Editors:  Charee Adams, Debbi Bly, Helen Gibble, Donna Graham

May/June 2000
Vol. XIII, Issue 3

From The Annual Meeting Chairman
Attention Members with Horses for Sale
ATA Inspections in 2000
From the Nominations Committee
Attention ATA Branders
From the Registry
ATA Stallions Breeding 10 or More Mares in 1999
From the Annual Meeting Committee
Donation Auction
Update on the ATA/NATA Reunification
2006 ATA Futurity High Bidders
Letters to the ATA
USDF Leading Sires 1989-1999
USET Moves Dressage Selection Trials to Florida
Musing xx Gets Brickenden Award
Top 3 IDCTA Awards go to Trakehners
Stravinsky now Fully Approved
Tribute to "Precise"
Donauperle
ATA Sales List


FROM THE BOARD

The ATA Board of Trustees met in St. Louis for its semi-annual decision making get-together. During a break in the meeting, Board members visited America's Exposition Park at Lake St. Louis, MO, where the November events, perhaps even the Annual Meeting, will take place. The facility is approximately 30 miles from St. Louis, brand new and very appealing. It has an indoor arena about the size of two large dressage arenas side by side, with bleachers on three sides. It also has a second, smaller ring that can be used as a warm-up area, both with excellent footing. The stabling is composed of rows of 10 x 10 stalls with wood plank sides and compacted dirt flooring, all brand new. There are wide aisles between the stalls, electrical connections and wash stalls. Bedding is shavings only, straw is not allowed. Everything is under one roof, heated and air-conditioned. A Purina feed and tack store is right next door with all kinds of tempting things to buy. Upstairs from the arena is a large conference room, where the ATA will hold the Welcome Reception and perhaps some educational activities. Food is catered.

The following are decisions made by the ATA Board at this meeting:

Establishment of the ATA Foundation is practically complete. Finalization, however, will be held up pending the outcome of the unification vote.

Vice President Allan MacMillan, assisted by Tom Nowaskey, will review ATA paperwork required for registration and administration. Members are asked to submit suggestions in this respect to either one of them.

Inspection Committee Chairman Brad Kerbs and Committee Member Henry Schurink were re-appointed to the Committee for another three years. Darren Chiacchia, having been unable, due to competition commitments, to attend any inspections last year, has been appointed for another year as a stallion inspector.

The annual meeting will again include a Trakehner Sale if sufficient consignments can be obtained. It is expected that several NATA horses will also be consigned to the auction.

A Junior Membership will be presented for approval by the membership for Juniors up to their 22nd birthday. Such members will have the same voting privileges as regular (senior) members, i.e., ownership of a registered purebred is required to vote on registration matters. The fee is expected to be set at $35.

Beginning with horses foaled in 2002, the ATA Futurity will be separated from any Stallion Service Auction and will be based strictly on a payment schedule. All ATA registered horses are eligible. The payout will again be in the horse's 5th year after competition in the USDF Horse-of-the-Year program at Training Level. It is contemplated to also include either an in-hand class or a material class which is going to be instituted by USDF as a component of all dressage shows. A committee composed of Chairman Vanda Werner, Hilda Gurney, Lou Shook, Jean Brinkman, Helen Gibble, has been appointed to work out details.

A Stallion Service Auction will also be offered, but no longer in connection with the Futurity, strictly to benefit the ATA. For their participation, stallion owners will be offered a release from the annual stallion fee of $120 for the year in which they provide the auction breeding and joint advertising in major publications.

A proposal submitted by a member to make first generation Anglo-Trakehner colts eligible for inspection for breeding approval has been tabled and may be discussed again in November.

A Millennium Registration Amnesty is to be instituted immediately, in which every Trakehner or Trakehner cross eligible for registration will be registered at the minimum fee of $75 ($30 for geldings) and no penalty for late submission of the breeding certificate. To qualify for this amnesty, complete registration applications must be received in the ATA Office by December 31, 2000.

Reprinting of the ATA Membership Directory has been postponed until the results of the unification vote are known. If any member needs a new directory, or member names in a certain area, the ATA office will provide a computer printout at no charge.

Michaela Judkins (formerly Edwards), Chicago, IL, has been appointed ATA Historian.


ATTENTION MEMBERS WITH HORSES FOR SALE

We would like to have a Trakehner horse auction at this year's annual meeting in St. Louis on November 4, 2000.  But before we organize it, we need to know if people are interested in consigning enough horses to make it feasible.  If you want to consign, please call, fax or write the ATA office by the end of May so we can proceed.

Any questions, please fax the sale chairman, Tom Nowaskey, at 947-359-1787 (IL).


