A Day for Reflection
Reflections on the past
Today is one of those days you would want to take an extra breath and reflect. Reflect on the past. As this is a blog about horses, here some pictures from the past which I found online.
Posts from the ‘Golden Oldies’ Category
Sep 11
Anky and Bonfire, their Story
Anky and Bonfire at 29
I found this nice Dutch video, which gives us, the audience, some insight into the story of Anky and Bonfire. The story is told in Dutch by Jean Nelissen. It gives some great inside information into the combination that were front-runners to tackle the absolute German dressage power. Plus the combination that made dressage extremely popular in the Netherlands. Read more
Amon out of the Same Sire as Ahlerich – Angelo xx
Amon at age 20
Rubinstein’s damsire, Angelo xx, was one of the most successful Westphalian sires and the highest winning Thoroughbred stallion of all German Warmblood breeds. His sons include Ahlerich (ridden by Dr. Klimpke for 3 Olympic, 2 World Championship, and 4 European Championship Gold Medals). Angelo xx and his full brother, Amon xx (Olympic dressage for Holland), are full brothers of Rubinstein’s dam, Antine. Read more
Olympic Ferro
Olympic Ferro
Olympic Ferro was the beautiful black stallion with Coby van Baalen as his rider. Ferro was born in 1987 out of Ulft x Farn x Prefekt. He became keur in 2000 and preferent in 2004. Unfortunately he died of colic in 2005 at the age of 18. Read more
Dr. Reiner Klimke and Ahlerich
Dr. Reiner Klimke and Ahlerich
I was in college when these two were made their rightful path to fame. Dr. Klimke has won 6 gold and 2 bronze Olympic medals, which is quite an achievement. Ahlerich was his most prestigious horse as the combination won gold medals in the Olympics, World and European Championship and seven German National Championships. Read more
Mar 5
The Great Dressage Chestnut Farbenfroh
Nadine Capellmann Farbenfroh
Some dressage people do not like chestnuts and especially not chestnuts with a lot of white. I happen to enjoy the great variety of horse colors. Life would be so boring if they were all black. One of the great dressage chestnuts was Farbenfroh. Read more
Rembrandt and Nicole Uphoff
Nicole Uphoff and Rembrandt
Now that we can find a lot of videos and information online, I like to look up the great horses from our past. Well one that needs to be included is Rembrandt from Nicole Uphoff. Read more
Black Jack, the Caparisoned Horse at JF Kennedy ‘s Funeral
Sometimes I come across very interesting blog articles. This one is on caparisoned horses and one in particular, Black Jack, who walked at JFK’s funeral. Now I had no idea what a caparisoned horse was. Read more
