Your Connection to the Modern Sport Horse FEATURES


TABLE OF CONTENTS JANUARY /FEBRUARY 2 0 1 2


16 War Horse: The Forgotten Hero Today’s sport horses portray yesterday’s heroes on the silver screen. By Patti Schofler


24 The Warmblood X Factor at the Young Event Horse Championships By Amber Heintzberger


32 Jumping from Quarter Horses to Warmbloods A Canadian breeder makes a surprising switch. By Liz Cornell


38 Freester: Finally Footloose A newborn colt struggles to survive and makes a dramatic recovery. By Sara Warner


45 An Aria of Hope A Grand Prix mare’s unusual rebound from laminitis. By Pat Payne


50 ¡Salud! to our Pan-Am American-Breds Which homebreds competed South of the Border? By Kim MacMillan


80 Ignorance is Bliss One man’s quest to survive on a Holsteiner breeding farm. By Mike Campbell


85 German Breeds: Why So Many? By Susanne Lauda


100 Best of Bred Three breeders share what is their best or favorite foal to date. By Gigha Steinman


SPECIAL TRAKEHNER SECTION


57 The American Trakehner Association: One of a Kind by Timothy Holekamp 61 Two Famous Stallions Named Totilas: Not by Coincidence by Heleen Cramer 67 Apollo Star and Messaglia top their divisions at the AEC by Kim MacMillan 72 ATA Futurities offer competitors more than ribbons by Kim Hunter & Carol Poulin-Taylor 74 The American Trakehner Foundation gives back by Margaret MacGregor


DEPAR TMENTS & COLUMNS


12 Publisher’s Welcome 90 Point of View: Leasing Sport Horses By Charlene Strickland


96 Conformation Corner: How to choose a stallion for your mare – Part 1: Jumpers. By Judy Wardrope


105 Sport Horse Snippet: Kinsale’s Lad: The Dancing Draught By Liz Cornell


110 Index of Advertisers and Stallions 111 Index of Breed Associations 113 Warmblood Whoas by Scot Tolman


On the Cover: Dressage champion Moorlands Totilas during the 2010 WEG.


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Photo by Charlene Strickland


Photo by Allen MacMillan/ MacMillan Photography


Photo courtesy Sara Warner


Photo by Justin Prather


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