Weltmeyer's Song is a beautiful daughter of the immortal Weltmeyer and out of Ariane, a full-blood sister to the dam of Rotspon. Extremely modern and elegant in her type, Weltmeyer's Song was named a states premium candidate (SPA) in Germany after winning her class and a 1A prize at the Hanoverian mare show in Tarmstedt, Germany. Weltmeyer's Song was imported to the USA and continued her winning ways in US showrings. She won many championships, include the 2005 Mare Championship at the Northwest Sporthorse Breeders Classic in Washington state under judge Olympic dressage rider Hilda Gurney with a score of 83.3%. Hilda Gurney's comments included, "..exceptional mare." Weltmeyer's Song was awarded a prize and named #4 Hanoverian mare in the USA in 2005 based on her show results at the American Hanoverian Society (AHS) Year End Awards Banquet in Los Angeles, California.
Weltmeyer's Song was born near Hamburg, Germany on the farm of a family that has been raising Hanoverian horses for over 100 years. Her dam, Ariane, is a daughter of the refining sire, Argentan, and is out of the states premium mare, SPS Pia, an 18h Pik Bube mare with both exceptional dressage gaits and jumping ability. Argentan was Reserve Champion of the 1969 stallion licensing. In 1994, he was crowned "Hanoverian Stallion of the Year" in Germany as a result of his extraordinary success as a sire. Argentan was the sire of 805 competition horses who won over 1,600,000 DM in prize money. His broodmares in particular were highly regarded and included three Champion German Riding Horse mares at the DLG show: Aragonia (1978), Ascona (1980) and Arabella (1984). However he was also the sire of some top performers including Mario Deslaurier's 1984 World Cup winner, Aramis. He was the sire of 19 stallion sons, including Airport, Al Capone and most famed of all, Argentinus.
The late Werner Schockemöhle, a man regarded in his lifetime as a walking encyclopedia of Warmblood breeding, had this to say about the great stallion:
"For twenty years I have judged the foals in the areas to the north, near Varkstead, where Argentan stood. Then he was the most important stallion - for type - in Hannover."
Weltmeyer, the sire of Weltmeyer's Song, is the Hanoverian Sire of The Century according to the German Hanoverian Verband. He added the "1998 Hanoverian Stallion of the Year" in Germany to his long list of accomplishments: 1986 Hanoverian Stallion Licensing Champion; 1987 German National Champion Three-Year-Old Riding Horse; 1997 Stallion Performance Test Champion; and 1989 DLG Champion. In 2003, Weltmeyer was the USA Equestrian's Leading Dressage Sire.
Weltmeyer has 70+ licensed sons and over 250 of his daughters have achieved the coveted "States Premium Mare" title in Germany. Weltmeyer is famous as a sire of champions: seven German National Champion Riding Horses (Wittinger, Weltburger, Wolkenstein II, Wolkentanz, White Star, Wildrose, and Welt Hit IV); 2001 5-year old Bundeschampionate Dressage Champion Wanesco; two Hanoverian Stallion Licensing Champions (Wittinger and Wolkentanz), two Stallion Performance Test Champions (Wittinger and Wolkenstein II), and in 2001, the National Champion German Driving Horse, Gestut Quellensee Westminister!
His first Olympic competitor, Rosemount Wall Street, competed for Australia in Sydney. His son, Weltall, competed for Germany, winning the team Gold Medal in Dressage in the 2004 Olympics in Athens. Emma Hindle of Great Britain rode another successful FEI Weltmeyer son, Wie Weltmeyer, to top placings at the Athens Olympics. Ellen Schulten Baumer became European Junior Rider Champion with the Weltmeyer x Marbod mare, Weserperle S. Weltmeyer has gained an international reputation as a sire of successful broodmares as well. The following successful horses are all out of daughters of Weltmeyer: Liberty Gold, Florencio, FS Lord Loxley, Danone, Curator, De Janeiro and Don Cavallo, and well as four new upcoming "stars" standing at stud at the Hanoverian State Stud, Landgestut Celle in Germany: Ballettmeister, Locksley, Locksley II and Montesquieu.
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