Madeleine Winter-Schulze Awards presented for the first time
A new award was presented for the first time at the Hanoverian stallion licensing: the Madeleine Winter-Schulze Prize. This prize honours Hanoverian breeders of particularly successful sport horses from the past competition season. It replaces the Fritz von der Decken Prize, which was traditionally awarded to the most successful stallion breeder of the past ten […]
Verden stallion licensing – Jumping: Three former auction foals become premium stallions
One week after the dressage stallions, the show jumping stallions had their big moment at the Hanoverian Society’s stallion licensing. Twenty-nine of the 52 stallions that took part were licensed. Five representatives of the 2023 crop received the title “premium stallion” for their outstanding quality. The front-runner in the price statistics was the premium stallion […]
Hanoverian Show Jumping Masters: Double victory for Mynou Diederichsmeier.
Mynou Diederichsmeier celebrated a double victory at the Hanoverian Show Jumping Masters. She won with Contina in the five-year-old class and with Action Hero in the seven- and eight-year-old class. The breeder of both horses, Harm Wiebusch, had previously competed in the four-year-old class in the saddle of his own-bred stallion Cracker, Contina’s full brother. […]
Hanoverian Mare of the Year: St.Pr.St. Dorina: Offspring for international dressage arenas.
St.Pr.St. Dorina was named the Hanoverian Mare of the Year. Born in 2002 at Günther Lindwehr’s farm in Alfhausen, the bay mare impresses not only with her own riding horse qualities, but above all with her outstanding offspring and grand offspring. St.Pr.St. Dorina by De Niro/Weltmeyer/Bolero was born at Günther Lindwehr’s farm in Alfhausen in […]
Hanoverian Stallion of the Year: Benicio: Striking in every respect.
The name of the Hanoverian Stallion of the Year 2025 is Benicio. He passes on type, stability and rideability to his offspring with reliable consistency. Iris Borchers, daughter of the late breeder Wilhelm Stadtlander, accepted the award: an oil painting by the artist Manfred Busemann and a generous cheque. Together with R+V/Vereinigte Tierversicherung, the Hanoverian […]
Verden Stallion Licensing – Dressage: A magnet for the best stallions
The exceptional quality of the 2023 crop was impressively confirmed after the pre-selection at the licensing. 41 of the 76 young stallions were licensed. Eight premium stallions were accompanied by the applause of the numerous spectators in the Niedersachsenhalle on their lap of honour, five of which went on to the stallion sales. The top […]
FRH Cup: Bon Courage and Thomas Schulze win FRH Cup
The third edition of the FRH Cup in Verden saw beaming winners. Bon Courage and Thomas Schulze took the lap of honour wearing the white and yellow winner’s sash, followed by Zuperman OLD with Beatrice Hoffrogge and Manolo FRH with Borja Carrascosa in the saddle. On this occasion, the newly created Madeleine Winter-Schulze Prize was […]
2. Verden Auction High Level: Lampo di Fonteabeti top price.
Following its successful premiere in March, the Hanoverian Association’s High Level Auction has entered its second round. This time, not only dressage horses ready for competition were offered for sale in the Niedersachsenhalle, but also top-class show jumpers. The stallion Lampo di Fonteabeti led the statistics. He achieved the top price of the 34-strong collection […]
The October/November-issue of the english version of our member’s magazine DER HANNOVERANER is online now.
The english version of DER HANNOVERANER is published monthly as a pdf-file and informs about the most interesting news and events around the Hanoverian and its society, thus providing information to English speaking members. Starting with the January 2011 issue THE HANOVERIAN/DER HANNOVERANER will be distributed via the internet and e-mail respectively. Distribution via the […]
142nd Elite Auction with four horses over 100,000 euros
“We have a lot planned for today.” With these words, auctioneer Bernd Hickert opened the 142nd Elite Auction in Verden. The exquisite collection of 87 riding horses was complemented by 16 carefully selected foals. At the end of the long day, an average price of 30,874 euros was recorded. The top price was achieved by […]