Whitney was humanely destroyed on Nov. 14, 2014. Her hind leg pastern was totally on the ground, and she had been in pain and very lame. We will miss this sweet girl....
Sire, Weltbekkant, has been an extraordinary dressage competitor. In 1998 he was 2nd in the USDF Horse of the Year awards at Second Level and awarded Champion Hanoverian Second Level Horse. He was USDF's Third Level Horse of the Year in 1999, and was also awarded Champion Hanoverian at Third Level. He continued his great successes with Fred Weber in 2000, by winning ten Fourth Level Tests and being awarded Champion Hanoverian Fourth Level Horse, and in 2001 by again being awarded Champion Hanoverian at Prix St. George. 

In early 2004, he began showing Intermediare II, with a median score of 67.075%, which put him second nationally for Horse of the Year and first for Hanoverians. By the end of the year he was successfully competing in Grand Prix.

Lady L, Whitney's dam won under saddle at Devon in 1991. In 1997 she became an Elite mare. At a PVDA Breed Show in 1998, she qualified for Devon and the USDF Championships by winning Reserve Grand Champion. Lady L is by Leibniz out of SPS Biggy by Bolero, and was bred by Hermann Meyer of Germany. Her damline has produced eleven approved stallions, as well as the highly successful Grand Prix dressage competitors Leopold and Borsalino. Lady L's dam is a full sister to Bon Bonaparte.

Inspection and Show Results

At our GOV inspection in July, 2007, Whitney was accepted into the main stud book of the GOV. Rhasberry, her filly foal by Rotspon was awarded a premium.

Whitney was inspected summer of 2000, where she received a score of 7.0. Whitney Q was named show reserve champion and champion young mare at the 2000 Mid Atlantic Hanoverian Breeders Mare Show. At that same show, she did the MPT, scoring a 9 for her walk and rideability. Jumping is not her specialty! She got a score of 7.11 despite this, and became an Elite Mare Candidate.