BY JEAN LLEWELLYN / PRESS RELEASE
PHOTOGRAPHY: HANOVERIAN SOCIETY
Traditionally, the Hanoverian Society honors the most outstanding young dressage and jumping stallions following their performance tests, with the awards being named after the influential foundation sires Weltmeyer and Stakkato.
This distinction was bestowed on five dressage stallions and two showjumping stallions at the very beginning of their breeding careers, five being presented during the show of privately owned stallions in Verden.
Daan G already caused a sensation at his licensing in Verden when he topped the stallion sales with a record price of €2,000,000, and when licensing commissioner Heike Kemmer said; “A horse that gives you goosebumps”. The Donkey Boss x Don Olymbrio L son (breeder: Stutteri G., Lynge (DEN); owner: Helgstrand Dressage, Vodskov) continues to impress under saddle. In August, he claimed the title of Hannoveraner vice champion of three-year-old stallions, and in November he won the 35-day test in Denmark convincingly with a total score of 912.00 points.
In Verden, Daan G was only narrowly beaten by DC-10 (Dynamic Dream x Escolar: breeder: ZG Rütten-Janßen), who won the white and yellow champion’s sash. DC-10 also received a positive licensing decision from the Hanoverian Society. As a foal, he had already made headlines when he was auctioned off to a Dutch stallion owner as the champion foal of the Wickrath foal championship. At the Danish performance test, DC-10 followed closely behind his stablemate with 885.50 points.
Another Weltmeyer Award was presented to Lindenberg (Libertad x Destano: breeder: ZG Maak; owner: Tobias Schult, Hünxe), the 2024 Bundeschampion of four-year-old stallions. The striking black stallion from the renowned dam line of Simse had already demonstrated his exceptional quality in part I of the sport test, achieving an excellent score of 9.07.
The Secret x All Inclusive son Sir Gribaldi (breeder: ZG Aronis and Janßen) achieved the best result of his age group three times in a row at Münster-Handorf. He completed the three-day-test with 8.59, part I of the sport test dressage with 8.84, and part II with 9.01. Last year, the dark bay stallion, who traces back to the foundation mare Dodica, also competed at the Bundeschampionate for five-year-old dressage horses. He was discovered by Gestüt Sprehe at the Verden stallion sales...
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