News, Rumors & Gossip

Warendorf Stallions Live

August 98

The stallions of the Northrhine-Westphalien state stud farm are back at Warendorf after having been for more than five months on the 28 local breeding stations spread all over the state. Still there will be no holidays neither for the stallions nor for the personnel at the state stud farm. Right now training and preparations for this year's 'Hengstparade' (Stallion-Parade) begins. This year's event consists of 20 different performances and the shows are scheduled as follows:

9/20/98	2:00pm
9/23/98	3:00pm
9/27/98	2:00pm
10/3/98	2:00pm

Anybody, who is interested in watching the training will be most welcome. "From the middle of August on you may watch the training from the tribune," Halge Sangmeister, managing director of the state stud farm told us.
Training hours are daily (except on Sundays) from 9:00am to 11:30am and from 3:00pm to 5:00pm (except on Wednesdays). Just call the state stud farm. Visitors for the stud farm and the stables are welcome daily. Further infos and ticket orders for the 'Hengstparade' you'll get from

Nordrhein-Westfaelisches Landgestuet
Sassenberger Strasse 11
D-48231 Warendorf / GER

Tel.: +49-2581-63690
Fax: +49-2581-636950

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Peron Sold!

August 1, 1998

The Trakehnian stallion Peron TSF is sold! After Klaus Herrmann Ehlen (father of Ann-Katrin Ehlen) had leased Peron for his daughter to compete, now it's official: the former owner of Peron, the US-American Dr. Carole Meyer Webster from Georgia sold the winner of the Olympic Team Bronze Medal in Atlanta to the German stud farm 'Hofgut Albführen'. The private stud farm is situated at Dettingen, a city in the region of Baden-Württemberg, which is in the south-western part of Germany.

Until the end of the competition season, Peron will stay under the care of Rudolf Zeilinger and will be ridden by Ann-Katrin Ehlen. This was pointed out by Herbert Tröscher, manager of the stud farm. What will happen in the next season will be decided within the next weeks.

For German breeders, deep frozen semen will be available from now on. Info: Hofgut Albführen, c/o Herrmann Tröscher, phone: xx49-7742-92960

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Triple Anniversary at Vienna

July 98

Three most famous and anciant austrian institutions celebrate their anniversaries in 1998: 200 years of the State Stud Farm Piber, 500 years of ‘Wiener Sängerknaben’ (which is a famous boys-chorus) and 475 years of the Spanish Riding School at Vienna. All three institutions go together and unite for several gala-shows at Pieber. The celebrations take place between 9/24 and 9/27/98. The programm starts with a presentation of stallions, mares and foals of the state stud farm at Piber, the home of lipican horses. Following is a performance of the Vienna Choir Boys. The program ends with a show of the Spanish Riding school, performing their tour program.

The Galas (each lasting 5 hours) take place from Thursday 9/24 to Saturday9/26, starting at 4pm and on Sunday 9/27 at 2pm. Spectators will also have the opportunity to visit the state stud farm during the breaks and have a meal at the ‘Horse Riding Village’ where you can taste delicious dishes from the home-country of lipican horses. Prices for the enumerated seats are between $30.-- and $65.-- and can be ordered under
xx43-316-848410 (phone) or
xx43-316-848411 (fax).

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Are Ponieriders better (grown up) riders?

July 98

Isabell Werth (double Olympic winner and quadruple European Champion)

As a kid I loved to ride ponies, but I hardly joined in at any competitions. Anyway - I always would recommend youngsters to begin riding and competing on ponies. They are in most cases easier to handle and to control. Additionally kids will have fun with ponies thus encouraging them to continue with horse-back riding and competing when they grow up.

Nadine Capellmann-Biffar (European Team Champion 1997)

When I was young, pony-sport was not so well organized as it is today, so I started competing with ‘big’ horses. Still my riding career starts on a Shetland-pony. Later on I got a bigger pony and we took part in special events for youngsters. I very much like the way, pony-sport has developed nowadays. Kids can get experienced and learn the necessary routine for riding competitions. This is also very a important fact for the breeding of german riding ponies..

Dr. Uwe Schulten-Baumann (Dressage Trainer)

It’s strongly recommended to start any riding career on ponies. You should look for ponies that have impulsive movements and are easy to ride. Kids can get positive experiences with this horses and nowadays we have lots of championships for them as an additional incitement. Anyway - if there is an opportunity for youngsters to change over to a ‘real’ horse you should not wait for too long doing so.

Klaus Balkenhol (olympic medalist and trainer)

Unfortunately there was nearly no official pony sport when I was young and it was not easy to find a decent pony at all. I loved pony-racing with friends when I was young. Though my pony was way too slow to become a winner we always had a blast. Today the 'German Riding Pony' has changed into a real horse, concerning it’s exterieur, so the rider can sit in the correct position, which - together with it’s movements - makes up a nice and harmonic picture. We nowadays have a variety of competitions and events, so the youngsters can collect experience. Anyway, they should begin early to ride big horses too, so they can develop the necessary feeling for them. Many of today’s young riders on top set an example in successful crossover from ponyriding into the ‘big sport’.

Cornelia Endres (Trainer of the german pony-dressage-team)

However comparing the relations in force between child/pony and child/horse it requires a clear decision to the pony, since the capabilities of a kid mostly won't be sufficiant to control a horse. Of course the pony must have some basis qualities and it has to be obedient and easy to ride. Once a kid manages to be succesful in pony competitions and the pair did gather experience, changing over to ‘normal’ horse-sport will be no problem. In general the best age to begin with ‘big’ horses is when the young riders are about 15 years old, at this age they should begin to ride ‘big’ horses besides their ponies. At this age they also should start to go for higher levelled competition with their ponies. The best moment for the crossover to horses of course depends from the individual size and riding capabilities of the youngster.

Heike Kemmer (Grand Prix rider and trainer)

Today pony-tests play a part in an increasing number of competitions and events, and I’m very happy with this development. Thus youngsters get a chance to gather experience in front of a big audience. Beginning pretty late with competing I never rode a pony in an event. But I had a very nice Haflinger horse who was my patient partner when I started riding.

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