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2008 German Oldenburg Verband Inspection
at
Canterbury Court
2399 N. Academy, Sanger, CA 93657
August 14, 2008
Our Inspectors
HOLLY SIMENSEN Holly has been the Director of the Oldenburg Horse Breeders' Society which is the North American Division of the
Verband der Zuechter des Oldenburger Pferdes since 1998. She has been an avid breeder for over 20 years, and has been very successful
in doing so. Having many top mares in Germany she has bred horses such as Ringo Starr who this year under rider Shannon Dueck and the
sponsorship of owner, Jean Vinios was the USDF Horse of the Year nationally for Third Level.
THOMAS RHINOW Thomas Rhinow is the Deputy Director of the Elite Auctions and is a breeding inspector for the Verband der Züchter des
Oldenburger Pferdes. Mr. Rhinow is a graduate of the Westfalische-Wilhelms-Universitat in Munster/Westfalen, Germany, where he studied
in the School of Law, Business and Economics. He has held a lifelong interest in animals, and in 1989-1990 was a Bereiter and assistant
to Mr. Hubert Schulze Ruekamp at Hubertshof, the largest private sales and breeding farm in southern Germany. From 1991 to 1993, Mr.
Rhinow was Bereiter for Ludwig Kathmann, owner of one of the oldest and most prestigious private stallion stations in Germany. During
this time, Mr. Rhinow also rode auction horses for the Vechta Auction Company, a division of the Oldenburg Verband. In 1993, he began
working full time as manager of Vechta, and assistant to Mr. Uwe Heckmann, the General Manager and Director of Vechta. Mr. Rhinow is a
member of the committee responsible for selecting the very best of the riding horses and foals available for the Oldenburg Elite Auctions.
He is also a fully accredited judge and inspector for the Verband der Züchter des Oldenburger Pferdes.
Handler Erik Noel
Videographer/ Photographer Marshall Noel, MD
Veterinarian Troy Ford, DVM, Clovis, CA
Host Canterbury Court, Sanger, CA
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Schedule
8:00 AM Registration
9:00 AM Inspection of Mares
9:15 AM Inspection of Mares with foals for Studbook placement
9:30 AM Presentation of Mares
10:00 AM Inspection of Foals
11:00 AM Presentation of Foals for Premiums
11:30 Completion of Paperwork
12:00 Lunch from the Blossom Trail Café
(- donations to the Fresno CDS Chapter will be accepted in lieu of a lunch fee -)
Mare Age/ Breed Pedigree Owner ScoresConformation Movement Overall
Fanny Mae 2003 Mare Freestyle – High Comedy xx – Norcliffe xx- Correspondent xx Holly Reimers
Mare Age/ Breed Pedigree Owner ScoresConformation Movement Overall
White Diamonds 1998 Bay Hanoverian Mare Wolkenstein II – Lemon Park – Wenzel -Absatz Melissa Wilcox/ Dr. Cynthia
Bergmann – Canterbury Court
Precedent C 2008 Brown Colt Presidio – White Diamonds Melissa Wilcox/ Dr. Cynthia Bergmann – Canterbury Court
Foal Sex/Color Pedigree Breeder/Owner Comments Premium
Palermo C Liver Chestnut Colt Presidio – Singular Joter – Saloniki – Argentan - Dr. Cynthia Bergmann – Canterbury Court
Prestige C Black/ Brown Colt Presidio – Walt Disney I – Novize - Argentan Dr. Cynthia Bergmann – Canterbury Court
Phoebe Eby Chestnut Filly Presidio – Walter Scott – Pik Solo Dr. Cynthia Bergmann – Canterbury Court/ Dr Ben and Ona
Eby
San Andreas C Dark Bay Colt Sir Donnerhall – Contender – Spitzweg – Grand Royal Dr. Cynthia Bergmann – Canterbury
Court
Parker C Liver Chestnut Filly Presidio – Cardalme – Hill Hawk xx - Lockruf Dr. Cynthia Bergmann – Canterbury Court
Reference Sires:
Presidio
Paladium – Wodka – Graphit – Gotthard
1993 16.2 Hand Black-Brown Oldenburg Approved Stallion
Presidio is a 1994 black-brown stallion who stands 16.2 hands. He has substantial bone (9 ½”) while retaining a very modern elegance. He
comes from a family renowned for its performance horse and stallion production. Presidio's pedigree and performance show great promise
for him as a modern sporthorse sire. Due to an unrecognized fetlock injury in his 100 Day Test, Presidio himself was unable to enter
competition. His offspring are showing what might have been. Research in Germany has shown that free jumping is the only portion of the
stallion testing which predicts the jumping ability of a stallion’s offspring. Presidio’s free jumping is exemplary, shown by his ability to
clear five-foot oxers easily. He received a 9 in jumping form and a 9 in jumping potential from the Hanoverian Commission. Presidio also
has shown talent for dressage, with great ridability and a very correct piaffe in hand and under saddle. Additionally Presidio comes from
one of the most revered dam lines in German Warmblood breeding.
