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October 2011 
Dhana is 2011 USDF "Horse of the Year"  
Dhana is the highest scoring broodmare of any breed in the USA with USDF for 2011.
We are so proud of this mare. Her winning this award at 17 year of age is a "dream come true" for us, a tribute to her elasticity and movement. The fact that Dhana is one of the few direct daughters of Donnerhall still producing foals in the USA make this even more special. Donnerhall was Diane's favorite dressage stallion and she had the pleasure of seeing him at Gronwoldhof prior to his death. He still looked like a regal World Champion and Olympic team horse in his spacious box stall. Diane and Ralph will proudly accept Dhana's award in his memory at the USDF Annual Meeting Awards Banquet in San Diego in December 2011. Many thanks to Jessica Wisdom for her excellent handling of Hardenberg Farm's horses this year.
  

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October 2011 
Splendid in Black is the National Champion Yearling Filly – USDF/Westfalen Horse Association All-Breeds Year End Awards!  
She also placed #5 in USDF Yearling Filly competition in the USA, showing against all breeds of horses. She won her yearling filly class at the NWSHBA Classic Show at Donida Farms near Seattle, WA and placed second at the ODS Breeders Showcase Shows. Many thanks to Silke Kuhlenkamp of Hövelhof, Germany (www.spitzenfohlen.de) for selling us this amazing filly. She won her regional qualifier and was in the top end of 100+ fillies in the finals for the German Foal Championships at Lienen as a foal in 2010 prior to importation. Watch for next year in the showring with Jessica Wisdom!
 

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September 2011 
Dhana is Champion Mare at the NWSHBA Classic Show at Donida Farms. Seattle, WA!  
She won the broodmare class and was named Champion Mature Mare over some very nice younger warmblood mares. We were thrilled! Thank you Jessica Wisdom for your excellent handling of Dhana this show season!
  

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August 2011 
Dhana is the Champion Mature Mare at both ODS Breeder's Showcase Shows I & II in Oregon!  
She won the broodmare classes at both shows and was named Champion Mare at both shows with scores of 78% and higher from both judges! Not too bad for a 17 year old mare. She's a credit to her sire, gold medal winning World Champion Dressage Team Horse, Donnerhall and her States Premium dam, SPS Walhalla.
  

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July 2011 
Black Winterprinz-Donnerhall Filly Born With Four White Socks and A Star!  
We celebrated the Fourth of July weekend with the birth of a black filly with four white socks and a star by Winterprinz out of our Donnerhall daughter, Dhana.
What an amazing filly...perfection. The show name on this beautiful baby will be Worth The Wait!
  


 
February 2011 
San Dante named 2010 AHS National Champion Hanoverian in the Two- & Three-Year-Old Colt/Gelding Division  
San Dante named 2010 AHS National Champion Hanoverian in the Two- & Three-Year-Old Colt/Gelding Division and 2010 Reserve National Champion Material Horse in Three-, Four- & Five-Year-Old Colt/Gelding Division.
Diane Nauman was proud to accept these Year End Awards as his owner and breeder at the AHS Annual Meeting in Portland, Oregon.

Links to these full results are on the web at http://www.hanoverian.org/awards/2010/2010SHB.shtml and http://www.hanoverian.org/awards/materiale.shtml.


 

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October 2010 
San Dante Wins USDF 2010 "Horse of the Year"...San Dante is the highest scoring three year colt or gelding in the USA of any breed!   
Hardenberg Farms was thrilled to learn that San Dante is awarded USDF "Horse of the Year" in the Three-Year-Old Colt & Gelding Division.
This is based on 2010 Year-End Award final placings with the United States Dressage Federation. Many horses compete for this honor across the country, so it is a special accomplishment to have San Dante win this title.
 
He also placed third in the USA in the Three-Year-Old Colt and Gelding Materiale division (Young Dressage Horse Under Saddle.) Again, this award is the result of competition against all warmblood breeds and other breeds showing in USDF recognized shows in 2010. Go San Dante!...and watch for him in the show ring in the USEF/USDF Young Dressage Horse & Four-Year-Old Materiale classes!
  

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June 2010 
Weltmeyer's Song and Contador (2010 Colt by Conteur) Champion Mare and Champion Foal at Fort Vancouver Dressage Show in Washington!  
Weltmeyer's Song was, once again, the Champion Mare at the 2010 Fort Vancouver Dressage Show. In addition, her 2010 colt, Contador, was the Champion Foal of the show at three weeks of age!
We are extremely proud of the production record of this mare, that includes 2008 US National Champion Hanoverian Mare, EMC Frangelica and our promising young Sandro Hit son, San Dante. Weltmeyer's Song was a State Premium Candidate (SPA) in Germany before we imported her and she been consistently producing quality foals for us ever since. Contador is offered for sale to a discriminating buyer.
  


