Junior Hunter. As a result of their success in 2016, Premoni- tion earned her Competition Mare title for the AHS, an award reserved for performance mares with success in upper levels of competition. At year’s end, Premonition BHF and Jordan also won the Ju-
nior Hunter Classic at the World Equestrian Center (Wilming- ton, Ohio) and back-to-back championships in December and January at the Barracks (Charlottesville, Virginia). On the way to the Barracks show grounds in the early hours of a December morn- ing, the Toering family’s truck encountered black ice and got stuck on a hillside with a dozen other stranded vehicles. Jordan emphatically struck off on foot carrying her saddle, claiming she needed to hack her horse in the ring before the show. She walked three miles to
Jordan Toering and CM/EMC Pre- monition BHF (Pablo/Ganymed) competing in the 3’6” Junior Hunt- ers in Culpeper, Virginia.
the show without a word of complaint, demonstrating the self- motivation and grit of a true champion! When the AHS announced its 2016 year-end awards,
Jordan and Premonition BHF won the 2016 AHS National Championship, Large Junior Hunters, 15 years old and younger division. Hanna Toering and Coquette BHF won the 2016 AHS National Champion in the Junior Jumpers 1.30-1.35m division. Quite an accomplishment for the Toer- ing sisters! Jordan’s goals with Premonition for 2017 include competing
at the Devon Horse Show in Pennsylvania, Junior Hunter Finals at HITS in Saugerties, New York and, hopefully, the Pennsyl- vania National Horse Show in Harrisburg. “I’m really looking forward to what this year brings. Peaches [Premonition] and I work hard during the week on different aspects of flatwork to increase her strength and fitness. It’s an awesome feeling when those long hours in the saddle result in the pieces coming togeth- er on course. Hanoverians make great sport horses because of their well-rounded abilities and willingness to learn. I especially enjoy starting these young horses and bringing them to their full potential,” she says.
More Success for our Youth Jordan’s older sister, Hanna, rides the Hanoverian mare,
Coquette BHF (Coconut Grove xx–Windbraut/Wan- derkoenig), in the jumper ring. Also bred by the Toerings, both Coquette and her dam were accepted in the AHS’s Jumper
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Breeding Program. Coquette and her junior rider stepped up from the Children’s Jumper divisions (1.0–1.1m) in 2015 to the Junior Jumper divisions (1.2m–1.35m) in 2016. By the end of 2016, Coquette had wins and placings in Junior Jumper classes at 1.30m at the Constitution Classic in Cul- peper Virginia. Te pair looks to step up to the 1.40m Junior Jumper division in 2017. At just sixteen years of
age, Hanna has already rid- den three generations of the family’s mares in jumper classes. In 2014, she competed in the jumper ring on Co- quette’s dam, Windbraut, while also competing on Coquette. In 2016, Coquette’s daughter, Balou Moon BHF, entered the jumper ring with wins in 2016 at 1.15m. Tis gives Hanna a unique perspec- tive not experienced by many riders. Asked how this might be an advantage, she replies, “I’ve watched these horses grow up and I’ve been involved in their training, especially with Lucy [Balou Moon]. I started her and did all the training myself. In some ways, these mares are the same—they all are really brave and forward. But they are also different—Lucy is more care- ful over fences, has more scope and is less reactive than her mother and grandmother. Tis is valuable experience for Hanna, who plans to be a
professional rider. In addition to her family’s horses, she rides a few outside horses that she has in training. In the near term, Hanna has her eyes on the North American Young Riders Championships, where riders age 16 to 21 compete in an Olympic-like format over fences up to 1.45m. “With each ride [on Coquette], I ask ‘What do I need to do today to make her up for Young Riders?’ Moving up is the reward for all the hard work,” Hanna says. Te sky is the limit for young Hanna and Jordan Toering
on their Hanoverians—and for so many other riders who en- joy this wonderful breed!
Hanna Toering and EM Coquette BHF (Coconut Grove xx/Wan- derkoenig) competing in the Ju- nior Jumpers, 1.3m, in Culpeper, Virginia last year.
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