02|2021 DER HANNOVERANER No. 02/2021 | February 2021 Annual report Different than expected Dressage Destacado FRH wins Burg-Pokal Show jumping Prinz wins in Salzburg Destacado FRH and Matthias Alexander Rath won the final of the Nürnberger Burg-Pokal.. Annual reportSport Different than expected The year 2020 has no comparison. The first year of managing director Wilken Treu and breed manager Ulrich Hahne as a team definitely took a different course than planned. Together with retiring and newly elected representatives of the honorary office, they had to master tasks, which were made especially difficult because of the outside circumstances of the Covid-19 pandemic. Strong unanimity and a lot of creativity led to a positive result for 2020 in spite of severe conditions. By Ulrich Hahne und Wilken Treu ecause of the pandemic and the resulting con- place inside the Niedersachsenhalle allowing spec- Btact limitations, the planned event concept tators to visit while following the official rules had to be completely reinvented. Many activities, about safe distancing. which were supposed to take place in 2020, could not be realized. In the area of breeding, the activi- It was worth every bit of effort and hassle getting ties of the breeding clubs were especially affected. the representatives of this vintage to Verden. For All mare shows had to be cancelled, most foal the first time, a mare of a Hannoveraner breeder shows did not take place, and the competitions for from Bavaria took the lead in the division for dres- young breeders could not be held. As a conse- sage mares. Han.Pr.A. Romy by Revolution/Belissi- quence, the fees for inspections on farms were re- mo M (breeder/owner: Breeding Farm Greim ow- duced. Representatives of the Hannoveraner Ver- ned by Ludwig Fischer, Bärnau) won the class band increasingly travelled to the various breeding against tough competition. Hann.Pr.A. Charlize by farms. Mare tests took place, when severe regula- Chacoon Blue/Stolzenberg (breeder/owner: Her- tions could be followed. They were expanded with mann Nehus, Haren) was the winner in the division The auction in January of 2020 was the option of awarding premiums to mares, and for jumper mares. The best halfbred mare of the the last auction, which allowed with the option of running classes for mares, which vintage was Han.Pr.A. Ixxi CE by II Divo xx/Don Fre- spectators in the Niedersachsenhal- are eligible for a premium. This guaranteed a basic derico (breeder: Indira Wallner, Moltzow). Owner le. It celebrated Dundee as the top provision for the breeders, which eventually led to Claudia Hein-Riemann had travelled to Verden selling horse. At the privately owned allowing the best mares of the vintage to travel to from the Rhineland. A few months later, the special stallion show, Damaschino was awarded the Weltmeyer-Prize Verden for participation in the Herwart von der mare distinctions, which the Hannoveraner Ver- Photos: Beelitz, Fellner Decken-Show. For the first time, this show took band bestows on its best representatives, were February January 2 Der Hannoveraner 02|2021 SportAnnual report awarded during the stallion licensing. St.Pr.St. percent of the offspring. The first group of stallions Daylight by De Niro/Weltmeyer (breeder: Wilhelm is the constant of the Hannoveraner breed on the Klausing, St. Hülfe; owner: Klosterhof Medingen) side of the sire. The breeders know what to expect was elected Hannoveraner Mare Of The Year. She is from these stallions and their offspring. The second the dam of the privately owned stallion Flanell and group stands for possible change in the Hannove- the Grand Prix-winner Fats Domino. She is a repre- raner breed. Both groups can positively or nega- sentative of the damline of Noria, one of tively affect the breeding activity. Assessing the Hannover’s best and most influential damlines. influence of a stallion is easier, when the stallion is older. This constitutes the difference. The breeders Talking about it does not make the fact disappear have the opportunity to make use of the strengths that the omission of many decentralized sites not of heredity and offset known weaknesses with cor- only caused a deficit in contacts and conversations responding strengths in the mare. Ultimately, the but also a decline in mares being presented. It also question of an individual breed selection answers impacts the total inventory of registered mares du- the question of the quality of each individual Han- ring the past year. The insecurity about the deve- noveraner. In spite of cancelled inspections and lopment of the pandemic and its consequences stallion performance tests, it was pragmatically clearly influenced the breed activities more than it decided to provisionally accept the