ATA INSPECTIONS IN 2000

A total of 233 horses (mares & stallions only, there were over 300 including foals and young horses) were nominated for inspections in 2000. From their locations and the submission of volunteer inspection horst sites the 14 inspections shown in the table below were set up for 2000. Not all locations are able to inspect stallions since a team of three inspectors plus a German representative must be present to inspect stallions.

The ATA Office will notify every horse owner who submitted a nomination form for one of these inspections with information on deadlines, registration requirements, etc. Those not able to attend one of the listed sites are requested to resubmit their nominations for 2001.

One of the listed inspections is in St. Louis in conjunction with the ATA Annual Membership Meeting. Anyone having nominated a horse is eligible to come to the St. Louis site if convenient.

To make an inspection financially feasible, a minimum of 6 mares must be presented. For stallion inspections, a minimum of 4 stallion candidates are required in addition to the 6 mares. Horse owners will be notified of the cancellation of that particular inspection if the minimum number of horses have not been processed by the deadline date.

Important: All documentation and payments must be received in the ATA Office by June 1, 2000, except for the Croton, OH, inspection for which they should be on hand by May 15, 2000.

All horses will be inspected on a hard surface (for soundness), on the triangle, and at liberty. Their official measurements will be taken and stallion candidates will be subjected to a veterinary examination.

To help members in preparing their mares, please review Dr. Robert Baird's "Information for Handlers of Mares at ATA Inspections."

Inspection Schedule


FROM THE NOMINATIONS COMMITTEE

SEEKING NOMINATIONS FOR 2001

The Nominations Committee is currently seeking candidates for the following positions:

President: Incumbent, Sam Eidt, Toney, AL, will complete his first term as President and will be eligible for re-election

Secretary: Cindy Fortin, Leonardtown, MD, will complete her second term and will not be eligible for re-election

Three Trustees: Trustees whose terms expire are Robin Koenig, Middleburg, VA; Michael Loew, Newmarket, ON; and Tom Nowaskey, Barrington, IL

Trustees whose terms DO NOT expire are: Helen Gibble, Sterling, VA; Hilda Gurney, Moorpark, CA; George Recklies, Athelstan, QC; Charlotte Schickedanz, Markham, ON; Mary Lou Shook, Versailles, KY; and Leo Whinery, Noble, OK. Also serving are Vice President Allen MacMillan, Huntington, IN; Treasurer Marcia Johnson, Elgin, IL; and Past President Stanley Cornelison, Elgin, IL.

If you would like to volunteer for one of the open positions, or have a candidate in mind, please contact a Nominations Committee member. The committee consists of:

Chairman, Leo H. Whinery PH: 405-366-6377, email ldwhinery@aol.com; Cindy Fortin PH: 301-475-5066; Timothy Holekamp PH: 573-442-0442 email: holekamp@aol.com; Kim MacMillan PH: 219-468-2392 email: looncrek@citznet.com; Terry Williams PH: 716-772-2957 email: wiliamsbrg@aol.com.

Please remember that candidates must be able to attend two or more Board meetings per year (at their own expense) as well as perform certain duties associated with the positions. Be sure you or the candidate you suggest is prepared to make the commitment necessary to be a good Board member.

Leo H. Whinery, Chairperson, Nominations Committee


ATTENTION ATA BRANDERS

If you are able to attend one of the scheduled inspections, please notify the ATA Office (740-344-1111) as soon as possible so we can inform owners who have horses that need to be branded that we will be able to accommodate them.


ATTENTION STALLION OWNERS

The Association has received a letter from the Veterinary Genetics Laboratory at the University of California, Davis, that they are discontinuing their blood-typing program. All parentage verifications will be effected exclusively by way of DNA typing.

For the past two years, we have offered the additional DNA typing service to our stallion owners at cost. However, there are still 47 stallions for which we do not yet have a DNA type on file. The Board of Trustees has therefore decided to require that a DNA type be obtained and reported to the Association by January 1, 2001, for the following stallions:

Ambassador in Love xx Amethyst Avignon II  Cloned Steel xx  Dichter  Domritter  Donaufürst  Egmont  Emeer  Enrico Caruso  Fabius  Hennessey  Herzzauber  Hy Tec  Ibsen  Insterruf  Isidor Kaspareit Khalif  Kitfox  Kobolt  Lafleur  Laiken  Lenzsturm

Meistersinger  Mendelssohn  Morgenstern  Musing xx  Potentate Pregelstrand  Prinz Sokrates  Puszta's Diamant Rüdiger Samurai II Saxon Schönfeld Schönfelder Schwalbenherbst Shahwan GASB Sonset's Sieger Target Tarim Topas II Tropez Troy Unkenruf Zeus MV

This DNA typing of stallions is necessary even if the stallion is no longer actively breeding as long as there still are get that are eligible for registration. Please send the ATA Office a check for $60 for the necessary paperwork and instructions on how to proceed.

