White Heather

 

White Heather, bay 2001 Hanoverian mare.

 

White Heather is a tall, very well-bred Hanoverian mare, whose pedigree contains 3 stallions awarded Hanoverian Stallion of the Year and a number of States Premium mares, including her own dam, SPS Amelie. She started a Dressage career achieving consistent scores into the high 70s. She is now retired while still young in order to begin her career as a valuable broodmare. Heather is a powerful mover with a great engine and 3 exceptionally lovely gaits.

It can sometimes be quite common to have one Hanoverian Verband Stallion of the Year in a horse's pedigree.  It is very rare to have THREE such awarded stallions, especially within the first 3 generations of a pedigree. This is the case for White Heather and it is a testament to just how very well-bred she really is.  Her dressage abilities and lovely gaits are by no means a fluke, but rather the result of the consistent breeding that made her what she is today. 

Heather was sired by White Star, the spectacular son of the legendary Weltmeyer. White Star was Reserve Champion of the stallion licensing in Verden in 1995, and went on to become Champion winner of his 100-day performance test in 1996 setting a new world record with an overall score of 148.70, dressage score of 158.5, and a jumping score of 123.62. Since 1996, only 2 stallions have managed to beat this amazing score.

White Star quickly proved himself as a competitor starting off his career in becoming the Federal Champion Bundeschampionate 1996 in Warendorf, Germany, and then went on to prove himself with a significant breeding career, siring to date 9 approved stallions including World Diamond O, and over 33% of his female offspring become states premium or elite mares. He was awarded Hanoverian Stallion of the Year in 1997. Further proving his own versatility, White Star was awarded the USEF Stallion of the Year 2011 (Hunter). His offspring are successful in FEI competition in Dressage, FEI Show Jumping, and championship hunters. White Star's damline is a highly successful mareline producing an incredible number of approved stallions, some of whom are Brentano I and II, Wolkenstein I, II & III, Beltain (who sired Belissimo), Garibaldi I & II, and Beauvalais (competed in his 3rd Olympics at Athens). Granddam, Genua, is full sister to the stallion, Gran Marcio. Genua's full sister has produced the stallion, Waldheim.

Heather's grandsire, Weltmeyer, needs little introduction as he is famous the world over. He was Champion of the stallion Licensing 1986 in Verden and Champion of the Stallion Performance Test 1987 in Adelheidsdorf, followed by Champion 3-year-old stallion at the Federal Championships of German Riding Horses in Warendorf. In 1988, he was honored in Verden as Best Stallion of his age group and awarded with the "Freiherr von Stenglin-Prize". In 1989, he became DLG Champion in Frankfurt. Weltmeyer was awarded the title of Hanoverian Stallion of the Year in 1998. Weltmeyer nearly single-handedly reshaped the Hanoverian breed by proving to be a spectacular producer of champion offspring with over 70 approved sons, and well over 1000 State Premium mares. The German Equestrian Federation credits him with a breeding index of 152 points and an assurance of 99% heritability, and continues to prove his unbeatable propensity for producing spectacular dressage horses with equally suitable temperament necessary for top competition. Weltmeyer passed away in 2011 at 27 years of age, leaving a family dynasty and legacy unlike any other stallion in the world today. 

Heather's damsire, Allround, is sired by the living legend, Argentinus, born in 1980, and who was awarded Hanoverian Stallion of the year 2005. He was a successful advanced level jumper, and awarded Performance Class I, Main Premium Champion stallion at his Stallion Performance Test. Argentinus gives his offspring spectacular rideability, superior athletic abilities, versatility of sport, and as a result he has led the FN statistics of his age group through the prize money earned by his offspring. Argentinus is one of the few stallions in the world who have sired offspring successful in FEI international competition in all 3 Olympic sports - show jumping, eventing, and dressage. Argentinus has thus far produced 28 approved stallions, and over 48 State Premium mares and many, many champions - such as Arko III, (ridden by Nick Skelton); Albano, (won team gold at the 2001 European Championships in dressage with Heike Kemmer); Amaretto (Isabell Werth's two-time German Champion in dressage); Autogramm, (ridden by Thomas Mühlbauer, who participated in 10 Nation Cups), Anca (ridden by Markus Ehning); Asti Spumanti (ridden by Thomal Muhlbauer); Special Ed (ridden by Jill Henselwood WEG in Aachen); and August der Starke, (the Champion Stallion Performance Test and Vechta price-breaker).  Argentinus, as of 2012, is still alive at the age of 32!

 

Breeding:

White Heather is available for a custom foal (must be booked by May 15) for embryo transfer. She is young, beautiful, and very healthy.  Maximum of 2 bookings - currently only 1 booking still available.

White Heather is confirmed booked to Freestyle for a 2013 foal, which will occur after all ETs have been completed.   Freestyle is a lovely Florestan I son.  We can hardly wait to see the foal this pairing produces as it has been proven in Germany that Florestan and Weltmeyer tend to result in spectacular offspring with exceptional dressage abilities.  The F line is famous for their inheritable rideability, good temperament and flowing movement, while the W line is famous for athletics, a powerful engine and good gaits. 

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