White Heather

 

White Heather, bay 2001 Hanoverian mare.

 

White Heather is a tall, long-legged, elegant, very well-bred Hanoverian mare, whose pedigree contains 3 stallions awarded Hanoverian Stallion of the Year and a number of State Premium mares, including her own dam, SPS Amelie. She started a Dressage career achieving consistent scores into the high 70s. She is now retired while still young in order to begin her career as a valuable broodmare. Heather is a powerful mover with a great engine and 3 exceptionally lovely gaits which are by no means a fluke, but rather the result of her exceptional family tree.

Heather was sired by White Star, the spectacular son of the legendary Weltmeyer. White Star was Reserve Champion of the stallion licensing in Verden in 1995, and went on to become Champion winner of his 100-day performance test in 1996 setting a new world record with an overall score of 148.70, dressage score of 158.5, and a jumping score of 123.62. Since 1996, only 2 stallions have managed to beat this amazing score.  White Star quickly proved himself as a competitor starting off his career in becoming the Federal Champion Bundeschampionate 1996 in Warendorf. He is a significant sire producing 9 approved stallions to date and over 33% of his female offspring become states premium or elite mares. He was Hanoverian Stallion of the Year in 1997. Further proving his own versatility, White Star was awarded the USEF Stallion of the Year 2011 (Hunter). His offspring are successful in FEI competition in Dressage, FEI Show Jumping, and championship hunters. White Star's damline is a highly successful mareline producing an incredible number of approved stallions, some of whom are Brentano I and II, Wolkenstein I, II & III, Beltain, Belissimo, Garibaldi I & II, and Beauvalais to name a few.

Heather's grandsire, Weltmeyer, needs little introduction. He was Champion of the stallion Licensing 1986 in Verden, Champion SPT in 1987 in Adelheidsdorf, Champion 3-year-old stallion at the Federal Championships of German Riding Horses in Warendorf. In 1988, he was honored in Verden as Best Stallion of his age group, was DLG Champion in Frankfurt in 1989 and Hanoverian Stallion of the Year in 1998.

Heather's damsire, Allround, is sired by the living legend, Argentinus, Hanoverian Stallion of the year 2005. He was a successful advanced level jumper, was awarded Performance Class I, Main Premium Champion stallion at his SPT. Argentinus gave his offspring spectacular rideability, superior athletic abilities, versatility of sport being one of the few stallions who have sired offspring successful in FEI international competition in all 3 Olympic sports.  Argentinus passed away in 2007 leaving a huge legacy of great athletes and exceptional offspring in his sons and daughters.

White Heather

 

Breeding:

White Heather is already booked to Freestyle for breeding in 2013 for a 2014 foal.   Freestyle is a lovely Florestan I son.  We really look forward to seeing the foal this pairing produces as it has been proven this combination results in exceptional foals. The F line is famous for their inheritable rideability, good temperament and flowing movement, while the W line is famous for athletics, a powerful engine and good gaits. 

Heather's Family Tree: