2006 MAHB Mare Show Grand Champion and high score Hanoverian mare at her inspection! She becomes an Elite Mare with the birth of her very cute filly by Wamberto in spring of 2009!

Well, Nov. 5th was a great day for Ghenna and Sandy. In the mare inspection sponsored by the MAHB club, she was named the high score Hanoverian mare with a very high score of 7.56. She received 8's for head, neck, typiness/femininity, impulsion/elasticity and overall development and 7's for saddle position, frame, foreleg, hindleg, correctness and walk. Then in the mare show, she first in the 3yo class, Champion Hanoverian, Reserve Mature mare (topped by Sandy Johnson's nice Dutch mare Opus 12 by Rubinstein/Rampal), then she caught her energy back and had another nice go in the championship class and was named overall Grand Champion.  

She had received a 1A Premium at 2005 MAHB Hanoverian Mare Show. Ghenoa is Ghamma Ray's virtual twin. She is a refined filly with a beautiful face and expression. Very correct conformation and willing attitude. Ghenoa is maturing into a lovely mare and has started her under saddle training. She displays powerful gaits with excellent hind-end activity and has been airborn since birth - jumping out over 4'6" pasture fences as a weanling and already enthusiatically free jumping up to a 3'3 oxer on her own without a chute if given the opportunity.

SOLD! Congratulations to Sandy Werkheiser, Northampton PA!

Inspection and Show Results

EMC Ghenoa is expecting a foal by Wamberto. All the best for a healthy, healthy foal to Sandy and Ghenna.

8/20 2008
Ghenna won the Mare Performance test at the inspection held at RSF on July 15th, 2007, ridden by her amateur owner and my long time riding student, Sandy Werkheiser. Take a look at the beautiful photo of Ghenna with her neck sash. She got a 7.5 for both jumping scores, 6.5 walk, 7 trot and canter and rideability. Her total score was 7.11. She is a new EMC! Congratulations, Sandy!2006 MAHB Mare Show Grand Champion and High score Hanoverian mare at her inspection!

Owner Comments

Hi Mo:
Ghenna and Ghale were very good girls today in the Dressage at Stone Tavern Sport Horse Breeding Show at the Horse Park of New Jersey, Allentown, NJ. Ghalewind won the 3yo fillies class with a 74.7% and Ghenoa was second with a 74.4% which included a 7.8 on conformation and 7.5 walk (yay!) and 7.5 overall impression. Trot was a bit downhill for 7.0.

Then in the Hanoverian class they flip flopped and Ghenoa got a 74.7% with a better trot score of 7.5 and Ghale had a 74.3% beating the 3rd place - a 10yo World Cup I stallion.

It was a very small show and there were only 3 in each of their classes, but the top score we saw from the open classes was 77%, so actually they were probably in the top 5 or 6 score-wise. Overall the fillies/mares scored much higher than the colts. We were in the call back for the filly championships and both had good rounds but the winner was a yearling filly and reserve was a 2006 filly.

Ghenoa was so good in the ring - I was surprised how well she stood and Lisa Basselini the handler was great, She said Ghenna was one of the nicest horses she handled all day and she"really knew her stuff." which is funny considering it was her first show this year. She was a little wound up outside the ring, but relaxed as soon as she got in the indoor.

I was proud of her - she walked past all the scary stuff and stabled well. There were some really nice horses schooling for the performance division and we saw Carole with Ghradine arrive.

Sandy


Ghenoa received a conformation score of 8 in her first DSHB show as a yearling, and in 2005 received a 1A Premium at the MAHB Hanoverian Mare Show with very good comments on her type, head, neck, expression, and elasticity.

Hi Mo,
It was an incredible day and one I would not have dreamed would come true in a million years.

This is my first Hanoverian mare and when you buy a baby at 3 weeks old, all you can do is hope and endure the yearling and 2yo years with your eyes covered! Just to have Ghenoa do so well in the company of the mares that were there just makes it more of an honor and the people in the MAHB are fantastic breeders and horsepeople and have outstanding mares there always. This is the BEST show and the most fun every year win or lose and I bought this filly just so I had a mare to bring to the party every year!

Still pinching myself. It took all morning to judge the mares and they had to split the walk rings for the inspection, then called all 23 mares back into the indoor at the same time which was an experience in itself. Then they called each one up from lowest to highest and reviewed the scores which was hugely educational. I kept expecting to hear our name called, but the numbers dwindled down and there were 4 horses left. They called the next mare who was standing next to me, and when she left it dawned on me we were the only ones in the ring and the other mares were already done and just waiting until the end and were gone. I had no idea until I heard Mo yell and I saw my husband jumping up and down!

The judges were George Walker and Vanessa Carlson. Their comments were that she was harmonious, and even though the smallest mare (but mighty!! ~15.2 ) her length of leg, neck, back, etc were all proportional. The scores were 8's for head, neck, typiness/femininity, impulsion/elasticity and overall development and 7's for saddle position, frame, foreleg, hindleg, correctness and walk.

Then we did the mare show and she was first in the 3yo class, Champion Hanoverian, Reserve Mature mare (topped by Sandy Johnson's nice Dutch mare Opus 12 by Rubinstein/Rampal), then she caught her energy back and had another nice go in the championship class and was named overall Grand Champion.

Special thanks to Bruce Griffin and his wife who handled Ghenoa so well. To Kate Palmquest for the scrumptious food on Saturday, Paul Cohen for sponsoring everything, Klaus and Jessica Schengber for the fabulous handpainted awards.

I will always cherish this as this mare is a true queen in every sense

March 31, 2006 Ghenoa is a wonderful filly and is just about ready to be backed. She already lunges under tack and is very smart and willing to work. I'm really looking forward to riding her this year and doing some formal jump chute training later this spring. I hope she follows in her big sister Ghamma Ray's hoofsteps! ~Sandy