For stallions who were originally blood-typed after January 20, 1989, there is no work involved in getting this accomplished, other than sending a check for $60 to the ATA - no sample taking, no vet visit, nothing. The Davis lab will determine the stallion's DNA from the frozen blood sample it still has on file from when the stallion was originally blood-typed.

Older stallions will have to furnish another blood sample which will be compared with the old blood type on file. This also requires a check for $60.

If no DNA sample is on file by January 1, 2001, the stallion in question will no longer be considered in good standing and it will not be possible to register any of his foals.


FROM THE REGISTRY

The following stallions are no longer in good standing due to their owners not having paid their membership dues:

Cloned Steel xx (Tina Steward)
Egmont (Causeway Farm)
Insterfürst (Joe Mas)
Insterruf (Don Pedersen)
Schwalbenherbst (Bay View Farms)

If you expect a 2000 foal from any of these stallions, please contact the stallion owner to correct this deficiency since otherwise your foal is not eligible for registration.


ATA STALLIONS BREEDING 10 OR MORE MARES IN 1999

Stallion	Trak	Other	Total
Schönfeld	13	32	45
Impressionist	19	25	44
Advocate	12	27	39
Hennessey	16	17	33
Enrico Caruso	22	10	32
Carino	4	27	31
Kaspareit	10	19	29
Martini	12	17	29
Hailo	10	17	27
Leonidas	10	13	23
Bütow	13	8	21
Pennant	3	16	19
Abdullah	5	9	14
Adrian	6	8	14
Horizon	5	6	11
Onassis	1	10	11
Gideon	2	9	11
Amethyst	3	8	11
Pregelstrand	7	3	10
Pajou	8	2	10
Hadrian	2	8	10

FROM THE ANNUAL MEETING COMMITTEE

Dear Members,

The Board of Trustees is pleased to share with you the exciting possibilities for our annual meeting in St. Louis, MO, the first weekend in November. The area is very "horsey" with particular interest in hunters and jumpers as well as dressage and eventing.

We plan to return to a similar format as in Columbus with some new educational opportunities. We will have a mare show and will likely add a material class, possibly being held at a different time. This class is being added nationally at both dressage and breed shows and is similar to a conformation hunter under saddle class. Young horses are shown at all three gaits both ways of the ring in a group and are then stripped to be judged on conformation. We will likely include 3- and 4-year-olds and encourage you all to make plans to participate.

There is a large conference/banquet room at the facility, which will allow us to hold numerous educational sessions both for our members and to help draw new people. With the wealth of expertise within our membership, we have numerous possibilities on the agenda. Hilda Gurney has offered to help both in the classroom and in the ring. She will discuss how to compose a musical freestyle as well as what is looked for in a dressage horse. The conference room has a large screen television to allow her to include videos.

The performance exhibition will be changed to an educational exhibition. It will not only incorporate some of the features of the past, such as the stallion parade and the mare championship, but will also be expanded to draw horse people to seek out general education and thereby expose them to Trakehner horses. Ideally we can hit several areas of interest. One is to briefly teach a young horse to free-jump followed by a well-trained horse, highlighting the correct way to present a horse in hand. An interesting gymnastic-type lesson/demonstration that teaches the audience and shows the jumping talent of the breed is another possibility. Hilda has offered to do whatever we want with dressage horses. My hope is to get at least three well trained horses at various levels for her to work with. It is possible to incorporate other performances at other times, as we did at Equitana. For those of you who were not there, Hailo did a musical freestyle each day. We feel offering a learning experience will attract people that would not otherwise come for the breed alone, thereby peaking their interest in the Trakehner horse.

We also plan to hold a sale and are encouraged by reaching a new base of buyers while, at the same time, being close enough for our long time customers. For many members, St. Louis is no farther than Columbus, and for some from the south it proves more accessible because of not having to go through the mountains.

We plan to make use of regional advertising through associations, clubs, GMO'S, etc., and encourage you to contact the office with addresses of any newsletters or regional magazines in the surrounding states. There is a very reputable shipper in the area that will be available to transport horses from the sale to the buyer's home. We are open to other suggestions and encourage you to let us know of other transporters. With the availability of the web, it behooves consignors to take the time to get excellent photographs of their horses as these can be featured on our ATA website. We believe this venue can be a real boost to generating new interest.

