CANADIAN HANOVERIAN SOCIETY NEWSLETTER Michael Boyd, Chairman, CHS George von Platen, President Hanoverian Breeders Club of Western Canada Vice President: Barbara Beckman (Manitoba) Secretary-Treasurer: Ms. Charlene Spengler (Alberta) Directors: John Dingle (British Columbia) Kathleen Sulz (Manitoba) Matthew von Platen (Alberta) Inga Hamilton, President Hanoverian Breeders Club of Eastern Canada Vice-President: Ruth Hanselpacker (Maritime region) Secretary/Treasurer: Ursula Hosking (Ontario West) Directors: Louise Masek (Ontario West) Greta Haupt (Ontario West) Marjorie Haus (Ontario West) Lynda Tetreault (Quebec) CHS Newsletter: Isabelle Schmid CHS Website: Jessica Lauzon December 5, 2017 In this Issue: Canadian Hanoverian Society Chairman’s Message by Michael Boyd Hanoverian Breeders Club of Eastern Canada President’s Message by Inga Hamilton Hanoverian Breeders Club of Western Canada President’s Message by George von Platen The Hanoverian has become a part of Canada: The 2017 Hanoverian Inspection Tour by Dr. Ludwig Christmann 2017 Inspection Tour Award Winners Information for ordering frozen semen from the Celle National State Stud News about Club Members Miscellaneous Canadian Hanoverian Society Chairman’s Message by Michael Boyd Well 2017 is quickly coming to an end and most of this year’s foals should be weaned by now and will have a couple of years to eat and grow before some serious training starts. Based on our inspection tour this year it looks like our breeders had a good year with quite a number of very good foals bred. Congratulations go out to the winners of this year’s Albert Kley Top Ten Foal awards and the Fritz Floto award for the top scoring dressage bred mare in this year’s Mare Performance Tests. Hanoverians are doing exceptionally well in Canada in both the dressage and jumper rings. I think more Hanoverians are competing in three day eventing although information is harder to obtain from this discipline. Hanoverian continue to dominate in the dressage ring and De Niro (Donerhall/Akzent II) is again the top dressage sire in 2017. A number of Hanoverians are moving up the jumper ranks with Fine Lady 5 (Forsyth/Drosselklang II) the top ranked show jumper in Canada and number 11 in the world. Congratulations to the Hannoveraner Verband team and the American Hanoverian Society team who did very well at the Young Breeder Championships held at Spruce Meadows on July 20-22, 2017. Once again, the CHS is offering its members the opportunity to ordering frozen semen from the Celle National State Stud. A full list of stallions available for export from Celle has now been posted on their website. Deadline to order is January 26, 2018. I wish all our members all the best for the New Year and best of luck in the 2018 breeding season with new foals coming and breeding plans for foals in 2019. Hanoverian Breeders Club of Eastern Canada Chairman’s Message by Inga Hamilton Dear Hanoverian breeders and friends, The year is nearly behind us, mares are bred and hopefully pregnant with the next foal crop, which we are all looking forward to with great anticipation. Surely we all have some new breeding plans in mind, which will once again bring more hope for the following year. Our inspections are behind us, with many nice foals and mares attending. I would like to point out that the inspections are always a great place to get input from our knowledgeable judges, show your horses to a keen crowd, see the mares and foals from your fellow breeders which gives us a chance to compare and learn. Mares and foals have a chance to win awards and get mentioned on our facebook page, website, newsletter and other publications (Horse Sport, Hanoverian magazine). The inspections are also a good place to sell your foals and mares. This happens every year. And of course, it is also a great place to meet old and new friends. The Eastern club has a few things in the works for the future. The AGM will be held in April, we are currently looking at locations in or around Montreal. Just like every year, we also have something special planned for the AGM in 2018. The details will soon be made public. Tammy Laronde and Andrea Phillips are once again organizing the stallion service auction. They are just getting the ball rolling. Stay tuned for those details and if you are planning on breeding next year, the stallion service auction is a great place to shop for stud services and at the same time help our Society. Thank you again to Tammy and Andrea. We would like to hear from you! What would you like to see in regards to clinics, seminars, social gathering or any other events? Please email me any suggestions you might have. [email protected] On behalf of the Eastern board, I