Looking for an early Christmas present; the countdown has begun for the 60th Trakehner Stallion Market from December 1-3 in the Holstenhallen Neumünster. All licensing candidates, auction mares and auction riding
On December 18, an additional Trakehner licensing meeting at the Holsteiner Verband facility in Elmshorn took place, with two of the seven candidate stallions leaving the hall with a coveted
By Jean Llewellyn (press release)Photography: Dr. Peter Richterich The Trakehner stallion weekend took place February 4/5 at the Westfalian Horse Center in Munster-Handorf, and welcomed an unprecedented number of enthusiastic
by Lars Gehrmann(Translated from Trakehner Hefte 4/97 as it appeared in the 1997 Fall issue of The American Trakehner) We all know that stallions and mares are given marks when
by Erin Brinkman & Reiner Seemann(from the Summer 1997 issue of The American Trakehner) Excellent in-hand presentation requires many months of preparation and analysis of the horse’s body type and
by Lisabeth Willens(Reprinted from the Winter 1996/97 – Stallion Issue)Photos by Jamie Wilson For 35 years the Schickedanzes’ Galten Farms has sent out a stream of performance horses that have
by Kim MacMillan(from the 1993 Fall issue of The American Trakehner) Over the past four years as we waited for our young Trakehners to grow up enough to be put
by Heather Whinery – Zaccagnini(from the 1993 Fall issue of The American Trakehner) Whether you plan to show in hand, compete under saddle or simply work with horses on a
by Ferne Johnson(from the 1993 Fall issue of The American Trakehner) Your preparation should start with the young foal. Handle it daily and check its feet to see how it
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a – the back (withers to peak of croup)
b – the body (point of shoulder to point of buttock)
c – the pelvis (point of hip to point of buttock)
d – the rib length (withers to last rib)
e – the shoulder (withers to point of shoulder)
f – the arm (point of shoulder to point of elbow)
g – the elbow to the stifle
h – the knee to the hock
