VT MANHATTAN
2002 Chestnut PHR Gelding (born March 18)

SIRE: RIENZI is an elegant young Hanoverian stallion with recent successes in his 100-day test and show competitions. He passed the 1998 Federation 100-Day Performance Test with above average scores in rideability, jumping under saddle, free jumping, walk and canter as well as outstanding grades for character, temperament, ability to work, willingness to work and general jumping aptitude. Rienzi's sire Raphael's breeding index in dressage is 123 and in jumping is 132. Dam SPS Bounty is also the dam of EM Regan, the high-scoring Hanoverian mare of the 1998 AHS/VhW Inspection Tour. The service to Rienzi was donated by Marefield Meadows, Warrenton, Virginia.

DAM: NEW BEGINNINGS is a lovely warmblood mare sired by the Hanoverian Nebelwerfer, sire of Grand Prix dressage stallion Nebelhorn, winner of his 100-day test. She has produced many foals for Virginia Tech, and is known for passing on her unflappable temperament. Daughter VT Lysistrata (show name "Ellusive"), full sister to VT Manhattan, carried her amateur owner to the 2006 VHSA Associate Champion Equitation title in 2006.