Heartland High Tech

Champion Hackney Pony

Hackney Ponies don’t get much more impressive than Heartland High Tech! The 2001 bay stallion was the 2011 World Champion Hackney Pony Stallion/Gelding, and was the Grand Champion and the Open Champion Hackney Pony at the 2011 Lexington Junior League Horse Show. In 2010, this talented pony was voted the United Professional Horsemen’s Association Open, Amateur and Overall Hackney Pony of the Year! Heartland High Tech was also the 2010 World Grand Champion Hackney Pony and the 2009 World Champion Amateur Ladies Hackney Pony.

Bred by the Kolkmans of Heartland Hackney Farm, Heartland High Tech was sired by Dun-Haven Bandolier and out of Heartland Sweetheart.

Heartland High Tech greeting fans at BreyerFest

Heartland High Tech competed in Amateur Ladies Hackney Pony classes with his owner, Helen Rosburg, and in Open Hackney Pony classes with trainer Ruth Gimpel. According to Rosburg, Heartland High Tech was an "absolute gentleman" and always gave his all in the show ring.

Heartland High Tech eventually made the move to Majestic Oaks Hackney Farm and continued to wow spectators and judges alike. Some of his awards with Majestic Oaks included 2019 World’s Champions of Champion Amateur Hackney Pony and 2019 World’s Champion Amateur Ladies Hackney Pony. Heartland High Tech passed away in 2024 but has left a legacy in the form of numerous champion offspring.

Heartland High Tech's Traditional scale Breyer portrait model
was produced from 2012 to 2013.