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where Toroughbred breeding was at its best. it was a natural progression of Breeder Spotlight interests and opportunity to venture First in an occasional series on successful Great American/USDF into sport- here at Holly Breeders Championship Series competitors oak Farm. How and why did you decide to fo- By Kristi Wysocki cus on the breed(s) that are part of your program? Already in the 1980s, Dieter became he USDF pioneered eforts to Meet the Breeders known for his handling skills at breed recognize sport-- Elizabeth and Dietrich Felgendreher competitions and stallion approvals. ers when in 1998 it launched the t Holly Oak Farm, Midway, KY He led and presented of vari- USDF Breeders Championship Series. (hollyoakfarmky.com) ous registries for the most prominent Tese competitions, now sponsored by breeders and owners of that time. it Great American insurance Group, com- How did you get started in sport- was clear to him that no one breed or prise qualifying classes for sport horses horse breeding? bloodline had the monopoly on quality, in hand that culminate in nine USDFBC Elizabeth Felgendreher: it was a mat- and that a good horse is a good horse. Series Finals. (See “Te USDFBC Se- ter of family history and opportunity. Many years ago, when present- ries” opposite for more information.) Dieter’s grandfather was a trakehner ing a young stallion at the Ameri- Te USDF Commit- breeder in east before World can Hanoverian Society approvals, the tee is always seeking ways to promote War ii. Te childhood stories of life on Hanoverian Verband breeding direc- American sport-horse breeders and that farm with the horses fascinated tor Dr. Wilkens announced Dieter as US-bred sport horses. to that end, him. Although he grew up in the city “the man of all breeds” as he entered the triangle. Tis was amusingly accurate. Trough the years we selected and im- ported stallions of , trakehner, Danish, and oldenburg registries, which we often paired with carefully chosen Toroughbred mares available to us here in Kentucky, as well as our mares. Te outcome was generally good, and we collected our fair share of cham- pionship titles at at Devon (PA) and other shows. Name one or two standout products of your program and their accom- plishments. From the early breeding ventures, our imported Holsteiner stallion Rico 19 (Ritter – Ladykiller XX, Cottage Son XX) produced an American Holsteiner Horse Association-registered mare, Simply Charlotte, out of a Persian Sea STANDOUT: Te 2010 Hanoverian flly Rosa Parks, bred and owned by Kristine Pinto and handled by Dietrich Felgendreher, at Dressage at Devon 2013 XX dam. Clearly we trusted that the Toroughbred infuence would be good. in 1990, as a three-year-old, she won the this month we bring you the frst in of and later Hamburg, Dieter’s an ongoing series of profles of breed- interest was always with agriculture Podcast Alert ers who have been standouts in the and horses. As a young man living in PODCAST USDFBC Series competitions. We the niedersachsen area, he apprenticed Check out our hope you enjoy getting to know these at two farms where Hanoverians were podcast about sport breeders and learning about their bred, gaining knowledge and appre- horse breeders at businesses and their commitment to ciation of the breed. My family owned usdf.podbean.com. sport-horse excellence. farm property in central Kentucky, STACYLYNNEPHOTO.COM

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Pages A2-.indd 20 6/4/2014 10:47:47 AM Devon titles of Filly Champion, Young reserve-champion flly and young horse Horse Champion, and Best American- at Devon. We purchased Rosa Parks’ Bred. today we have a two-year-old dam in 2011 as an upper-level dressage grandson of this mare, sired by the old- horse but intend to breed her in 2014, enburg Verband stallion Floriscount. hoping for a full sibling to the wonder- More recently we enjoyed the suc- ful Rosa. Like everyone, we want our cess of our oldenburg nA gelding Car- foals to have quality, but we also want to reras (Contucci – Fuerst, Accipiter ride and compete with them as mature XX), who placed very well in the 2005 horses. Markel/USeF national Young Horse Te Great American/USDFBC Se- Championships as a fve-year-old and ries ofers the opportunity for horses to later advanced to intermediate i, achiev- be recognized as they progress toward ing numerous wins and commendable the ultimate goal of becoming the next scores at this level prior to an untimely generation of great riding and breed- death. Carreras was a second-genera- ing animals. Te owners and breeders tion product of our breeding eforts. His receive their well-deserved accolades FREE dam was sired by our imported olden- through this process and, we hope, are burg Verband stallion Fuerst (Furioso ii likewise motivated to pursue involve- SHIPPING – Magister, edelbert) and out of a Ken- ment in the USeF national Young Horse tucky-bred Toroughbred dam. Program, which continues the platform of recognition for the American breeder. Where do you see your breeding BOTH in 2013 we were doubly involved in the program in the next fve years? USDFBC Series Finals. Dieter, a USeF in the 1980s and 1990s, we bred for fve dressage sport-horse breeding (DSHB) to seven foals a year. Downsizing, we “R” judge, ofciated in September at the WAYS now are happy to raise one or two each north Central Finals in Batavia, oH, and year. our most recent thrill was with the days later was in the winner’s circle at 2010 Hanoverian flly Rosa Parks (Rous- the east Coast Finals with Rosa Parks at seau – Regazzoni, Lanthan) (pictured), Devon. Tis was participation at its best, who is owned and bred by our client and we will continue aiming in this di- (Yeah, we Kristine Pinto. At Dressage at Devon rection, doing what we love. s 2013, Rosa Parks won the Tree-Year- took care old Prospect championship based on Kristi Wysocki, a USEF “S” dressage her winning scores under and in judge and an “R” DSHB judge, chairs the of that, too.) hand. She also won the Great Ameri- USDF Sport Horse Committee. She is an can/USDF east Coast Breeders Series FEI-level competitor and instructor who Finals flly championship with the high- owns and operates Somewhere Farm in est score in the entire country, and was Elbert, CO, with her husband. The USDFBC Series SmartPak.com | 1-800-431-3916

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