DAM:
UNTOUCHABLE was also a big-bodied broodmare who produces successful sport horses for the Dressage, Eventing and H/J ring. She was also imported from Germany and still goes strong as much loved pet, riding horse and broodmare in Ohio, USA at the age of 22 years!
DAM’S SIRE:
UNTOUCHABLE's sire is the Premium Stallion HABICHT who impressed the judges at the Stallion Koerung with his wonderful movement and a dominating appearance. A year later he won the stallion performance test at Westercelle with a commanding lead. At the age of seven, HABICHT was to start a sports career and would later return to breeding duties. Following in the footsteps of his father BURNUS, HABICHT was offered to the German Olympic Committee, where a competition ensued between the disciplines. Dr. Klimke wanted him as a dressage horse, and German team rider and Olympic medallist Lutz Goessing asked to have him as a show jumper. The event team won out, and Martin Plewa (later German National Coach for 3-day eventing) was chosen to be his rider. After six years in the sport, HABICHT retired as one of the most successful three-day event horses competing on the national circuit. His international career was, however, hampered by tragedy. HABICHT was the top qualifier for the '76 Montreal Olympics, as well as the World Championships in Lexington, Kentucky, in 1978, but was not able to start at either venue. Prior to the '76 Olympics, Plewa was seriously injured in a fall from another horse, and prior to the World Championships, he was involved in a car accident. Plewa credits HABICHT with giving him the confidence to compete again after his fall. Together the pair won the acclaimed international three-day event at Achselschwang '77 in the tough mountainous terrain near Munich, and HABICHT was the best German horse at Burghley '76, England. HABICHT ’s offspring collect since the late 70’s until today ribbons and honors in all disciplines on the international level. LIVIUS by HABICHT and Ann Kursinski (USA) were a winning combination in Show jumping in the 80’s, WINDFALL by HABICHT was 2003 the best eventing horse in the world. WINDFALL also won Olympic Team Bronze with Darren Chiachia (USA) in 2004.
DAM'S GRAND SIRE:
Before he made a name for himself as a breeding sire, HABICHT’s sire BURNUS proved himself during his four years at the eventing barn of the German Olympic Committee in Warendorf, Germany, where Dr. Reiner Klimke, then a member of the national three-day event team, became his rider. Olympic double silver medallist, veterinarian Otto Rothe, judged him to be "one of the most promising upcoming stars. He showed talent in all disciplines, and was reliable and courageous in all competitions." Klimke and BURNUS won at the National Championship level. BURNUS was approved in 1956 as a Premium stallion due to his performance record, overall quality and charisma of the horse. BURNUS became one of the pillars of the breed, mating 420 mares until the time of his death at age 32 in 1980. He produced three approved sons, ALARM, MARKE'S LETZTER and HABICHT, and 40 broodmares. The stallion was most famous for his sport horse offspring. For five consecutive years BURNUS was the number one producer of show hunters in Germany. His offspring included BARITON, ridden by the Olympic gold medal-winning dressage rider Harry Boldt, and KIM, who with rider Karl Siemens-Fischer, were members of the German three-day event team at the World Championships in 1982. Another of his offspring, SCHWALBERICH, demonstrated the great attitude of this line by an outstanding round in the Hamburg Show Jumping Derby in Germany with rider Bernd Bagusat steering him with one hand, the other arm in a cast and sling, through what is reputedly the most demanding course in the world. BURNUS was honoured with the Medal of the German Agricultural Society and the gold medal of the German Equestrian Federation, in his latter years. |