Presidio’s sire, Palladium, is by the well-known Hanoverian sire Pik Solo whose offspring are winners in competition and breed shows.
Palladium has continued this tradition by siring Prophesy, 1997 CDS Freestyle Champion at First Level and 1996 Futurity Champion, Pallas
Athena and Palisade, Olsierlea Breed Show winners, and the Elite Mare Palladia. Palladium himself is now placing in Grand Prix. He still
finds time to participate in breed shows and was the Grand Champion at the Mid-South States Combined Training and Dressage Breed
Show. Presidio’s dam, Windsong, received an 8 at her inspection. While never in competition herself, she produced Neptune, a winning
event and dressage horse on the West Coast; Niersteiner, Golden State Champion Three Year Old, winner of numerous breed shows and
now starting a career in dressage; Pathfinder, showing dressage in Texas; Ganador, a stallion prospect in North Carolina; and Samarai, an
Oldenburg colt who was awarded First Premium and the champion out of 24 foals at his inspection site. Windsong is by the famed Spruce
Meadows stallion Wodka who was shown to Grand Prix under the name “Young Wolfsburg”. He counts among his progeny the Grand Prix
jumpers Concorde and Windfall as well as the top hunter Bavaria. Windsong’s mother, States Premium Mare Garina by Graphit, is from one
of the most distinguished dam lines in Hanoverian breeding. She is the grandmother of the German Nation’s Cup mare Sprehe Stella.
Garina is also a full sister to the Rhinelander State Stallion Grandus (sire of the reserve Canadian Olympic jumper Ghino), the States
Premium Mare Gina (dam of the German Olympic Jumper Prestige and the approved sire Piccadilly), and the States Premium Mare Grace
(dam of the approved stallion Marsflug). Graphit is well known to Americans through his sons Grundstein, Graf George, and Grannus, the
producer of top class jumpers Gland Slam, Top Gun, and Grannush, and as the dam sire of the Grand Prix stallion For Pleasure. Garina’s
dam Gotenmaedel, besides being the mother of outstanding offspring, is also the full sister to Gaby, the mother of the famous Celle
Stallion Picard and the private stallion Wendengott. Gaby also produced the States Premium Mare Phillipa who was still in active breeding
at age 17 and who is owned by the Pape family, breeders of Pik Bube, Davignon, and Bergamon. SPS Phillipa has produced the Celle
Stallion Dobrock, the Flynge Stud Stallion De la Gardie and two other approved stallions. The foundation mare of this line is Fusion. She is
by the great dam sire Frustra II. His daughters appear on the mother’s side of the stallions Pik Bube I and II, Graphit, Drosselklang I and II,
and the Hanoverian Horse of the Year Gralsritter. Daughters of these horses also seem to retain the ability to produce great performance
horses. Besides the stallions mentioned above, Fusion’s other famous descendants include the jumper Garlic, the Oldenburg stallions
Donatelli and Placido, the Hanoverian stallion Daimler, the RSPI stallion Der Graf, the ISR stallion Isaiah, and the Belgian stallion
Lanthanid. With so many descendants placed in stud in so many different countries, Fusion is honored as a top foundation mare for both
the Hanoverian and Oldenburg breeds.
