Logres' Halla

Ch. Trotyl De Black Shadow - Logres' Brentina

(Brentina is a linebred daughter of BIS CH. Brunswig's Cryptonite)

whelped July 6, 2007

Owned by mrs. Elizabeth Price

01/22/10

Stacked below by Carmen Pitts on Easter 2009

Halla above on April 1, 2009 and April 2, 2009

On the left is Halla's maternal grandfather - All Time Top Winning BIS CH. Brunswig's Cryptonite at 8 months. On the right Halla at 8 months with Kelly Marquis.

Halla is a baby, she has only been shown four times, in the Bred-by class by Elaine... on the 2008 Tarheel Circuit. Halla only had one other puppy in her class, and that was only on one of the four days... she has four blue ribbons. Even so, we're pleased with her. She will be going to Kelly Marquis in the future.

Halla at Christmas '07

——— ♦ ———

Logres' Halla is from a repeat breeding and is a full sister to Ch. Logres Warkant, Can CH. Logres' Voltaire, Can. Ch. Logres' Weihaiwej, Ch. Logres' Contender, Ch. Logres' Feinbrand, Contucci, and Wahajama (seen elsewhere on this website). Here below is Halla's pedigree.

Logres' Halla is named after the German Olympic Show jumper mare Halla, who was one of the greatest Olympic Show jumpers of all time. Halla was ridden by Hans-Günter Winkler. She is the only horse ever to win three Olympic Gold medals in the sport of show jumping. Halla was first discovered by the German Olympic committee. She was to be used in the Military, but was considered very difficult and changed riders several times. Despite her huge talent she remained unsuccessful. In 1951 she was taken over by the then rising star Hans-Günter Winkler. Halla, had already won back-to-back World Championships in show jumping when they competed at the 1956 Olympics in Stockholm. During the first round, Halla took off early for the penultimate fence. Winkler was thrown into the air, landed heavily back in the saddle and pulled a groin muscle. He knew that if he withdrew from the final round, the German team would be eliminated. In great pain, he rode anyway, but was unable to do much more than simply sit in the saddle. Germany's Olympic hopes depended on Halla. Amazingly, Halla completed the course without any assistance from Winker. For all practical purposes she negotiated the Olympic level course entirely on her own. Her flawless performance in the toughest imaginable competition earned Halla and Winkler gold in both the individual and team events and a place in Olympic history. Four years later, at the 1960 Olympics in Rome, Halla and Winkler led the German team to another victory. Together they won a total of 125 jumping competitions. Thus Halla stands as the horse with most gold medals from the Olympic Games in The Guinness Book of the Records. She retired from the sport on October 25, 1960 and went into the breeding farm, although Halla brought eight foals in to the world none was a champion like herself. Halla produced eight foals, and died on 19 May 1979 at the high age of 34 year

This site was last updated 01/06/10