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Hanoverians inSport


dressage, show jumping, and eventing. Te WBFSH publishes these rankings each year. Te FEI is also the International Olympic Committee-recognized international governing body for equestrian sport. In North America, the hunt seat style of riding features the


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show hunter, a highly competitive discipline. While infrastructure does not allow the accuracy and completeness of WBFSH/FEI standings, the United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) also publishes yearly rankings of the top hunter horses, and the top sires of hunter horses. In 2011, the USEF awarded the Hunter Sire of the Year Award to the German record-breaking


ABOVE: The 1993 Hanoverian stallion White Star (Weltmeyer/ Glücksstern/Grand) was awarded the 2011 USEF Hunter Sire of the Year award. © Hannoveraner Verband


RIGHT: “America’s Dressage Horse” Brentina (Brentano II-Lieselotte/ Lungau), owned by Peggy and Parry Thomas, officially retired from competition at the 2009 World Cup Finals in Las Vegas with rider Debbie McDonald by her side. Brentina was named the American Hanoverian Society FEI Level Horse of the Year in 2002 and 2008 and was most recently the Grand Prix – Open Division Champion in 2008 USDF Hanoverian All-Breed awards. © Sheri Scott


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he World Breeding Federation for Sport Horses (WBFSH) uses results from International Federation for Equestrian Sports (FEI)-recognized competitions to rank individual horses and breed registries within each Olympic discipline:


Hanoverian stallion White Star (Weltmeyer/Glücksstern/ Grande). Of interest to North American breeders, the German stallion is set to arrive in the U.S. in late February 2012 and will be standing at stud in Massachusetts.


Hanoverian Dressage Horses Te Hanoverian Society has been the most successful studbook


in international dressage competition as ranked by the WBFSH and FEI since these standings began to be published in 2001. Te


American Hanoverian Society


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