Samstag, 1. Januar 2011

Lipica in it's post war golden age




41 Kommentare:

  1. Klavdij Maver and his F. Dubovina. I am pretty convinced this is F. Dubovina IV, born in Piber in 1964. I plan to ask Klavdij next time I meet him to confirm.

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  2. Interesting, I thought it was Favory Dubovina I, the sire of Favory Alea II (bay stallion, Kottas trained him), Favory Alea III (Chief Rider Eder).

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  3. Well, for sure F. Dubovina IV was intensively used in breeding in Lipica. I was absolutely sure about this being him till Today, when I found under some other photo of Klavdij that Atjan has different opinion. As I said, I will ask Klavdij when I meet him again. This might take time, as I usually do meet him by coincidence in Lipica...

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  4. But according to Lipizzan Registry, F. Alea III, year 1981 and F. Alea II, year 1980 are both sired by F. Dubovina IV. So I guess this is the right one...?

    Of course it's possible that there is a mistake in the registry, or that I have wrong info. Now I'm more and more curious!

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  5. I'm sure you are right and just we in the SRS used to call him F. Dubovina I.
    It's a but confusing, I know :-)
    Atjan, who reads the blogs frequently, might help ....

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  6. Why would one horse be named differently? Though knowing some stories about our stud book keeping, anything is possible... Looking forward to hear from Atjan :))

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  7. Hello all! Thank you for waiting for me! ;-))))

    NO! You are talking about 2 complete different Favory-stallions, who happened to have the same name!!

    Klavdij Maver's top stallion (this picture) was 330 Favory Dubovina II, born in Lipica in 1959. He was a grandson of the stallion Favory Sistina (born in Hostau in 1945) which was granted to Lipica as a colt in 1946. The sire of F.Sistina was the Piber-stallion F. VIII Africa. This rare side-branch of Favory does not exist anymore, unfortunately! F.Dubovina II was used for breeding in Lipica, but his progeny was too "old-fashioned"/baroque for the demands in Lipica in the '80-ies. The breeding goal then was a more modern typed Lipizzaner for dressage sports. His last son (an impressive stallion) was sold to Lipik in 1984, and died (probably during the bombing...) Here this line ends.

    321 Favory Dubovina-4 (aka F.Dubovina I in the SRS) was born in Piber in 1964. He was a son of Favory XI Bora, which came out of the branch of F.VII Ancona. 321 Favory Dubovina-4 had 3 sons in the SRS. Two full brothers: the brown F.Alea II (ridden by OB Kottas, and later by Jochen Rothleitner) and the grey F.Alea III (ridden by OB Eder). His 3rd son was Favory Sava, who was the sire of Andreas' Favory Dagmar and Director Bachinger's Favory Amabila

    321 Favory Dubovina-4 was also used in the Hungarian state stud of Szilvasvarad (renamed into Favory XXV) and in Lipica (here mistakenly registered as Favory Dubovina IV in stead of Favory Dubovina-4). His offspring in both studs was very good. His best performing son is the famous Favory Allegra XXVI. This stallion is the sire of Igor Maver's (son of Klavdij) GP-stallion Favory Canissa (which was offered to Queen Elisabeth).
    Favory Allegra XXVI is in Piber now to be used right this mating season as a breeding stallion! With this the old blood of 321 Favory Dubovina-4 returns directly in Piber in 2011.

    So the branches of the Favory-dynasty of both stallions Favory Dubovina II and 321 Favory Dubovina-4 are quite different, but both originating from Piber, joining in the common ancestor Favory VI Gratiosa (Laxenburg 1915)
    On the dam-side however, they were closer related. The dam of F.Dubovina-4 was the aunt of the dam of F.Dubovina II.

    Are you still with me ?? ;-)))

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  8. And to increase the confusion: as you might know, at this moment Andreas also rides a Favory Dubovina (Piber, 1997)!

    The interesting fact is that this Favory-branche is really miles away from the both mentioned above! He is a son of Favory Alea I (the famous solo-stallion of OB Kottas) and grandson of Favory X Kitty. This Favory-line and the combined line of both the other stallions above are joining in ...... 1829 !! With the stallion Favory Ratisbona II (Imperial Lippiza, 1829)

    At the mother's side however, there is some more narrow relationship again! The dam of Andreas' present Favory Dubovina was born in Lipica. And was a grand-niece of the dam of F.Dubovina II of Klavdij Maver ;-)

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  9. Off topic.....: Andreas, it would be really nice if you once could perform the solo with your F.Dubovina !! A worthy successor for OB Kottas with his F.Alea! Teacher-Pupil and Father-Son, coming together in the next generation ;-)

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  10. First of all, many many thanks for this enormous explanation!! I'm grateful to you for clarifying the confusion about above stallion! And yes, I'm still with you (I admit, I needed to read your post twice) :))

    I am fully aware I'm not the first one saying this, but You sir, you should definitely write a book! I'm also convinced you posess enough knowledge that you could wirte not only one, but the whole collection of books!!! There is so much info in your posts here at H&D that one simply cannot find in commonly accesible books! This should have been published for sure.

