look like an x-ray. Tall and big-boned, he’s also a little goofy and likes to stick his tongue out during neck scratches. He was classified as sport type at his inspection, but Allyson and Diane both speculate that he will likely be reclassified as baroque once he fills out. Allyson is letting him just be a baby, with ample turnout time with his three-year-old uncle Pip—Philip Av Drömmarna—Allyson’s original Knabstrupper
and another Pegasus baby. Charlie is already the same size as Pip. He’s very smart and picks things up quickly. Allyson says that one day while tied and being rinsed, he became impa- tient and started pawing. “I decided the use that as a training moment. He sorta knows the Spanish walk now!” she says. When Charlie turns three, he will be inspected at another
KNN keuring for provisional approval as a stallion based on his conformation and in-hand work. At a later date he will be required to perform under-saddle dressage and jumping tests for his license as quality breeding stock. Allyson plans to train him in dressage and campaign him as a stallion. She has experience raising, training and campaigning stallions and owns two already, a Friesian named Kobi and her Lippizan, Conversano Marinna. She partners with her friends Andrea Montgomery, Carlee Holden and Amber Billington to show them, as she generally prefers training to showing. One of her other Friesians, Tiernan, was previously trained by Amber and he often travels and performs with Imperial Knights. Allyson was delighted with Charlie’s favorable inspec-
tion results, but also says, “He is truly a God-given gift to me, so his awards are like frosting on the cake!” Diane couldn’t be happier for them both and, despite all the difficulties in Charlie’s recovery, she knows they made the right call when it mattered most. “That little horse has the heart of a lion,” Diane says. “I’m just glad I saw his will to fight and survive and, despite the financial issue, pushed to make sure he got the chance to prove he could come through the challenge.” Charlie, Mountain Lion of Dreams, is poised and ready to
show the world that he’s unstoppable. Not even a cougar could stop him when just minutes old…how could anything else measure up to that?
THE KNABSTRUPPER is an endangered breed of spotted horse from Denmark that has been around since the early 1800s. Knabstrupperforeningen for Denmark (KNN) is the breed’s main and only regis- try at this time, and kuerings (inspections) occur in the United States only when representatives from Denmark are sent to judge and inspect the horses. Knabstruppers are classified by type, including baroque and sport. There is an estimated population of less than 3,000
Knabstruppers worldwide, and only about 150 KNN registered horses in the United States at this time. Charlie’s sire, Barenfang aus der shützenden Hand,
Above three photos: Charlie at his October 18, 2017 KNN Keuring, handled by Allyson, where he earned First Premium.
was imported from Germany when young to bring new bloodlines into North America but only received a limited purebred stallion license where he is allowed a limited number of breedings to mares that already have a certain percentage of Knabstrupper bloodline in them. Charlie’s success at his keuring has encour- aged the registry’s interest in having Barenfang test for his full license, since he has consistently produced colts of high quality.
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Photos by Hanah Fields-Austin
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