Hungarian Bikaver
Felver Stallion (Gelded 2003)
Kisberi Felver Hungarian Horse Association of America #1340
Bred in Nebraska by Steve Cooksley
- Measures 160 cm and 21 cm cannon
- Bread by Cooksley Ranch, Anselmo, NE
- Has a historical pedigree of imported Hungarian cavalry horses
- Junior stallion at WineGlass Farm
- Sired Athletic Geldings
- H. Bikaver daughers are a key part of the WineGlass broodmare band
- Gelded 2003
- Dynamic sporthorse career and still going at the age of 23 years of age
- Nicknamed "Bull" on the polocrosse field
- "Bikaver" means "Bull's Blood" and is a Hungarian red wine
Upon our first visit to the Cooksley Ranch in the Sand Hills of NE I will always remember the silhouette of a yearling colt in the doorway at the end of the hallway. The neck on that colt stopped me in my tracks. And even though both front legs were wrapped because he had got his feet in wire, I knew that was going to be the junior stallion I was looking for to compliment the *Budapest daughters. Researching his pedigree and the historical use of the Shagya-Arabian in the Hungarian Kisberi horse breeding program confirmed my gut feeling. We kept H. Bikaver a stallion until he was 9 years of age. At that time we made the decision to geld him and start his sport horse career, an unbelievable career that continues today as an eager and willing riding horse.
H. Bikaver has schooled in events and clinics up through the Preliminary level with great coaches like Bruce Davidson and Lucinda Green. He competed at Training level. He has schooled and competed through 1st level Dressage. He has schooled fences up to 3'9", all with a junior rider.
Bikaver also played Polocrosse which he loved and earned him the nickname "Bull". This sport requires a very quick and agile horse. Polocrosse also requires the horse to interact a lot with other horses, as it is a team sport with 3 players going against 3 other players. Nothing fazed Bikaver making him a valuable goal horse. His accomplishments include:
Pony Club Levels: Intermediate, Advanced
American Polocrosse Assoc Levels C, B, and A Grades (A the Highest)
2001
New Jersey Polocrosee Rally - Int Level - 4th place
National Pony Club Polocrosse Champsionships - Int Level - 4th place
North Carolina Invitational - A Grade - 2nd place
Maryland Pony Polocrosse Rally - Adv Level - 5th Place
2002
We3 Open Tournament - Adv Level - 3rd Place
New Jersey Polocrosee Rally - Adv Level - 5th Place
Warwick Valley - B Grade - 1st Place
Timonium - B Grade - 3rd Place
East Coast Pony Club Polocrosee Championships - Adv Level - 4th Place
Bay Area - A Grade - 5th Place APA National Champsionships - C Crade 3rd Place
H. Bikaver was purchased by Marty and Chris Power and became the first horse for Chris Power
H. Bikaver's first distance competition was in 2003 and he last competed in 2015 for a total of 2,236 miles of distance riding competition (with the final 4 years, 2011 - 2015, being all Novice rides with the exception of one 25 mile competitive). He received the 1,000 mile and 2,000 mile horse recognition by UMECRA
2004
UMECRA Champion Rookie
2005
UMECRA Champion Heavyweight
#5 total mileage horse (CTR and Endurance combined)
710 miles for a two year total of 1190 miles
2006 & 2007
Distance champion - Hungarian Horse Association of America
H. Bikaver is showing interested people around the Midwest that Hungarian horses can compete in distance riding - and win!