    My curiosity goes further on now. Knowing some sad facts of our stud book keeping in Slovenia (which we cannot be proud of), I can to some extent understand the mix with the number behind the name of the stallion being wrongly changed from arabic to roman, but why the different name from Piber to SRS and why this hungarian complete change of the name? And sub-question: what's the naming rule in Hungary? it is different than elsewhere and I never came across the naming rule there.

    Thanks a billion!

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  11. Igor Maver's 085 Favory Canissa XXII has since January last year been ridden by Ursa Vadnjal. Igor got a very bad injury at work, where one of the stallions jumped on him broke his hip bone. After some complications I believe he now has an artificial hip (since december) and is recovering. We all hope he could ride again and he could return to work ASAP!!

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  12. And 2 links for those interested:

    above mentioned Favory Canissa XXII, now property of Her Majesty Queen Elisabeth II: http://www.lipica.org/mma_bin.php?src=mid&id=2006121108444567

    And his sire, above mentioned Favory Allegra XXVI: http://marc.s5.net/images/f_allegra.jpg

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  13. This is the same question, which can be answered in one!

    In the former Austro-Hungarian/Habsburg empire several large state studfarms were founded since 1785, which were supposed to be the deliverer of horses for all state purposes (military, transportation, improving breeding): Mezöhegyes, Bábolna, Radautz, Piber, Kisber, Fogaras. All kind of breeds were bred or even developed there, including Lipizzaner. Due to the immense amounts of breeding stock (sometimes more than 5.000 species in one studfarm!), they developed an ingenious system for naming, or better: registering their horses, which was (and still is) used for all those breeds, including the Lipizzaner. Nowadays this system is used in Szilvasvarad (H), Sambata de Jos and Beclean (RO) and partly in Topolcianky (SK). Piber used it until around 1930 for mares, for stallions even until around 1988.

    The principal: All male dynasties lead back to a founding stallion, which give name for the registering. Every breeding stallion of a specific dynasty is registered in the sub-register of that tribe, with a following Roman numeral. For example: for the Favory-line, the register of the Hungarian branch starts with a Favory stallion, born in Piber in 1856. He was registered with name Favory I in the former Hungarian Lipizzaner stud Fogaras. The 2nd Favory in this register was Favory Alena, born in Lippiza in 1872. He was registered in Fogaras as Favory II. The 4th Favory stallion in this register was a son of Favory I, born in Fogaras in 1874 - his name became... you already guessed..... Favory IV. Etcetera.

    All progeny of every stallion, regardless male or female, will be "named" after their sire, with additional figures: All children of Favory VII got his name, and a following number. His first foal Favory VII-1, his 2nd foal Favory VII-2, his 3rd foal Favory VII-3 and so on. All his foals were branded with F7 on the back, with their own foal number, so you could identify an individual horse immediately. No confusion possible. Very practical in a large studfarm!

    If let's say, the 32nd foal of Favory VII (yes, indeed: Favory VII-32), would be selected as breeding stallion for that studfarm, he would be registered with the next available Roman number in that register, let's say Favory XI.
    Mares, selected to become brood mare of the stud received an additional studbook number, and were not renamed, and did not get a traditional female Lipizzaner name! Practical identification in a large herd was the main issue. So a daughter of Favory VII (his 22nd child, so registered as Favory VII-22) could become broodmare of the stud with the studbook entry "name" as 123 Favory VII.

    So far no confusion, if it was done within one single studfarm. But after 1918, after the collapse of the Austrian empire, several new countries took over the heritage of breeding Lipizzaner. And they all started their own "Favory-register as well..... So there is a Favory XXV ín Szilvasvarad, in Sambata de Jos, as well in the other studfarms which use(d) this system, which are DEFINITELY NOT THE SAME STALLION !! Very confusing for modern Lipizzaner studbook database designers ;-)

    And then the most confusing: the renaming in every single stud of specific stallion! When 321 Favory Dubovina-4 (Piber 1964) went to Szilvasvarad, he was registered as the 25th Favory stallion in the Hungarian studbook: Favory XXV. And years later, when Favory Allegra XXVI (Lipica) went to Szilvasvarad, he was the 28th Favory overthere: Favory XXVIII.

    But... if one of these stallions would go to f.e. Sambata, then he may became Favory XXXIX, because at that moment he would be the 39th Favory stallion in the Romanian studbook... Although he was Favory XXVIII in Szilvasvarad, and Favory Allegra XXVI in Lipica or Piber.

    So the confusing part started after WW I. But before that, in imperial times, it was a very practical and logical registration system. And it still is, when you would use it only in one specific studfarm.

    Atjan

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  14. PS
    A series of Lipizzaner books is foreseen and in preparation. My first part possibly will be the Hungarian and Romanian Lipizzaner breed. Hopefully in 2011 !!

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  15. Once again, thanks a billion!!! This really helps a lot!

    any idea how come F. Dubovina-4 was known in SRS ad F. Dubovina I ?

