by Edgar Schutte, President, American Hanoverian Society We are pleased to report the inaugural North American Stallion Sport Testing was a great success coast to coast. The ten stallion participants (5 on the West Coast, 5 on the East Coast) were positive and appreciative of this new option. The stallion owners and their connections respected the test and had overwhelmingly favorable comments to give about the experience - both in person and over social media. In fact, the reaction on social media was uniformly encouraging, and included spectators and interested individuals who have been watching this process from afar. Spectator attendance was very encouraging, with around 100 intereste
The inaugural North American Stallion Sport Tests have come to a very successful close. Our distinguished panel of judges and officials were: Gerd Sickinger: FN approved Judge for both Dressage & Jumping Sport Tests, Dieter Stut: FN approved Judge for both Dressage & Jumping Sport Tests, Jurgen Koschel: Discipline Expert (Dressage) & Steward (Show Jumping), Sebastian Rohde: Discipline Expert (Show Jumping) & Steward (Dressage,) Marion Ostmeyer: Guest Rider (Jumping) and Jessica Wisdom: Guest Rider (Dressage). Ten stallions were entered, five on each coast, and one stallion withdrew. The list of stallions attending the tests can be found here. Final results for the Dressage Test are: Final
These are the results from the 2017 East Coast Stallion Test, conducted at Hilltop Farm. These results will be will be added with results from Pollyrich before announcement of the Champion Stallion. The program listing all entered stallions with pedigrees and officials may be found here in PDF.
