THE HANOVERIAN

Breeding
ting of Gibert Böckmann and Hartmut Wilking
gave him uniformly high scores.
The judges evaluated a group of horses that was
overall of high quality. In respect to the development
the horses exhibited clear differences. So for
instance the second placed horse in this division.
Breeder Egon Schröder from Hittbergen presented
a full-sister to privately owned sire Scendro by
Scendix/Contendro. In her way of jumping this filly
reminded us very much of her full-brother and his
impressive appearances at the licensing and the
show for privately owned stallions at the beginning
of the year. Her quiet yet neat and tidy jumping
style was rewarded with lots of applause. Her
jumping style however was a bit of a contrast to
her appearance. “She has probably not been in
training for very long but she fulfilled the tasks set
in front of her in an ideal way,” the judges commented.
She only finished on second place in her
group in spite of the higher evaluation in respect
to jumping.
Balou’s Comtesse by Balou du Rouet/Contender
(breeder/owner: Anne Cordes, Hämelhausen) followed
in third place by only a small margin. A very
attentive and therefore cautious horse with the
best conformation prerequisites because of her
stabile back and her good croup formation! She
has exhibited a lot of quality even though she is
not yet an experienced jumper, yet.
In the second group Diego by Diarado/Landadel
(breeder: Eberhart Wotte, Rhede; exhibitor: Hermann
Agnesmeyer, Rhede) was in the lead near
enough to the end. His physical development reflected
that the stallion had been prepared for the
stallion pre-selection before. Even though Diego’s
body construction left something to be desired for
his performance in the jumping chute was convincing.
With a lot of elasticity all through his body he
showed off his ability to its fullest; this earned him
top scores. In the end his performance was good
enough for second place in this group.
Cashmere PJ by Calido/Silvio won. Cashmere PJ
who isout of the breeding program of Dr. Jacobs
GbR and Jan Crome-Sperling was not only perfectly
prepared but also “used her entire body while
jumping in a masterly fashion,” so the judge’s evaluation.
She convinced during her self-confident
presentation with her elasticity not only while jumping
but also in her movement. Another Diaradodaughter
finished in third place. Diraba (breeder:
Heinrich Bremer, Neustadt) is out of a dam by Contendro
and out of the dam line of the internationally
successful Acorte (Rolf Moormann). She never
even came close to making a mistake but
instead impressed with her ambition while staying
rhythmical with good control the entire time.
Gin Tonic by Graf Top/Sandro (breeder: Kurt-Heinrich
Böttcher, Warmsen) dominated the third
group. This stallion showed off his athleticism once
he was released in the free-jumping lane. He really
was impressive. “Very rhythmical, very steady and
very natural,” the judges commented on this representative
of the G-line. He was completely focused
on the task at hand. He is a horse with performance
willingness and ability. This was not the
first time that breeder Kurt-Heinrich Böttcher had
entered a very good horse in the free-jumping
competition in Verden. Many of these horses are
Champion of the first group: Cimarron
by Contendro/Graf Grannus.
Photo: Beelitz
Gin Tonic by Graf Top/Sandro was
the leader in the third group.
Photo: Ernst
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