Nadine Plaster and Simon Kohlenbrenner have obtained ownership of Shiva S the mare that took Plaster to a third place in the 2024 Louisdor Cup Finals Shiva S is a 10-year old Westfalian mare by Sir Heinrich x Furst Grandios Elmar Fischer bought Shiva S at the 2018 Westfalian autumn elite auction for 44,000 euro Shiva was first competed by Ann-Christin Wienkamp in 2018 before Plaster took her over in 2019 and produced her to Grand Prix level At the 2020 Bundeschampionate they were 7th in the 5-year old consolation final and at the 2021 Bundeschampionate they were 27th in the 6-year old qualifier round They represented Germany at the 2022 World Young Horse Championships in Ermelo finishing 10th in the 7-year old consolation finals They moved to medium tour level in May 2023 and did their first Grand Prix test in August that year in Donzdorf in October 2024 they made their international show debut at Grand Prix level in Troisdorf The pair qualified for the 2024 Louisdor Cup finals on familiar turf  in Donzdorf At the finals in Frankfurt Plaster and Shiva moved from a 9th place in the warm-up round (68.383%) to the bronze medal position in the Final with  69.720% At the start of February Nadine Plaster's life partner Simon Kohlenbrenner announced that the couple has bought Shiva with their company Pferd24 The bay mare has been competed under the names Shiva S Photo © Stefan Lafrentz Related LinksSir Hubert, Top Seller at the 2018 Westfalian Autumn Elite AuctionHarnisch and Sheldon Cooper Win 2024 Louisdor Cup Finals Stalls for Rent at Durondeau Dressage in Peer, Belgium Exceptionally Well Located Equestrian Facility in Wellington, Florida Well-built Equestrian Estate With Multiple Business Opportunities in Sweden Stable Units for Rent at Lotje Schoots' Equestrian Center in Houten (NED) For Rent: Several Apartments and Stable Wing at High-End Equestrian Facility Stable Wing Available at Reiterhof Wensing on Dutch/German border Real Estate: Well-Appointed Country House with Extensive Equestrian Facility in the U.K. Rémi Blot Login For assistance please contact Our Customer Service on: Tel: +44(0)20 8955 7020. Email: musicweek@abacusemedia.com Please enter your email so we can send you password reset link An email has been sent to you containing a link to reset your password Atomic Fire is the latest chapter in the history of metal label Nuclear Blast The new label’s signings include Helloween will share CEO and label management roles.  The label’s headquarters are in the town of Donzdorf in southern Germany which will be the site of a meeting point for metal fans There are also international offices in the USA (director: Liz Ciavarella-Brenner) Italy (Barbara Francone) and Spain (Sergi Ramos) Atomic Fire will look after the roster of the label Reaper Entertainment For more stories like this, and to keep up to date with all our market leading news, features and analysis, sign up to receive our daily Morning Briefing newsletter You are using an outdated browser. Upgrade your browser today or install Google Chrome Frame to better experience this site This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page Asif Salam of SoundShock.com recently travelled to the Nuclear Blast Records headquarters in Donzdorf where he interviewed the label's vice president and A&R representative/product manager Jaap Waagemaker staff and operations in Los Angeles via a successful and long-running production and distribution deal with The Century Family Century Media currently maintains a distribution deal with Caroline/EMI which it manages for Nuclear Blast under the arrangement Artists currently signed to Nuclear Blast include EXODUS the founder of stallion station and brood farm Gestut Birkhof in Donzdorf Casper was one of the first stallion owners who privately owned and stood stallions at stud in Baden Wurttemberg aside from the state stud He began keeping stallions in 1972 and bought his first As a 14-year old boy Alfred Casper and his parents were forced to flee during the second World War They hid/lived in a chicken coop for a time He heard that there was work to be found in Baden Wurttemberg and moved to Donzdorf to work for Count Rechberg He married Eleonore and bought his first mare which was up for slaughter because of a broken leg Alfred took over the Thoroughbred stallion Heraldik xx from Count Rechberg and it became the foundation sire at Birkhof Heraldik produced a string of highly successful international eventing and dressage horses (Ekwador He sired Ingrid Klimke's Abraxxas and is the dam sire to Michael Jung's Sam Alfred Casper was decorated for his life time achievements with the Baden Wurttemberg Golden State Medal Alfred passed away at home on 1 December after a long illness and several hospitalizations The 5-year old Brooklyn and the 6-year old D'Alessandro became the winners of the Bundeschampionate qualification classes held at the regional show in Olfen-Vinnum on Thursday 6 August 2020 Selectric was on point and scored 8.1 to tie in second place with barn mare By Your Side yet 6.5 for submission but 8.0 for general impression Warendorf's Hanoverian stallion By Your Side (by Benicio x Dancier) scored 8.1 after receiving 8 for walk 7.5 for submission and 8 for general impression Ten pairs competed in the M-level class for 6-year olds and Spanish Ivan Nieto Sanchez aced the class aboard Equus Invest's Hanoverian stallion D'Alessandro (by Don Frederic  x Stedinger) The pair has already qualified for Warendorf at Hof Bettenrode in July but went for more ring experience in Vinnum  7.5 for submission and 8.5 for general impression Nele Lübbehusen and Warendorf's Westfalian stallion Velvet (by Van Vivaldi x Fidermark) were second with 8.0 Photo © LL-foto Results - 2020 Bundeschampionate Qualifier - Olfen-Vinnum „The Graf” takes it: Grafenstolz TSF will be awarded the title of 2016 Trakehner Stallion of the Year at the 54th Trakehner Stallion Market from 20th to 23rd October in Neumünster’s Holstenhallen The dark bay Trakehner stallion by Polarion out of Gipsy Lady by Camelot-Arogno is a combination of everything that makes the perfect Trakehner - performance capability and motivation will receive his title on Saturday 22nd October at the Gala Evening of the Trakehner Association World class rider Michael Jung in the saddle Grafenstolz’s rider and trainer was none other than Michael Jung (Horb) a true star rider - double Olympic champion World and European Champion and Eventing Grand Slam winner Grafenstolz TSF went on to secure bronze in the German Eventing Championships international three-star placings and three two-star victories He was quite the sensation in Marbach and indeed in Compiegne in France In 2015 Grafenstolz won particular acclaim in breeding circles: In the World Breeding Federation’s list of sport horses Grafenstolz TSF stormed straight to 15th place The offspring of this Trakehner stallion come from all warmblood breeds as he is relied upon as a sire not only for the Trakehner region but also for the Hannoverian as well as international breeding regions in countries such as Sweden And British Trakehner breeders in particular like using “The Graf” as a sire It’s no wonder then that Grafenstolz is regularly the father of foal championship winners and that sometimes up to half of the final collections of national foal championships are offspring of Grafenstolz In 2013 ten of the 40 final foals were his children In 2015 three of Grafenstolz’s offspring stood out: one son was runner up of the five-year-old horses in Great Britain whilst in France “The Graf” provided both the champion five-year-old horse and the European Junior Champion The offspring of the Trakehner Stallion of the Year have also caused a stir in the sporting world: A recent example is Saviola a daughter of Grafenstolz and Salome IX by jumping horse producer Abdullah Saviola hails from Kurt Weschke’s stud and belongs to her rider Maja Kozian-Fleck (Felde) In May 2016 this dream team won the three-star eventing in Baborówko/ Poland and were promptly called up by German national coaches Hans Melzer and Chris Bartle to be part of their German eventing B squad.. 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