In Memorium DonPrincipe 1-25-1999 to 7-12-2021
DON PRINCIPE
January 25, 1999 to July 12, 2021
Due to complications from a pasture injury, “The Prince” was laid to rest AT 6 pm on Monday, July 12,2021.
Don Principe was a 16.2 ½ hand black bay Hanoverian stallion bred in Germany by Adelheid Bruning. He was by the International “Sire of the Century” Donnerhall and out of a States Premium dam, SPS Pappagena by Prince Thatch XX.
We first met Don Principe when he was home from the pre selections for licensing on our first Hanoverian Breeder Orientation course. The selection committee did not find him special enough to send on to the licensing. But his breeder had the utmost faith in him and his quality. Don Principe was not gelded as was normal at that time if a colt did not get licensed. Don Principe had his semen frozen and his breeder had her husband, Hans Heinrich Bruning, do two trial breedings with it. There was total success and in 2003 offspring were born.
Don Principe was sent to Hans Heinrich Meyer zu Strohan at Hoya to begin preparations for the Stallion Performance Testing. In the spring of 2003, Don Principe finished third in dressage at the testing.
The spring of 2003, Wendell and I had come to the conclusion that we needed a stallion for our growing broodmare band. After extensive research, we decided that the Donnerhall line was what fit our breeding goals. Wendell then made several appointments to see 13 stallions in Germany from private stations to Celle and Adelheidesdorf. It turned out that our first appointment was to see the stallion that impressed us two years earlier, Don Principe. As I was videoing , my husband came out to offer to video for me so I could watch without the camera. I declined the offer and told Wendell that THIS was the horse we would purchase. Wendell was annoyed and told me we would not buy the first one we saw. I agreed to look at the others, including the then 2 yr old Danone I. After looking at all the prospective stallions, we concluded that Don Principe
EM Rotina RIP (2001-2019)
