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Just now, the first champion of the Longines FEI/WBFSH Dressage World Breeding Championships Championships for Young Horses was honored in the prizegiving ceremony. In a sensational five-year-old final, it was Jovian who was victorious. The stallion Secret won the qualification and seemed to be the favorite for the title. His sire Sezuan got hold of […]

Strong marks this afternoon for the winner of the small final of the seven-year-olds. Astoria (Sir Donnerhall x Quarterback). The bay mare of breeder Christina Olsson Hipponews KB moved 79.607% with Jeanne Hogberg. An impressive 9.2 for the expressive trot and a 9 for the canter, the walk received a 7.9. An 8 for harmony […]

This afternoon, the final for four-year-olds was convincingly won by So Unique. The son of Sezuan (ds.Donnerhall, bred by W. Klausing) showed a consistent test with Eva Möller and was clearly not intimidated by the daunting arena. President of the jury Christoph Hess: “So Unique showed an incredible mental and physical balance. What a wonderful […]

This morning Ermelo Young Horses kicked off with the small final for six-year-old dressage horses. Who was grabbing three last tickets to the prestigious final? Receiving the highest marks, KWPN-horse Ironman H (Bordeaux x Rousseau) and Finnish rider Yvonne Österholm is the first to do so. In 2017, the stallion was crowned champion of the […]

This morning, the CDI3* Grand Prix presented by Andreas Helgstrand was scheduled. 19 combinations made their appearance, the top 10 qualified for tomorrow’s Freestyle to Music. The second last competitor to enter the arena was Hans Peter Minderhoud with GLOCK’s Casper, son of Westpoint, former champion of the world championships for young horses.  Recently, Hans Peter […]

Ridden by the Spanish Severo Jurado Lopez, the Hannovarian talent d’Avie (Don Juan de Hus x Londonderry, bred by Dorothee Heitmuller) immediately seized the lead today. Once again, last year’s world champion surpassed the competition. In the 7-year-old class, three judges give marks for quality – comparable to the five- and six-year-old classes, while a […]

This afternoon, the Sport Pro Horses small final took place. A consolation class for the four-year-old dressage horses. In the lead, three KWPN-horses, of which the highest score was achieved by Killer, a son of George Clooney (ds.Tolando). The by H. van Houtum bred bay gelding moved to the winning 8.32 average under Sjuul Spelt, […]

Today, the small final for five-year-old dressage horses took place. The top three assured themselves of a place in the final. Once again, the horses were judged by four members of the jury, Maria Schwennesen and Adriaan Hamoen at C, and two new colleagues at E: Marietta Almasy and Juan Campos. Adriaan Hamoen: “The top […]

Revolution, last year’s world champion, wowed the crowd once again. The Westphalian stallion could count on the enthusiastic support of the audience and the jury, although they placed the Zonik-offspring Zucchero on top. Zucchero (OLD, -ds. Prince Thatch xx, bred by Hans-Heinrich Brünig) who was in reach of a podium last year, took home the […]