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1949-1978
When Gotthard was approved in 1951 he received little attention. As a mature stallion he was a real personality with a grand exterior significant and full of expression in every respect. Initially however, few breeders had any sympathy for this ?ugly duckling?.
His first great top quality horse was Gerd Wiltfang?s Goldika 3, who was out of a Mecklenburg mare without pedigree papers. Numerous others followed: Gonzales 3 / Lutz Merkel, Galipolis /Gerd Wiltfang, Gonzales 18 / Georg Ahlmann, Queensway Big Q / Harvey Smith, Goldfink 10 / Gary Gillespie, Golden Gate 4 / Otto Becker, Graf Sieno / Ulrich Meyer zu Bexten, Genius 2 and Goya 12 / both Fritz Ligges, Girl 2 / Bernd Kuwertz, Gerry 2 / Jürgen Ernst et.al., whose successes facilitated the Hängisen studfarm to become a pilgrimage center for horse breeders.
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