Sansibar * 1. February 2007
Sandro Song Oldbg.*88
Sandro Hit Oldbg.*93
Loretta Oldbg. *87
Sir Donnerhall
Oldbg. *01
Donnerhall Oldbg. *81
Contenance D Oldbg.*95
Contenance II Holst. *91
Florestan Rheinl. *86
FidermarkWestf. *92
Watonga Hann. *85
Fannie Mae Rheinl. *03
Frühlingsball Westf. *70
Feodora Rheinl. *91
Rebecca Rheinl. *80
Self Performance:
sold to Paul Schockemöhle age 3 weeks
Oldenburg Premium Foal and nominated Foal Auction Candidate
October 2009: accepted for the Mecklenburg licensing in November 2009
7. November 2009: licensed
Videoclip
Licensing
Damline:
Fannie Mae was nominated "Premium Foal" at the foal inspection Heinsberg,
July 2003 - Silver Medal
MPT Telgte, June 13th, 2006 - placed 2cd out of 20 mares scoring 7,97
single scores: trott 8,0 canter 8,5 walk 7,5 ridability/judges 8,0
ridability/testrider 8,5 freejumping 7,5
Fannie Mae is the 5th out of 5 full siblings by Fidermark, all of them were
nominated "Pemium Foals" , amongst them auction foals.
full brother Fair Play*2002 Champion of the
Rhineland Ridinghorses 2005
full sister Fabrice*1998 MPT Telgte placed 1st out
of 21 mares scoring 8,39
single scores: trott 8,5 canter 8,5 walk 8,0 ridability/judges 9,0
ridability/testrider 8,5 freejumping 8,0
This
morning Fannie Mae gave birth to her first foal, a beautiful black colt by
Sir Donnerhall
and she did it all by herself!
I am very proud of my Fannie and more than delighted to see Sansibar jump around
sound and happy!
those legs are far too long and specially the fetlocks cause a lot of trouble
for him when having to move - i have never had a foal with such long fetlocks -
will they ever unfold???
two
days later and the world already looks completely different:
did i still have to guide and hold him up out of his stall yesterday, today he
already jumps ahead and follows his mum as if he had never done anything else...
those far too long legs and fetlocks have amazingly streched, mother nature did
a great job! and when Fannie Mae decides to go for a speedy canter Sansibar
follows - and how he does! Canter is his favourite move at this point in time,
trott still involves a lot of effort to sort out those legs...
THIS is the canter i have been hoping for when choosing Sir Donnerhall and his
holsteiner damline origin:
well jumped through and greatly uphill with wonderful front leg mechanics -
Sansibar - you are wonderful!
at the age of three weeks (when these pictures were taken) Sansibar has already
been sold. I am amazed how fast it went and still can't believe it myself... he
will be joining Paul Schockemöhle's colt's herd at
Lewitz Stud later this summer and will be
raised as a stallion prospect.
When i showed him trotting next to Fannie I realized how greatly he has
developed during those three weeks - whenever he comes back from canter he
immediately carries the following trott well through and continues to step on
and swing employing the most rhythmical move and with greatest knee action - and
i keep asking myself again and again:
shouldn't I breed Fannie to Sir Donnerhall a second time?
as i had initially planned to only breed her once and than turn her into a sport
horse for myself...
but right now. temptation is hard to resist...
the blue halter by the way is a birthday present from his "godmother" Melanie
and of course we needed to take a picture for her! And i simply can't get
enought of his precious look in this picture - the most charming little colt...
on
April 24. Sansibar is being shown at the Vechta foal inspection to become
registered and branded Oldenburg.
of course my friend Melanie would come with us and provide for physical and
mental support at the same time!
I was amazed at the reponses we got from people around asking if I would want to
sell Sansibar - he obviously left best impressions!
but the greatest of all honours was the announcment "No.68 recieves the title
Premium Foal and will be accepted to the auction!"
I have always dreamed of breeding a foal that would show up at an auction - who
wouldn't dream of such thing?
Now here he was- already sold...
some bitter-sweet honour but most of all: the greatest pride...
... two years later:
7. November 2009:
Sansibar
is licensed!
Today Sansibar has become a licensed stallion!
I couldn't be any happier as this is the greatest success in my short history of
sport horse breeding...
Not
only is this the first foal I ever bred out of my mare Fannie Mae who I bought
as a young filly herself - having seen herself grow and develop and putting a
lot of effort in Fannie's management and breeding plans this success comes as a
wonderful bonus to simply make my very personal "Fidermark story" a wonderful
package of greatest gifts to me... as this is what it really is:
my "Fidermark story", that started 15 years ago
when Fidermark and Michael Farwick simply changed my life with their stunning
appearance and made me wish to own a horse like that, too...
Today Sansibar has set a milestone in that story for me:
It was the first time I saw him again ever since I soldhim to Paul Schockemöhle
two years ago. Sansibar still is a lanky and very immature stallion with
naturally given gifts and talents:
leverage and rythm. It really took my breath
away when I saw him move, cadence most certainly is his fourth basic gaite...
And what makes me even more happy:
He is going to stay with Schockemöhle, no intention to sell.
I guess that speaks
more than anything else for Fannie's eldest son... good luck, Sansibar!
16. March 2010
Sansibar stands at stud in the Netherlands!
Today I received a phone call of a different kind:
one of these calls that start with a lot of questionmarks in your head and
finally develops into one of the most exciting news story that simply makes your
day!
Gertjan van Olst called to ask me about the damline of my colt Sansibar - I
was all confused, wondering why someone from the Netherlands would be interested
to learn about Sansibar's damline... Gertjan introduced himself as a stallion
owner and explained to me that he had been looking for a promising breeding
stallion as a coplementary addition of well bespoken bloodlines to stand at stud
at his own barn in the Netherlands - I was all excited!
And I was even more thrilled when I learned that at the van Olst stables the
lady in charge of the dressage training was
Anne van Olst, four times Olympic team rider of the danish dressage equipe!
Could it have become any better?
Sansibar is already offered for breeding at the van Olst Stables and supposed to
pass his Stallion Perfomance Test later this year in the Netherlands.
And Gertjan choose exactly those words on his dutch webside that he choose to
describe to me what he sees in Sansibar:
“Salcido,
de zwarte “Sir Donnerhall” zoon, is in alles een top atleet met 3 super
basisgangen en topinstelling en geniaal gefokt”.
" ... a top athlete with three super gaites and a top attitude of genious
breeding..."
Can you tell I was thrilled?
I am greatful to know Sanibar at the van Olst barn and overly happy to see him
as an active breeding stallion within reach and can't wait to see his first crop
on the ground next year. As I couldn't think of any better prove than this to
learn even more about the genetic quality of my very own damline by Fidermark in
the future - so excited!
picture:
van Olst Stables
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