Brands/Help- Anyone Recognize?

[pines4equines]

Hay

Angela: Arh, arh!

[Nootka]

here is another area brand site...

http://www.gestuet-falkenhorst.de/brands.htm what about the one in the hanover region?

[Carrera]

Looks like an up side down Hessan brand

[Angela Freda]

I could see it looking like the Hessen one or the Hannover region one, if the horse moved say and the middle bit got shifted mid press. But the circle in the pic Marli posted looks fairly clear, so the triangle in the middle is assumed 'clear' as well, right?

{Is there a technical term for when the brand comes out smudged or unclear because the animal moved?}

I dunno'... I do love a puzzle though!

[Trevelyan96]

here is another area brand site...

http://www.gestuet-falkenhorst.de/brands.htm what about the one in the hanover region?

There one in the bottom left of the Rhineland region as well that looks like a circle with a triangle.

[Angela Freda]

There one in the bottom left of the Rhineland region as well that looks like a circle with a triangle.

You're RIGHT!
That could totally be it.

On the sales ad search front... I am now madly in love with a slew of grey TBs all across the country.
Oy! Someone send me a lifetime supply of Quic Silver, and warn my husband!

[Marli]

There one in the bottom left of the Rhineland region as well that looks like a circle with a triangle.

Trev,

Yes, that does look like a distinct possibility. The horse is in quarantine now in Pa. Christy will see him tomorrow. I saw the horse up close and personal and when I looked closely at the brand 1) it's a pretty big circle considering the size of his rump 2) definately looked to me, of course having no experience in looking at brands- as a solid triangle inside the circle. That's the best way I can describe it. The triangle was black (pigment of the horses skin) as was the outline of the circle. Does that make sense? Now- *if* this is perhaps the brand, what does that make the horse by way of breed?

[Marli]

Okay, I'm on the phone w/Christy now. I had just had a conversation with her approx. 15 minutes ago and in that conversation she mentioned that there was an Oldenburg that sold through NH and brought $1900.00. Also, she was on the broker lot today, evaluating horses for this week and there is a branded American Trakener (sp?) gelding there. He is branded. She just put the pictures of him up

http://www.ac4h.com/BrokerOwned2.htm [2nd horse down. Papers are coming for this gelding]

Also- just about 30 days ago, Christy saved another part Trakener. A copy of her papers are with her. She's still in quarantine. Pictures here-

http://www.ac4h.com/ac4hquarantine.htm [scroll down to horse named Leggacy/colt already is placed]

[Angela Freda]

Marli your first 2 links aren't working.

Did/can you ask Christy to look at this guys teeth to get an age estimate? Look for other distinguishing marks- lumpy legs, scars, etc? if his skin is dark, are there any markings?

I'm looking at sales ads. Man there are so many greys.
My thought is he *could* be a nicely bred horse a la Dux/November Rain.
Age, even a guesstimate range, would really help

you said he's super sweet, nice right?

[Marli]

Christy's gonna take a look at his teeth tomorrow when she sees him. We were told that he's 12 or 13. He has a noticeable scar, also on his left rump near his tail head, looks to be maybe 3 inches in length. You can barely see it on the closeup of his brand picture (look higher near his tail head). Other than that I did not see any other scars or types of injuries. I felt down the back of both his front tendons, they're tight, no heat, no problems. He trotted out of the barn sound and didn't move like a workhorse. He's got super nice feet on him, looks like they were recently done. Like I said earlier- the meatman told Christy and I that the horse sold through a sale by a girl that had lost her job and she could afford the horse any longer, there isn't anything wrong with him. That's all we know.

[Angela Freda]

Like I said earlier- the meatman told Christy and I that the horse sold through a sale by a girl that had lost her job and she could afford the horse any longer, there isn't anything wrong with him. That's all we know.

Exactly what makes me think there might be an online ad out there for him....if he'd been mine I would have tried to sell him first before sending him to an auction... maybe she did and buyer took him to auction?
Wait. Was he at the auction or did broker buy him from the girl?

[Marli]

He's doning a sale tag way up on his saddling area. Have no idea what sale. I tried searching sale ads too but I had no idea on what type of horse to search for! It is entirely possible that the horse sold to someone else and that person took him to the sale due to finances. Who knows!

[Angela Freda]

Marli did you think he looked like he had been clipped recently [last few months]?
I found a Hessen with pics in Jan of '09 not clipped, then clipped

[Watermark Farm]

If you think he might possibly be a former PMU horse, contact NAERIC (North American Equine Ranching Information Council) via **phone** and ask them to check their brand database. They have been very helpful to me in the past when researching PMU brands.

[silver2]

I would bet money he's an old type Hannoverian. In the late 80s/ early 90s I worked for a German woman who imported and bred them and that triangular rump/ tailset + the size + his head + the overall "look" is identical to her horses. They were mostly G line and old fashioned type even then. I don't know the exact brand but I'd send it to the Hannoverian society and ask them and I bet they can tell you.

Lucky you for getting him at the sale: those were some really, really nice horses. Some of the nicest I have ever sat on.

[cloudyandcallie]

The Hessen brand is an H with part of a circle but with no connection below the H. And a Dot. If he is a Hessen and if he was not branded premium, he might have that brand. But he should also have 2 digits of his life # under the brand.

[Angela Freda]

News?
Update?

[amoore]

Does he have any other brands or numbers? Check on the neck under the mane- left side. Also check near the wither, on the cheek, & in the mouth.

He does look very warmbloodish- older style as someone else mentioned.

Is AC4H going to offer him for sale/adoption?

[feather river]

That's no where anything like either a Hessen brand or a Hano brand. Not even close. I don't see any brand in my WBFSH book that looks remotely like that.

And who is the Darth Vader look alike in the other photo? Was this a Halloween photo?

[Marli]

Okay- for all of you that asked for an update:

The grey gelding is now listed on the Broker Owned pages (page 3). Christy has a couple videos of him, this is just one

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xt2AJ0D3seo

I was on the phone while Christy was at the farm evaluating him along with the Mennonite gal that does the riding. She rode him bareback and when she first asked him to canter by cueing with her heel (nudge to pick up the canter), he didn't like it. I told Christy to convey to her to give cues to him by pressure from the inside of her thighs and calves and to sit deep in her seat- he immediately responded and very nicely did what she asked. Christy didn't have anything along to stick him for size, but he's approx. 17.1 hds. This is a really nice fella!

He's on this page, last one at the bottom-

http://www.ac4h.com/BrokerOwned3.htm