82 SIDELINES JANUARY 2013
FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE
Wishful passed away early this fall at the age of 27. “It felt like
the end of an era because the horses that my mom had started
with are gone now,” said Larissa.
Only 20 years old, Larissa has planted her feet frmly on the
ground at the farm and has partnered with Klaus to keep the
dream going. She works alongside Klaus training, breeding and
marketing for the farm, as well as with her dad, John, who handles
the books for the farm and a young man named Joe who began
working there after Angela’s passing. “The farm is run as a family
business and even though we are not all blood-related it seems
like we are,” said Klaus.
Larissa has learned so much more about the farm -- and about
her mom’s duties -- since Angela’s passing. “I was 18 when she
passed away so I just got out of school and still had a lot to learn,”
said Larissa. “Part of my job now is semen processing, shipping
and foal watch. In case of a problem, Klaus and I always foal the
mares out together”.
Along with keeping up with the farm, Larissa hopes to advance
her riding career. Like her mom, her passion is eventing but she
also hopes to learn more dressage and aspires to win a recently
added class at Dressage at Devon. The class, which is a three-
year old class that is judged under saddle and in hand, was
created in memorial of her mom. “We had a trophy made for her
called the Angela Barilar Memorial Trophy and I’d love to win that
one day,” said Larissa.
While Larissa is no ordinary 20 year-old, she wouldn’t trade it
for anything. Getting up at 6 in the morning on a daily basis, late
nights during the foaling season and basically being on call 24/7
is just a part of her life. “Honestly, I have had to grow up a lot in
the past couple of years,” said Larissa. “It’s defnitely a change of
pace for me but it’s something I had to grow up into. At this point
I enjoy every minute of it because every day brings change and
new challenges.”
Together, the High Point Hanoverian family keeps Angela’s
legacy going and, each day, more of Angela’s dream comes true.
“That was her plan for us, her dream [was] to have her daughter
follow in her footsteps,” Larissa said.
All photos by Larissa Barilar, unless noted
High Point stallion Rosenthal, a 1998 16.3 hand Black
Hanoverian (Rubinstein/Karon / Woermann). In 2007 he was the
#1 USEF Dressage Breeding Stallion.
Photo by Angela Barilar
Presenting the Angela
Barilar Memorial Trophy
at Dressage at Devon
2012. John Barilar holds
the trophy while Larissa,
Angela’s daughter holds her
mother’s dog Puckie, while
Angela’s business partner
Klaus Schengber stands
next to her.
Photo by Nancy Miller