he performs, his favorite snack. However, Mickayla says that he's also been known, perhaps out of jealously, to snack on the ribbons hanging from the bridles of other dressage competi- tors during awards ceremonies. And Wrainier Q is certainly a good traveler: he and Mickayla have traveled up to twelve hours just to attend dressage shows in the vast middle of the United States. Granddad Robert Susa is very pleased with and very proud
of Mickayla's and Wrainier Q's successes. He's a bona fide dressage fan now. He follows Mickayla's showing successes, attends shows whenever he can and even keeps up with what's going on in the dressage world.
Te American Hanoverian Society Now Offers Young Breeders Club for Junior Members!
T
he AHS has many youth members riding, showing and breeding Hanoverian horses and would like to bring these members together for some fun, educa-
tion and camaraderie. Te goal of the AHS Young Breeders Club is to educate young people about breed- ing care, presenting horses in- hand and free jumping, and judging con- formation. Young people between the ages of 14 and 25 are invited to participate. Once this group is well estab-
lished, members can compete togeth- er in International Young Breeders competitions. Tese competitions are meant to bring young breeders together across breeding associations, countries and languages at an annual international meeting. Te original idea for an international Young Breeders
He's so sold on Hanoverian dressage horses and Mickayla's
ability to succeed with them that he's even picked out her next Hanoverian dressage prospect. Robert just signed a contract for an in-utero (not-yet-born) Hanoverian from Cheryl John- son, who owns and operates Hidden Acres Farm in Adrian, Michigan. Te "designer breeding" of Mickayla's next horse will be a cross between the highly regarded German dressage stallion, Sir Donnerhall (Sandro Hit/Donnerhall) and one of Cheryl's Elite Mares, Halleluja H.A (His Highness/Rosen- tau/Weltmeyer). Granddad is staying with some of the same excellent bloodlines behind Wrainier Q's success. Watch out for Mickayla in the young horse classes in the future! v
for all different disciplines. Te Club also provides training for presenting horses in hand, evaluating free jumping and understanding sport horse breeding theory. Te AHS is looking to organize Young Breeder groups in different areas of the country. Te first step in that process is for juniors who are interested in Hanoverian horses to connect with the AHS and one another over the internet. To find out more about the AHS
Young Breeders Club and to connect with it, the AHS invites you to “like” the club’s Facebook page by searching for “American Hanoverian Society Young Breeders Club.” During the summer of 2015, the
From the left: Lisa Eileen Nickerson, Devachan Ev- ans, Amber Miles, Lexie Schmitz and Emma Ran- dels at Central Arizona Riding Academy.
Competition was born in Germany, more particularly in the Hanoverian Studbook. Some twenty years ago, Dr. Ludwig Christmann, former Hanoverian Verband deputy breeding director and now director of the Division for International Affairs, Research & Education, wanted to involve youth more intensively in breeding matters. His idea was warmly wel- comed and soon young breeders associations were founded in all regions of the German studbooks. Nine years ago, the regional contests resulted in a national young breeders compe- tition in Germany. Whether you own a horse or not, and even if your family
isn’t involved in breeding, the AHS Young Breeders Club is a place to enjoy horses, to get together and make new "horsey" friends and to create new contacts. Te Young Breeders Club provides the opportunity to learn to evaluate the conforma- tion and suitability of sport horses of all different breeds and
68 March/April 2015 SPECIAL HANOVERIAN SECTION
AHS Young Breeders Club is orga- nizing a camp session at the lovely Hawk Hollow Farm, a 155-acre Hanoverian breeding farm located in the upstate region of New York and owned by American Hanoverian judge Christine Kropf. Plans for the
summer camp include attending Hanoverian inspections of mares and foals, learning how to judge sport horse conforma- tion and movement, learning how to prepare mares and foals for the inspection process, practicing handling of mares and foals and participating in the AHS inspection process. If you are interested in attending the 2015 AHS Young
Breeders Club summer camp session, please contact Dorie Vlatten- Schmitz by email at
dvschmitz@msn.com or by phone 480-580-0634. To learn more about the international young breeders
clubs, just visit
www.young-breeders.com. Tis website tells you all about the program and gives additional links with even more information such as written questions, judges’ cards and history.
To learn more about Hanoverian horses, see the American Hanoverian Society website at
www.hanoverian.org, and the German Hanoverian Verband's website at
www.hannoveraner.com.
Dorie Vlatten-Schmitz
American Hanoverian Society
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