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 tagged ‘Golden Oldies’
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May 21
Hunter Douglas Sunrise and Imke Schellekens-Bartels
Imke and Sunrise
The famous Hanoverian mare born in 1994 by Singular Joter x Werther. Sunrise is a very stunning mare ridden by Imke Schellekens-Bartels. What a looker this mare is, great head and neck and although she is refined, she does not have a typical mare look. Read more
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
Goliath T a Short but Nice International Career
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He was a fabulous horse who made his fame with Arjen Teeuwissen. Goliath was born in 1988 and bought by Arjen and his team in 1990. He passed away in 2011 after having enjoyed a long life with them. Read more
Lingh, the Elegant Dressage Stallion
Edward and Lingh
On Mondays I usually post an entry about a great horse. Everybody knows Edward Gal and Totilas. But because of this black phenomenon, we forget he has had other truly great horses. And one of those other truly great ones is Lingh. 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
