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Dressage Career The elegant Poetin had a short-lived career as a Dressage horse. Her first great success was in 2000, when she and rider Heinz-Heinrich Meyer zu Strohen won the Bundeschampion as a three-year-old. There she received a 9.0 for her excellent conformation, an 8.5 for her walk, which did not score as well because she could get tense, a 9.0 for her trot, and a 9.0 for her uphill canter. She was also Bundeschampion as a five-year-old in 2002. Perhaps her greatest fame, however, came from her spectacular performance at the 2003 World Young Dressage Horse Championship. Winning the six-year-old division she completed the competition with a score of “10” for her amazing trot [http://www.pension-gestuet-lindenhof.de/verkaufspferde/bilder2/bild1.500x412.jpg [http://www.solcon.nl/mvdheijdenpon/temp/Poetin14a.jpg]. On the Auction Block The mare was originally owned by the Berlin/Brandeburg State Stud. Following the Championships, Poetin was sold at the 2003 PSI Auction for a record 2.5 million euro. The bidding between ten parties started at 100,000 euro, and eventually resulted in a purchase by Peter and Patty van der Zwan of stable De Keizershoeve in Kessel, The Netherlands, and the ING Bank , for use as a brood mare. Her purchase was twice as much as the previous auction record of 2.8 million Deutsch Marks. However, a financial dispute between the van der Zwan’s and ING Bank forced auction of many of the couple’s horses. To prevent her sale, the van der Zwan’s hid the mare, and an investigation ensued. Combined efforts by a team of detectives and the Dutch federal police eventually found the Poetin on August 25, 2005, at an equine clinic in Kerken, Germany, where she was being officially treated for 'irritation of the right front tendon sheath.' Poetin was returned to the Estate Balkenschoten in Nijkerk, The Netherlands, to be auctioned off by Cees Lubbers Auctioneers on September 1, 2005. Although she appeared tender at the walk, the mare still showed her brilliant trot and lovely canter work and Flying Change s. The bidding included the likes of German Grand Prix rider Gina Capellmann Lutkemeier, who stopped her bidding at 700,000 euro, but the 8-year-old Brandenburger was finally purchased for 900,000 euro by Xavier Marie, owner of Haras de Hus, a stud farm in France. Also sold at the auction was A Special Poetin (by Jazz), the first embryo transfer foal of Poetin. The beautiful black filly was purchased by Paul Schockemohle of Germany. Following in her dam’s hoofprints, she was sold for a record price of for 138,000 euro—the highest price ever for a Warmblood foal bought in auction. Poetin was also bred in 2000 to Dormello, the 1999 Oldenburg Stallion licensing Champion, but had a miscarriage. Poetin's Final Days On September 3, 2005, Poetin was shipped to Petit Mars, France, to her new home at Haras de Hus. As soon as she walked off the ramp, however, it was clear that she was beginning to show signs of Laminitis in both front feet. Aggressive treatment was begun by French and German veterinarians, including the use of a sling to hold the mare up and help relieve pressure on her feet. But the laminitis soon worsened, and the mare began to shed her hooves. Realizing there was little chance of recovery, it was decided to put the mare down. So on December 13, 2005, Poetin was humanely euthanized at Haras de Hus. |
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