Neumünster 2009 - National Mare Championships

Traditionally, the Trakehner Verband selects a National Champion Mare each year at Neumünster. All regional 3yr old Champions, Reserve Champions, Best Anglo Trakehners and "Best of Show" from the summer are invited, and in 2009, 11 mares showed up for the final selection. Unfortunately, two of the best mares of 2009, Rhineland's Champion Elba and Lower Saxony's Reserve Champion Honeybey were both out of commission. They had previously been selected for the mare auction, which also siffered from their absence.

The 2009 Champion mare was the Champion from the New States/North inspection, dark bay St.Pr.+Pr.St. Gänseblümchen. Her inspection scores in the summer were 8.5,7.5,7/7.5,9.5,8/8.5 for a total of 56.5 points. Gänseblümchen is a very elegant mare with a good frame, correct foundation and outstanding breed and gender type. Her movement is very dynamic and carried well from behind, while she also displayed outstanding shulder freedom and elevation. The mare appeared somewhat tired due to the fact that she was also listed in the auction and had been pulled out many times over the few days in NMS, always expected to show to her best abilities. The female family traces back to the 1958 born St.Pr+E.St. Grenzmaid by Tertzky, a son of Hyperion from Trakehnen. The family originates at the State Stud Neustadt/Dosse, where is it still active today. The State Stud is breeder and owner of Gänseblümchen. The mare family of Grenzmark (O46A) and her daughter Grenzmaid (O46A2) is one of the bigger families of East Germany and has produced a number of outstanding sport horse sires with an emphasis on show jumping and eventing. The famous elite stallion Grossist, the approved S level show jumper Griton, the approved M level dressage stallion Gambler G, the "best Jumper" of the 1999 NMS approvals and now successful Hunter Champin in the US, Graf Lindenau, as well as the influential State Stud stallions Greif, Druse, and Senar I+II all come from this line.

The Reserve Champion Mare was Gestüt Tasdorf's bay Nachtmusik, the Champion of her inspection in Schleswig-Holstein and top priced 2yr old filly in the auction in 2008 (breeder: Dr. Elke Söchtig). Her inspection scores from the summer were 8.5,7.5,7.5/8.5,9.5,8/9 for a total of 58.5 points. Nachtmusik stands in a large frame with good foundation and has an especially powerful trot, yet lacks somewhat the elegance and lightness of the Champion mare this year. She is a great sport horse model though and hopefully will find her way into competition. Sire EH Tambour is a popular stallion in the Trakehner breed and is a full brother to the M level successful dressage stallion Thalys. Through her dam Nadja, Nachtmusik comes from an original Polish mare family that was introduced into the herd at Gestüt Birkhausen in the 1970s. The line is best known for the FEI dressage stallion EH Napoleon Quatre and the internatioonal Grand Prix dressage gelding Neumünster. Another close relative in this in hand competition was Nachtlicht, the Champion of Hessia, who is shown further down on this page.

The 2nd Reserve Champion mare was Pr.St. Kalla, the Champion mare of the New States/South with scores of 8.5,9,7.5/7.5,9,8/8.5 for a total of 58 points. This very powerful yet athletic and light-footed bay was bred by Sander Gellhaar from Steinau and is owned by Corinna Osinski from Tauche. Kalla was an auction filly in Hannover in 2006. Sire Cadeau was named elite stallion this year in Neumünster based on the quality of his offspring that in accordance with their age have progressed well in dressage. THe Kavallerie family is a smaller line within the Trakehner breed and is represented by the M level show jumper Kurt and the ATA's approved Grand Prix dressage stallion Kreshendo.

The best Anglo Trakehner mare of the year was the radiant chestnut Donaublüte, bred and owned by Burkhard Wahler from Klosterhof Medingen. The mare was the Champion and Best Anglo Trakehner of the inspections in Lower Saxony and scored 9,8,7/7.5,9,8/8.5 for a total of 57 points. Donaublüte is a charming model of a modern Trakehner mare that could have more favorable neck in length and shape, but is a very effective mover with very good engagement of her hind quarters and overall, resembles the athletic type we seek iin the breed. Her sire Lauries Crusador xx is the best TB in dressage breeding in many years and has an exceptional record in the Hanoverian breed. Introduced late into the Trakehner population, he has three approved sons and one approved grand son, and can only be judged as a positive influence for our breed. Donaublüte's dam line is a formidable sport horse line in the breed. From very close maternal relation, we see the international show jumper and approved stallion Donaumonarch, the S level show jumper Donau Prints as well as the actively competing dressage stallions Donaukaiser, Donaugold and Donauzauber. The larger Donna family from the Main Stud Trakehnen also stands for the S level dressage stallion Donaudichter, the excellent producer Donauwalzer, the ATA's Donauschimmer, the Grand Prix gelding Dernier Cri, the M level show jumper Donaufeuer, the very important stallion Diamant and of course, legendary Donauwind *E*.

