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Interesting article in Horse Magazine
« on: September 21, 2006, 07:42:24 PM »
This message could be posted in a number of places, but it probably fits best here due to the huge amount of information regarding lineage...

www.horsemagazine.com features a three part article "The Trakehners Strike Back" written by Jan Toenjes.  It is a broad look at the Trakehner history and features many stallion highlights, along with some gorgeous pictures.  Take your time to check it out (it is long(!!) and quite up to date).  If you go to the website, the article should pop up around mid-way down.

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« Reply #1 on: September 21, 2006, 08:56:37 PM »
Very interesting article and lovely pictures. Thanks for the heads-up!
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« Reply #2 on: September 22, 2006, 09:58:49 AM »
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Trakehner breeding politics definetely took the wrong path in the 1970s. ... More and more Trakehner breeders concentrated on beautiful faces, straight limbs and forgot about things like rideability or jumping ability.... If the progeny of these kind of fashionable stallions would refuse to work then Trakehner breeders would often blame the problem on the rider: “He’s just not able to ride something so special and sensitive as a Trakehner”. One of the biggest problems was stiff legged movements without any knee action. Horses that move very flat, more like skaters than the dancers required in the dressage ring. Stiff and beautiful were the distinguishing features and no other warmblood breed was interested anymore in the Trakehner horse.

These are harsh words indeed!  Maren, do you agree with this assessment?
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« Reply #3 on: September 22, 2006, 12:46:55 PM »
Yes, 150%!

Exceptions to the rule of course, but the 70s and late 60s and their "show horses" were the killer for the Trakehner in Europe. We're still suffering from that period. And I hate to say this, but a lot of these Trakehners ended up in North America, as overprized, rather useless "Mercedes of the horses". Sad and not something to be proud of as a German...
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