Mare performance test?

Oh dear, there will be a mare performance tets in october and I'm thinking about whether I should let her take part of it or not.

Maybe you're wondering what a mare performance test is and what kind of advantages it provides you.
To get a mare registered as a broodmare you only have to take part with your mare at the studbook entry at which mares are shown at hand and their walk and trot as well as their type and conformation is judged. Mares between 3 and 4 years are shown in freejumping and in free canter in the indoor, too.

But if you want to get a foal of the mare get the allowance to be keured, your mare needs to be tested even more, especially their skills as a riding horse.
Plus the foals of a succesfully tested mare will get a better grade at a foal show. Succesfully tested means with a grade of 6,5 or better.

Now I'm wondering wether she'll get this grade or not. In a way I think she'll absolutely get a grade better than 6,5 because she even got a 6,7 in her studbook entry where she could not show her strenght, freejumping, because she's already 15.

In the performance test I will have to ride her in dressage and the judges will give grades for walk trot and canter and her rideability. Afterwards one of the judges will ride her and give another grade for her rideability. Her conformation and type will be judged again afterwards and then her gaits will be judged again in the indoor when she runs free. Afterwards they judge her jumping ability and technique in freejumping.

I think she'll get good grades for jumping and rideability but not more than a 6 for her gaits I think.... well... I have to ask my trainer next week wether she think it's worth a try or not.
And I have to ask her wether she thinks I'm good enough to present her under saddle at the test. ;) ;)

Let me introduce you my one and only broodmare

Erm, well, let's pretend I own a huge and professional breeding barn and I'll present you my mare as professional as possible! :) Ok, here I go:

Bellarina *1993

Breed: Bavarian Warmblood

Pedigree: Saphir le Fol (Anglo Norman) X Dragon (Hannoverian) X Amor (Trakehner)

See full pedigree with pics here, on allbreedpedigree.

Registeres in the main studbook I of the Bavarian warmblood breed with the following grades:

Type: 8, Conformation: 7, Walk: 6, Trot: 6, Impression as a whole: 7

Final grade: 6,7

Biggest successes:

Dressage: 2nd level qualification test passing

Character tests: GHP (German relaxation test for horses) Ridden and leaded test: grade 2 (2nd best grade)

Bellarina is a daughter of the stallion stallion performance test champion of Bavaria in 1987, Saphir le Fol. Saphir le Fol was, as one expects it from a French jumper, absolutely brilliant in the parcours. He gave his offspring his dark coat, a good size and a great jumping ability.

Bellarina's Dam Bessy has indigenous and old bloodlines, which are the reason for the coolnes she gave Bellarina.

Bellarina's character can's be described with words, she's such an honest and respectful horse! Bellarina always shows you when she doesn't like something or when she has a problem with the saddle or something. She's extremely sensitive. But she would never be unfair to a rider, as long as he's not unfair to her. She's got lots of temperament but still she would never freak out, she always takes care of the humans around her which is really awesome when one thinks about her bad past in which she had been beaten over high fences by a former owner.

That's the only reason I didn't show her in showjumping classes yet... she reminds her bad past and gets really nervous and not controllable for me as a non jumper anymore.... poor girl.

Bellarina has an extraordinary good jumping ability. Her rideability is very good as well but she has a lack of power and action in her gaits though she really tries and makes a nice impression as a dressage horse.

When I look for for a fitting stud for her I want to concentrate on double gifted studs with very smoth but as well powerful gaits with very active hind legs and a good jumping ability so that I don't ruin hers. Plus I prefer dark studs, as a personal wish ;)

Finally, some pics of Bellarina: (click to enlarge)

Intruduction

Hey guys! ;)

So, this is the first post in my blog and with this post I want to introduce me and my mare to you.

My name is Manuela, I'm 20 years right now and a university student living in Southern Germany. I study Digital Media so it's like an addiction to me to keep on being online and post the whole day, when I don't spend the time with my friends or my beloved mare Bellarina.




It's all about her, the whole blog and my whole plans for the next 20 years or so. ;)

Her name is Bellarina and she's a 15 year old Bavarian Warmblood. The Bavarian warmblood breed is a relatively young German warmblood breed like the Hannoverians or Trakehners, it's only younger. ;) In this breed you are allowed to use any keured German warmblood stud and sometimes even ones from foreign countries as long as the head members of the breeding association gave their ok for him.

So my Bavarian mare has a half French pedigree and is still a registered Bavarian warmblood. Her Sire was a French Anglo-Norman but stallion performance test champion in Bavaria in 1987, so of course the head members wanted to have him for the Bavarian breed. ;)



I'll make an extra post about my mare later on, or I'll even give her her own webiste, let's see ^^



Until then, godnight,

Manuela and Bellarina

PS: The reason I write this blog in English is because I am member of more English than German horse communities. And if I write in English, everybody will understand, the Germans and the American/Canadian/British/Australian and even more horse lovers. ;)