ELITE MARE
EM Rieke is a Dark Bay 16.3 hand Elite Hanoverian mare and the Foundation Mare for our breeding program.
EM RIEKE
EM RIEKE’s Performance
By only 8 years old, under European Grand Prix Riders Michael Schulze and Siegfried Stemmann, EM Rieke had reached the highest dressage performace levels and was competing internationally and being noticed.
Catching the eye of Norbert Gieling, along with partner Steffen Peters, rider Judith Kelly, and buyer Marna Hamilton, EM Rieke was purchased and imported to the United States. Training under World-Renowned Equestrian and Olympian Steffen Peters, EM Rieke and the very capable rider Judith Kelly then competed in the United States and continued to receive consistently impressive FEI Dressage Scores.
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EM RIEKE’s Early Inspection Scores
EM Rieke's talents were identified early. As a 3-year old, EM Reike was inspected and mare performance tested in Germany by the Hanoverian Verband which awarded her Grand Champion after receiving the very high overall score of 8, which included the extremely impressive scores of 9 for her Walk and 9 for her Canter.
EM RIEKE’s Offspring
After an exceptional show career, at 15 years old, EM Rieke was retired to become a broodmare and pass on her phenomenal genes. At 16 years old, EM Rieke gave birth to her first foal and earned her Elite Mare ("EM") status and in accordance with the American Hanoverian Society rules, the letters "EM" became part of her official name. A mare can only receive Elite status when (a) her dam is in the Hanoverian "Main Studbook", (b) her inspection score is an overall 7 or better, and (c) when she produces an AHS-registered foal. Elite mare EM Rieke is in the "Main Studbook" which makes her filly offspring eligible for both the "Main Studbook" and "Elite" status.
There are 3 Hanoverian studbooks:
(1) the "Main Studbook" accepts entries of a Hanoverian mare that is a registered daughter of an AHS or HV Main Studbook or Studbook mare and upon inspection scores an overall 6 or better with no subscore below 5.
(2) the "Studbook" accepts entries of a Hanoverian mare that is a registered daughter of an AHS or HV Main Studbook or Studbook mare and upon inspection scores an overall 5 but less than 6 with no subscore less than 4, or is the daughter of a Pre-Studbook mare and scores at least an overall 6 with no subscore less than 5.
(3) the "Pre-Studbook" accepts entries of a Hanoverian mare that is a registered daughter of an AHS Pre-Studbook mare and upon inspection scores an overall less than 6 with no subscore less than 5.
EM Rieke had her first foal in 2006, a colt, by Mister A. Then in 2007, she had a colt by Feiner Stern and in 2009, a filly by Dacaprio. In 2011, using embryo transfer, she will have six foals by Elite Hanoverian Stallions Dacaprio, Christ and Pablo. She has been a consistent producer of tall, intelligent, and very athletic offspring with excellent dispositions. See the FOR SALE page for links to her offspring.
EM RIEKE’s Bloodlines
EM Rieke's very athletic bloodlines are proven in all three disciplines of show jumping, dressage, and eventing, as follows:
JUMPING: Gardestern, Gotthard, Graf, Grande, Lombard, Marmor, Ramiro Z, Ramzes, and Valine Z
DRESSAGE: Duellfest, Grande, Lombard, Marmor, and EM Rieke
EVENTING: Cottage Son xx and Jet Stream xx
The fact that EM Rieke 's pedigree has a high degree of jumper lines makes her a fine producer for all three disciplines of show jumping, dressage, and eventing. As stated in the "Guidelines for Breeding" article by Dr. Ludwig Christmann in the Fall 2010 issue of The American Hanoverian:
"...In the breeding of jumper horses today's norm is to exclusively use the so-called jumper lines...When breeding dressage horses it appears advantageous to consider jumper genes in addition to the current dressage lines. Practical experiences support this thesis. The impression is that athleticism is lost when only combining the blood of sires with clearly one-sided dressage genes.... With respect to kinetics the impelling force from the hind leg is important. While it propels the jumper off the ground it allows the dressage horse to powerfully push off and to carry during collection. Both disciplines require the horse's back to combine mobility with strength.....The realization that good dressage horses are produced out of classic jumper lines is neither a new nor a Hanoverian phenomena....Which stallions with jumper blood are suitable for breeding dressage horses? The G-line is a class Hanoverian performance bloodline used for breeding jumpers as well as dressage horses..."
