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Meet Laura Bechtolsheimer’s horses


  • Laura has eight horses on the “sports yard”.

    In addition, there are the OAPs — Don Davidoff, Placido and Laura’s retired eventer Billy — and four broodmares. Of the youngstock — three foals, two yearlings and two two-year-olds — two are by Vivaldi, one by United and the rest are by Laura’s former grand prix ride Polarion.

    One broodmare is in-foal to Bordeaux and two to Polarion, who stood for a while at a Trakehner stud in Germany, but is back now.

    Dr Bechtolsheimer recently purchased a 2½-year-old by Polarion at the Trakehner grading.

    “He looked like he would win the grading but got tense,” he explains.

    “He will stand in Germany and is being prepared for his 30-day performance testing [a suitability test for breeding-stallions].”

    Mistral Hojris

    (below)
    Stable name: Alf
    Date of birth: 1995
    Sex: gelding
    Breed: Danish warmblood
    Sire: Michellino
    Dam: Virginia
    Damsire: Ibsen

    Andretti H

    Stable name: Andy
    Date of birth: 1995
    Sex: gelding
    Breed: Hanoverian
    Sire: Aarking
    Dam: Cerrin
    Damsire: Cavalier

    Polar Bear

    (below)
    Stable name: Teddy
    Date of birth: 2004
    Sex: gelding
    Breed: Oldenburg (home-bred)
    Sire: Polarion
    Dam: Utima
    Damsire: Landadel

    Unique

    Stable name: Minnie
    Date of birth: 2004
    Sex: mare
    Breed: Holsteiner
    Sire: Carpaccio
    Dam: Grana
    Damsire: Lord

    Kristjan

    Stable name: Kristjan
    Date of birth: 2005
    Sex: gelding
    Breed: Oldenburg (home-bred)
    Sire: Polarion
    Dam: Kardinale
    Damsire: Napoleon Quatre

    Pamina

    (below)
    Stable name: Pammy
    Date of birth: 2006
    Sex: mare
    Breed: Oldenburg (home-bred)
    Sire: Polarion
    Dam: Utima
    Damsire: Landadel

    Rubin Al Asad

    Stable name: Rufus
    Date of birth: 2002
    Sex: gelding
    Breed: Hanoverian
    Sire: Rubin Royal
    Dam: Wandergirl
    Damsire: Wanderbursch II

    Unnamed

    Stable name: Tigger
    Date of birth: 2008
    Sex: gelding
    Breed: Hanoverian
    Sire: For Compliment
    Dam: Antonia
    Damsire: Royal Dance

    To read the full interview with Laura Bechtolsheimer about life after the Games, her polo playing finace Mark Tomlinson and Mistral Hojris, see the current issue of H&H (13 December 2012)

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