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It was gloriously sunny, even if somewhat
hot for Remi Stud's Annual Open Day on February 18th. Cheryl O'Brien and the Remi Stud
team had the property looking picturesque with mini marquees set up for
the visitors' comfort. The scene was set for international visitor
Hans-Heinrich Bruening, a prominent Hanoverian breeder and all-round
charming fellow from the Hanoverian Verband (Studbook), to impart his
abundant knowledge to the small but enthusiastic crowd gathered to
classify the mares and foals presented to him. 
Hans lives, breathes and loves horses;
particularly Hanoverians. He comes from a family with generations of
horse breeding experience and his family own and run the renowned 150
hectare breeding farm 'Hof-Bruening' in Lower Saxony, Germany (http://www.hof-bruening.de/
- the website has an English translated version). Besides having breeding
horses on his farm, Hans also runs cattle, a piggery and is
environmentally aware by producing and selling solar power.
 
As well as being a board member of the
Hanoverian Verband. Hans is also the President of the horse breeding club
Hoya and a member of the board of the sponsor club for Hanoverian horses,
FRH (eg: Gigolo FRH, Anthony FRH).
This was Hans' second trip to Australia, the
first one was in 1998 to visit his daughter, Juliane (she has reached
State Championship level in dressage), who was here as a Rotary Exchange
Student in Perth. He considers this trip a 'holiday' as he never tires of
looking at horses or promoting the breed or the sport of dressage.
"Wherever you go in the world you will see
quality foals," said Hans. "Conformation is, of course, important but the
aim of breeding riding horses for the sport is the elasticity and gaits.
There must be swing in the horse's movement and a pleasing overall
picture."
Hans and the Hanoverian Verband do not restrict themselves to just
breeding with Hanoverian stallions as they find the infusion (5%) of
other breeds helps to improve the quality and 'spring' in the gaits. Hans
thinks that the Thoroughbred stallion Prince Thatch xx and Lauries
Crusader xx are particularly useful stallions and the Holsteiner blood
can be useful for getting a 'jump'. "By adding some thoroughbred like
Prince Thatch, who I like very, very much or some Holstein blood, which
is known for their jumping talent, then you improve the quality of the
gaits and this is very good for the Hanoverian breed."
The three stallions that Hans thinks have
made a significant contribution to the Hanoverian Studbook and indeed,
for the sport of dressage are Weltmeyer, Donnerhall and Rubinstein.
"These stallions are very influential and are now the basis of the
Studbook," said Hans, "but there are some other stallions such as Sandro
Hit that have been very popular and successful for the last year or so.
Of course the 'F' line like Fabriano, who was successful in dressage and
jumping and he also had excellent rideability and character." adds Hans.
"I very much like the 'F' line. This you have here in Australia now with
Fishermans Friend."
Remi Stud Open Day - Introduction
Remi Stud Open Day - Foal Registration 1
Remi Stud Open Day - Foal Registration 2
Remi Stud Open Day - Foal Registration 3
Remi Stud Open Day - Foal Registration 4
Remi Stud Open Day - Foal Registration 5
Remi Stud Open Day - Stallion - Fishermans Friend
Remi Stud Open Day - Fishermans Friend Progeny
Remi Stud Open Day - Mare Classification 1
Remi Stud Open Day - Mare Classification 2
Remi Stud Open Day - Mare Classification 3
© Cyberhorse 2006 Tracy Mayhew
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