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| Hardenberg Farms is located in the beautiful Willamette Valley in Oregon |
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Hardenberg Farm’s goal is to produce talented Hanoverian sporthorses with the athletic ability to excel in dressage and jumping competition at the highest level, both in the USA and abroad. We focus on an adherence to the breeding philosophies and protocols used successfully for centuries by the German Hanoverian Registry or “Verband” (Verband hannoverscher Warmblutzüchter e.V.) in Verden, Germany and its breeders.
Hanoverian horses are the predominant breed used by riders from around the world at the Olympics in dressage and jumping. Hanoverians have won the prestigious “Best Overall Breed” award from the World Breeding Federation of Sporthorses (WBFSH) for the “Best Overall Breed in the World” almost every year in the last two decades. This award is based on cumulative international show results in dressage, jumping and eventing. The “proof” of our breeding program is in the continued success of our Hanoverian horses in competition, both in hand and under saddle, with amateur and professional riders.
The key to our success is the quality of our mares. Our mares are all imported German Hanoverian broodmares with world class bloodlines. All are daughters of the leading sporthorse sires in the world and are out of performance-tested Hanoverian mares. All have records of producing correct conformation, brilliant movement and high rideability. Our foundation mares are daughters of two of Germany’s best; Donnerhall and Weltmeyer. Our mares are bred to outstanding stallions in the USA and Germany (via frozen semen) to produce outstanding offspring of international quality.
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| Frangelica, a Hardenberg Farm homebred, was the 2008 AHS National Champion Hanoverian Mare. She was the highest scoring mare in the USA. |
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Hardenberg Farms produces a select number of top class foals each year with outstanding bloodlines for discriminating breeders and riders….the “limited editions” from Hardenberg Farms. The foals we produce rival those produced at by top German breeders, but are born here in the USA and are available without the added expense of travel to Germany, broker’s commissions, currency exchange rate losses and importation risk. |
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| Ralph and the Nauman girls, Lexi (top) and Rachel (bottom) |
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Hardenberg Farms LLC is owned by Diane & Ralph Nauman and family. Ralph is an MIT-educated engineer with an extensive career in corporate management, including British Petroleum, Thiokol and Wah Chang. Diane, a pharmacist and fourth generation horsewoman, has over 30 years of experience with riding, showing and breeding horses. She has traveled extensively in the USA and in Germany to horse shows, performance tests, breed association meetings, auctions, state studs, training facilities and breeding farms in Germany. This lifetime of experience is the basis of her in-depth knowledge of Hanoverian horses and sporthorse breeding in Germany.
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| Diane Nauman |
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Diane is actively involved in the sporthorse industry, having coordinated the 2006 American Hanoverian Society (AHS) Annual Meeting and Young Horse Training Symposium with Debbie McDonald in Los Angeles, California. She is a member of the American Hanoverian Society (AHS) Board of Directors and is active on several AHS committees. She has served as the Western USA representative on the AHS Board of Directors since 2001. She has been the AHS delegate to the World Breeding Federation of Sporthorses (WBFSH) General Assembly meetings in Dublin, Ireland and Brussels, Belgium. |
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