A FAMILY TRADITION
SINCE 1660 HORSES HAVE BEEN OUR TRUSTWORTHY COMPANIONS THROUGHOUT THE CENTURIES ACROSS EUROPE
INTERVIEW WITH PATRICIA VON FREYMANN
A THREE CENTURIES OLD TIMELESS PASSION
SINCE IT'S FOUNDER OUR FAMILY BELONGS TO THE SWEDISH CAVALRY AND MILITARY TRADITION SO IT'S HISTORY WAS ESSENTIALLY INTERTWINED WITH HORSES AND THE ART OF RIDING. EVEN IN MORE RECENT TIMES IN THE 1930S WHEN MACHINES HAD LONG TAKEN OVER ANIMALS FOR WORK AND TRANSPORTATION MY GRANDPARENTS ERNST FELIX V. FREYMANN AND EBBA MARGARETHA DE PERS VARMO, RENOVATED THE OLD CAVALRY BARRACKS ESTABLISHED IN 1550 IN THE OUTSKIRTS OF HELSINKI INTO BACKBY, THEIR COUNTRY HOUSE NEAR HELSINKI WHERE IN THE 100 ACRES OF LAND AND LAKES THEY BUILT A STABLE TO ACCOMODATE UP TO 40 HANOVERIAN HORSES.
AN AMBITIOUS PROJECT
IN 1998, MY HORSE RIDER AND ENTHUSIAST HUSBAND AND I CHOSE TO MOVE OUT OF THE CITY IN THE COUNTRYSIDE NORTH OF ROME TO RECREATE A COUNTRYHOUSE WITH ENOUGH ROOM TO ACCOMODATE A STABLE AND TRAINING FACILITIES
BREEDING HANOVERIAN HORSES, A TRADITION OF HIGH QUALITY
IT ALL STARTED WITH MY HUSBAND DANIELE'S PASSION FOR BREEDING HIGH QUALITY SHOWJUMPERS, SO WE WENT VISITING THE BEST STABLES AND BREEDS IN GERMANY TO UNDERSTAND THE SECRETS OF THEIR METHOD. FINALLY IN 2003 WE BOUGHT THE FIRST GROUP OF MARES MAKING SURE THEY ALL BELONGED TO THE HANNOVERANER JUMPING BREEDING PROGRAMME (PHS), AND A STALLION BORN BY THE LEGENDARY STAKKATO, LATER SELECTED TO TAKE PART IN THE STALLION LICENSING (KOERUNG) THROUGH SEVERE PERFORMANCE TESTS
A SUCCESSFUL PRODUCTION
OUR MARES' EXTRAORDINARY TALENT COUPLED WITH THE BEST SIRES IN BREEDING GAVE BIRTH TO BRILLIANT PERFORMERS. I' D LIKE TO NAME A FEW :CANDY GIRL, (CALIDO-STAKKATO) SUCCESSFUL IN SHOWJUMPING UP TO CSI***, CASSUS BLU (CASSUS-CALIDO) WHO TOOK PART IN THE EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS FOR JUNIOR RIDERS IN SHOWJUMPING, CANDY BLU (CANTURO- STAKKATO) COMPETING INTERNATIONALLY IN EVENTING UP TO CCI** , OUR STALLION BALUBLU FROM BALOU DU ROUET -STAKKATO), AND THE YOUNG CAROL (CANSTAKKO-BALOU DU ROUET) ALREADY COMPETING IN CSI LEVEL
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