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2011 - 2012 

COMMITTEE 

PRESIDENT 

Denise Rutzou 

VICE PRESIDENT 

Chris Green 

SECRETARY 

Tanya Hosford 

TREASURER 


REGISTRAR 

Denise Rutzou 

COMMITTEE 

MEMBERS 

Cheryl Elvin 

Suellen Saals 

Kassie Mckerras 

Christine Reid 

NEWSLETTER 

EDITOR 


LEADERBOARD 

OFFICER 


TA EQUITANA 

PUPLICITY 

OFFICER 

Suellen Saals 

CALENDAR 

PUPLISHER 

Christine Reid 

FUNDRAISING 

ORGANZER 


OFFICIAL TV 

REPRESENTIVE 

FOR THE TA 

Denise Rutzou 

Trakehners Australia Inc 

TA NEWSLETTER DECEMBER 2011 ISSUE 

Trakehners Australia February 2012 Newsletter 

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Farewell Cornus 

On the last day of the old year 2011, the Trakehner stallion Cornus 

passed away at age 24 after a colic attack. The bay son of EH 

Ravel was approved in Neumünster in 1988 and stood at various 

locations throughout his career. His dam Cornu was a full sister to 

the Grand Prix dressage mare Corna, and hence a daughter of the 

great elite mare Cornau - dam of e.g. EH Consul. Cornus was a 

successful 1.35m level show jumper, and one of the "quiet champions" 

among the Trakehner sires. Despite very limited chances as 

a breeding stallion, Cornus produced an unually high number of 

high quality daughters, which were successful in hand and under 

saddle. He is also the sire of excellent competition horses, e.g. his 

only approved son Ursprung TSF (FEI level dressage) or the international 

eventing mare Lacorna. Cornus spent his last years with 

the Nüssel family close to Bayreuth in Bavaria and leaves a number 

of excellent offspring in the breed. 

http://www.trakehners-international.com/



EQUITANA Greasy Heel 2011 

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I get to see a great many horses in my professional life. I take particular interest 

in those horses that appear to be suffering the condition known as 

'greasy heel' and will always try to make a point of approaching the owner 

and ask how long the horse has had the complaint and how they are treating 

it. 

Through this process I have been able to 

determine that at least 45% of horses that 

are being treated for greasy heel have in 

fact are suffering from a little known about 

complaint known as Pastern Leukocytoclastic 

Plasmosis. 

This complaint that has the exact same 

symptoms of and presents itself in the 

same manner as the complaint known as 

greasy heel. Yet when treated as greasy 

Leukocytoclastic Plasmosis 

heel, it only serves to inflame the situation 

and ongoing treatments then become a 

nightmare in their own right. 

Pastern Leukocytoclastic Plasmosis is quite often easily cured. It is a condition 

quite often mistaken for greasy heel and when misdiagnosed becomes not so 

easy to cure as it has been improperly treated. Despite having some research 

done into the condition, so far no determinable causative factor has been 

identified as the main protagonist; although photosensitization and damp and 

perhaps a bacteria are thought to be major considerations. 

Some other thoughts lean toward it being associated 

with particular drugs being administered to the horse. 

Others lean more toward it being triggered by UV rays 

of sunlight (this combined with wet conditions is also 

my own experience on the matter). 

Still, it has yet again re-appeared in March 2007, and 

I am about to treat it with the topical yet again. 

To sum the condition up as far as cause it is fair to say 

that so far nothing of note has been determined as 

the causative factor other than anecdotal, but an immune 

component is also thought to be possible as 

Leukocytoclastic 

Plasmosis 

well as the fact that being confined to the nonpigmented 

areas of the horse, UV rays could also be a 

possibility.



EQUITANA Greasy Heel 2011 

The condition is also referred to as Photo aggravated vasculitis and most 

commonly affects the mature horse, in particular the horses with no pigmentation 

of the skin in the lower limb extremities such as the pastern or fetlock 

or heel bulb. The multiple lesions that occur in these areas are well defined 

and will present with the following visuals. 

* A redness or reddening of the entire area 

* Oozing and open crusted sores develop 

* Swelling of the affected limb occurs. 

* Sometimes in chronic cases, it will take 

on a crusty wart like appearance. 

My own (Painthorse) presented 

with the condition as a 4 yo. Like 

most people I first thought it was a 

simple case of 'greasy heel'. It appeared 

identical to that condition. I 

treated the condition with all the 

usual 'scrub the scabs off', plaster 

it in a drying agent, used a wide 

range of other products -Potties, 

Illium Neocorte, Prednoderm, yellow 

lotion, copper sulphate spray, 

Zinc etc. etc. you name it, I tried it 

and all to no avail. All these different 

treatments only served only to 

aggravate the condition. 

Despite these treatments, it was as if I had thrown an accelerant on a fire, 

the condition quickly worsened and spread upward at an alarming rate. This 

treatment period was in the vicinity of about 2 months and still no further advanced 

in so far as curing the complaint. The horse by this time was extremely 

tender and sore and reluctant to allow touch to the area. 