Sir Donnerhall
Sandro Hit - Donnerhall -Feldherr - Grundyman xx
17 Hand Dark Bay Oldenburg Stallion
German Young Horse National Champion and Reserve World Champion
Wherever he goes, Sir Donnerhall captures onlookers under his spell. He has a unique charisma and personifies the term “
outstanding” like no other. His young but already exciting career marked by numerous highlights was crowned in 2006 with his
superior victory at the national young horse championships for five year olds dressage horses. In 2003 he was distinguished with a 1c
premium and at his 30 day test where he won in all three gaits with top scores between 9.0 and 10.0. The ‘foreign’ riders
awarded him 9.5 for ridability. He was extremely impressive showing excellent ridability, rhythm and suppleness. Sir Donnerhall was
deserved 2005 Oldenburg County Champion in Rastede and won his 70 day test in Adelheidsdorf with a sensational result. He won the test
and was awarded a dressage index of 163 points – a score never achieved by a stallion before. His jumping ability is also worth
mentioning; he won this category as well with a total index of 151 points.After winning the title of Oldenburger County Championship in
2005, he had to settle with 2nd place at the dressage world championships after winning the final qualification with a score of 9.2.
Revenge was sweet however in Warendorf. A masterpiece has been created with Sir Donnerhall by joining together the two exceptional
producers Sandro Hit and Donnerhall. Dam Contenance D shone at the Oldenburger mare show. The coveted blood line of the English
thoroughbred Grundyman xx can be found in the fourth generation. Grundyman xx was used in Holstein breeding as an improvement sire,
left several approved stallions and is the damsire of other approved stallions such as Candillo. He was noted for the jumping ability of his
offspring. and was noted. In 1999 his son Gurdy Hurdy Man won the Six Year Old Jumping Bundeschampionate.Sir Donnerhall set new
records with his 2006 crop of foals. Numerous highly paid auction foals such as Salut d’Amour, sold for 46.000 Euro confirmed the
expectations held already by many breeders. As he did in 2005, Sir Donnerhall has been extremely successful as a breeding stallion; his
foals enriched almost all auctions in Germany achieving top prices.Three of the ten best colts at the 2006 German Foal Championship
were by Sir Donnerhall.
Wolkenstein II
Weltmeyer – Wendekreis – Grande – Marcio
1990 16.1 Chestnut Hanoverian Stallion
Of all of the sons of Weltmeyer, Wolkenstein II is one of the best son so far. His famous sire, in combination with a prepotent dam line that
also produced Garibaldi I and II, , has produced a stallion whose own performance record speaks for itself. Faultless character,
extraordinary willingness to perform, tremendous presence and outstanding dressage and jumping ability are abundant. Wolkenstein II is
not only a great performer, he also passes on his outstanding talent for dressage and his tremendous presence to his offspring: In 1997 six
sons out of his first crop were licensed in Verden, his son Welser became Reserve Champion. In 1998 his son Waterford became Champion
Stallion at the licensing in Verden. In 1999 Waterford was also the impressive winner of the stallion performance test in Adelheidsdorf. In
the same year another son, Wildest Dream, won the three-year-old riding horses (mares and geldings) classification at the Federal
Championships of German Riding Horses in Warendorf. Wolkenstein II has produced 22 licensed sons of the highest quality.
Freestyle
Frappant – Bolero - Lausbub
1995 16.1 Chestnut Hanoverian Stallion
Information on the dams may be seen at our website at
www.canterbury-court.com/mares.html.