80 SIDELINES JANUARY 2013
FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE
By Dani Moritz
I
t all started with a dream -- a dream to produce
modern Warmbloods ft to compete in all English
disciplines.
The dream was that of the late Angela Barilar’s. And through
years of passion and dedication, her dream has endured the
hardest of times and has transpired into a hallmark of American
breeding -- High Point Hanoverians in Chestertown, Maryland.
High Point Hanoverians is home to four world-class stallions
-- Rosenthal, Sinatra Song, Furst Impression and Coeur d’ Amour
-- and a quality band of broodmares. They offer breeding, training,
young horse raising, lessons and services to help people fnd or
sell their horse.
Some of their stallions’ successes include: Sinatra Song
being the highest scoring three year-old Hanoverian stallion
at the Bundeschampionate; Furst Impression fnishing his 100-
day stallion testing at Paxton with a notable score of 122 points;
Rosenthal being selected as the USEF Number One Dressage
Breeding Stallion in 2007 and being the top producer of premium
GOV foals for North America; and Coeur d’ Amour being named
the Champion Stallion at Dressage at Devon 2012.
But despite Angela’s success, she wasn’t raised in the saddle.
In fact, her parents knew little about horses. Nonetheless, she
bought her frst horse when was she was 12 and began riding
Western. While attending Washington State, she switched gears
to eventing and competed through the preliminary level before
purchasing her frst stallion, Duellglanz, when he was three days
old.
Angela then purchased one imported flly named Gretchen
and, shortly after, Angela married her husband, John, and they
received their second Hanoverian yearling flly, Wishful, as a
wedding present from Angela’s parents. Both of these fllies later
became her foundation mares and began making her dream a
reality.
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High Point Hanoverians
High Point stallion
Coeur d’ Amour,
with his Champion
Ribbon at
Dressage at Devon
2012.
After meeting a trainer by the name of Klaus Schengber,
Angela and her new business partner set out to found High Point
Hanoverians, which quickly became a success. Among their many
achievements, Angela was named the Third USEF Dressage
Breeder of the Year for 2010.
But while 2010 marked a triumph for High Point Hanoverians, it
also marked a tragedy.
Angela was suddenly diagnosed with stage four brain cancer
and passed away July 31, 2010 -- leaving her dream to her
business partner, Klaus, her husband and her daughter, Larissa,
who was 18 at the time. “We put every effort into continuing my
Mom’s dream,” said Larissa. “The death of my mother has changed
our lives forever, but we have adjusted to our new normal life.”
At Angela’s request, her family hosted a celebration of life a
year after her death. According to Larissa, Angela was a very
positive and upbeat person and didn’t want any tears. They held it
during the Oldenburg inspection because that was one of Angela’s
favorite time of year.
The celebration was held at Angela’s Garden -- a garden
planted and built in memorial of the woman whose dream started
it all. During the celebration, Klaus gave a speech while holding
Wishful, one of Angela’s two foundation mares, and Larissa
released 50 butterfies to say goodbye to her mom’s gentle soul.
“The celebration was all we could have ever hoped for,” said
Larissa. “People had a great time. They told stories, they laughed,
they cried and stayed up well into the night. It was so ftting for
her.”
Angela’s Garden
-- a garden built
in memorial of the
woman whose
dream started it all.
High Point
Hanoverians:
A Dream
Come True
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