The facility, called America's Exposition Park at Lake St. Louis, MO, has a large entry lobby that is ideal for booths. We hope to get several vendors to make shopping an added bonus. The concession stand is far more extensive than in Columbus and has a café style eating area under roof close to the arena. The arena itself is much larger than Columbus with plenty of jumps neatly tucked in one corner. It is heated and air-conditioned. And best of all there is an adjacent covered arena for warm up. No more waiting in the rain or snow and slipping on concrete as the barn area goes right into the warm-up. There is also a feed store right next to the facility.

To allow more people to benefit from the welcome reception and its educational format, we plan to hold it in the banquet room at the facility. It actually is larger than the room at the hotel. We would like to hold something similar on Friday before the exhibition begins to keep the educational features flowing and allow us to interact with new people. To keep costs down, we will likely look for sponsors as we had in Columbus, for the pizza party and breakfast tables for Friday's gathering.

The board is very positive about this venue and the possibilities it holds for interesting new Trakehner enthusiasts. We look forward to membership support in every avenue. Success depends on your participation and willingness to bring horses for inspection, the sale, the mare show and the exhibition. We already have many horses nominated to the St. Louis site for inspection and have several owners that have said they want to consign horses for the sale. We hope to duplicate the great volunteer spirit we had at Equitana. We are confident the membership will rise to the occasion and look forward to meeting old and new Trakehner friends.

Cheryl Holekamp is our local coordinator, and we both can be contacted if you are willing to volunteer. She can be reached at 573-442-0442; e-mail: newspringt@aol.com. Please feel free to contact either of us with any ideas you have.

Sincerely, Cindy Fortin, 301-475-5066

Annual Meeting Chairman


DONATION AUCTION

Dear Fellow ATA Members,

2000 needs to be a special year for the ATA. The fall meeting will surely be great, so please, everybody, help by making the donation auction great, too. Start thinking now about some really special items to donate. Needed are such things as artwork, vacations in your holiday condo or on your farm, or other things of this kind. Thanks in advance!

Michaela Judkins
1812 W Erie St, 1st Floor
Chicago, IL 60622


FUTURITY NOTICE

Reminder to all 2000 Futurity competitors. Please send a photo of your Futurity horse for the Mare and Foal Issue of the ATA magazine. Mark it with your horse's name, sire, name of rider (if photo is under saddle), owner's name. Send to: 

ATA Futurity
2782 So. Oakland Cir. E.
Aurora, CO 80014

 by June 1, 2000. Do not send color copies! We are not able to accept them.


UPDATE ON NATA/ATA UNIFICATION

Prior to the ATA Board meeting in St. Louis, a committee from the ATA, composed of President Sam Eidt, Vice President Allen MacMillan, Inspection Committee Chairman Brad Kerbs, Leo Whinery (part of the time) and Helen Gibble, met with a corresponding committee from the NATA, composed of President Ernie Shook, Lou Shook, Frank LaSalle and NATA registrar Diane Hailey, to discuss the upcoming unification of the two organizations.

Almost all issues were resolved and both associations support the unification. In the final hours of the meeting it was agreed that the name of the new organization is to remain THE AMERICAN TRAKEHNER ASSOCIATION, INC. with the addition of the phrase, "A Unification of the NATA and the ATA."

Two items still need resolution:

Relationship and Agreement With the Trakehner Verband

This agreement is important to maintain as it licenses exclusively the trademarked brand logo. While the current agreement accepts all NATA studbook horses, both organizations accept the fact there will be 18 horses with questionable pedigrees (12 mares and 6 stallions) from the NATA stud book that will be included in the unified stud books. This could be a contentious issue with the Verband, despite their general support of the unification.

Resolution: It is hoped that this issue can be resolved through negotiation with the Verband as they are generally supportive and we definitely want to preserve exclusivity of the brand. The approach will be to not seek their approval for unification, but rather seek their advice as the unification is only an issue between the NATA and the ATA. The Verband has already verbally endorsed the unification and is open to "grand-fathering" NATA horses as long as it does not set a precedent. For ATA members, the committee feels this is in the best interest of the breed. The overall impact to the current genetic pool is material, but deemed not significant.

Inspection Votes of German Representative

The NATA membership perceives the Verband to be dominant in decisions regarding the ATA, especially in the area of approvals of stallions because the German representative has two votes in the inspection process.

Resolution: NATA members will be informed through their communication channels that the 2-vote issue has never been an issue in the inspection process.

The overall progress has been substantial and cooperative. Negotiations have been productive with no insurmountable obstacles. The committee has operated with sincerity and integrity for the benefit of the Trakehner breed. It is expected the "Motion to Unify" will be presented to both associations during the latter part of the year. The committee supports and advocates unanimous approval by the respective memberships.


