Hanoverian Mare of the Year - Sammy Jo

The 18-year-old state premium mare Sammy Jo by Silvio - Calypso II was awarded 2012 Hanoverian Mare of the Year. Born in Bierbergen, she has always remained in the possession of our family and has been producing 14 foals. Among them was the Celle state stud stallion Embassy I. Meanwhile, his full brother Embassy II is one of the most successful German jumpers with Hans-Dieter Dreher.

The three-year-old state premium mare Sammy Jo completed her stationary mare performance test with highest scores. Thus perfectly prepared, she left the mare show with a state premium award at the age of four and was entered with the Hanoverian Jumper Breeding Program. In 1999, at the age of five and following the birth of two foals, she was successfully placed in jumper riding horse classes up to medium level. Following six more foals, Sammy Jo started to compete again, and she was again successful in horse shows up to medium level. The work ethic of this Hanoverian Mare of the Year is simply incredible. And she truly passes on this attribute to her offspring. The breeding combination with Escudo I proved to be particularly successful. Her first foal came as a real bombshell. The Celle state stud stallion Embassy I, raised at Hunnesrück, completed his stallion performance test with highest scores and was awarded the Grande-Prize in 2010. The second licensed son out of Sammy Jo accepted for the Hanoverian breed, Embassy III,  was also standing with the Celle National State Stud. In regards to sport, he is a bit different than his brothers as he successfully competes in dressage sport with the young Canadian rider Mathilde Blais Tetreault. However, the best-known successfully competing offspring of this extraordinary Hanoverian Mare of the Year is Embassy II, the 2012 show jumping shooting star. 

In spite of the untimely death of Sammy Jo in 2014 we are we are very proud to have her sisters, daughter and grand daughters in our breeding stock. Here are our actually broodmares.