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Youth-Friendly Hanoverians Bring Success to Young Riders, Breeders and the Breed
By Dennis M. Moore
The whole point of the selective breeding of Hanoverian horses is, according to the American Hanoverian Society, to create “a noble, correctly built Warmblood horse capable of superior performance, a horse with natural impulsion and space-gaining elastic movements—a horse that because of its temperament, character, and willingness is suited principally as an all-around riding horse.” While it is sometimes—incorrectly—surmised that the breeding of top sport horses is done at the expense of rideability by children or amateurs, the following stories prove otherwise.
Toering Sisters Responsible for Taking Teir Young Mares to the Top P
erhaps the most impressive, and certainly the most charming, event in 2014 involving American-bred Hanoverian horses occurred last October. Tat’s when
two young sisters took their very young Hanoverian mares, which they had started and trained all by themselves, to the very top ranks of the Hanoverian breed. Jordan Toering was only eleven when her father bought
her a two-year-old mare, Francheska AH, while sister Jo- hanna (Hanna) was just thirteen when she was given three- year-old Balou Moon BHF. Success with sport horses begins with good breeding, and both of these young American-bred Hanoverian mares were clearly bred for success.
Successful Sport Horses
Stem From Good Breeding Francheska AH (Fielding x SPS Malena/Maurice/Wenzel I), whose barn name is Jessie, was bred by Kate Palmquist, a dedicated Hanoverian breeder who, with her husband Don, owns Autumn Hill Farm in Rockbridge Baths, Virginia. Te young mare is the daughter of American-bred Hanoverian stallion Fielding (Fred Astair/Lessing/Banter), also bred by Kate, who at the age of three was the top-placed North American bred stallion at his 2007 stallion performance test. Fielding’s scores were well above average for tested stallions, and displayed almost equal talents for dressage and jumping. Fielding also received excellent scores for his good character and temperament. And, all of the sire lines in Fielding’s pedi- gree also are stallions who stood for breeding in the United
Francheska AH, Jordan Toering, Hanna Toering, and Balou Moon BHF after their successful performance tests.
States. Fred Astair was owned first by Sharon Garner in Texas and then by Tom Noone in Massachusetts; Lessing was owned by Kayvonne Primm in Colorado; Banter was owned by George Walker in South Carolina. Fielding is ful- filling the promise of his stallion inspection and testing: he is now a top showring hunter. Jessie’s dam also possesses the genetics for sport horse ex-
cellence. Malena achieved the German Hanoverian breeding designation “Staatspramie Stute” or “SPS,” which indicates that her breeding characteristics were judged to be of the top rank in Germany before she was imported. Jessie’s promise was recognized early in her young life. As a yearling in 2012, Jessie was the Reserve Breed Show Champion at the large east coast show, Dressage at Lexington. She also was the Hanoverian (2 and under) and the yearling filly winner at
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