E.H. Hirtentanz was named the Trakehner Verband Horse of the year 2023!!!

Bone 8.25”
WFFS clear
Approved for Trakehners, Holstein, Oldenburg, Westfalen, Rhineland, Brandenburg and all Southern Germany registries.

Hirentanz was imported to the USA in November of 2019 after retiring 100% sound from Grand Prix jumping / International “S” level at 16 years old. He was the winner of the multiple Grand Prix competitions in Germany and a Bundesturnier Champion multiple times. Was approved in Neumunster as a Premium stallion and has since earned the prestigious Elite Hengste designation by the Trakehner Verband in Germany. He is the first Trakehner stallion to be approved by the Holsteiner Verband in 40 years!

Hirtentanz is the sire of 10 approved sons of which 5 were Premium and one a Reserve Champion in Neumunster. He also sired 10 Premium daughters in Germany and 4 premium daughters in America. he is the ONLY Trakehner sire with positive breeding values in jumping, dressage, eventing and driving. Hirtentanz has produced international offspring in all three disciplines. His sire Axis TSF was in the Olympics in Dressage for Finland and was ranked 6th in the world in 2015. This amazing black stallion bred the most Trakehner mares in 2019 over all the other stallions.

Der Trakehner Magazine in Germany noted the following:
Hirtentanz
Appearing for the first time in the list of stallions with above average breeding values or dressage this year is the sire Hirtentanz with extraordinary values derived from show results who now belongs to quite a special group of stallions that deserve explicit mention at this point, the “riding horse producers”. With four positive breeding values he can now be included in the group of definite dual progenitors that are proven in competition. Germany has a total of 4,735 breeding stallions for which there is at least one published breeding value. Only 73 of them, precisely 1.5% of all German sires have four positive breeding values. This once more clearly emphasizes his significance and dominance in producing riding horses. For years Hirtentanz has been the Trakehner sire who has the most successful get that that are successful up to the top level in almost all disciplines of equestrian sport.

Also to be mentioned here is the fact that this stallion, one of the nine younger ones (foaled in 2003 or later) who have four positive breeding values and who, with three if his breeding values (both dressage categories and breeding value from young horse jumping tests) belongs to the top 25% of all German stallions. It additionally emphasizes the magnificent and multifaceted genetic power of this stallion.
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E.H. Hirtentanz upper level competing offspring:

Durramatt res. champion at korung and competing FEI dressage
Abentanz approved premium and competing at FEI jumping
Bently’s Best won Bromont competing in upper level eventing
Ehrentanz approved premium and winning Grand Prix jumping
Luberton competing in 4* eventing in France
Ally KGO Dutta Corp 3* res. champion
Sky Dweller vice champion in driving at the Bundeschampionate
Cassio’s Picasso champion US eventing champion competing 3*
Dein Erbe, the 2021 Neumunster Reserve Champion stallion