licensing re- first appeared, and reflects in all areas. The decline sults of other societies during the fall of 2019 and in registered foals is less than we expected from to provisionally register the young stallions even the retrograde number of coverings in the previous without an under-saddle performance verification year. The number of coverings remained about the in the Stallion Book I to give our breeders the most same as in the previous year. possible security, when they select a stallion for breeding in the spring. In the meantime, many of For the first time in many decades, the Hannovera- these stallions successfully participated in the pre- ner Verband publicized the names of stallions with disposition tests and in stallion performance tests more than 30 registered foals. It applied to 55 stal- last fall receiving the regular acceptance of the lions last year. With a total of 3,205 foals, these Hannoveraner Verband. are about 48 percent of the 2020 vintage. Undeni- ably, these stallions strongly influenced the breed Great insecurities stamped the preparations for the activities in the Hannoveraner Verband. They can licensing and the stallion sales. The drawn up Co- be divided into two groups: The first group inclu- rona-concept with a clearly reduced number of des those stallions, of which information of their spectators was rather unusual and upset the plans descendants, as they performed under saddle, was of many licensing enthusiasts. Keeping ones eye available at the time of covering. It includes the on the basic conditions of the public life, which most heavily used jumping stallions like Diaconti- were tightened at the time of the licensing, other Foundation was awarded the nus, Conthargos, Grey Top, and Stolzenberg, as organizational concepts were unfortunately unrea- Grande-Prize, which he received well as the most used dressage sires like Fürst Be- listic. A mix of breeders and customers met in the during the stallion licensing. The riding horses of the auction in April lissaro, Livaldon, Benicio and Vitalis. The second Niedersachsenhalle observing an licensing, whose were sold online. The jumping talent group includes the stallions, of which this informa- days were divided into disciplines. Even under the- Störtebecker was to top seller. tion is not yet available. They make up about 60 se conditions, the atmosphere at the licensing as Photos: Fellner, Züngel March April Der Hannoveraner 02|2021 3 Annual reportSport The membership, registered and covered mares 1990 1995 2005 2010 2015 2017 2018 2019 2020 Prozent Total membership 13,449 15,180 15,464 14,936 13,332 12,631 12,392 11,982 11,503 - 3.9 Active members 8,871 10,708 10,257 9,812 8,608 8,143 8,019 7,742 7,348 - 5.1 Registered mares 15,820 19,715 19,469 18,962 16,778 15,661 15,658 15,482 14,490 - 6.4 Newly registered mares 2,385 2,675 2,493 2,450 2,350 2,204 2,141 2,126 2,001 - 5.9 Number of tested mares/tests 660/26 1,556/46 1,153/44 982/36 837/41 665/37 643/34 642/34 598/35 - 6.9 Covered or inseminated mares 13,392 13,856 12,664 10,719 9,081 9,119 9,261 8,822 8,821 +/- 0 Registered foals 7,624 8,624 8,034 7,787 7,031 6,877 6,996 6,720 6,683 - 0.5 well as at the stallion sales was undeniably great. tions except the stallion sales. The auctions are the Despite the reduced numbers, the broadly based, poster child of the Hannoveraner Verband. In interesting group of stallions held a significant 2020, it was turned upside down on very short share in the success of the event. In addition, divi- notice. Eleven online auctions with 528 horses in ding the daily activities by discipline constituted total took place so far. The largest auctions were positive aspects for spectators and stallions and, at the one in August with 104 foals and the elite auc- the same token, made an interesting but also re- tion with 105 riding horses, two-year old colts and laxed course of events possible. foals. The online-auction format spread quickly and was almost instantly accepted worldwide The licensing offered the appropriate setting for most likely due to the circumstances. It gave the honoring well-deserved and hopeful stallions like institutional and the private sector the opportunity the Grande Prize-recipient Foundation (breeder: of purchasing a horse online, and it was the only Gerd Pigge, Lastrup) and the Hannoveraner Stalli- option guaranteeing neutral sales of a larger num- on Of The Year Forsyth FRH (breeder: Heinrich Eck- ber of horses. hoff, Beckdorf). The stallion sales, which, in ac- cordance with the event concept, took place on The flexibility of our participating exhibitors made different days for jumping and for dressage stalli- success possible for the Hannoveraner Verband. ons, reflected a rather uniform price structure.