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                        At the recent Pan Am Games, Canada boasted two offspring of Charlot Farms’ Hanoverian stallion “Viva Voltaire” (by Voltaire / Grannus).   Tom Dvorak rode the homebred stallion Viva’s Salieri to Team Silver and Individual 4th place standings in Dressage; while Canadian resident Esther Mortimer rode Viva’s Veroveraar  to the highest score for Guatemala in the Dressage  Competition. Regarding the Dressage competition, Dvorak, 46, was the second last (...)

Graf Top by Graf Grannus/Calypso II is the Hanoverian Stallion of the Year 2011. The Celle state stud stallion was presented on the occasion of the Stallion Licensing in the sold out Niedersachsenhalle. Breeder Alfred Brönnemann, Weferlingsen, was pleased to receive the tradition-rich Wohlklang-sculpture and a remunerative cheque. This prize is annually given by the R+V/Vereinigte Tierversichtung to honour an important Hanoverian stallion. Graf Top is the 20th stallion of the year, his sire Graf Grannus was accorded the honour (...)

Young Hanoverian stallions very popular worldwide The crop of young stallions born in 2009 presented at the Hanoverian Stallion Licensing this year convinced with its variety of pedigrees and its outstanding quality. 87 futurity prospects competed in Verden, 47 of them were accepted for breeding. 14 stallions were honoured with a premium award, seven dressage and seven show jumping stallions. *We saw very mature stallions with fantastic types and personalities for breeding, but also with very interesting movements,” breeding manager (...)

The Canadian Hanoverian Society held mare inspections and foal registrations on August 23, 2011 at Dreamcatcher Meadows near Pemberton, BC, on August 24, 2011 at Parksville, B.C. and on September 17, 2011 at Neepawa, Manitoba. The Hanoverian Verband’s representative in Western Canada, Albert Kley attended at each of these inspection sites.   Mare performance tests, mare inspections, a mare show and foal show/registrations were again held on August 29-30 at Parkwood Stables near Guelph, Ontario; August 31-September 1 at South (...)

The Hanoverian November Auction will be held on November 11 and 12, 2011, in Verden. There will be horses for all demands, from eagerly moving dressage horses to talented jumpers and horses for ambitious recreational riders. 123 riding horses will be put up for auction in the Niedersachsenhalle. The auction horses will arrive in Verden on Monday, October 31. The official auction training will start on November 1 as of 9.00 am. The presentation of the auction horses is scheduled (...)

Verden. Bundeschampion – Premium stallion – Top horse of the 125th Hanoverian Elite Auction. These are the first fantastic milestones in the incredible career of the young Londonderry/Weltmeyer-son Lemony’s Nicket. The dark-brown horse, bred by Dietmar Eckardt from Burgwedel, was sold at Euro 900,000, the highest price of the day, and also the highest price ever achieved at a Verden riding horse auction. The 85 offered horses in total were sold at average Euro 43,282. The 125th Hanoverian Elite Auction (...)

Verden. The highlight of the Hanoverian breeding year attracts many experts, purchasers and horse enthusiasts: The Stallion Licensing and the Stallion Sales will be held in the Niedersachsenhalle in Verden from October 27 – 29. In the past weeks, the best 100 stallions born in 2009 were chosen from more than 700 can didates to face the judgment of the Licensing Committee which is decisive for their future career as breeding stallion. The Hanoverian Stallion Licensing will be broadcast live (...)