September 2011 - Our horses are on winning form
We have put the disappointment of the Hartpury Young Horse Championships behind us. After uncharacteristic poor performances from our four year olds it was discovered that they were suffering from a virus which affected most of the yard. Following a good rest over the summer they are now back on form.
Hawtins Floriana continues to impress. Following a minor accident over Christmas 2010 she had a quiet first half of 2011. Back on form and ready to compete by the middle of August, Floriana won her first four Novice classes in a row all with plus 70% scores and has qualified for the Novice Open winter regional championships. She then went on to try out the Elementary for size and achieved 67% first time out, winning both Restricted sections. A week later at Hartpury on only her second time out at Elementary she was overall winner of the strongly contested classes with plus 70% scores in each class. Floriana has now also qualified for the Elementary Restricted winter regional championships. In the eight outings since the middle of August, Floriana has won all eight classes, six of them overall.
We have just started to take some of our four year olds out to compete at Novice Open and we have been very pleased with their progress so far. Hawtins Destina won her first two Novice open classes with 77.5% and 74.48%! Destina presents a beautiful picture in the area.
More competitions are planned for the rest of September and October.
British Hanoverian Horse Society annual show 2011
For the first time in several years, Hawtins Stud will not be represented at the annual show in 2011. We have decided to concentrate our time and resources on the dressage competition performance of our young horses and getting our three year olds ready for sale.
All our foals qualified for the foal championship with impressive scores, including Soave, our very exciting Sir Donnerhall daughter out of our beautiful Bellissimo mare, Belladonna. Soave scored 9s across the board. Soave was also awarded 9 for her canter and a rare 10 for her trot at the Futurity evaluation.
We were asked by the German judges to re-present Belladonna for her mare performance test this year, as last year an injury prevented her from completing this successfully, although she was still awarded the coveted 1A prize. Unfortunately, we have decided not to do this as it is too early in her recovery programme after treatment. We are disappointed as this now means that she will not be eligible to achieve Elite mare status as this can not be awarded after they are five years old. However, Soave is testimony to the quality of the mare and this is what really counts. We hope Belladonna will be back out competing in 2012.
Our four year olds experience success in the young horse classes
Although the young horse classes are not our primary aim, they give the horses an opportunity to gain valuable experience. These classes are rapidly increasing in popularity and quality and qualification for any of the championships is a major achievement. We have several of our four year olds already qualified for the Shearwater young horse championships at Hartpury and the Shearwater potential international dressage horse championships at the Nationals. Others have attained high placings and very good scores, many achieved in hotly contested classes.
Alice Oppenheimer and Wurlizer are now competing successfully at Grand Prix.
In 2011, Alice and Wurlizer have come out at Grand Prix and have already qualified for the Nationals. Wurlizer is showing a particular talent for passage and piaffe.
2010 Annual British Hanoverian Horse Society Show
Hawtins stud continued to demonstrate the progress in the quality and depth of breeding achieved by the stud.
Hawtins Floriana was the star performer of the show. This four year old mare by Florestan out of St Pr St World’s Finest continued where she left off last year. Floriana completed her mare performance test on the Saturday with scores to make her eligible for Elite Candidate status on both the paces and jumping side of the equation. She was also champion of the mare performance test. On the Sunday, Floriana won the strong four and five year old mare class and was awarded the coveted 1A premium to secure the Elite Candidate title. Floriana then went on to take the Champion mare title and, finally, was awarded the title of overall Show Supreme champion.
The daughter of Hawtins Winter’s Tale, Hawtins Diamante, by Diamond Hit was filly foal reserve champion.
Cezanne steps out
Cezanne, owned and ridden by Bryony Goodwin, who was purchased by Hawtins Stud as a four-year old from Germany in 2008, has had a very successful year. He qualified for the Novice Restricted class at the BD National Championships in September 2010 where he came fourth. In only a few outings, Cezanne has now qualified for the 2011 Winter regional championships at both Novice and Elementary. He also won the elementary class at the Pet Plan Area Festival in Wales so will definitely be heading for Hartpury and the winter championships in 2011. (other picture!)
Floriana Wins at Hartpury
Hawtins Floriana wins the large prelim 19 class at the Hartpury charity dressage extravanganza. Floriana has also qualified for the Shearwater young dressage horse four year old championship and the Shearwater potential international dressage horse class at the National championships. She has also qualified for the Winter regional championships. Floriana is by Florestan and out of St.Pr.St. World’s Finest.
Lyon bound for 2010 Championships
Lyon is bound for the 2010 National Championships after winning the Novice Open class at Keysoe.
Lyon went on to finish a very respectable 11th in the Novice Open at the BD National Championships 2010.
2009 British Hanoverian Horse Society Annual Show
This was a very successful show for the Hawtins Stud. Hawtins Fiorenza, a four year old mare by French Kiss out of St.Pr.St. Worlds Finest, successfully completed her mare performance test with scores that made her eligible for Elite Candidate status. Then in the showing classes, she won the four and five year old class and was awarded a 1A prize to complete her qualification as an Elite Candidate. She then went on to win the mare championship.
Fiorenza’s three year old half sister, Hawtins Floriana, by Florestan out of St.Pr.St. Worlds Finest, was second to the amazing Farouche (owned and bred by Lynne Crowden) in the three year old class where she also was awarded the 1A prize.
Floriana was then pulled in as reserve Youngstock Champion.
The dam of Fiorenza and Floriana won her age class. At 16 years of age and having had a number of foals, she still looks amazing.
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This trio then went on to contest the family class which they won. This is a class for a mother and two daughters or mother, daughter and granddaughter.
The two foals that went to the show also performed really well. Hawtins Horatio, a colt foal by Hotline out of St.Pr.St. Worlds Finest, was third in the colt foal championship class.
Hawtins Sofia, a filly foal by San Amour out of Cardinal Virtue, was second in the filly foal championship.
2009
Lyon, a five year old gelding by Laureus, owned by Anne Mary Sutton and ridden by her fifteen year old daughter Emma, won the 2009 Preliminary Regional Championships at Addington and then went on to finish second at the National Championships. Lyon came from Germany and was produced by Hawtins Stud before Emma took up the reins.
Wurlizer, by Weltmeyer out of St.Pr.St. Brentina, owned by Sarah Oppenheimer and ridden by Alice Oppenheimer qualified for several classes at the 2009 Winter championships. Wulizer won the Free Style Advanced Medium class and was third in the Free Style PSG. Alice and Wurlizer were also selected for the 2009 Junior European Championships. In 2008 at the National Championships, Wurlizer became Advanced Medium Restricted champions.
Hawtins Lalique, by Londonderry out of St.Pr.St. Worlds Finest, owned and ridden by Marian Green has added jumping to her dressage talent and has taken to BE eventing. Lalique, or Lily as she is known, is a winner of one of 12 Event Horse Owners Association training awards which allowed them to have special training with some top event trainers. Lily is consistently placed in BE90 classes, winning her section at Winkburn BE Horse Trials and finishing on her dressage score of 31. She is now competing at BE100 and has not had a show jump down all season at any level. Comments from Dressage Judges include " Lovely quality horse " with " big paces and superb canter ".
2008
2008 British Hanoverian Horse Society annual show. Hawtins Siena, by Sandro Hit out of St.Pr.St. Brentina, is reserve champion in the mare performance test and completes her qualification as an Elite Candidate mare by gaining a 1A prize in the showing class for four and five year old mares. Siena’s 2009 foal by Daddy Cool has top movement and temperament. (Photo coming soon)
Lyon, ridden by 15 years old Emma Sutton wins the preliminary regional championships at Addington and is then second at the Nationals.