HORSES
AMERICAN BRED
“A Little Rocket” Henrietta is a budding superstar in the jumper ring for Cypress Point Stables & Platinum Capital Management LLC WORDS: TORI
SHEEHAN
PHOTOS: ANDREW
RYBACK PHOTOGRAPHY
S Team Henrietta, celebrating a successful horse show day
42 THE PLAID HORSE February 2022
OEHNKE THEYMANN takes pride in the journey of important things. He’s worked riding, training, and developing countless horses in his career. He knows that while the process is rewarding in and of itself, some horses have a knack for reminding him why he loves what he does. “I have had a lot of young horses,” Theymann says. “But one like this, that’s consistent and that’s top three every time she goes in the ring—it’s pretty rare to find. It’s very, very exciting.” He’s talking about 6-year-old American Holsteiner Henrietta (Contefino—O Black Cherry). Henrietta was born in California, owned and bred by Thea and Peter Sprecher’s Platinum Capital Management LLC. She’s claimed top finishes in
