My German steel steed in front of the racetrack at the Niedersachsenhalle
Horses grazing near the North Sea
Very fit Mr. Kooperman, a top young stallion handler
Weltmeyer's mother SPS Anka, 21 years young and still nimble. She was in foal to Lauries Crusador, a repeat of Don Laurie's dam Laura.
Mr. Meyer's new young stallion
Happy foals in the fields at the Brunings
Mr. Bruning's young stallion
Mr Bruning's young stallion later was sold to the US
Mr. Bruning's mare Wisconsin by Wesley - 9th at the Bundeschampionat
Very nice modern conformation
Amselhof Walle - a famous private stud
Stallion being schooled
Carisimo, an impressive young stallion at Amselhof Walle
Mr. Bruning presenting his young stallion
Hannes and his father Reiner Baumgart presenting their young stallion
A naughty but beautiful colt... he ran away without his runner
Rotspon
Rotspon - Dr. Bade representing Celle State Stud to purchase him - a great buy ;-)
Oopsy... wrong jump.
Celle State Stud
Old carriage at the Celle State Stud
Lungau at 20 years old. He lost his model like conformation of his youth, but still curious about all the visitors.
hanoverian two-horse head symbo on top of the barn.
We were riding on a potato truck towed by a tractor, and met a horse carriage on the road. Isn't it fun to live in such a villege?
Wonderful's 3-year-old son West Point
West Point - 30 days under saddle ridden by an apprentice
Hannes riding Wonderful in the woods
Hannes schooling Wonderful in their front yard
Free jumping at the State Stud Stallion Performance Testing
These are big jumps!
Performance testing
Falkenstern II. I loved him, but Dr. Bade wouldn't sell him to me at the time.
Wonderful's son, but he performed admirably, but failed the performance test. He looked very young among all the other candidates.
Wonderful's son in cross country. He looked small under this big rider.
Crossing the creek. It's pretty deep.
Wonderful's son... beautiful horse, but didn't pass his performance testing. Should make a great gelding.
Weltmeyer - he is so sweet
Weltmeyer - sire of my Wonderful and Welt Klasse
He seems to be shorter than Wonderful, but they are listed the same height.
The inside joke tie as a gift to Dr. Christmann
Dr. Christmann wearing the gift from his students.
A cute horse at the Elite Auction. I had to sit on my hands.