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News from 2004 news from: 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | 2001 | 2000 December, 2004 Lessing arrived on 7.12.04 at the NZ Quarantine Station Karaka, where he will spend 14 days transition into New Zealand. The 22-month-old colt had travelled well from England where he was clipped in preparation for the climate change in NZ. Jutta and Berny travelled up to see him on 13.12.04 and a day later a few friends had the pleasure to have a wee peep through the rails at Lessing, when he was released for his daily two hour exercise into "his" quarantine paddock. The verdict was unanimous: "He is beautiful!" He is expected at Vollrath Stud on 22nd or 23rd - just in time for the most special Christmas present. November, 2004 Source of the following info is www.hannoveraner.com The 2004 Adelheidsdorf Stallion Performance test had 33 young stallions competing for the placings: Londonderry was represented by five colts and he produced the winner in Liberty Gold out of a Weltmeyer mare with a score of 140,93; 3rd was Locksley also out of a Weltmeyer mare with a score of 123,29; 9th was Lauscher and 17th was Lesieux; both have Weltmeyer blood in the dam line; and 20th was Lacruso by Dakar ex an Argentan mare. Five 30 months old LONDONDERRY colts passed (three of them with a premium) the Stallion Licensing in Verden in October. Again Weltmeyer blood on the damline was prominent. The 2004 German Federal Championship for riding horses was won by the 3 yr old filly La Perla by Londonderry/Weltmeyer. In the 4 yr old class the mare Liaison by Londonderry/Gralswaechter was Vice Champion. This shows that the blood combination of LONDONDERRY - WELTMEYER produces equine athletes. At Vollrath we are quite confident that the next generation of LESSING over WORLDWIDE mares will give us equally potent sporthorses. November 5, 2004 I left for Germany in September to celebrate my Mum's 85th Birthday. Of course one must go and have a look once you are in the 'Motherland' of the Warmblood Horses but I had not even spent a thought on what was to hit me, when I looked at seven two year old Hanoverian colts playing in a paddock of Werner and Liselotte Heitgress (the breeders of our stallion WORLDWIDE pb). That evening I did not go home - we spent a long time looking and evaluating pedigrees in particular, how the blood lines would complement existing blood in New Zealand. Guess it was my luck that the colt I liked very much in the paddock (without knowing his bloodlines) turned out to be the ideal match for all existing Warmblood lines in our country. The purchase price was negotiated and the necessary wheels set in motion - leaving us now in waiting for a beautiful Christmas present and that not just for Vollrath Stud, but all New Zealand. August 25, 2004 Stop Press !!!!!! Worldwide PB - National Novice Dressage Champion 2000 HoY Medium Dressage Champion 2002 - His Ancestors – a pot full of Olympic Success   Weltbürger PB Weltmeyer World Cup I Wörmann   *Sendernixe Anka Absatz *Adelsbruch *Erina Eisenherz I Einglas Vision *Albtrud Abermals *Almenlied Bella Brentano II Bolero Black Sky xx PB Baronesse Glocke Grande Ferbel Palinka Pandur PB Präfectus xx *Adlerblatt *Gina Garibaldi II (by Grande) *Palizza Olympic Games Athens 2004 Grand Prix Dressage At the start were 52 competitors from throughout the globe. Absolute superb success of Vollrath's Worldwide P.B./ Dynamit Bloodlines Six horses placing in the top TWENTY Nine horses overall successful at Athens We -at Vollrath- are over the moon! The end result of Olympic Dressage competition is as follows Source: http://www.athens2004.com/en/resultsEquestrian/results?rsc=EQ0000000&eventFrag=EQ0000000_C93&btnSubmit=%3E%3E Individual placing 1st - Gold Medal: SALINERO (by Salieri / SALVANO whose dam DINA {Dynamo/Elfi} is full sister to Vollrath's foundation stallion Dynamit) 2nd - Silver Medal: Rusty 3rd Bronze Medal: BEAUVALAIS (by Bolero – sire of Brentano II) 4th BRENTINA (by Brentano II) 5th WANSUELA SUERTE (by Warkant - World Cup I – sire of Weltmeyer) 15th WELTALL (by Weltmeyer – grandsire of Worldwide P.B.) 17th BARCLAY II (by Brentano II) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 26th BONAPARTE (by Bon Bonaparte / Bolero) 28th WIE WELTMEYER (by Weltmeyer out of Dynamo mare) 49th GABANA (Genius / Garibaldi / Grande) ================================================================== Vollrath Dynamit - pedigree Dynamo Don Carlos Dominik Doemitz I Abendglück Fasanenmoos Farina Flottenmanöver Goldmodell Goldfalk Goldfisch II Alandsinsel Dorfmädel Duellant Ankermünze Elfi Eger II Agram Alkoven I Ackerkind Fechterkind Fechtmeister Scholis Dörte Dominikaner III Dömitz I Abendzeit Dollarspur Dollart Algenburg     Team Dressage results 1st Gold Medal – Germany (Bonaparte / Rusty / Weltall / Wansuela Suerte) 2nd Silver Medal – Spain (Beauvalais / Guizo / Oleaje / Invasor) 3rd Bronze Medal – USA (Relevant 5 / Aragon / Brentina / Kennedy) 4th Netherlands team (Salinero / Barclay II) 7th British team (Wie Weltmeyer)           May 2004 The World Breeding Ranking Dressage shows the Stallion "WIE WELTMEYER" in 3rd place. Wie Weltmeyer is by WELTMEYER (grand sire of Vollrath's WORLDWIDE PB), out of a mare by DYNAMO (sire of Vollrath's foundation stallion DYNAMIT ). Vollrath Stud is very pleased about this as we have youngsters of this bloodline combination in our paddocks. Go to our sales page to see Worldnews - Winnetou - Wedekind and the weanling Wolke.     March 2004 Vollrath Dornkaat had qualified in two preceding tournaments in Taihape/Tielcey Park and in Taupo itself with an average score of 73.5% to enter the Horsepower Young Dressage Horse 5 year olds at the National Dressage Champs in Taupo. He was in a class of 15 competitors of which he was awarded a third place in the finals on 14-03-2004. At the HOY tournament Jutta competed Dornkaat in "Novice Musical Freestyle", which was a bit daunting for his first event (62.5%). The next day he was more settled (67.5%) - 3rd place in the warm-up class. In the "Title Class" Novice 2.6 he scored a 2nd place despite course error (66.91%). This put him into 7th place overall. We are very pound of his achievement in his first year of competition and his next step will be an introduction to jumping by the Olympic rider Greg Best.   February 2004 Considering the magnitude of the recent storm we got off very lightly. All up 12 trees were down. Around the house a large very old Walnut tree, an Apple and Pear tree. Fortunately nothing hit the house. Except for a lot of chainsaw work and consequently the clean up - we have a lot of fire wood now - nothing else suffered. All stock survived without a scratch. Unfortunately we lost a huge - at least 100 years old Pine tree - it got washed out from its bank by a river that had risen by 6m over night. Looking at it now, it seems to be an ideal crossing for the possums. The Worldwide youngsters in that paddock seemed to have taken no offence to the weather but rather enjoyed the temporary change in their habitat.

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