would like to wish you a Merry Christmas and a healthy and happy 2018. Hanoverian Breeders Club of Western Canada Chairman’s Message by George von Platen Hello Members, The inspections are done and 2017 is coming to an end. We had a chance to look at some well bred foals. I was pleased to see quite a few jumper bred foals, with the Reinbold family taking the best jumper foal for Canada. My wish for 2018 is to the see more participation of the breeders at the inspections. There seems to be less coming out to show their young stock. I would like to remind breeders that only foals inspected at approved sites are eligible for the Albert Kley Memorial Award. All my best wishes for wonderful holidays and a successful 2018. The Hanoverian has become a part of Canada: The 2017 Hanoverian Inspection Tour by Dr. Ludwig Christmann The 2017 Hanoverian inspection tour again covered all Canada from east to west in two weeks. The most eastern inspection was the Maritime inspection at the Grapeau Equestrian Centre on Prince Edward Island with participants from the island, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. This was one of the biggest inspections this year with seven mares for inspection, two mares in the performance test and sixteen foals for registration and in the foal show! The development in this area is amazing. Just four years ago – in 2013, we had the first official inspection with just a few horses. Now see what developed from it. Very instrumental in this development was Ruth Hanselpacker who runs her stallion station on Prince Edward Island. In the meantime, there has not only been increasing numbers. The breeders were able to upgrade the quality of their mares, purchasing some older quality Hanoverian mares. And it is not only about horses. The breeders at the Maritime live real Hanoverian community spirit, are enthusiastic and help each other. High scoring mare in the performance test was eight-year-old Dutch mare Fizzarma with a very good jumping pedigree, descending from Verdi out of a dam by Hamlet. It was a bit surprising that on this day she scored higher in her gaits (average 7.5) and rideability (average 7.75) than in her jumping (7.0). An overall good mare, presented by Lisa Hubley from Independence Warmbloods, PEI. The second mare in the performance test was high scoring mare in the inspection. Peter and Regula Strehler from Bonshaw, PEI, presented their four-year-old Whiskey Girl by Wolkentanz II/Don Gregory, who did a very steady test as well. It was especially amazing how she coped with everything on this day. She had an amazing temperament and was awarded with an 8 for her rideability. In the mare show section, she was selected as a Premium Mare Candidate and was the mare show winner. Two more Hanoverian mares were accepted into the main studbook. From the four non-Hanoverian mares the already mentioned Fizzarma, the KWPN mare Whitney and the Westphalian mare Phantasy were accepted into the main stud book Hanover, whereas the Canadian Warmblood mare Daisy II was accepted into the main stud book of the Rhineland. Whiskey Girl Champion Mare 2017 Maritimes Inspection The foal show was very impressive in both numbers and quality. Champion foal was a very typey filly by Fürst Nymphenburg out of State’s Premium Mare Brentacia by Brentano II, bred by Sharon Beard from Ontario, who already bred good offspring from Brentacia in Ontario, and owned by Michelle Degarie. Reserve champion was another filly, highly elegant with super conformation by Fabregas/Fidertanz. She was bred in Ontario by Kathleen Richardson and is owned by Shannon & Clayton Brooks from Nova Scotia. They bred another top foal who was called back on the final ring, too. This was a colt by Dante Weltino/Diamond Hit, who excelled through his powerful trot. His owner is Hilary Moore-Hebert. All these three foals made it to the Albert Kley Top Ten-Award. Lisa Hubley from Independence Warmblood had the best jumping foal at this show, a colt by Schwarzenegger out of the Dutch mare Fizzarma. Linda Tetreault and Claude Menart hosted the Quebec inspection at their Ferme de Lys in Ulverton, east of Montreal. One three-year-old jumping bred mare was presented and accepted into the Hanoverian main studbook. Six well-bred foals were presented, four owned by Ferme de Lys. The champion foal was a very well-bred jumping foal by Calido, a filly with good conformation, really good legs and good movement. Her dam, the For Edition-daughter For Odessa, was the best jumping mare at the Herwart von der Decken-Show in Verden in 2010. Chun Tao de Lys 2017 Champion Foal Ferme de Lys Inspection Reserve champion was a dressage filly by Sezuan/Weltmeyer, the foal with the best trot on this day.