I just adore Arabs. (It's too bad their human counterparts appear to have none of the same attributes but I digress.) Who knows maybe someday my mare will be bred to a big ole' Trakehner cremello. That cross might be very interesting down here. They like the more muscular horses, Arabs are a bit delicate for our cowboys.
Great photos, thanks again.
By the way, I found that cremello purely by accident when I was posting a horse for sale for a friend. I just saw his picture, clicked on it and sure enough it was a Trackhner. I was like, whoa! Where have I heard of that breed........?
When it came time for Henkell to be introduced to tack and rider, I sentt him to a local cowboy who has a nice colt starting and auction prep business. He preps horses for folks like D. Wayne Lucas including starting them for the track.
He just fell in love with Henkell. He has some really good assistants and they usually are the ones that ride the young colts, but he started Henkell himself. He doesn't say much so when he does say something, it carries a lot of weight. He pronounced Henkell a good horse, although, the first time he went in the stall to halter him, they had to rope Henkell to catch him. He didn't know who the heck these guys were so wasn't going to let them catch him.
Trakehers are very tough horses, both mentally and physicially. Check out this link for their history:
http://www.trakehners-international.com/history.html. During WWII, the breed was nearly wiped out.