Warmblood Dressage Stakes 2006 December 2006 Henton Distinctive Warmblood Dressage Stakes 2006 Overall winner The Association sincerely thanks Dressage Waikato for their assistance in running this event at their Championship show in early December in conjunction with the National Challenge Classes - up to and including the elementary class. The 10 entries covered 4 different stallion's progeny. Overall winner - and winner of Preliminary Challenge prize with 66.4% Henton Distinctive (Dream Boy/Disteline/Distelfink) Breeder: Dave and Bridget Sutton, Henton Lodge Hanoverians, Pukekohe Owner/rider: Nicole Winter Te Aroha Winner of Elementary Challenge Dream World MH. (Dream Boy/Wel Kantje/Weltmeyer) Breeder / Owner - Matthews Hanoverians, Northland Rider - Casey Johnson Dream World was overall winner at the North Island final of the YDH 2 years ago - the first 4 year old to achieve this. She also won the Elementary Championship and Zilco Musical Freestyle classes. 2nd in Elementary was Amajah (Anamour/Playgirl/Ramzes II) Owned bred and ridden by Sharlene Story, Thames Others in Prelim challenge 2nd Glamorgan Airs'n'Graces (Anamour/Glamorgan Top Notch) Breeders/Owners - Rhiannon Armistead, Glamorgan Farm, Hamilton Rider - Christine Weal 3rd Astro (Anamour/Wetherby Celebration Owned bred and ridden by Jan McIntyre, Wahoroa 4th Millenium Mayhem (Tabasco xx/Wholanne/Wohler II) Bred and owned by Jennifer Smith, Kaukapakapa Rider Liz Lauder Warmblood Horses at the FEI World Challenge 2006 November 2006 N Z Warmblood Assn. members and breeders had some considerable success with their horses at the recent event in Taupo. Debbie Smith of Wanganui rates particular mention as the breeder of Avante Garde (Anamour/Dynamit/Distelfink) as winner of the Children's Challenge - ridden by Rebecca Goldsbury. Rebecca seems to have the ride on this horse while her sister is in Germany with Jaguar horse Julius (bred by Seattle Stud and taken to Grand Prix by Kallista Field). Life Member Judith Wear also deserves mention as breeder of Winter Acacia (Anamour/Arctic Oak xx) - who did well in the warm up classes but was outscored by Debbie Barke's Mzungu and Penny Castle's Veritas (Voltaire II/Crown Law xx) in the final. Winter's Realm (Winterkeonig/Distelfink) and On the Ball (Loewenherz/Dream Dance xx) placed 4th and 5th. James and Vanessa Hart bred the now consistent Grand Prix horse Kiteroa Kingston (Falkensee/ Auk xx) - owned and ridden by Joanna York, he won both the Inter II and Grand Prix B classes that were in addition to the Challenges. Linda Hunt is responsible for the breeding of Abendstern (Anamour/Aberlou xx) - second in the Advanced class and ridden by another member Charmian Pearson-White. This class was won by a very consistent combination of Vanessa Way and KH Arvan (Anamour/Demure/Dynamit) He was bred by Karaka Hills Sporthorses in Oakura, Taranaki. Demure was also at the show with her owner and rider Miriam Poot - also a member of the Assn. She came 6th in the Novice Challenge. The Novice class was won by the ever consistent Donnerheim (Donnerheist - rider Emma Malcolm - by of course - Donnerhall). This horse was imported from Australia as was another Donnerhall grandson, Delta Donnacasy, ridden by Lindsay Attwood for long time supporter Glenys Foote of Northland. Sydney CDI -2006 May 2006 Congratulations Jody Hartstone with Landioso and Angela Fergusson with Monique III on super performances in this VERY important competition. Landioso - Burkner Medal winner at NZ Dressage Champs and reserve champion at HOY (Hol. Imp.) Langraff Inter II - 3rd 64.68% Grand Prix - 5th 64.23% GP Kur - 3rd 67.4% (Volker Moritz gave 71% for artistic marks) Monique III Advanced South Island and HOY title holder (Falkensee) PSG - 5th 62.5% Inter I - 5th 68.5% Kur - 60.8% Showjumping news March 2006 Alaric, most suitable for Show Jumping Champion at Gisborne Show. Photo: Sandy Richmond In the sporthorse section at the Gisborne Show in early March, the 6 year old Daylight LS (Distelfink / Tailor Maid) ridden by Phillip Steiner, won Champion, most suitable for dressage and was the Reserve Champion most suitable for show jumping. The most suitable for Show Jumping Champion went to the 5 year old Alaric (Valiant / Psalm) ridden by Catherine Cameron.     