nancy Schmidt of Crooked Creek
Farm. Felina was accepted into the
Oldenburg Main Mare Book.
There were
4 Premium foals as follows:
Ascot, colt by Autocrat
x Ravenna by Radjah Z bred by Nancy Schmidt of Crooked Creek
Farm.
Ascot also was awarded the prestigious “Foal of Distinction”
award for this inspection.
Ascot by Autocrat
Aruba, filly by Autocrat
x Olivia by Odilon bred by Nancy Schmidt of Crooked Creek
Farm.
Alexander The Great, colt by
Apiro x Frangelica by Fernet Branca bred by Nancy
Schmidt of Crooked Creek Farm.
Apiro by Argentinus is owned by Silver Creek Farms
of Oklahoma.
Finest Hour, filly by Autocrat
x Ferne by Fernet Branca bred by Kathleen Sulz of Woodhaven
Farms.
Finest Hour by Autocrat
Crooked Creek & Woodhaven Farms Welcome Wolkentanz II to Canada
The Top Hanoverian Stallion Wolkentanz II will
make his new home with Nancy Schmidt & Kathleen Sulz of Crooked
Creek & Woodhaven Farms in Manitoba Canada in early spring 2009.
He will be retiring from competition & standing for stud duties
with the Hanoverian Stallion Autocrat who was imported from the Celle
State Stud in 2004.
In 2009 Crooked Creek & Woodhaven
Farms will be celebrating a partnership of 20 years in breeding Warmblood
horses and Wolkentanz II is considered our guest of honor. Wolkentanz
II is a true gentleman with a superb temperament, rideabliity, presence
and a proven pedigree. He is just the type of stallion that that North
American breeders are looking for to add type, excellent gaits, temperament
& rideablity to their breeding program.
Wolkentanz II has competed successfully
at Advanced Level dressage and has the offspring that are following
in his footsteps. 12 Approved sons, 21 State Premium mares, offspring
competing & winning & commanding top prices at the most prestigious
sales and auctions. Wolkentanz II was owned by Mr. Johannes Westendarp
in partnership with Böckmann’s & stood at stud at the
Hengststation Böckmann in the Oldenburg area of Germany. He has
been ranked among the top stallions in Germany for both Type & Riding
Horse Qualities and for Dressage Values.
Wolkentanz II’s famous sire
Weltmeyer, hardly needs an introduction, and is currently ranked third
in the world for producing dressage horses, according to the 2008 World
Breeding Federation statistics. Wolkentanz II’s dam, the State
Premium mare Lovely, produced his full brother, Wolkentanz I, owned
by the Celle State Stud in Germany as well as the full sister, WeiBe
Rose, Champion of the 1994 Louis Wiegels Show.
“We would like to thank
Mr. Johannes Westendarp & the Böckmann family for giving us
the opportunity to purchase this magnificent stallion as well as our
agent, Kate Schundau, a delightful & dedicated horse person who
made it all happen.”
Link to a Eurodressage article
from 2006
http://www.eurodressage.com/news/breeding/dwb/2006/06stallic/tour_sunday.html
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