For Pleasure
Infobox last modified on July 1, 2011.
For Pleasure (born 14 January 1986 † 18 February 2011 Borken ) was a Hanoverian stallion and a German world-class jumper.
With the stallion today's leader Marcus Ehning and Lars Nieberg started their international careers. The lifetime earnings For Pleasure is more than 1.83 million euros.
For Pleasure in sports
Four year the stallion was ridden by Hans -Joachim gable. Under gable he won the Hamburg Jumping Championships, and was winner of the model for jumping stallions at Equitana. In 1991 he started at the Federal Championships in Verden and was a two-time champion of Lower Saxony.
Some time later, For Pleasure joined the stable of Lars Nieberg to Homberg. With the stallion his rider international breakthrough. In 1995, the pair won the German Championships, and shortly afterwards was elected to Aachen For Pleasure Horse of the Year. In 1996, she occupied at the German Championships in fourth place and were nominated for the Olympic Games in Atlanta. There she won team gold and returned in a single place with 20. A year later she won at the German Championships silver medal and were nominated for the European Championships in Mannheim, from which they returned again with team gold. In individual managed the pair in fourth place. 1998, the two were nominated for the World Championships in Rome.
Since Nieberg decided after a dispute with Robert Diestel to ride his second horse Esprit FRH, Diestel the couple separated Nieberg / For Pleasure.
About National Coach Herbert Meyer came For Pleasure few months later in the stable of the then 24 -year-old junior rider Marcus Ehning. In January 1999, just a month after For Pleasure collection, start to convince both for the first time together at a tournament and could see the audience with two clear rounds. In the same year, she jumped at the German Championships at No. 6 and were seventh in the Grand Prix of Aachen. In the Nations Cup of the CHIO Aachen they were ranked number two and won the Grand Prix and Nations Cup in Modena and the Nations Cup in Calgary and the German Masters in Stuttgart. At the European Championships in Hickstead, they won team gold and were the fifth place in the individual the best German couple.
In 2000, she won at the German Championship silver medal, jumped at the price of Europe in Aachen at number one and decided even the championship of Norten -Hardenberg for themselves. In the Nations Cup of Aachen and the Grand Prix of Donaueschingen they were also second. At the Olympic Games in Sydney she won team gold and occupied fourth place in the individual standings.
2001 was the year of the problems, after a poor start, the two were able to see the green season their form again, won the Nations Cup of St. Gallen and were third in the Nations of Rotterdam. Due to an injury For Pleasure at the Nations Cup in Aachen had Ehning the stallion withdraw from the start, thus bursting the dreams of a start at the European Championships.
In January 2002, died For Pleasure owner Robert Diestel. To its heritage, including For Pleasure, then self worth around five million euros, rages to this day a dispute in court. Athletic started the year with success for the couple, but just two weeks before the German Championships in Mannheim plunged For Pleasure and Marcus Ehning hard at a tournament in Hickstead. Despite the fall, the two won the title in Mannheim and were thus nominated for the World Championships, where they finished 4th place with the team. In the German Masters in Stuttgart and the Grand Prix of Munich, the pair won against strong competition.
2003, nominated for the second place in the Grand Prix of Aachen for the European Championship two. The couple returned to team gold and individual bronze. In the same year For Pleasure by the prestigious World Breeding Federation for Sport Horses has been named the most successful jumping horse in the world.
At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens Ehning wanted to adopt the stallion from the sport, but two weeks before the Games began to For Pleasure injured and could not start.
In 2005 he returned, 19 years old, in the back and top athletes should be adopted at the European Championships. But the Grand Prix of Arezzo, a few weeks before the championship to For Pleasure injured on the flexor tendon, the final End of career of exceptional stallion. On 21 May 2006 For Pleasure was adopted as part of the CHIO Aachen from the sport.
With a lifetime earnings of more than 1.83 million euros, the stallion will go down in history and is still regarded as the best jumper stallion in the world.
At the age of 25 years For Pleasure died on 18 February 2011 in a paddock of Ehning family.
For Pleasure as a sire
In November 1988, For Pleasure was licensed in Oldenburg. 1989 graduated from the dark chestnut his stallion performance test in Medingen. The jumping index he won with 145.95 points, due to its poor Rittigkeitsbewertung he was with a total index of 114.87 points, however, only 15 of 68 stallions.
In 2000 he was named as part of the Verden Stallion Hanoverian Stallion of the Year. 19 licensed stallions and 78 registered broodmares (15 state premium mares) have For Pleasure to the Father, the FN breeding value estimation shows him with 153 points as a top producer.
He has numerous national and international sports descendants, who often wear as an indication of origin on behalf of a "For". In the sport known sons and daughters of the stallion include For Germany (Marcus Ehning ) For Fun (Marcus Ehning ) For Joy (Jessica Kürten ) For Keeps (Lars Nieberg ), Firth of Clyde ( Christian Ahlmann ), Forsyth ( Toni Hassman ), Farina (Rene Tebbel ) For Feeling (Ralf and Jessica Litz ) and For Future (John Ehning ). His offspring earned so far ( as of 2009) over one million euros in sports.
Awards
- Horse of the Year (1995 )
- Hanoverian Stallion of the Year (2000)
- World Best Spring Horse ( 2003), by the World Breeding Federation for Sport Horses