Your Connection to the Modern Sport Horse


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FEATURES 17


24 30


Rising from the Ashes Surviving the barn fire at True Prospect Farm. By Amber Heintzberger


Finding Nikko: A Remarkable Twist of Fate This almost- euthanized Swedish Warmblood finds a new partner. By Patti Schofler


Fast and Furious at Fifteen Out of nowhere the jumper stallion Capone I returns to the winner’s circle. By Liz Cornell


34 Warmbloods Shine at the 2011 NAJYRC Glimpse of the gold and silver medalists at this popular young rider competition. By Kim MacMillan


56 More Than a Gut Feeling Lauren Spreiser finds a simple solution to her Grand Prix mare’s behavioral problems. By Pat Payne


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Best of Bred Two veteran breeders, Scot Tolman and Edgar Schutte, share their ultimate breeding accomplishment. By Gigha Steinman.


SPECIAL SECTION: The RPSI’s Zweibrücker Horse


43 Rhineland Pfalz-Saar International – Overview of the Zweibrücker breed and the RPSI registry.


49 Zweibrückers in Sport 43 RPSI Inspection Results 2011


DEPAR TMENTS & COLUMNS 10


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74 80


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Publisher’s Welcome Letters to the Editor


Sport Horse Snippet: Laura’s Miracle Mare By Liz Cornell


70 Conformation Corner: Judy Wardrope analyzes the famous dressage mare Matine.


Judge’s Point of View Young Talent for International Dressage By Charlene Strickland


Index of Advertisers and Stallions Index of Breed Associations


82 Warmblood Whoas by Scot Tolman


On the Cover: Top: Stallion DaMarco standing at Zweibrücken’s state stud. Left: RPSI mare EWSZ’s


Qualle by Quebec ridden by Daniel Daymen. Photo by David Mullinix Right: Horses Unlimited’s G.P. stallion Leonberg ridden by Mikala Gundersen. Photo by Susan J Stickle


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Photo by Charlene Strickland


Photo by Alan MacMillan/MacMillan Photography


Photo by Amber Heintzberger


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