2006 ATA FUTURITY HIGH BIDDERS

(For Breedings in 2000, Foals Born in 2001)

Stallion	High Bidder	Amount
Advocate	Cheryl Fossesca, Canfield, OH	701.50
Beaujolais II	Patricia Foley, Huxley, IA	1,250.00
Bütow	Pamela Duffy, Poway, CA	1,125.00
Carino	Karina Goraj, Blue Hill, ME	623.00
Donaufürst	Kristin E. Reid, Macon, GA	1,102.00
Elbiskus	Dorothy Anderson, LaPlata, MD	623.85
Hailo	Roberta Robin Jones, Fincastle, VA	1,506.95
Happy Hour	Kari Cassel, Little Rock, AR	1,250.00
Hennessey	Rebecca Bynum, Baton Rouge, LA	852.00
Horizon	Karl Stahl, Remsen, NY	995.75
Ibsen	Judy Ritchie, Thorndale, TX	1,142.00
Insterfürst	Sharyl Hilliard, Bethesda, OH	988.12
Kaspareit	Anna Miles, Lake Stevens, WA	1,006.00
Khalif	Susan Amy Holmes,  Grand Rapids, MN	879.00
Leonidas	Christine Langton, Aiken, SC	1,420.00
Martini	LtCol Elizabeth Higgins, Port Orange, FL	2,157.00
Pennant	Dena Lenneman, St. Cloud, MN	961.00
Pregelstrand	Rejan Giguere, Cedar Creek, TX	1,077.00
Rüdiger	Sue Burgdorf, Rome, NY	535.00
Saxon	Heather Staines, Seattle, WA	617.85
Schönfeld	Justine Biddison, Chico, CA	1,231.07
Tribute	Kate Disch, Newark, OH	810.00
Troy	Heather Zaccagnini, Lake in the Hills, IL	573.33
Windwalzer	Kenneth Borden, Jr., Wilmington, IL	1,361.00
	Total:	$24,789.62

Average stud fee of stallions with bids: $1,395.83
Avearge Bid: $1,032.90 = 73.0% of average stud fee

LETTERS TO THE ATA

Dear ATA Members:

In reflecting on the apparent gradual decline in enthusiasm and participation of the ATA membership (excepting that wonderful core group of enthusiasts who remain and maintain the backbone of the organization), I would like to bring up a fundamental issue of membership which has always puzzled and troubled me. Namely, that attendance at the annual meeting is a prerequisite for voting.

It may be that this by-law is patterned after the German Trakehner Verband's system, but the sheer size difference between North America and Germany precludes a drive of a few hours for North Americans, even to a central point.

Speaking for myself (and in the past I have attended many meetings), I would be very interested in participating democratically in the ATA through voting, by mail-in ballot, on issues which have been raised and elucidated in the magazine and/or newsletter. A printed forum, in which members can share opinions and ideas prior to a mail-in vote, could follow.

Perhaps another membership survey would be timely to see how ATA members feel about (among other things) amending the voting procedure to a more accessible and democratic model.

As far as unifying the ATA and NATA into a single organization, again I would hope that all members of both associations would be able to vote on such a significant matter.

I feel that the ATA provides excellent service as a Registry for our painstaking efforts as breeders, large and small, and I would like to express my appreciation of the wonderful magazine. Its arrival is an "event" which I cherish. It would be good to see the Association "bloom" once again with a more inclusive philosophy that would likely rekindle widespread member interest and involvement.

Sincerely, Carla McPherson, Covelo, CA

(Editor's note: The Corporate Regulations of both associations require that members be present at a central site in order to vote, so mail-in votes are not possible.)

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Dear Mr. Eidt,

I am a brand new member, having just bought a little Anglo-Trakehner by Lafleur. Just received my "packet" of information on the breed, including the handsome magazine and your presidential report. Let me just say that in my brief exposure to the ATA, you have a very positive asset in the friendly, competent attention given by the office. (I will not renew with the breed organization my mare belongs to, partly because they were, frankly, distant and "snotty.") Your office's enthusiasm means I can't wait to share my packet with the German lady down the street (who has a big fancy Trakehner yearling she bred and hopes to show). Who knows? Maybe she'll become an active member!

Diane Shott, Anchorage, KY

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Dear ATA:

This letter is to clarify the Fort Dodge Animal Health customer diagnostic reimbursement policy associated with our equine deworming product QUEST(r) Gel. We appreciate this opportunity to set the record straight.

