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The “Züchterforum” once described him as a “profound horse expert”: Karl-Heinz “Kalle” Hooghoff, called “Hoogie” by many, has built up a name and a network throughout Germany and beyond. We are all the more pleased to welcome him as our new breeding consultant in the field as of today, 1 June 2023.

The current June issue of Reiter Revue deals with the question “What is your horse born for”: physique, talent, disposition. “How beautiful can a horse be? Our cover hero is the best example,” is how the trade magazine paraphrases the current cover. Christiane Slawik has captured Cashmere perfectly.

El Ganador by Estobar NRW – Gaudeamus under Anna Kleindienst-Jilly was already successful on the international stage last year.

We could not be happier that riding master Dorothee Schneider is now continuing what Hubertus Schmidt was unfortunately denied due to his illness.

The only German Riding Pony to compete in this year’s Riding Horse Championships was the Champion Stallion of the 2021 Westphalian Licensing in Preußisch Ströhen.

Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania awarded this year’s first qualifiers for the coveted title of State Premium Mare: Katja Duve from Wilsen exhibited her 3-year-old Grace of Glory by Goldberg out of Swarroness D by Swarowski at the mare show in the Cavallo Arena in Güstrow and the Goldberg daughter was very pleasing.

Pure breeder, owner and rider happiness: Gabriela Jaworska had every reason to be happy. With her homebred Bombastik by Escolar – Benetton Dream, the native Pole competed at this year’s CDIYH in Olomouc, Czech Republic.

Cristallo I stands for heredity and the success of his offspring speaks volumes.

We consider ourselves lucky to have loyal breeders in Switzerland as well: This is the case of the Würgler family from Biel Benken, who have already successfully used several of our stallions in recent years.

The number of foal announcements does not stop, many mares have already foaled. We would like to thank you very much for the many messages and are pleased that several foals have already been able to change hands.

Three offspring competed in the heavy class in Mannheim: First and foremost the Escolar – Cornello son Escalito did a lot of advertising for his sire Escolar with his performances.

The first Bundeschampionat qualifiers have started and another Escolar offspring is allowed to compete in Warendorf.

That Cordess with his 17 years still has a lot of fun jumping, the Clinton – Heartbreaker son proved on the occasion of our stallion show in Wickrath at the beginning of the year.

Three of Escolar’s offspring placed in the medium dressage class at the Delbrück Dressage Festival last Friday.

Today, Friday, the 3-day short test ended in Münster-Handorf for our 3-year-old Viva La Vida. As in his daily handling at home, the Viva Gold son demonstrated great willingness to perform and an overview at the Westphalian Horse Centre, which was rewarded with a score of 8.3.

The 9-year-old Escolar – Funkenspiel son Escostar T and his rider Gabriele Matthes returned home from the CDI1* dressage competition in Pforzheim with two great results.