{"id":3154,"date":"2020-03-24T13:40:00","date_gmt":"2020-03-24T12:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/neu.hestasaga.com\/2019\/07\/11\/die-schwarze-koenigin\/"},"modified":"2020-03-27T12:13:17","modified_gmt":"2020-03-27T11:13:17","slug":"die-schwarze-koenigin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hestasaga.com\/en\/2020\/03\/24\/die-schwarze-koenigin\/","title":{"rendered":"The Black Queen"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A courageous decision saves from financial losses and leads to the realization of a dream.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Hrefna Mar\u00eda’s mother R\u00f3sa Valdimarsd\u00f3ttir is the proud owner of the stallion \u00cdkon fr\u00e1 H\u00e1koti (F: T\u00f6fri fr\u00e1 Kjartansst\u00f6\u00f0um)<\/strong>, with whom she competes successfully at many shows and who is of course the best horse in the world for her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since R\u00f3sa is sooo enthusiastic about her stallion, she absolutely wanted to buy another offspring from him. Her daughter and her niece Sara \u00c1st\u00fe\u00f3rsd\u00f3ttir did not understand her, because at their jointly owned breeding farm \u00c1lfh\u00f3lar many beautiful foals are born every year and trained to become great riding, sport and breeding horses. They simply called R\u00f3sa’s plans completely crazy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, R\u00f3sa did not let herself be deterred and finally found the, then 2-year-old, Kolka at the breeder of \u00cdkon. In order to acquire the mare, R\u00f3sa sold her securities which she had deposited in an Icelandic bank. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This was to be the first stroke of luck in the history of Kolka, because shortly after the purchase the Icelandic bank crisis occurred and the securities would have been worthless – but now, R\u00f3sa had this young mare instead. A good investment?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kolka stayed with her breeders for her upbringing and when she reached the age where her training could begin, Hrefna Mar\u00eda was to take Kolka into training. She was absolutely not enthusiastic about it, because she had enough young horses from her own breeding and many training horses of her customers which she had to take care of. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The crazy idea of her mother did not fit into her schedule at all. However, when she saw Kolka for the first time when she was picked up from the breeder and her beautiful exterior and good gaits were obvious, she just asked: “Oh! Is that really my mother’s mare? Okay, I’ll take her!” From now on not a word was said about R\u00f3sa’s “crazy” purchase.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kolka developed excellently in training and this gave rise to ever greater hopes. In May 2011, she was presented at her first breeding show. R\u00f3sa and Hrefna Mar\u00eda were very nervous, because they wondered of course if the judges would share their enthusiasm about Kolka. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But they did not have to worry: Kolka qualified for Landsm\u00f3t 2011 with excellent scores of 8.39 for conformation, 8.5 for riding ability and 8.46 overall as the leading 5-year old mare. And the triumphal procession continued \u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the Landsm\u00f3t, the black queen, as she has been called by everyone in the meantime, extended her lead in the classification of 5-year-old mares even further and won the winner’s cup with an impressive performance and an overall score of 8.51 (RE 8.58)! She was two tenths ahead of the second placed mare!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So the securities invested in Kolka were not only well invested, but also basically the jackpot was won.
A “crazy” idea had turned into the fulfilment of a dream!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sabine Hornung<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Kolka fr\u00e1 H\u00e1koti<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
born:<\/strong><\/td>Island 2006<\/td><\/tr>
FEIF-ID:<\/strong><\/td>IS2006286428<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Ancestry<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Father:
<\/strong>Ff.:
Fm.:<\/td>		\u00cdkon fr\u00e1 H\u00e1koti<\/strong>
\nT\u00f6fri fr\u00e1 Kjartansst\u00f6\u00f0um
\nBella fr\u00e1 Kirkjub\u00e6<\/td><\/tr>
Mother:
<\/strong>Mf.:
Mm.:<\/td>		Fr\u00e1 fr\u00e1 H\u00e1koti<\/strong>
\n\u00deorri fr\u00e1 \u00de\u00fafu
\nFeykja fr\u00e1 Hala<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Performance testing<\/strong> <\/td><\/tr>
2011:<\/strong><\/td>PRELIMINARIES LM<\/strong>
Confirmation: 8,39
Rideability: 8.50
Total: 8.46<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
2011:<\/strong><\/td>LANDSM\u00d3T<\/strong>
Confirmation: 8.39
Rideability: 8.58
Total: 8.51<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
 2014:<\/strong><\/td> LANDSM\u00d3T<\/strong>
Confirmation: 8.51
Rideability: 8.91
Gesamt: 8.75<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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The Black Queen<\/a><\/blockquote>