After considerable weeks of consulting with different other veterinarians and 

alternating various treatments of the range of products and potions, I was at 

wits end and fast running out of ideas when I accidentally found a rather 

small book written by Professor Reginald Pascoe, a world recognised equine 

veterinary authority, and within the pages of this small publication, Prof. Pascoe 

described to a letter the condition my horse was suffering. 

The article also gave the known cure for the condition - the application of a 

topical cortisone. 

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Greasy Heel 

EQUITANA 2011 

Within 4 days of applying topical cortisone cream to the by now extremely 

painful and swollen limb, the condition began to decline at almost the same 

rate as it had expanded, and within 2 weeks had all but disappeared. Other 

factors to be considered in the treatment of the condition are - 

DO NOT scrub it or attempt to remove the scabs. Leave them alone and in 

place. 

Keep the area as moisture-free as possible. 

DO NOT bandage the area; allow it to dry out and apply nothing apart from 

the topical cortisone. 

An interesting and anecdotal observation I learned from this condition, is the 

fact it re-presents around the same month each year. (with my observed horse 

it is in March). This is despite the horse now living in a completely different 

paddock on a different property, which would almost certainly eliminate any 

chance of it being an annual weed or similar. 

Greasy Heel 

Greasy Heel 

Written By 

Peter Waller 

B.App.Sc (Hons,) DVM 

Equine Nutritionist 

Compleat Feeds 

0457 333 908 / 03 5857 2951 

http://www.compleatfeed.com/ 

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Members Information Page 

EQUITANA 2011 

TA Calendar 

The TA calendar are NOW AVAILABLE, please place your orders for 

the TA Trakehner Calendar at a SPECIAL PRICE OF $10 each 

(get in now before stocks run out) 

Order Form is on the TA website 

http://www.trakehnersaustralia.com.au/merchandise.html 

Or you can email Tanya for a Order Form: performancepintos@gmail.com 

TA Dressage Fundraiser Competition 

TA is now affiliated with the HRCAV and will be holding there first fundraising Dressage Jackpot Competition on 

the 18th of February 2012 at Elmore Event Centre in Victoria with a RUG for all Jackpot winners. 

We will also be holding a “Trakehner Award” for the Highest percentage Trakehner on the Day, which is a lovely 

RUG !!!! 

These Dressage days are to help fundraise for Trakehner promotions and the 2013 Trakehners Tour. 

STUDS Please email a promotion flyer to performancepintos@gmail.com so we can promote 

your stud/stock at this dressage day, as riders are always on the look out for their next competition 

horse !!!! 

Programs now available 

http://www.trakehnersaustralia.com.au/trakshows.html 

AWHA Gala show Victoria 

Saturday the 3rd of march 2012 

Contact Mary McBurnie for programs on 

awhavic_secreg00@yahoo.com.au 

TA Leader Board Mid Year Awards 

The results for Mid year WINNERS will be on the TA 

WBSITE 

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EQUITANA FOR SALE 2011 

KENLOCK IMAGE 

Kenlock Image. 3yo Part Bred Trakehner Mare. 

Dam: Fluete (Valuta x Newmarket) 

Sire: HB Brigadier (Briar 889 x Australian Warmblood) 

Registered: TA, AWHA, ACE, AHSA & ANSA 

Image is the last foal from the stunning mare Fluete. 

Fluete and her dam Newmarket have produced a string of Australia's top 

Grand Prix & FEI horses including Lee Stachan's Satchmo , Roz Tippet's 

stallion Grand Espoir and Kylie Burton's FEI mare Flowervale Ferraza 

the 2010 Victorian Advanced Champion. 

Fluete in turn is by Valuta was a Trakehner Grand Prix Stallion imported by Girt Donvig and 

Mary Hannah. He was completed to Grand Prix dressage and short listed for the Seoul Olympics 

Dressage team. 

Image's sire Holland's Bend Brigadier (now gelded) was bred by frozen semen from Briar 899, an 

International grand prix dressage champion, and his dam Garnet was also the dam of this years 

DWTS 4 yr old winner. Brigadier's dam line features all the Australian Foundations Sires including 

Grand Kavalier (imp), Monolpol (imp), Falkland (imp) and Aachen (imp). 

Image was broken in by an natural horseman 

at 2 1/2 years and spelled. She has 

recently commenced a 6 week show prep 

with David Warde in Bendigo, where she 

will have some led outings and be worked 

under saddle at home but not competed so 

she will be eligible for newcomer hunter 

classes in the future. She has already had 

two led outings for one champion and a reserve. 

Image is a beautifully natured mare, 

she has never bitten, bucked or kicked, 

however she can become a but overwhelmed 

so needs to be given time to get 

her confidence up in new situations. She 

would suit either a show hunter or dressage 

home. She has also shown promise jumping and has always been quite athletic in the paddock. 

This beautiful mare is only for sale due to financial constraints of a young family (and part time 

work) and the fact that I also own her older 1/2 sister. Unfortunately I can not continue to keep 

them both and an excellent caring home is a must! $11,000, negotiable to a good home or may 

consider free lease to performance home . Phone: 0418 597775. 

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EQUITANA FOR SALE 2011 

For further information or to arrange an inspection please phone: 

Dulwich Trakehner Stud - 02 65617212 or 0416731715. 

