The dam of the stallion Ekstern, the mare Ernestyna (Piechur / Erwina) * 1989 died on April 6th in her home stud Michalow / Poland. Even if her breeding performance in terms of numbers is rather low – she had only five foals – she has an entry in the history books with her first …
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Mar 23 2020
ZSAA Körung 2020 abgesagt!
Nach den weiteren Verschärfungen der Ausgangsbeschränkungen aufgrund der Corona-Pandemie, mußte der ZSAA-Vorstand heute schweren Herzens die Körung am kommenden Wochenende absagen.Hengste, die die Zulassungsbedingungen vollständig erfüllt hatten, erhalten eine vorläufige Eintragung ins HB I, um eine Decksaison zu ermöglichen. Der ZSAA plant, die Körung alsbaldig nachholen – ob zentral oder als dezentrale kleinere Sammel-/Hofkörungen wird …
Mar 17 2020
ZSAA Körung 2020 – Keine Zuschauer zugelassen!
Der ZSAA gibt bekannt, dass zu der am 27.-29. März geplanten Körung keine Zuschauer zugelassen sind, um den Auflagen bzgl. Corona-Virus-Pandemie Rechnung zu tragen. Die Aussteller wurden entsprechend benachrichtigt und angehalten, pro Hengst nicht mehr als drei Begleitpersonen mitzubringen, damit die Personenzahl möglichst gering bleibt.IN THE FOCUS wird vor Ort sein, und darüber in Wort …
Feb 28 2020
Tee 1995 – 2020
The currently most famous mare in El Zahraa, Tee (Adl / Bint Ibtisam) is dead, she died at the age of 25. The “Queen of El Zahraa” was considered the personified beauty of an Arabian mare and also left nothing to be desired in terms of her pedigree. During my visit to the Egyptian State …
Jan 30 2020
Search for Traces on a Genetic Level
In recent years, the horse genome has been examined with new genetic analysis methods. The result was some new knowledge about the family tree of our horses, their domestication, the “grand sires” and “grand dams” of all domestic horses, the origin of the breeds and much more. The Eurasian Steppes, the area of domestication of …
Jan 30 2020
NK Hafid Jamil 1996 – 2020
NK Hafid Jamil (Ibn Nejdy / Helala) *1996 photo: Arlette Studer Breeders of Straight Egyptians mourn the stallion NK Hafid Jamil, who died at the age of 24. Born in 1996 in the stud of Dr. Hans-Joachim Nagel, he represented for many the ideal of the “Egyptian”, in particular he embodied the “Nagel look” to …
Jan 23 2020
New method for pain sensitivity measurement in endurance horses
Dr Morgane Schambourg, DMV, MSc, Dipl. ACVS / ECVS, has carried out studies on the sensitivity to pain in the legs of endurance horses and developed a method of how this can be measured.The nociceptors (pain receptors) are responsible for the perception of pain. These are essentially free nerve endings of sensitive neurons in the …
Jan 16 2020
New breeding manager for the VZAP
The VZAP announces that he was able to appoint Ms. Anja Daniels as new breeding manager, starting February 1, 2020 .Ms. Daniels celebrated her 25th anniversary at the “Association of Pony and Small Horse Breeders Hanover e.V.” last year, and therefore has many years of professional experience as deputy breeding manager. She was also responsible …
Dec 11 2019
Zagrobla 1994 – 2019
On December 8, the mare Zagrobla (Monogram / Zguba) died at the age of 25 years in her home-stud Michalow. She was one of the “legendary three,” Kwestura, Fallada, and Zagrobla, the three Monogramm daughters who won all the important championships for Michalow, bringing the fame of the stud to new heights. In addition to …
Nov 19 2019
In Memoriam – Jan Calis
In October, Jan told me that next year he wanted to show Lobeke at a show – he would be 72, Lobeke 28, together makes a whopping 100 years. It should not happen anymore. Jan Calis, “The Flyng Dutchman” died this morning. That’s how we knew the “Flying Dutchman”… Born in 1948, Jan grew up …