Recently, an individual contacted Fort Dodge inquiring as to what our policy was regarding reimbursement of diagnostic expenses. We told the individual that our company routinely reimburses for diagnostic expenses related to investigations of purported adverse reactions associated with our products. This practice is typical in the industry. Our willingness to pay for certain diagnostic expenses, however, was somehow misinterpreted by the individual to mean that there was a problem with the product in question. This is absolutely untrue. Payment of diagnostic expenses is done solely as a customer service gesture in an effort to clarify the causes behind any purported adverse reaction associated with our product. Nothing more. For this individual to suggest that our practice somehow implies a problem with our product is both inaccurate and unfair.

QUEST(r) Gel has an outstanding history of safety and efficacy. Extensive toxicity studies in both this country and abroad have exposed no link at all to acute abdominal crisis or colic. In those trials, horses of variable ages were given 2x, 3x and 5x overdoses on multiple days. Only suckling foals showed any clinical signs and these recovered with appropriate supportive care. These foals primarily experienced incoordination and lethargy. For this reason, QUEST(r) Gel should not be used in foals under 4 months of age, but there were no colics, permanent damage or deaths due to moxidectin toxicosis.

We thank you again for the opportunity to address this issue and trust we have answered any questions you may have. Should you require more information, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Yours very truly,
Brent Strawbridge,
Fort Dodge Aminal Health
Senior Vice-President
Domestic Sales and Marketing.

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Dear ATA:

My name is Lawrence E. Cronin, Jr. (Larry). I am a recently "discharged" full-time single dad whose son (1988) and daughter (1982) just issued their declaration of independence.

With all this new-found free time I have decided to undertake a project that I dreamed up over 15 years ago.

I am going to make the "Granddaddy Monster" ride of all rides, one that has never even been attempted! And I want to do it on Trakehners!. This ride is so unimaginable that I'm not even going to outline it at this point. Suffice it to say that it will afford me, the ATA, and any other individual I name (such as the farm/breeders I get my horses from) incredible notoriety and free publicity.

I will want three 17-hand horses, maybe six if my wife goes. (I don't yet have a wife, but that oculd be amended within six to 11 months.) The second three would need to be at least 16 h. to 16.2 h..

I am an author, and this trip will be thoroughly documented for later use by PBS, National Geographic and/or The Discovery Channel, etc. And there will be a book written. Lots of public attention for the Trakehner and the ATA. So I certainly hope that you folk can help me.

I am a stickler for preparation so I am checking now for a trip that will commence somewhere between 11/2000 and 2 or 3/2001.

Larry Cronin, PO Box 1032, Jasper, IN 47547-1032

Editor's note: The ATA has advised Mr. Cronin that individual, interested ATA members would contact him directly.)

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Dear Editor:

Congratulations on joining the two Trakehner Associations. Super!

Cindy Fortin, Chairman of the Annual Meeting, did a detailed job of reporting in the March/April 2000 issue. The question: What does being a member of the ATA do for the owner of a Trakehner gelding?

As an owner of a 1989 model "classical" 15.2 h. Trakehner with portion of Shagya Arab and Thoroughbred genes, I have paid my dues diligently because of my faithfulness to my horses and the great historical tradition of the Trakehner or East Prussian horse. When you buy a Trakehner you are buying the final ultimate cavalry horse. My horse is mistaken for a Quarter Horse because of the strong rear and huge girth. He walks with trotting Quarter Horses.

Always the talk is of competition: Dressage; Combined Training; Jumping - and winning, winning, winning. There are other reasons for owning a Trakehner - trail riding, driving, working cattle. Yes, he works cattle! Look at the fun the AQHA makes for their members. Even ride so many miles, get an award, etc. They use their horses and have fun.

I note that it was suggested that stallion inspections should include the horse being ridden. By whom and at what age? (Joy Metcalf is correct in regard to proposed futurities.)

Do the members really believe that enough of the approved stallions in North America are really prepotent enough when bred to TB mares to turn out Trakehners, not just a stronger looking TB? Too many Anglo-Trakehners look just like Thoroughbreds.

I am certain that everyone has heard that the Germans kept the best and sold the rest to the U.S.A. in the 80's. That is one reason we have so many huge horses while the Europeans have gone to moderate sized horses. The huge horses lose handiness and have too large a movement for most riders to have an independent seat so that they do not have to hang on the reins like a water skier.

I thought so much of the Trakehner breed two years ago I wanted to get my gelding re-branded. I got the form and permission from the ATA. Several official branders were called and even offered payment and mileage, but I could not get it done in a year. I finally wrote a letter to the ATA. No answer, no courtesy note. I would not put the horse through any pain now just for advertisement purposes.

