Sport Pony Performance Test

The 3o-Day Test is the most sophisticated and prestigious testing for Pony Stallions in breeding. It gathers enough facts, under standard conditions, to make an early selection of promising sires possible without waiting over years for the quality and success of their offspring to be confirmed.

The testing consists of a 30 day training period and the final performance test. The testing includes evaluation of the interior qualities of the stallion, such as character, temperament, ability and willingness to work, as well as movement, jumping and performance abilities of the stallion. In the final testing, the stallions are judged for their basic gaits, their jumping ability, both free and under saddle, and for their performance while ridden cross country, according to standard rules and regulations

Procedure

In order to get a Lifetime Breeding License Pony stallions must finish the 30-Day Testing with with a score of at least 6.o and no individual score below 5.0. To compute the results the scores of all criteria will be taken into consideration and multiplied with certain factors. Theoretically each stallion starts with 100 points at the beginning of the testing. On each of its individual scores the stallion then gets plus or minus points, depending on the certain standard the testing is based on.

The computer program takes also into consideration the results of the previous testing prior to the current testing to compute a proper standard deviation.

Training Evaluation
Before the start of the final test, the training director of the testing will evaluate and score the stallions based on the 30-day training period in the following categories:

character
temperament
general ability to perform (health, hardiness, etc.)
willingness to work
general jumping aptitude (free jumping, stadium jumping, cross-country jumping)
basic gaits: walk, trot, canter
rideability

Performance test
The final test is performed before a commission of independently judging experts.
The final test includes the following sections:

Jumping aptitude under saddle
Evaluation of jumping aptitude under saddle over a set course of obstacles by two experts. The score for the stallion in this section is the total of the two individual scores divided by two.

Jumping aptitude free jumping
Two independently judging experts give two marks each, one for the stallions’ technique and one for its capability in free jumping. The score for the stallion in this section is the total of the two times two scores divided by four.

Rideabilility test
The stallions will be ridden in succession by three experts whose evaluation of their rideability will be made independently according to the requirements of at least a training level dressage test for which appropriate scores will be given. The score for each stallion in this section is the total of its scores given by each expert divided by three.

Basic gaits
Evaluated by three independently judging experts. In each pace, tAhe following will be ridden:

In addition all stallions will be shown under saddle in basic dressage. The score for each stallion in each individual pace is the total of the individual scores divided by three.

Cross-country test
All riders are given the same riding instructions and are admonished to check their time.

Time is taken merely for evaluation purposes so as to ensure that all stallions are stressed as equitably as possible.At least three independently judging experts evaluate the manner of galloping during the course and the stallion’s jumping technique. The score for each stallion is the total of all individual scores divided by three or four.

Hunt gallop 
Immediately following the crosscountry ride, the stallions are to be galloped at top speed over a distance of 1000 m. The time will be taken for statistical reasons only.

A veterinarian
will check pulse and respiration rate as well as the recovery time after the hunting gallop. The veterinarian will determine, if a stallion has considerable deficiencies in his circulatory system and/or cardiac disfunction.

The marks given
by the training director and the experts in the individual categories of the test are given on the basis of 1 to 10, no decimal scores are permitted. Weighting of the test sections

Equation of marks given by
Training Director Experts
Character 5% Rideability 15%
Temperament 5% Freejumping 7,5%
Ability to work 5% Jumping under saddle 10%
Willingness to work 5% Basic Gaits
General Jumping aptitude 7,5% – walk 2,5%
Basic Gaits – trot 2,5%
- trot 2,5% – canter 2,5%
- walk 2,5% Cross-Country
- canter 2,5% Canter 5%
Rideabilility 15% jumping 5%
Total Score 50% Total Score 50%
The final index will be computed under consideration of the testing results of the two prior US testings. Four-year-old and older stallions willA be given an age handicap of 5 point deduction.

The test result for each individual stallion is final and – except for possible errors in computation – cannot be changed. Upon completion of the test, the results of each stallion will be given to the owner and published.
Dates + Location

The next 100-Day Testing, including the Short Test and the Pony Stallion Test will be held in 2007. It will be conducted by the Sporthorse Stallion Testing, LLC, a joint venture between ISR/OLD NA and the AHS.

