Rumours are hotting up that the champion of the 2010 KWPN stallion grading, Bretton Woods, is sold to the partnership that own Totilas. “The deal is still being done, but after the World Championships in Verden the sale of Bretton Woods is probably completed,” said Nico Witte, the co owner of the horse with Anton …
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Photo : Vivaldi – the sire of so many foals and youngsters performing well at the Keuring shows this summer In terrible weather, the final Central Keuring of the season closed with two 3 year old mares, one 3 year old jumping mare, two jumping foals and five dressage foals being invited to the KWPN …
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Photo: Galaxy Win T – winner of the dressage foal at CK Brabant At CK Utrecht the youthful but very muscular Dolce Vita (United x Inzenita ster pref by Variant – breeder CJ van Heuckelum from Haaften) moved willingly and with the best hindleg of the three year old mares, winning this section. Overall championship …
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Well on the face of it it would not appear to be the end of the season we would have wished for, but there is more to the results than the mark. At Hartpury, Ber was fantastic. He settled really well in the stables and with the trip down. He worked well in the warming …
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Astrix and Emmelie Scholtens (Photo: Ridehesten.com) Today was the last day of the Dutch selection for the World Young Dressage Horses in Verden and the selection offered a chance for the 2010 5 year old world champion Astrix to stake their claim to being the first horse to win both 5 and 6 year old …
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Photo : Chapter Leatherdale taken from our Breeders Trip in April 2011, star of the PAVO cup qualifier The recent inspection at Heerjansdam produced an especially nice group of dressage horses. Ziesto daughter Dolly was the champion of the day with the outstanding scores of 85/90. Second in the class was Dabola’s Daantje (Vivaldi x …
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Our current choice of Hanoverian stallions Don Frederico and De Niro (above) are again well represented in the Hanoverian news this month. D’Agostino (De Niro x Shogun xx) was placed fifth in the special in Hagen CDI. Dablino ridden by Anabel Balkenhol (De Niro x Waunderbusch II) had a brilliant performance in CDI Hagen, with a …
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The Belgians must have made the Dutch’s weekend by selecting, in principle, two KWPN horses to represent their country at the forthcoming World Championships. 5 years olds IPS Bon Bravour (shown above) – a stallion by Painted Black from a Chronos mother and Botticelli – a gelding by Vivaldi out of a Koss (El Corona) Pion …
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Klaas Iwema, Harrie Derks and Erna ter Huurne assessed the dressage horses. Lingh daughter Classic Slottie scored highest amongst the dressage horses with 80 points total. Scoring excellent movement marks for this mare with an excellent foundation and quality, especially in the canter which gained her 85. Diandra (v.Johnson) scored 80 points for her long …
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