Sincerely yours, John E. Crabtree, San Pedro, CA

(Editor's note: The ATA office has no record of ever having received such a letter from Mr. Crabtree.)


USDF LEADING SIRES 1989-1999

Stallions who produce at least two USDF Horse Of The Year
 offspring are eligible for a listing in USDF Statistics. 
The stallion's total number of qualified offspring 
is listed before the stallion's name.

The Top Producers (10 or more HOY qualifiers)

54	Roemer	Dutch
33	Martini	Trak
31	Chyrsos	West (part-TK)
24	Diamont	Han
23	Werther	Han
22	Armin	Han
22	Dederick	Han
22	Zorn	Swed
20	Pregelstrand	Trak
20	Taxateur	Dutch
19	Patrick	Dutch
19	Ratibor	Hol
18	Calme	Hol
17	Argus	Dutch
17	Domingo	Han
17	Garrant	Swed
16	Bütow	Trak
16	Wenzel I	Han
15	Consul	Dutch
15	Gixibar	Han
15	Manitu	Han
15	Pontus	Swed
15	Prefix	Han
15	Rantares	Hol
14	Columbus	Hol
14	Fasolt	Hol
14	Ulft	Dutch
13	Bolero	Han
13	Graditz	Trak
13	Rampel	Dutch
12	Aktuell	Han
12	Art Deco	Dutch
12	Lanthan	Han
12	Schönfeld	Trak
11	Avignon II	Trak
11	Constitution	Hol
11	Empire	Han
11	G Ramiro Z	Dutch
11	Granduell	Han
11	Uniform	Dutch
11	Wanroij	Dutch
10	Akzent II	Han
10	Amiral	Swed
10	Banter	Han
10	Furioso II	SF
10	Hailo	Trak
10	Manchester	Hol
10	Nimmerdor	Dutch
10	Rubinstein	Dutch
10	Volckmar	Dutch
10	Wendepunkt	Old
10	Wertherson	Han

Additional Trakehners

9	Laiken
9	Tannenberg
9	Troubadour
9	Wildfeuer
8	Abdullah
8	Amiego
8	Enrico Caruso
8	Saxon
8	Tempelritter
8	Zauberklang
7	Justiz
7	Unkenruf
6	Falke
6	Kantor II
6	Merkur
5	Insterfürst
5	Luneur
5	Memphis
5	Onassis
5	Tizian
5	Vincent
4	Lenzsturm
4	Meistersinger
4	Polarmond
4	Schuber
4	Sigurd
3	Elbiskus
3	Fabius
3	Hänsel
3	Potentate
3	Troy
3	Virgil
2	Artic
2	Carino
2	Donaufürst
2	Egmont
2	Ethos
2	Ibsen
2	Insterruf
2	Karneval II
2	Kaspareit
2	Peron
2	Schönfelder

 

USET MOVES DRESSAGE SELECTION TRIALS TO FLORIDA

In a news release from Gladstone, NJ, the United States Equestrian Team reports that the Dressage Olympic Selection Trials, originally scheduled for Gladstone, NJ, have been moved to the White Fences Showgrounds in Loxahatchee, FL, where they will take place on May 13-14 and May 20-21.

The change was made for the following reasons:

"Recent evidence that West Nile Virus (WNV) has survived the winter in the Northeast and will likely persist this year has raised concerns about any possible restrictions on travel to Europe for horses that have been in New Jersey. New Jersey is generally regarded as a state with strong mosquito control and there is no actual evidence that horses in New Jersey are at risk. Still, USET officials feel that the possibility that Europe may not accept horses coming out of the state of New Jersey, as was the case last fall, would place undue hardship on the Team's dressage horses which are scheduled to go to Europe immediately after the Selection Trials.

"The top five finishers in the selection trials will go to Europe to compete in two selection trials between June 21 and July 23. Competitors' scores in those three trials will be used to determine which four horse-and-rider combinations will be named to the USET's Olympic dressage squad and who will be the alternate.

"By holding the trials in Florida, where there would be no travel restrictions on the horses following the selection trials, the USET is able to adhere to its season-long plan for bringing horses to the Olympics in Sydney, Australia, in the best form for winning medals."

This decision in no way affects the status of the Bayer/USET Festival of Champions in June or the World Singles Driving Championship in October, both of which are scheduled to take place at the USET Olympic Training Center in Gladstone, NJ, as originally planned.


MUSING xx GETS BRICKENDEN AWARD

The Canadian Sport Horse Association announced in February that it had awarded its Brickenden National Achievement Award to Camenae Farms' Musing xx (by Dream Cycle xx, out of Diana's Day xx by Tom Tulle xx).  This award is presented to the stallion whose offspring have performed most successfully in the CSHA and open performance divisions.  Congratulations!