Other quality horses also available for 

sale. www.dulwichstud.com.au 

Dulwich Cascade – yearling filly by APH Ferrari x Djemur 

Summer Charade. She is registered ACE and Trakehner 

Verband pedigree approved, eligible Arabian Warmblood, 

has excellent conformation, movement and a very quiet 

temperament. Will mature 15.3+ and will make an excellent 

performance horse in dressage, eventing, showing or 

allrounder. Well handled, taught to lead, tie, trim & worm. 

$4400. 

Dulwich Felicia – rising 3yo filly, now ready to be backed, 

well handled taught to lead, trim, worm etc. Outstanding 

paces for dressage or will event. Felicia will mature 

16.1/16.2 and has a sensible temperament, registered ACE 

and Trakehner Verband pedigree approved. She is by 

Widgee Park Total Eclipse and out of our Trakehner Verband 

classified/registered mare Southfalk Kristal, she carries 

the lines of Korrit, Kaliber, Kassiber, Copernicus, Zwion 

and Feurica all imported Trakehners from Germany. $6600. 

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This stunning young 26 month old gelding is by 

the exceptional NZ stallion Komet Von C. 

Kingi (paddock name) displays natural rhythm 

and expression in all of his movements with the 

most amazing stride. He stands at 16 hands and 

should mature around 16.2 hands at least. 

He is 3 generation warmblood and Cherry 

Richxx is by Rich Giftxx who left a lot of steeplechasers. 

I think the pictures speak for them self, he is an 

exceptional gifted horse, it show you what 

Komets progeny moves like. I made the decision 

to geld him because of too little space, 

these pictures are taken 6 days after he was 

gelded. 

POA 

Please contact Par Larsen for more information 

balticlodge@xtra.co.nz 

EQUITANA For Sale2011 

Komet von C 

Komet 

von C 

Komet von C 

Baltic Countess 

Sire: 

E.H. Gribaldi 

Dam: 

E.S Komtesse R 

Kostolany 

Gondola II 

Roots xx 

Karona 

E.H.Gribaldi 

Falkensee 

Domina 

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E.S.Komtesse R 

Enrico Caruso 

*Ps*E* 

Kapstadt 

Ibikus 

Gloria VI 

Bow Tie xx 

Eliza xx 

Arsenal 

Korfu III



EQUITANA FOR SALE 

2011 

Pure Bred Trakehner Gelding 

CELESTIAL PARK SOLARIS 

DOB 4/10/2009 

Once in a lifetime opportunity and bloodlines! Modern 

stunning Warmblood Gelding by Speratus(IMP), 

grandsire: Mackehensen. Out of a premium Verband 

studbook Solo II mare! 

Exciting youngster with Imported bloodlines, stunning 

looks, correct conformation, awesome temperament 

and exceptional moving combine to make 

this youngster have an unlimited huge future ahead 

of him! Started breaking in, well handled and 

trained with correct nutrition since birth. Will excel 

at Eventing and Dressage. Bold, willing & looking for 

someone to give him the time and attention he deserves. 

Mature around 16hh. He wont be huge and is elegant 

enough for any lady's hack and stunning movement 

to turn heads! 

$8’800 Price neg. 

0437 — 800 — 339 or 

celestialpark@iinet.net.au 

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Sudoku 

EQUITANA 2011 

Easy 

Medium 

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DRESSAGE 

Kristy Padburg & Va Tout = 98 

Suellen Saals & Noble Monarch = 70 

Cheryl Elvin & Cloud Eight = 27 

Rebecca Tsouris & Rebellion Santus = 24 

Dorothy Roe & AP Phoenix = 13 

Tanya Hosford & Broken Colours = 

Dorothey Roe & AP Meistersohn = 

EVENTING 

Denise Rutzou & TL Viveka = 25 

Dorothey Roe & AP Meistersohn = 20 

SHOWJUMPING 

Dorothey Roe & AP Meistersohn = 7 

HACKING 

Tanya Hosford & Broken Colours = 37 

Dorothey Roe & AP Meistersohn = 

Dorothy Roe & AP Phoenix = 

BREED RIDDEN 


Dorothy Roe & AP Phoenix = 

BREED HALTER 

Trakehner Leader Board 2011-2012 

Bridget Caruso & Genuine Coco = 20 



Bridget Caruso & Kenlock Image = 13 


EQUITANA 2011 

Rules & Regulations 

1) You must be a member of the TA 

2) Your horse MUST have at least 25% Trakehner breeding 

3) Your Horse does not have to be registered with the TA 

4) all results are checked and verified 

Kingston Park Warmblood Stud 

are a Proud Sponsor of the TA 

Leader Board 

http://www.kingstonparkwarmbloodstud.com.au/ 

2010 - 2011 

awards and 

prizes 

Entry Form 

Points start from the 1st of August 2011 to the 31st of 

July 2012. 

Result Sheet 

A competitor friendly way to get your results in: 

1) when you get home from your event, download the result 

sheet and fill it in. 

2) you have 30 days to email your results in from the date of 

your event 

3) No points will be counted after the 30 day period from your 

event date. 

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