The small number of stallions which were enrolled for the 2006 Stallion Performance Test enforced the decision to postpone the 100-Day Test to 2007 and include the stallions from the 2006 and an early 2007 inspection as well.
Location:
Like in 1998, 2002 and 2004 the location for the test will be Paxton Farm, Batavia, Ohio.
Directions to the farm:
From South: I-75 to I-275 East to exit 59B, then left onto Rt. 50/Milford. Right onto Route 131 and go about 6 miles. Right at 132. Farm is one mile on left.
From North: I-75 to I-275 East to exit 57. Go left onto Route 28 bypass. Right onto Wolfpen Road, then left onto Route 131. Right onto Route 132. Farm is one mile on left.

The new dates for the 100-Day Stallion Performance Test are:
August 3rd, 2007 – Start of the 100-Day Test training period
Sept. 22nd, 2007 – Intermediate presentation of the stallions
Oct. 12th, 2007 – Start of the Short Test and the Pony stallion Test

Tentative Schedule of the 2007 final testing:
Thursday, November 8, 2007
9.00 am Free Jumping (indoor)
1.00 pm Approval of Basic Gaits (hunt field)
4.00 pm Guest Rider Test (indoor)

Friday, November 9, 2007
9.00 am Dressage Presentation (outside or indoor)
1.00 pm Jumping under saddle (Guest rider test)
7.30 pm An Evening among Friends
Saturday, November 10, 2007
11.00 am Cross Country Test
Sunday, November 11, 2007
Final presentation of the stallions and Announcement of
the official results, Award presentation

Stallions in the Testings 2007

Underlined stallions have a Breeding License of ISR/Oldenburg N.A.

30 Day Test Ponies

Wildwych Eclipse
Connemara Pony Stallion, 2003
Glenormiston Flurry Knox-Wildwych Dreamtime/Aran Milano
Max and Lisa Gerdes
Browns Valley, CA

100 Day Test

AMADEUS
Oldenburg stallion, 2000
Argosy-Raja’s Ebony Queen/Rajamon
Paula Brito
Riverton, UT
BRAVO
Oldenburg stallion, 2004
Bugatti Hilltop*-Gauguin’s Idea*/Gauguin de Lully
Chris E. Misita
Cloverdale, CA

CONFETTI
Rhineland stallion, 2004
Conteur-Florenz*/Feuerfunke
E. Vanderploeg / D. Kokoshkin
Augusta, MI

FIELDING
Hanoverian stallion, 2004
Fred Astair-Lesley/Lessing
Kate Palmquist
Rockbridge Baths, VA

FUERST IMPRESSION
Hanoverian stallion, 2003
Fürst Heinrich-Roxana/Regazzoni
Angela Barilar
Chestertown, MD
GATSBY
Belgium stallion
Bill Wilton
McMinnville,OR

HIGHLIGHT
Hanoverian stallion, 2004
His Highness-Lauria/Lauries Crusador
Oak Hill Ranch
Folsom, LA

IMPARABLE
Oldenburg stallion, 2004
Impresario*-Pizzaz/Parabol*
Sara Patterson
Boise, ID
RAPTURE R*
Hanoverian stallion, 2001
Rotspon-Damaris/Donnerhall
Roberta & Ken Falk
Lexington, VA
REMY GJ
Swedish stallion, 2004
Rubignon-Ensenada/Exlibris
Tisha Green
Park City, UT
REUBEN SF
Oldenburg stallion, 2004
Regazzoni*-Tequini*/Frohwind*
Jane Sommers
Grass Valley, CA

RICHMOND HL
Hanoverian stallion, 2004
Rotspon-Davinia/Davignon
Lucile Mulky Broadley
Chapel Hill, NC
SARACEN
Oldenburg stallion, 2002
Scimitar-Damoiselle/Davignport
Michael & Jean Bitely
Bruceton Mills, WV
SIR WANABI
Hanoverian stallion, 2002
Santorini-Lily Germaine/Lortzing
Sandra Laprise
Alfred, ONT, CANADA

VINCA
Dutch stallion, 2002
Metall-Perennial/Idocus
Virginia Craley / Ginger Parker
Glen Rock, PA

WAMBERTO
Dutch stallion, 2003
Rousseau-Olinda*/Voltaire
Harmony Sporthorses
Kiowa, CO

WORTHY OPPONENT
Hanoverian stallion, 2003
Waikiki-Hoheit/Hohenstein
Dana Estes
Livermore, CA

Short Test

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Results

Results of the 2004 Sport Pony Stallion Testings

Pony Test
FS Daily Hero 76.25% XX XX
Art I Decked Out 66.33% XX XX
* Age handicap (5 points) for stallions of 5 years and older
Please be aware that the results of the different testing years are not comparable, because the deviation depends on