 
March 2010 
Trip to Germany  
Trip planned to Germany that will include visits to many farms, three mare shows, the mare performance test at Roydorf and Celle.
Trip planned to Germany that will include visits to many farms, three mare shows, the mare performance test at Roydorf and Celle. Contact us if you are search for a horse to purchase and will video horses meeting your specific criteria for you during our travels.


 


 
February 2010 
San Dante in the Showring in 2010!  
San Dante, our three year old 16.2H black bay stallion by Sandro Hit - Weltmeyer's Song, is going well under saddle now and will be competing on the West coast both under saddle and in hand in 2010.
San Dante, our three year old 16.2H black bay stallion by Sandro Hit - Weltmeyer's Song, is going well under saddle now and will be competing on the West coast both under saddle and in hand in 2010. Watch for him in materiale, training level and dressage sporthorse breeding classes!


 


 
August 2009 
De Niro Filly Champion of Oregon AHS Foal Inspection!  
De Soleil, Weltmeyer Song's 2009 black filly by De Niro was named Champion Foal of the Oregon AHS Foal Inspection at Devonwood Equestrian Center, Sherwood, Oregon in August 2010.
De Soleil, Weltmeyer Song's 2009 black filly by De Niro was named Champion Foal of the Oregon AHS Foal Inspection at Devonwood Equestrian Center, Sherwood, Oregon in August 2010. The foal has been sold to Catherine Pike of Eugene, Oregon. Catherine is University of Oregon student and an assistant of Brooke Voldbaek at Sonnenberg Farm in Sherwood, Oregon. We look forward to DeSoleil's debut in the show ring under saddle with Catherine in 2013.


 

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March 2009 
Weltmeyer's Song Produces a Black filly by the German Hanoverian Verband's 2008 Hanoverian Stallion of the Year, DeNiro!  
Weltmeyer's Song has a filly by DeNiro!
Weltmeyer's Song Produces a Black filly by the German Hanoverian Verband's 2008 Hanoverian Stallion of the Year, De Niro! Our dreams have come true! We've been blessed with a gorgeous coal black filly with a star by De Niro...and she's already showing world class potential. Weltmeyer's Song gave birth to a beautiful black filly on March 2, 2009. This filly is a tall, elegant filly with a gorgeous head. Sold in utero to Catherine Pike, Brooke Voldbaek's assistant at Sonnenberg Farm in Portland, Oregon, Catherine purchased this foal to be her future dressage star. As this filly, named De Soleil, is out of the same dam at EMC Frangelica and our young Sandro Hit stallion prospect, San Dante, we are betting on her to win the US National Champion mare title in 2013...and to be a top US contender in the USDF Materiale and USEF Young Dressage Horse competitions as well. Watch for De Soleil in the show ring......and congratulations, Catherine!
  

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February 2009 
EMC Frangelica Wins US National Champion Hanoverian Mare Title!  
EMC Frangelica was the highest scoring mare in the United States in the 4 YO & Older Yeld/Maiden Hanoverian Mare Division in 2008 and thus earned the title of US National Champion Hanoverian Mare. She was honored at the AHS Annual Meeting in Reno, Nevada with a cooler and championship ribbon during the annual AHS Awards Banquet. Receiving the awards for her new owner, Sharon Nichols, were Diane Nauman and daughters, Rachel Proteau and Alexis Proteau. As the breeders of this mare, we are extremely proud of her accomplishments and wish Sharon continued success in 2009.
  


 
December 2008 
EMC Frangelica named Adequan/USDF DSHB Reserve Champion Horse of the Year!  
EMC Frangelica was awarded the title of Reserve Champion Horse of the Year for the United States in the 2008 Adequan/USDF Year-End Awards competition. This is an extreme honor, as this is a competition open to all breeds of horses in the United States. With a median score of 80.275% in the showring in 2008 was the second highest scoring mare in the country in the 4 YO & Older Maiden/Yeld Mare division. Purchased in February 2008 by Sharon Nichols of Seattle, Washington, this talented mare continued her winning ways in 2008 for her new owner. EMC Frangelica received Adequan/USDF national awards in 2007 for placing third in the United States in the 2007 Adequan/USDF Materiale Horse of the Year for three year old fillies competing under saddle in dressage.


