When Shawna Harding returned to
the
US
after a reconnaissance horse finding trip in
Denmark
,
the
Dutch
bred bay stallion on
the
tape was not intended for her customer Kathleen Broughan. Kathleen was looking
for a young horse prospect that would be an understudy to her aging FEI
competition horse and would eventually replace him. But every time she looked at
the
tape, it was Richman that Kathleen came back to. When Shawna and Kathleen
returned to
Denmark,
they had a number of prospects to see and ride. But in
the
end it was Richman that stole Kathleen's heart and her pocketbook.Besides his beautiful exterior, his owner-to-be was amazed at
his outstanding disposition. Richman stood calmly (and elegantly) on
the
grooming rack next to four other horses in different stages of grooming and saddling. Kathleen's first ride
on him was in
the
indoor with another rider who was riding a mare. Shawna quickly dispensed with
the
double bridle for
the
snaffle and found
the
10 year old Danish breeding stallion to be light in
the
mouth and extremely rideable.
'
Team Richman' decided that Shawna would have
the
ride for
the
first year. That was fine for Kathleen, who needed to put her riding career on
the
back burner in order to run a busy non profit organization, Lowcountry Equine
Assisted Psychotherapy, that incorporates horses in
the
psychological treatment of at-risk children and adolescents in
Charleston,
SC.
Any one who knows Shawna Harding knows that she is a perfectionist who expects
her horses to be
the
best that
they can be. She set to work immediately with Richman establishing more rhythm,
throughness and expression in her new mount. Shawna's skill and Richman's
talent came together in October when he made his debut at
the
Atlanta Fall National Dressage Show in
Conyers,
Ga.
This was probably Richman's first outdoor show due to
the
extremely short outdoor show season in
Denmark
. Besides attracting a lot of attention for his good looks, he handily won
both of his Fourth level classes with scores of 69.186 and 71.396.
In
late November Richman and Shawna settled into
their winter headquarters in
Wellington,
Florida
where Shawna will be competing him through
the
winter show season .
A well established breeding stallion in
Europe, Richman's bloodlines are extremely versatile
possessing both Grand Prix jumper and Grand Prix dressage winners. His
grandsire Quattro, produced two horses that both performed in
the
2004 Olympics in
Athe
ns, Quando Quando in dressage and Oliver Q in jumping. Richman's sire
Mantovani, also produced strongly in both
the
dressage and jumping rings. Richman's damsire Zeoliet, is by
the
modern breeding stallion Ramiro, who earned
the
designation Eurostallion. Zeoliet is also a double talent, producing top
performers in dressage and jumping, including
the
international showjumper Escado who with Stefan Lauber won
the
Team Gold at
the
European Championships in 1995. Zeoliet himself was extremely successful in
the
National Stallion Competition and he went extraordinarily well in ZZ dressage
with Roger Shulkens.
Richman's offspring are of excellent type. His three
year old daughter Rubin C, owned by Kathrine Jensen, won her three year old
mare inspection in
Denmark
in 2008. Richman is registered with
the
KWPN registry and is licensed as a Danish Warmblood breeding stallion. His
offspring are eligible for registry in either association.
For 2009 breeding information on Richman, please contact
Dr. Kathleen Broughan at (843) 270-7988 or visit www.RichmanStallion.com.