TOP THREE IDCTA AWARDS GO TO TRAKEHNERS

Trakehners are good and popular in Illinois! The top three Horse-of-the-Year awards for 1999 in that association went to a Trakehner:

1999 Dressage Horse: Nigel by Tannenberg

1999 Combined Training Horse: Stormin' Norman by Bütow

1999 Quinn FEI Amateur Challenge Championship: Kreshendo by Meistersinger

Congratulations!


STRAVINSKY NOW FULLY APPROVED

The 1996 black Trakehner stallion Stravinsky by Fabius, out of Sunrise Serenade *E* by Habicht completed his performance test at the Ram Tap Horse Trials, Fresno, CA, March 31 - April 2, 2000.  In his first competition ever under saddle, Stravinsky finished the event in third place under rider/trainer Willy Arts.  Starting in a field of 17 competitors, Stravinsky jumped clear in both the cross-country and stadium jumping phases, finishing with his dressage score of 33..5 penalty points, a mere two points out of first place.  Stravinsky is owned by Brad and Barbara Sackett of Riverside, CA, and Anita Hunter of Olympia, WA.

Congratulations to all involved!


TRIBUTE TO "PRECISE"
April 26, 1998, to March 6, 2000

By Pierre Loving, Clinton, MD

With a heavy heart and a strong love my very young partner and friend departed this world on March 6, 2000, at approximately 2:10 a.m.

On March 5, 2000, Precise (by Kaspareit) started showing signs of a mild colic. She received assistance to relieve the pain. After it appeared that everything was fine she was left in her stall to rest. Approximately six hours later she started to slam herself against the stall and attempted to climb out. While a call was placed to the vet she was hand-walked. The vet checked her and stated that she was impacted, and it appears to be very large. A referral was given to transport her to the hospital in Leesburg, VA. The doctors there stated that she would need surgery and once inside they would know more. Her small and large intestines were completely full, and it was discovered that she had a large salmonella count. The doctors believed that the back-up started two days earlier. The diagnosis was very grim, and I had a very heavy burden on my shoulders to either let her stay with future problems and colics or release her to be free.

Precise was a very smart baby who learned things quickly. She endured a lot of pain her last days. At a young age, Precise was taught how to load and unload a trailer. This was the very first time that she was loaded onto a trailer that was closed and started to move. Her boldness took her directly onto the trailer without any problems. While riding in the trailer with her, I watched her as she learned to balance herself on a moving vehicle. This took all of about 15 minutes on a 1.5-hour ride. I could walk out to the pasture or the indoor arena and my little partner would know that I wanted her to come to me. She and her mother, Princess, were to be moved to their final home in the backyard on Saturday, March 11th.

My little friend learned and showed me a lot in her 1 year, 10 months and 9 days. Precise will always have a stall in our barn. I could only imagine the show ribbons on her stall.


DONAUPERLE

Foaled 1979 
By Tannenberg, out of Donau Girl by Mazagran
1999 Gerda Friedrichs Award Winner
Bred by Gerhard Schickedanz, Markham, ON.  
Owned by Rolling Oaks Farm, Elgin, IL died April 5, 2000, from complications due to foaling.  She leaves an orphan filly by Bütow, her sixteenth, tentatively named Deperla.  Our condolences to Rolling Oaks Farm and our best wishes and hopes for the future of the foal.

 
AMERICAN TRAKEHNER ASSOCIATION SALES LIST

QUALIFICATIONS

Horses must be registered or eligible for ATA registration
Fees are payable in advance to ATA Sales List - U.S. funds only - payment must accompany application
Fee covers six months of advertising on the list and on the ATA web site
Horses must be listed individually on separate application forms 
List updated quarterly, the 1st of March, June, September, and December
Applications and payments received after the 30th of February, May, August, November, will be on the next update 
Descriptions may be edited at the discretion of the sales list chairman; please limit to 60 words or less
No substitutions on horses 
No multiple listings of horses unless owner is paying maximum fee of $200

Fee Schedule (Six Months)

# Horses	Member  w/ reg. horse	Member w/ non-reg. horse or Non-Member w/ reg. horse	Non-Member w/ non-reg. horse
1-5 horses	$35 each	$50 each	$65 each
6-10 horses	$175 total	$50 each	$65 each
11+ horses	$200 total	$50 each	$65 each

Sales Application Forms are available from the 

American Trakehner Association Central Office
1520 W Church Street
Newark, OH 43055

Phone 740-344-1111
Fax 740-344-3225 

 

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