Age Group Show Jumping Series 2005/2006 Season Updated 20 March 2006 Finals will be held at Easter Show in Auckland Top Scores: From the Horse of the Year Show March 2006 Winner of the International Derby competition was Gordon (Voltaire II) ridden by Matthew Grayling. This combination set a cracking pace around the combination of show jumping and cross country fences, and jumped clear to take out the competition. Horse of the Year went to Sacred Hill Answer Back ridden by Claire Murphy. Warmbloods in the line up were Damarusa (Lisa Coupe). This Distelfink mare set the competition alight being the first to go and thrilling the capacity crowd with a clear round. Damarusa finished 3rd. In 6th place was the Selle Francais stallion, Lindberg Des Hayettes, ridden by Katie McVean, in his first start at this level and in 7th place was Gospel (Jaguar) ridden by Robert Steele. Jaguar has sadly been put down due to advanced age. North Island All-Breeds In-hand Show March 2006 The NIAB Show is held in Hamilton and for the past few years has been at the Waikato Event Centre. This is a good venue being a large flat grass area with big shade trees, which usually seem welcome. It is well provided with stables and plenty of parking space. There are a few trade stalls to persuade you that you really do need "THAT" which looks so good and useful. There are In-hand classes for just about every breed of horse and pony you can think of, which, of course, includes Warmbloods. There are Sporthorse and Turnout classes which are open to Warmblood horses and I think it would be great to see a Warmblood as Supreme Champion. It runs over Saturday and Sunday of a weekend early in January. Grand Champion Warmblood Primeval Vermont (Voltaire II / Autumn II / Sea Anchor xx), with Natalie Sperling. Photo: Debbie Knowles, Mendip Farm Photography With all this in its favour it is surprising that the number of Warmblood entries has remained small. This year prize money for Warmbloods was greatly increased, due to the generosity of an anonymous member. This was to help an attempt to increase the number of horses there. It was only partially successful but those who were there enjoyed the day and gained publicity for their horses, even if they were not placed. We hope next year to see a really good number, even though it means getting into gear soon after Christmas. CHAMPION YOUNGSTOCK WARMBLOOD: Kim Whitelegg Don Quattro (Donnertraum / Quatro) Res. Karioi Sport Horses Liberation (Landioso / Belmont Ballerina) CHAMPION ADULT WARMBLOOD: Nathalie Sperling Primeval Vermont Res. Tina Fagan Talhasse GRAND CHAMPION ADULT WARMBLOOD: Nathalie Sperling Primeval Vermont (Voltaire II/Autumn II/Sea Anchor xx) Warmblood Dressage Stakes 2005 March 2006 Dabado MH - De Niro/Witzfleur Bred by Matthews Hanoverians. Rider - Casey Johnson. Trophy presenter - Robin Potter. The Association sincerely thanks Dressage Waitemata for their assistance in running this event in conjunction with the Horsepower Young Dressage Horse class at the Championship show at Woodhill Sands. Special thanks to Judy Collin for coordinating the liaison and with fitting the draw together. Also thanks to President Leslie Buckley for her foresight in allowing the merger. The Judges were experienced Australian visitor, Virginia Creed and equally experienced rider, judge and trainer Britta Waddell who is originally from Germany and therefore has had international experience in dressage riding. The 8 entries covered 4 different stallion's progeny Overall winner was: Dabado MH. (De Niro/Witzfleur/Witzbold) Breeder/owner – Matthews Hanoverians, Northland Rider - Casey Johnson Dabado is the first De Niro of 4 from the Witzbold mare – all have exceptional qualities as riding horses and young Casey gave the filly a very good opportunity to show her lovely flowing paces to full advantage to the judges. 2nd. Dream World MH. (Dream Boy/Wel Kantje/Weltmeyer) Breeder / Owner – Matthews Hanoverians, Northland Rider – Ben Conn Dream World was overall winner at the North Island final of the YDH last year – the first 4 year old to achieve this. 3rd Glamorgan Airs'n'Graces. (Anamour/Glamorgan Top Notch) Breeders/Owners – Rhiannon Armistead, Glamorgan Farm, Hamilton Rider – Christine Weal 4th Attatude. (Anamour/Final/Wish) Bred by Betty Brown, Waverley Owner / Rider Nikita Harrison, Kerikeri 5th Leo Dreams of Gold (Dream Boy/Golden Legacy xx/Leader of the Band xx) Breeder – Julia Fraser, Warkworth Owner/rider – Alicia Collin 6th Wisdom. (Weserwulf/Cayo Bayxx/Biscayo xx) Breeder Gwynne Murphy Owner / Rider – Chris Beach World Cup Final March 2006 Robert Steele and Gospel (Jaguar) were unfortunately not able to hold onto the early lead they established in the current World Cup series. This lovely horse, ably ridden by Robert, has jumped well all season but the final victory was not to be his on this occasion. Following the 5th round of the series held at Ti Papa at the end of January, Sue Thompson riding Air Hill the Rajah was the eventual winner, finishing on 55 points, followed by Maurice Beatson (My Golliwog) on 49 and Robert Steele (Gospel) on 46. There were 5 rounds in total with the top four rounds to count. The final of the World Cup will be held in Kuala Lumpur in April this year.