Abdullah (horse)
| Abdullah | |
| Race: | Trakehner |
| Father: | Danube wind |
| Mother: | Abiza |
| Mother, father: | Maharajah |
| Gender: | stallion |
| Year of birth: | 1970 |
| Year of death: | 2000 |
| Country: | United States |
| Colour: | Mould |
| Breeder: | Birkhausen Stud |
| Owner: | Terry and Sue Williams |
| Equestrian: | Conrad Homfeld |
Abdullah (born December 7, 1970 in Canada ; † January 5, 2000 ) is still the most successful show jumping horse of the Trakehner breed . The gray stallion achieved his greatest successes such as winning the individual silver medal at the Olympic Games under Conrad Homfeld .
Life
Abdullah was bred by the Trakehner Stud in Birkhausen in Germany. After his mother Abiza was sold to Canada in pregnancy in 1970, Abdullah was born on December 7th in Unionville, Ontario with Gerhard Schickedanz. At the age of three he was sold to Terry and Sue Williams, the owners of the Williamsburg Farm, in the USA. First he was broken into by his owner and was successful in dressage tests and in eventing up to medium level. Even during his later career in show jumping, his owners accompanied him to all his tournaments. After he was retired from the sport at the age of 18, he was still ridden by Sue Williams. He died of colic on January 5, 2000 at the age of 30. In 2009 he was inducted into the United States Show Jumping Hall of Fame . The Chronicle of The Horse named him one of the top 50 horses of the century.
Success in show jumping
He won victories under Joe Fargis and Debbie Stephens, but his greatest successes under Conrad Homfeld. At the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles, they won gold with the team and silver in the individual standings. In 1985 he won the World Cup final in Berlin. In view of his great successes, Abdullah was also licensed by the Trakehner Association in Germany this year . At the 1986 World Show Jumping Championships in Aachen, Conrad Homfeld and Abdullah were able to repeat the success of the Olympic Games - gold with the team and silver in the individual. In addition, he was named the best horse in the world championship.
Abdullah won several Nations Cups and was the winner of the Grand Prix of Cleveland (1980), Detroit (1982), Boston and Rome (1983).
breed
Abdullah was recognized for the Trakehner , Selle Français , Sella Italiano , Irish Sport Horse , Hanoverian and Oldenburg breeds, among others . He is the father of internationally successful show jumpers and his descendants included several United States Equestrian Federation Horse of the Year.
In Germany in 1996 a descendant of Abdullah was licensed for the first time by the Trakehner Association. Snowstorm TSF was successful under his rider Denis Lynch at the CHIO Aachen and in Hickstead . He has a total of three licensed sons from the Trakehners in Germany ( Schneesturm , Idahoe and Alaskatraum ), the stallion Special Memories , licensed in the USA , was recognized by the Trakehner Verband Deutschland. Its frozen semen makes it still possible to breed with it.
ancestry
| I. | II | III | IV |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abdullah (* 1970) mold |
Donauwind (* 1965) brown |
Pregel (* 1958) | Tropical forest (* 1941) |
| Peraea (* 1943) | |||
| Danube Song (* 1960) | Boris (* 1956) | ||
| Danube (* 1951) | |||
| Abiza (* 1963) mold |
Maharajah (* 1957) | Famulus (* 1938) | |
| Brand (* 1941) | |||
| Afterglow (* 1949) | Absalon (* 1937) | ||
| Employer (* 1938) |
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Abdullah ( Memento from November 11, 2013 in the Internet Archive ), gestuet-majenfelderhof.de
- ↑ a b "Abdullah" . americantrakehner.com . Retrieved August 29, 2010.
- ↑ a b c Famous Trakehner: Abdullah ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . trakehnerpfer.de . Retrieved August 29, 2010 (no longer available online)
- ^ "Show Jumping Hall of Fame Welcomes New Inductees" . Equisearch . Retrieved August 29, 2010.
- ^ "Abdullah" ( Memento from January 9, 2012 in the Internet Archive ). Williamsburg Farm . Retrieved August 29, 2010.
- ^ "Abdullah" ( Memento from February 9, 2012 in the Internet Archive ), Sporthorse Breeder . Retrieved August 29, 2010.
- ↑ Stallion distribution plan: "Abdullah" ( Memento from April 21, 2013 in the Internet Archive ), Trakehner Association Germany
- ↑ "Abdullah" . All breed pedigree . Retrieved August 29, 2010.
