WORLD EQUESTRIAN GAMES 2010

USA For the first time since the event’s creation, the World Equestrian Games will be hosted outside Europe, in Lexington, KY, from September 25 to October 9, 2010. The first WEG was held in Stockholm, Sweden 20 years ago, and then included the six FEI disciplines: showjumping, dressage, eventing, driving, endurance and vaulting. Since then, reining has been added, making a noisy and much-anticipated debut in Aachen 2006. In between, we saw WEG visit The Hague, Netherlands (1994), Rome, Italy (1998) and Jerez de la Frontera (2002). Now, the eyes of the equestrian world will be on Lexington and, of course, how the Americans will impose their own flavour on what has become an enormous event.

Please note: Although we have done our best to bring you the major national team selections, for the Olympic disciplines – showjumping, dressage and event- ing, as well as endurance where available – some of the lists that follow are by no means definitive because the closing date for com- petition entries occurred after this issue of Breeding News went to print. In some cases, therefore, our regular team of correspon- dents were obliged to use the declared short-lists of horses/rid- ers or use their “best guess”, based on results and form, to include the “most likely candidates” for team selection. Definitive teams per discipline are marked with an asterisk (*)

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Australia
Dressage:
Victory Salute (1996/AWB/b/g Salute (Saluut KWPN) out of Esprit x Victorieux [French AA], out of a mare from Percheron breeding!) Brett Parbury. Breeder and owner, Caroline Lieutenant Jaybee Alabaster (imported in utero) (1999/HANN/ch/g over- Alabaster - Gloria x Glorieux) Brett Parbury. Breeder: Werner Schockemöhle. Owner: John and Bev Edwards...

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“Anglo Arabs must be versatile!”

POLAND (by Kate Wiszowaty) Bialka, a little village located in the east of Poland, is also home to a famous Polish Arabian Stud Farm as well as an Anglo-Arabian stallion depot. Every year more than 100 horses – males and females yearlings, two year olds, and three-year-old mares come together forr a great show – the Polish National Youth Malopolska Anglo-Arabian Show. Polish Anglo- Aarabians, are precise 50% Anglo-Aarabians, called Malopolska bred.

Horse are esti- mated in type, head and neck, body, legs and movement (walk and trot). Some breeders in the world claim that estimating yearlings and two year olds is controversial, but for the Polish Anglo-Arabians, the opinion of breeders is that it provides the only opportunity to view the offspring of the individ- ual stallions.

In 2010, for the first time, a forein judge was invited to estimate the Polish Anglo- Arabians: Andreas Gygax from Switzerland, president of their Anglo-Arabian and half Anglo-Arabian Breed- ers Association. Following the show, he gave us his im- pressions about the event and also the Polish horses.

Q What is Your opinion about this show and horses?

First, I would like to say that it is nice to see the biggest Anglo-Arab show in the world. In Poland You have the largest quantity of Anglo- Arab foals every year. Here we have seen more than 100 horses, and I am very surprised because only a few horses have been of the older type, the rest are very interesting – mostly of the modern type. The ‘Best in Show’ title was awarded to the beautiful chestnut, stal- lion Justus (Bekas xo - Ju- turna x Przedswit XIII-4), bred by Maria and Andrzej Bienko. But in the final I preferred the bay mare Birma (Emetyt xo - Riesiada x First des des Termes (French AA), bred by the Walewice Stud). Justus is an interesting horse, but in my opinion he is not influenced by enough oriental blood. In France he was a favourite in the final, because French horsemen like stronger, powerful and larger Anglo-Arabians. I do not agree completely with these French trends and their fondness for these types of horses could be a reason in the next generations for the loss of soundness and tissue quality. Justus is a young horse, still growing, develop- ing,so we do not know if he will be strong also next year. In my opinion Birma is a more oriental type, and eventing riders like this kind of horse very much...

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German’s retain top horses

IRELAND (by Jean Llewellyn/press release) Sansvieria, the highest priced horse at the Oldenburg Verband's 48th Summer Mixed Sales, was knocked-down for 80,000 euros ($99,059). This gorgeous Sandro Hit daughter bred by Engelbert Böske from Goldenstedt changed hands at the Special Auction.

Sansvieria (Sandro Hit - Chelidon x De Niro), a 2003-born bay mare, will be going to the Schafhof in Taunus, one of the most successful dressage stables in Germany. The new own- ers, the Linsenhoff family, have been dedicated to the sport of dressage for decades and are one of Uwe Heckmann's regular cus- tomers.

A total of 30 riding horses were sold in Vechta for an average price of 16,332 euros. "There were many new customers, particularly from abroad," said Thomas Rhinow, the head of the auction office, summarizing the results of the Summer Mixed Sales Auction. The export quota was a whopping 60% with horses going under the hammer to del gations from the U.S., Fin- land, Spain, Switzerland, Poland, the Netherlands, Denmark, Monaco, Australia, Italy and Sweden. "Not only will the top-priced horse be leaving the Vechta auction venue for a success- ful sport stable: World class riders were also able to purchase promising talents – including, for example, one of Poland's most successful dressage riders, Katarzyna Milczarek," said an obviously delighted Uwe Heckmann....

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Hannoveraner Stutenstamm now online

The Hannoveraner Ver- band has published its dam line information system "Hannoveraner Stutenstam" on the Internet, allowing subscribers to access a geat deal of information and data on Hanoverian breeding. Hanoverian mares enjoy an excellent reputation worldwide, through their highly efficient and well-bred dam lines that have been selected over generations for the desired qualities as riding horses. Many have been fostered by committed breeders' families for more than hundred years.....

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