2020 PERPETUAL TROPHIES
Champion ROCKELLE
HIGH TIME PHOTOGRAPHY
(Rotspon-Wiesling/Wolkentanz I) Owner/Breeder: Angela Mirarchi, Browns Summit, NC
The Engler-Friedlander and the Hartwig Memorial Trophy Rockelle achieves highest Mare Performance Test score
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n July of 1998, the American Hanoverian Society saw the passing of two of its most prominent members in former President Hermann Friedlaender and long-time board member Dr. Reto Engler. Each in his own way served the Society with distinction for many years. That fall, John and Tracy Weyl, owners of Maplewood Farm in Lexington, Kentucky, approached the AHS with a generous offer to memorialize Mr. Friedlaender and Dr. Engler through the creation and donation to the Society of a unique perpetual trophy. Created by world-renowned artist Karen Kasper, the Engler-Friedlaender Memorial Trophy is a one-of-a-kind work of art. At the specific request of Mr. and Mrs. Weyl, the trophy is awarded each year to the Hanoverian mare that achieves the highest Mare Performance Test score during the annual inspections. Each year, the AHS awards the Dr. Hartwig Prize to the best North Americanbred young Hanoverian mare. The award is limited to 3- and 4-year-old registered mares, conceived and foaled in the United 14
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States or Canada. The winner is determined by combining each mare’s scores from her studbook inspection and mare performance test, with mares 3-years-of-age having .4 point added to the final total.
IN 2019, ROCKELLE WON THE BARI VON BUEDINGEN MEMORIAL TROPHY by having the highest AHS inspection score of the year (8.33). In 2020, she won the EnglerFriedlander Memorial Trophy by achieving the highest Mare Performance Test score of the year (7.83) during the annual inspections. As a result of her impressive scores in both the inspection and mare performance test, she also won the Hartwig Memorial Trophy which honors the top 3- and 4-year-old registered mares, conceived and foaled in the US or Canada. The winner is determined by combining each mare’s scores from her studbook inspection and mare performance test, with mares 3-years of
age having .4 added to the final total. Rockelle’s owner, Angie Mirarchi, has had an incredibly special relationship with her mare since birth. Though she may not always understand what’s being asked, “Rockelle tries her heart out and completely trusts me”. When her trainer, Susan Hopkins, broke her arm in February this special relationship allowed Angie to feel comfortable getting on Rockelle as a 3 ½ year old until Susan was out of her cast. As a nurse anesthetist, 2020 was a rough year filled with incredible barriers for Angie. Covid had a life changing impact on her and her work requirements. For the first half of the year, it was hard to plan anything from day to day, let alone horse activities. Not only was it difficult to schedule and plan anything, but she was concerned about everyone’s health and safety around her. Rockelle’s journey and awards have been very special to both Angie and Susan and they feel “it’s a miracle we got it done”.