 


 
September 2008 
EMC Frangelica Wins Champion Mare Title at Northwest Sport Horse Breeders Classic  
Getting the final nod from Judge Hilda Gurney, EMC Frangelica was the Champion Mare at the Northwest Sport Horse Breeders Classic. This is the largest, most prestigious sporthorse competition in the Pacific Northwest, so we were extremely proud of this win. What makes this win more special is that Hilda Gurney also named EMC Frangelica's dam, Weltmeyer's Song, the Champion Mare of this show in 2005! Like mother, like daughter....further proof of the quality of horses produced at Hardenberg Farms.


 

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July 2008 
Frangelica Completes AHS Mare Performance Test and is Awarded Title of "Elite Mare Candidate" (EMC)  
American Hanoverian Society (AHS) mare performace tests are a comprehensive set of tests to determine the overall quality and performance ability of Hanoverian mares prior to their use in breeding. Only mares with scores of 7 or higher in all catagories are awarded the title of Elite Mare Candidate (EMC). After producing a live foal, the mare's title is then comfirmed and permamently changed to that of an "Elite Mare" (EM). This is equivalent to the States Premium Stute (SPS) award earning by Hanoverian mares through performance testing and producing a live foal in Germany. Frangelica (Frenchman x Weltmeyer's Song) completed her AHS mare performance test in 2008. She is a multi-talented mare, performing well under saddle and over fences like many of the daughters of Frenchman, her sire that stands at stud at the Hanoverian State Stud in Celle, Germany. We are proud to announce that after a comprehensive performance test that included a conformational evaluation, evaluation of gaits, a dressage performance test under saddle and judging of jumping ability over fences, Frangelica was awared the title of an Elite Mare Candidate (EMC) and thus her name is now changed to EMC Frangelica!
  


 
June 2008 
Grand Champion Horse of Show at First Show With New Owner!  
The Beaujolais Dressage Show in June 2008, one of the largest in the Seattle, Washington area, turned out to be a "dream come true" for Sharon Nichols, the new owner of Frangelica.
In the capable hands of Andrea Lucianna of Half Trak Farm, Arlington, WA, Frangelica won her mare class, was the Champion Mare of Show, Grand Champion Horse of Show (defeating some very nice stallions and geldings) and won the 4 & 5 Year Old Young Dressage Horse class. This was Sharon's first horse show and she was ecstatic! In her excited call to us, she said that "the ribbons Frangelica won were as big as Easter hats!" Congratulations to Sharon, Andrea and Frangelica!


 


 
June 2008 
One of the Top Hanoverian Mares in the USA!  
Frangelica is now EMC Frangelica!
Through the American Hanoverian Society (AHS) Mare Performance Testing program, Frangelica earned high enough scores in July 2008 to qualify for this elite title. She is one of only 26 mares in the USA on this year's AHS summer inspection tour to earn this title. Interestingly enough, nine of these 26 mares were bred in Germany and imported to the USA. Hence, she is one of an elite group of American-bred Hanoverians to receive this prestigious honor. Once again, congratulations to Sharon, Andrea & Frangelica. After having a foal in the future, Frangelica will then automatically become an "Elite Mare" with AHS and her name will then change to EM Frangelica! We all look forward to some wonderful foals after her career in the show ring.


 


 
January 18, 2008 
UPCOMING TRIP TO GERMANY - LATE MARCH 2008  
Considering importing a special horse? Diane Nauman is headed to Germany in the end of March 2008 to locate horses for clients. Contact us with details of the specific requirements needed in your special performance and/or breeding horse and we will video prospects for you while we are there if we identify a horse that meets your specifications. Current exchange rate is $1.47 US dollars per 1 Euro, with importation costs (lab work in Europe, vanning to airport, flight, airport quarantine and CEM quarantine if needed) $6,500 - $12,000US depending on port of entry and age/sex of horse.


 


 
December 31, 2007 
2007 USDF YEAR END AWARDS - FRANGELICA #3 THREE YEAR OLD DRESSAGE MARE IN THE USA AGAINST ALL BREEDS OF HORSES!! CONGRATULATIONS TENLEY & SI HAABY FOR THEIR JOB TRAINING THIS OUTSTANDING YOUNG MARE!  
Frangelica was announced as the #3 Three Year Old Dressage Mare in the USA based on 2007 cummulative show results in Materiale dressage classes across the USA. This is against all breeds of horses. Hardenberg Farms is extremely proud of this young mare and her young trainer, Tenley Haaby. We wish them continued success in 2008!


 


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