Courten’s Tiptoe

Year of birth: 2001, dam

Breeder: A. Countess Courten, D-82380 Bruggerhof.

Name: “Tiptoe” after the nick-name of one of my great-grandfathers given to him by american students. As a famous medicin professor at the End of 19th century he was invited to several medical congresses in the US, where he had to tiptoe behind the speaker’s desk when he did his speeches because he wasn’t very tall.

Colour and height: brown, 146 cm.

Facts in life:

2001 title of “premiumfoal” given by the breeding commission of Bavaria

2004 mare performance test

2005 Conformation of horses by the bavarian breeding commission

2005 Conformation as “performanced pony”, special register of Stud-Book

2005 filly “Courten’s Turley” (premiumfoal) sired by El Larry II

2006 sold.

Descent:

Descent from sire: 5 half-brothers who are registered stallions in Ireland and Germany: Finnegan, Lucky Luke, Sky Warrior and Sky Wave in Germany; Smokey Duncan, stallion of Connemara Breeder Society and winner of the Clifden Show in Ireland.

Descent from dam: Of course her mother also has absolve the mare performance test. Her grandmother “Vechtes Natje” was shown successfully at the german Connemara-IG-Show at Kagern/Bavaria in 1991, the ancestor-mare “Cosheen Nutmeg” won for several times the title of the best pony of the Clifden-show in Ireland before she was sold to Germany. Rare combination of breeding lines with minimally foreign breeds in pedigree.

Description:

The exact likeness of her father, Westside Frank 817. Her colour a little bit lighter and not so tall but also with long hairs. Favorite pony of all young girls from the farm who love to dress Tiptoe’s hair artfully.

Education:

Ridden when she was 3 years old. Trained at home for mare performance test. Sympatic pony forthe whole family. Easy to ride, charming, trustfully and uncomplicate to handle.