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Heidi's Current Horses:
Mon Cheri
1992 imported Danish Warmblood mare
owned by Ruby Properties
and Stellar Sporthorses
Heidi began riding Cheri is April 2006. At their first show, they won the FEI Test of Choice with a 69% in Intermediaire I. Last winter, they had 3 top ten finishes in High Performance FEI classes in Florida, in addition to winning the Intermediaire I Freestyle Open class at both the Gold Coast Opener (Revisited) and the Wellington Classic Dressage Challenge II. They moved up to Intermediaire II in May 2007, and finished 26th in the USDF Horse of the Year standings, 1st in the North American Danish Warmblood Association standings and won the Midwest Championships. Watch for Heidi and Cheri at Grand Prix this winter in Florida!
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Stardancer
2001 imported Zweibrucken mare
owned by Stellar Sporthorses
Heidi's mom, Judy Hansen, purchased Stella as a green broke 3-year-old from Solomon Farm, for Heidi to train and compete. These plans were put on hold once they learned that Stella was pregnant (Solomon Farm had bred her to their Donnerhall son, Der Graf but thought it didn't take, see Dancer's Surprise, below). After returning to work in winter 2005, Stella made her show debut at Dressage at Lamplight in August 2006, winning the Mare Materiale class. Also in 2006, she was named the USDF West Central Breeders' Championships Grand Champion Mare, and finished 5th in the USDF Horse of the Year standings for 4 & 5-year-old mare materiale. In 2007, she had 4 wins at Training & First Level in Florida and won NDA Reserve Horse of the Year.
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Le Mode
1999 imported Zweibrucken stallion
owned by Solomon Farm
Le Mode was Reserve Champion of the 2001 Rheinland Pfalz Saar keuring in Germany. Heidi started riding Mode in December 2005 and has successfully competed him through Fourth Level. Mode will be traveling to Florida this winter and Heidi plans to compete him in the Developing Horse Prix St. Georges division.
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Donna Karan
1997 Oldenburg mare
owned by Ruby Properties
Heidi purchased Donna as a green broke 3-year-old from Brandywine Farm in Minnesota. They placed 7th in the 2002 US Central Selection Trials for the World Breeding Championships in the FEI Five-Year-Old class. Also in 2002, they ranked 18th in the country at First Level. In 2003, they ranked 8th in the country at Third Level/FEI Six-Year-Old. Heidi has successfully competed Donna through Prix St. Georges. In 2007, junior rider Chelsea Bendorf showed Donna at First and Second Level and they have plans to show Third Level in 2008.
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Dancer's Surprise (Celeste)
2005 Rheinland Pfalz Saar filly
owned by Stellar Sporthorses
Stardancer's gold premium filly, Celeste, was high scoring filly at her keuring, scoring 8.6 on movement and 8.4 overall. As a 2-year-old, she is already 16.2h and has been lightly started under saddle. She will spend the winter being a horse, living outside with her "sister" Emma (below) at Missy Fladland's home, before she starts her training next summer.
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L'Emmanuelle
2006 Rheinland Pfalz Saar filly
owned by Stellar Sporthorses
bred by Solomon Farm
Emma, by Le Mode (see above), was high scoring filly of her keuring, scoring 9.2 on type and 8.6 overall. She was shown in-hand this summer, qualifying for the USDF West Central Breeders' Championships, placing 23rd in the USDF Horse of the Year standings for yearling fillies and second in the Rheinland Pfalz Saar Intl. standings for yearling fillies.
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Heidi's Past Horses:
Bold Contender
1985 Friesian mare
owned by Alexsandria Hunter
Heidi first rode "Jelsche" in 1993, being name Central States DCTA Fourth Level Champions when Heidi was only 15 years old. Heidi was reunited with Jelsche in 1998, when the pair represented Region 4 at the North American Young Rider Championships. They also won the Region 4 Championships at Prix St. Georges and Intermediaire I (Jr/YR), and placed third in the USDF Intermediaire I Jr/YR standings and fourth in the USDF Prix St. Georges Jr/YR standings.
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Emcee
1984 imported Hanoverian gelding
In 1997, Heidi and Emcee won the Young Rider Team Test at CDI Raleigh and placed second in the Young Rider Individual Test at the USET Festival of Champions in Gladstone, NJ. They also represented Region 1 at the North American Young Rider Championships.
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Epona
1977 imported Holsteiner mare
owned by Heidi Basler
In 1994, Heidi competed in her first NAYRC as the sole representative from Region 4 and placed 11th individually. Also that year, they won the USDF Region 4 Championships at Fourth Level and Prix St. Georges (Jr/YR). Heidi again qualified for NAYRC in 1995 but chose not to compete as she was starting college the week after the competition. In 1996, she and Epona returned to NAYRC, this time on the Region 4 team which won the Bronze medal and Heidi finished 8th individually. Heidi competed Epona through Intermediaire I before retiring her in 1997.
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Baby Grand (Grethel)
1982 imported Hanoverian mare
owned by Judith Hansen
Heidi's mom purchased Grethel as a green broke 4-year-old. Four years later, Heidi took over the ride and successfully competed her through Second Level. Grethel had one foal, Freya, by the Oldenburg stallion, Fascination.
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Glen Mar Chipper
1969 Half-Arabian gelding
owned by Heidi Basler
Heidi and her first horse Chipper spent many years participating in the Cornhusker Pony Club and showing lower-level dressage. From 1987-1989, Heidi was named the NDA Training Level Junior 11 & Under Champion and in 1989, Chipper won the NDA Training Level Horse of the Year (against all Open horses).