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Fidermark

Born 1992 died 2003, 166 cm

Breeder - Wilhelm Hage

Furioso II

Fidelio Laura

Florestan I Rheingold

Raute Gode

Fidermark
Wendekreis

Werther
Meisterkrone

Watonga
Einblick

Elfe
Lassia

Right from the start, Fidermark was a star. He was the reserve champion of the 1994 Westfalien Stallion licensing, and then the following year, was the winner of the Performance Test with 141.74 points at Warendorf. And the year after that he won the four year old stallion class at the Bundeschampionate! He achieved all this with the state stud rider, Michael Farwick.
When some of the Westfalien stallions went to train with German dressage trainer, Johan Hinnemann, the ride on Fidermark was given to the 23-year old Dutch rider, Marlies Van Baalen, daughter of Coby van Baalen, a long time rider with Hinnemann. It was about this time that the joke went round, what do the letters, NRW (the correct abbreviation for the breeding area North Rhine-Westaphalia) stand for? Netherlands Riding Westfaliens, came the answer…
Fidermark was by that stalwart of Westfalien breeding, Florestan. His dam, Watonga is by the Hanoverian ‘trot maker’ Werther. Mated with Power she produced Palegro, a licensed stallion who represented Westphalia at the German Showjumping championships.
With Marlies van Baalen in the saddle, Fidermark qualified for the 2000 Nurnberg Burgpokal Finals, and went on to compete at Grand Prix level. In his way-too-short period of time at stud, Fidermark produced an astonishing number of excellent progeny – stamping himself as the best son of Florestan
“Fidermark - that for me is the perfect horse. He is pretty, you saw him ridden by a twenty year old girl, doing all the Grand Prix movements, and he produces really good offspring," said Jo Hinnemann
At the time of his death, Fidermark had produced 21 licensed sons, including Fürst Piccolo (Westfalien licensing winner in 1999, and performance test winner the following year), Feinsinn, Fiderwind, and Fiano.
His gelding son Furst Fabio won 3-year old at the Bundeschampionate before moving to the United States with his owner, Cesar Parra... but not before Hubertus Schmidt who trained the horse said he was the best he had ridden. Fidermark also sired the auction highlight Farwick, who was sold to Rudolf Zeilinger for 160,000 €.
More recently, the stallion, Farewell III won the 2007 Six Year old dressage championship at the Bundeschampionate, after being 2nd in the 3 year old stallion class, 4th in the Four year olds, and a finalist in the 5 Year Old Dressage class. Fidertanz won the 2004 Westfalien stallion licensing, and then the performance test, and was reserve champion at the Bundeschampionate. Another Fidermark son, Falsterbo is about to compete in Grand Prix dressage after successful appearances on the small tour.