Gadina (barn name Gazelle) was born in 1984 and has been our most successful broodmare to date. She was sadly put to sleep after a massive and sudden onset colic in the summer of 2007.
Her Mare Performance Test included 8's on jumping ability and trot and she scored 8's at inspection for swing and elasticity as well as frame. She was Best In Class several times at mareshows and first received a 1a rating when she was 5. Another 1a rating was given to her in 1990 when she last showed single and her progeny's performance in the sport and the breeding shed clearly market her a linekeeper for our programme. Besides she has proven herself a role-model in terms of longevity and hardiness. I have to think hard to any soundness problems before that horrible day last summer when I had to put her to sleep to take her out of misery. Some stiffness in the back and a tiny subcutaneous skin tumor on her right lower eyelid that was about the wear and tear she displayed when her last day had come.
Here is Gadina's breed record:
*1988 Anthrazit by Aperitif (deceased at young age)
*1991 SPS Alliage by Archipel (MPT 1994 scores Trab:9 Schritt, Galopp, Rittigkeit:8 Springen:7), retained for the mareband and humanely euthanized after a fatal hoof injury before christmas 2001. She left us two upper level dressage horses Brisco and Bijou (both by Bandidentraum[/horse]) and a zone-champion Children's hunter [horse2=11]Djibouti by Don Bosco)
*1992 Adia by Archipel (Sold after weaning, 68 recorded placings up to 4'3'' in Jumping as of 2008)
*1993 SPS FarfadetSPS Farfadet[/horse2] by Falkland (Best In Show, dam to an Oldenburg approved son and several other successful show horses)
*1994 Fandango by Falkland (Sold to the late Gert Wiltfang as a 2yo. Then taken over by Paul Schockemöhle and moved to Lewitz, then to Holland to be started, then to Spain to start showing, came back to Germany panfried through a dealership and is now luckily owned by a wonderful owner near Munich.)
*1996 Campino by Cordoba (Sold to the US as a 3yo)
*1997 Hirano by Hohenstein (Sold as a weanling. Successful up to second level in Dressage)
*1998 Don Aqui by Don Bosco (Sold as a weanling, licensed at Verden, Successful in material classes, suitability, young dressage horse tests, dressage, young jumper division, jumping, and eventing (Bundeschampionate finalist in 2003). Retired from the sport after a fractured coffin bone, leased out to Caroline Ironside in Scotland for the 2009 season)
*2000 Dan Jiang by Don Bosco (Sold to the US as a yearling)
*2001 Dobhailen von Don Bosco (One successful season in A-level young horse tests and A-level dressage Dressur, then sold to Spain where he is reported to successfully compete Dressage and Jumping)
*2002 SPS/EM Diva by Donnerhall (Sold to Mary Lou Winn of Homeagainfarm, Florida, produced Site-Champion colt foal by Royal Prince in 2008 - Congratulations to Mary Lou!)
*2003 Laetitia by Latimer (Humanely Euthanized in 2007 after a fractured stifle from a kick)
*2006 Wujiwoo by Wogenbrecher (Retained so far. For sale if the right buyer comes along. If not she'll stay in the breeding shed)
*2007 Stradivari by Sunlight xx (To be retained).
and was awarded a 1a award in the family class at mareshow with her daughters Farfadet and Diva at the age of 20.
April 2005 update: Gadina was bred to Wogenbrecher and was confirmed in foal.
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