Kovington by Enrico Caruso *Pg*E* out of Karline by Schwalbenherbst. Approved by the ATA in 2003, Kovington has been trained as a dressage horse with great success at Young Horse FEI classes and championships in Devon. Owned by Kumi Smedely of Austin, TX and ridden by Sherry Kosch, he is now ready for his first season at Prix St Georg level.

Baron Verdi by EH Monteverdi TSF out of St+Verb Pr St Baroness by EH Anduc. This now 5 year old stallion was bred and raised in Germany before imported by Timothy Holekamp of New Spring Farm as a 18 month old youngster. Approved by the ATA in 2004, the bay stallion won his performance test most impressivley on his dressage score in a field of 60 competitiors at open novice level and ridden by Darren Chiacchia, only to take the next dressage shows by storm, scoring consistently in the range of 70-73% at training levels. Baron Verdi qualified for the North American Young Horse Dressage Championships in 2006.

Insterburg TSF by EH Hohenstein out of Pr St Indira X by Giorgio Armani. Insterburg was approved as a premiuim stallion in Leverkusen in 2002 and sold at auction for 50.000 Euro to the Post-Schulzke family. Competed by Carola Koppelmann, the impressive black stallion won the Trakehner National Championships in Dressage, plus the Bronze medal at the FEI Dressage World Championships for Young Horses and a Bronze medal at the Bundeschampionat, both in the fall of 2005. 2006 will mark his first appearance at S levels in Germany.

Kaiserdom TSF by EH Van Deyk out of E St Kimora by Gajus. This full brother tot he 2004 Bundeschampion Kaiserkult TSF, was approved as a 2 year old in Neumünster and moved on to win the Bundeschampionat in 2005 with Kathrin Meyer zu Strohen. Kaiserom TSF will debut at S level in 2006 and is now stationed at the Hörem Stud, where he should also leave his mark on the breed. Photo by Beate Langels.

Marin *M* by Leonidas *Pg* out of Maja by Abdullah *Pg*E*. This bay ATA Model mare, bred by Hilda Gurney and Mary Contakos of Keenridge Farm in Moorpark, CA, is owned and ridden by Whit Watkins and is one of the most consistent 4th level horses in North America at this point with scores well into the 70s and only 9 years old.

Kaiser Wilhelm by EH Lehndorffs out of Pr+E St Kandida by Mahagoni. Approved in Neumünster as a premium stallion, this bay was sold via the elite auction at Klosterhof Medingen to Denmark, where his breeding and dressage career kicked off. Kaiser Wilhelm has wins and placings at Prix St Georg level and has shown Inter I, with more to come during the 2006 season. He has also left quite a mark as a breeding stallion, with one of the highest inspected dauhgters of the 2005 year in Germany being Evviva.

Kosmisch by Happy Hour out of Korinna by Memelruf. Kosmisch, who came out of Happy Hour's first foal crop in North America, won a number of young dressage horse classes all over the South in America and his young career so far cumulated in the qualification and nomination for the North American Young Dressage Horse Championships in Lexington, KY, in September of 2006.