Van Deyk
Hanoverian, * 2006
Dark brown gelding
Breeder: Heinrich Wecke, Stadthagen
Owner: BG Gabriele Kippert u. Eva-Maria Mann
Showtime FRH or “Showi”, as we call it, is the neighbor of Forward Looking at Gestüt St. Stephan. I would describe his character as positively shy. He has almost limitless possibilities and really does everything for his rider. He is always motivated, wants to do everything right and learns very quickly.
Showtime FRH was brought into the sport by Bernd Gebhardt and joined us at the age of four, whereby my rider Kim Arjes first rode him to victories in A-level dressage horse tests.
2011 Showtime was placed seventh in dressage horses world championships and ranked eleventh in national championships finals, after rank three in qualification. As a six years-old, following victories in medium-level dressage tests, he was again qualified for the finals in Warendorf and took sixth place.
2013 Showtime FRH won the qualification for Nürnberger Burg-Pokal in Neu-Anspach and ranked fifth in Frankfurt finals, after victory in opening competition.
In 2015 his breakthrough in the Grand Prix class started with a very special highlight: our victory in the Grand Prix Special at Munich Indoors with more than 80 percent. In December 2015 Showtime FRH was nominated for the national team.
And then everything happened very quickly. In 2016, Showtime FRH won the Grand Prix Freestyle in Munich with 84.30 percent, took gold at the DM in Balve, was called up for the Olympic selection, won the Aachen Nations' Cup and represented Germany at the Olympic Games in Rio/BRA. There we secured team gold and finished sixth in the freestyle.
After an injury and a very careful reconstruction, Showi made a grand return in the arena. In Aachen 2019, he piaffed and, above all, passaged himself into a new dimension, came in a close second, and at the European Championships in Rotterdam/NED, in addition to team gold, he won his (and my) first individual (silver) championship medal. In the freestyle we even cracked the 90 percent mark!
After the Corona-related postponement of the Olympic Games and the win of DM double bronze, we were again called to the German team for Tokyo 2021. In 2022 Showi won the Grand Prix Special in Balve with a score of 83.686 percent: German Championship gold number three!
In 2023, he made a comeback in the arena with a fantastic double victory in the Wiesbaden Special Tour.
Top fit Showtime FRH was retired from the sport at the end of 2023 as part of the Frankfurt International Festhalle Riding Tournament.
Showtime FRH descends, like Sisters Act, from the Oldenburg Sandro Hit.
His dam Rosaria Alpina brought also at Hanoverian auction sold Humphrey (by Hotline) und Lanimed (by Lauries Crusador xx). With the dam-sire Rotspon the rideability -sire Rubinstein contributes the pedigree. Granddam Dolores is half-sister to Monique (by Matcho AA), who is dam of licensed Rock Brasiliano (by Riccione) and of medium level dressage horse Donar (by Donnerhall). In third and fourth generation there are Donnerhall and Pik Bube I.
Showtime is a member of the Hanoverian Sport Promotion Team and bears the additional name FRH.