EM Rieke posseses this highly coveted G-line blood on both her Sire and Dam sides. The following article describes the G-Line:
The G-Line
( Bolded names are included in EM Rieke’s pedigree)
One of the oldest, the Hanoverian G-line originated over 100 years ago with the Thoroughbred Stallion Goldschaum v. Flagcolet-Chamant. A review of this stallion line over time shows it is the backbone of solid, versatile, athletic horses produced through the state Stud. They are known for their desire and capacity to work. These horses have proven themselves to be among the most talented competition horses in the world.
Goldfisch II gave the line a definitive stamp, producing 12 licensed sons, 20 States Premium mares, 183 registered mares and over 100 competition horses. His legacy was passed on through his immortal son Gotthard and grandson Grande. The sons and daughters of these stallions dominated world class competition in the 50's, 60's and 70's. So successful and powerful is this line that after more than 60 years, there were 31 direct descendents standing at the state stud. This was 17.5% of the total stallions available, the greatest number for any line! The famous Grande, who was at stud for 25 years was noted for the performance success of his offspring. With Graf, by Goldfisch II from the jumping side and his Duellant mother, Grande combined the best in dressage and jumping bloodlines. Gotthard, in his time, was noted as the top sire of jumping champions. His noted sons include Gardestern, Gluckstern and Gluckspilz.
The G-Line is reknown as the most important and famous producer of international performance horses in the world both in dressage and jumping. In dressage, these horses are household names: Gifted, Grundstein, Grunox, Gigalo, Graf George, Girogione and Goldstern. Grand Prix and Olympic jumping champions include Gladstone, Everest, Gaylord, Genius, Grand Plaisir, Grandeur and Top Gun.
Three Grande sons achieved great fame as sires. Galsritter developed into a producer of jumpers of international class. Garibaldi II sired the U.S. dressage champion Gifted as well as many show jumpers and Graphit sired the well known dressage sires Grundstein I & II. Grundstein I competed very successfully at Grand Prix level and was the leading sire in the FN rankings among stallions in the top ten percent of their age group in both jumping and dressage from 1988-2000. Graphit also produced Grannus, a top jumping stallion with lifetime earnings of well over five million DM, who in turn produced seven Olympic hoses and more than 60 approved stallions including Graf Grannus, the 2004 Hanoverian Stallion of the Year.
This is truly a line to be preserved and nurtured.
Notes from: The Breeding Aim of the Hanoverian Today and the Most Important Sire Lines by Dr. Jochen Wilken, Breeding Manager, VhW Germany & The G Line... By Judy Hedreen, first Executive Director of the AHS
EM Rieke also posseses the R-line blood on her Sire side. The following information was contained in The Sporthorse Stallion Directory 2011 in an article by Louisa Zai-Ravaris:
The R-Line
( Bolded names are included in EM Rieke’s pedigree)
For many years the Germans paid tribute to the stallion Ramzes with the slogan, "No horse without his blood!" Ramzes was bred by the Countess Maria Grafin Plater-Zyberk in 1937. Ramzes sired 195 offspring during his sixteen years at stud in Germany and all but five were active in sport.
His importance as a sire of dressge horses was resoundingly demonstrated by his son Remus who won the 1964 Olympic individual silver at the 1964 Olympics and the silver at the World Dressage Championships in 1966 for rider Harry Boldt. Aboard Ramzes son Mariano, rider Josef Neckerman won the individual silver at the 1968 and 1972 Olympics and the gold at the World Dressage Championships in 1966.
While Ramzes sired outstanding dressage horses, he was equally successful at siring some of the world's best jumpers. His son Romanus successfully won silver, bronze and team silver with Hans Gunther Winkler in the European Championships in Aachen in 1961, London in 1962, and Rome in 1963. In 1959, Retina, ridden by Fritz Thiedemann, won the Hamburg Jumping Derby with record time. The record money-earning mare Ramona, ridden by Alwin Schockemöble finished second.
Ramzes' two most famous lines descend from his sons Raetzky (for dressage) and Raimond (for jumping). Ramzes' best stallion son for jumpers was Raimond, who sired Ramiro. Ramiro has sired more than 50 licensed stallions for Germany. Ramiro also sired Olympic silver show jumping winner Ratina Z. At the 2008 Olympics, Ramzes blood could be found in 53% of the pedigress of the show jumpers.
Reference websites:
World-Renowned Olympic Equestrian Steffen Peters: http://www.spetersdressage.com
International Grand Prix Dressage Rider Judith Kelly: http://www.toplinedressage.com