The following mares also competed in Neumünster, but did not end up placed and hence are not ranked here.

St.Pr+Pr.St. Arys (photo by Jutta Bauernschmitt)

Harlem Go	EH Maizauber	EH Bartholdy by Mahagoni
		Maiglöckchen by Tannenberg E
	SPS+SP Hamamelis	Pardon Go by Rittersporn
		SPS+PS Hama by Matador
SPS+PS Altena II	Inster Graditz	Bonito xx by Literat xx
		Issandra by Kassius
	ES Altea	Ralf by Markwart
		Almut by Klingsor

Mare family of T10G Alraune (Hauptgestüt Trakehnen)

Breeder: Hans-Otto Löwe, Marbach

Owner: Ralph Vogel u. Susanne Rowehl, Radegast

PrSt Eladans Hoheit (photo by Jutta Bauernschmitt)

EH Hohenstein	EH Caprimond	Karon by EH Arogno
		ES Capri V by EH Mackensen
	ES Helena XIV	Matador by Donauwind E
		ES Harpune II by Grimsel
SPS+PS Eldana	EH Benz	EH Rockefeller by EH Consul
		ES Blinklicht by Burnus AAH
	SPS,PS+ES Etana	Falke by Grimsel
		ES Eileen II by Magnet

Mare family of O67A1 Ethies (Gehlhaar - Ditterke)

Breeder: Ingrid Lejeune-Dirichlet, Einhaus

Owner: Pia Gobert, Nykoebing, Denmark

St.Pr.+Pr.St. Galarina (photo by Jutta Bauernschmitt)

Le Rouge	Pret a Porter	Ivernel by EH Arogno
		Pontresina v. Klosterhof by EH Sokrates
	SPS,PS+ES Lantana V	Tycoon by Donaumonarch
		ES Louisiana by EH Michelangelo
Goldelfe	Echantee	EH Consul by Swazi xx
		Etüde by Mahagoni
	Shannon Symphony xx	Pry xx by Aggressor xx
		Supreme Slave xx by Arctic Slave xx

Mare family of

Breeder: Maike Frädrich, Wyk/Föhr

Owner: Angelica von Campe, Appen

Pr.St. Nachtlicht (photo by Jutta Bauernschmitt)

Elitär	EH Arogno	Flaneur by Maharadscha
		ESt Arcticonius xx by Apollonius xx
	Elina	Antares by Ith
		Eliana by Hermes
SPS+PS Nabraska	EH Tambour	EH Hohenstein by EH Caprimond
		SPS,PS+ES Tänzerin V by EH Consul
	St.Pr.+E.St. Nakita	Giogio Armani by E.H. Arogno
		Pr.St. Natalie II by Grimsel

Mare family of T17C1 Nawarra (Gestüt Birkhausen)

Breeder & Owner: Dr. Elke Söchtig, Elmarshausen

Anatevka (photo by Gräfin A. Dohna)

Checkpoint	Polarpunkt	EH Arogno by Flaneur
		Polarreise by Habicht
	ESt Corna	Illuster by Osterglanz xx
		PS+ES Cornau by Lothar
SPS+PS Anemone	Sabary	EH Sixtus by Habicht
		SPS,PS+ES Shaynoon by Highnoon
	SPS,PS+ESt Ballerina XXV	Diamant by Erzsand
		ESt Blinklicht by Pindar xx

Mare family of

Breeder & Owner: Gestüt Webelsgrund, Springe

St.Pr.+Pr.St. Ouvertüre (photo by Peter Richterich)

Lauries Crusador xx	Welsh Pageant xx	Tudor Melody xx by Tudor Minstrel xx
		Picture Light xx by Court Martial xx
	Square Note xx	High Top xx by Derring-Do xx
		Piazza del Grillo xx by Le Levanstell xx
Ode II	EH Hohenstein	EH Caprimond by Karon
		ESt Helena XIV by Matador
	Ora II	EH Grossist by Blaubart xx
		Operette VII by Alarm

Mare family of S33B Odyssee (LVG Iden)

Breeder & Owner: Ralph Vogel, Radegast