    And: I am really looking forward to the books - hope they come out in English or German :-))))

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  16. YAY!!!!! This is excellent news. :-) I will be first in line for a copy! A very important project for the Lipizzaner and those who love them.

    Romy

    PS~~~ Happy New Year, Atjan !

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  17. As soon as a stallion enters the SRS, he is registered in the main register. It will receive an additional number in the front (the next open number in the register). If there might be already a stallion with that name (a full- or half-brother), Roman numbers are added behind the name. The foal-number from Piber disappears.

    So:
    -Favory Dubovina-4 was his birth name in Piber
    -He was the 321st stallion in the SRS, so in Vienna he became 321 Favory Dubovina
    -After him a second Favory Dubovina appeared (a full or half brother, or even a relative furhter away) so "our" 321 Favory Dubovina became 321 Favory Dubovina I in Vienna. Or simply F.Dubovina I
    - With his return in Piber as a breedingstallion, his name was 321 Favory Dubovina-4 again. This name can be found in Piber pedigrees.
    - In Lipica his foal name Favory Dubovina-4 was taken over, but mistakenly as Favory Dubovina IV. This name can be found in Lipica pedigrees and in the ILR.
    - In Szilvasvarad he was renamed according to the Hungarian studbook as Favory XXV

    ;-)

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  18. Happy New Year to you, and to the whole H&D community!

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  19. One more time, thank you very very much! you are awesome! :-)))))))

    And of course, Happy New Year!!!

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  20. Conversano Trompeta XII and Stojan Moderc

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  21. Sandi and Atjan, are there photos from Conversano Trompeta, the sire of my Conversano Dagmar?

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  22. Yes, I believe the one I added Today is the sire of your C. Dagmar. But let's wait for Atjan to confirm - he is by far better source of info than me ;)

    The Photo is scanned from the book Lipica by Milan Dolenc, which was issued at 400th anniversary of Lipica. It was also issued in English with the title Lipizzaner. Both issues are out of print.

    The book's cover - Slovenian:
    http://www.kucazasunce.com/magacin/slike/50022276517544c41f5b3bcc2f.jpg

    The book's cover - English:
    http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/ciu/2c/73/5d61225b9da071cf75f08110.L._SL500_AA300_.jpg

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  23. Actually, accroding to ILR the one on the picture could be 154 C. Trompeta XII, year 1976. And the other one I just added is supposedly sire of your C. Dagmar...

    But I'm just assuming here..

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  24. Hope ILR contains the right photo. Will definitely check out my books at home, if I find anything.

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  25. This is definetely the picture of 610 Conversano Trompeta XII, the sire of C.Dagmar, C. Toscana II and 62 Malina (dam of N.Malina and S.Malina I & II). I knew this stallion from the time that he was a steady member of the quadrille in Lipica, as far as I remember ridden by Marjan Turk.

    You can also find this picture in the first studbook of Lipica, composed by Strecko Pangos (Maticna knjiga lipicancev iz Lipice, 1986)

    The sire of 610 C.Trompeta XII was 305 C.Dubovina (that other picture). This stallion was selected by Dr. Lehrner in 1982 to breed in Piber. Unfortunately most of his foals died during the virus-infection of 1983.

    During the LIF-meeting in 1986 I was sitting next to Prof.Dr. Joze Jurkovic and Dr. Jaromir Oulehla when they discussed the exchange of breeding stallions. They agreed to send 610 C.Trompeta XII to Piber for a breeding season. A good memory of ancient times ;-)

    Atjan

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  26. 305 Conversano Wera > Stempelhengst! A stallion with a lot of influence on the Lipizzaner breeding within the former Yugoslavian territory.
    The only not-Piber stallion that once was selected for Piber by Dr. Heinrich Lehrner !

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  27. So he was selected to breed in Piber? When was that and do we have progenies?

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  28. ..... and sire of my 499 Conversano Barbarina ;-)

    Romy

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  29. Unfortunately most of his foals died during the virus-infection of 1983. Those few who survived were not good enough for Vienna or Piber, and were sold. So no progeny of 305 C.Dubovina left in Piber, only through his son 610 C.Trompeta IV


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  30. atjanh said " Stempelhengst"

    For the "German impaired", that literally means RubberStamp Stallion We have a similar expression in the U.S. We use the term "prepotent stallion" to refer to a stallion who stamps his progeny.

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  31. Very well, thanks! Jan has been starting a 4 YO gelding at Ralph's this winter. Her Lipizzan mare, Cookie, is at home and Jan's riding her in the woods. My mare is doing fairly well in her training. Did we tell you we bought another Lipizzan? A 2 YO filly out a a Piber mare. I'll post some pictures of her...

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  32. Are you sure that horse is 321 F.Dubovina IV from Piber and not 330 F.Dubovina II from Lipica?

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  33. As clarified by Atjan, it is F. Dubovina II.

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  34. As clarified by Atjan, it is F. Dubovina II. Disregard the name of the file shown above indicating a wrong name. Atjan is right. I was wrong.

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