The first day of the KWPN Championships featured the young horses competitions Isah Cup and Pavo Cup. The KWPN-approved stallions made a good impression, with Total U.S. leading the semi-final of the Pavo Cup for four-year-olds and 100% score in the Isah Cup for seven-year-olds.

Pavo Cup semi-final 4-year-olds

The annual Pavo Cup kicked off on Monday with the semi final of the four-year-olds. 85 dressage talents displayed their talents and formed a full day’s program. The horses that entered the arena in pairs, were assessed on their natural abilities. The best 20 horses earned more than 82 points today, ensuring an exciting final on Thursday. Two horses led the rankings today: Haeden (s.Chippendale, b: H.J. Bakker, Oosteinde and S.M. Quitz, Oosteinde) with Ingrid Malan and the KWPN-approved stallion Total U.S. (s.Totilas, breeder Gestüt Lewitz, Steinfeld). They both scored 88 points, but were closely followed by Happynesse E (s.Rousseau, breeder G.C. van Eck, Linde) and Lynne Maas (87 points). Johan Hamminga spoke on behalf of the jury: “We had a lovely day, the arena looked great and all the horses presented themselves well. The riders clearly understood how a four-year-old must be presented. We as the judges believe to have a very strong top group of 10 horses. The scores of these talents were very close to each other and this gives opportunities on Thursday.”

Isah Cup first round 5-year-olds

Out of the 182 five-year-old jumpers, 78 horses remained clear in the first rounds. Another fifty pairs with 4 penalties or less may continue to the second round, bringing Wednesday’s starting list to a total of 128 contestants. The following KWPN-approved stallions crossed the finish line without any penalties: Global Express (Orient Espress out of Dame Ricard s.Laudanum xx, breeder Haras de la Gisloterie, Basse Normandie, Frankrijk) under Lennard de Boer, Grandorado TN (Eldorado van de Zeshoek out of Charmieque elite EPTM(spr) IBOP (spr) sport-(spr) s.Carolus II, breeders D.J. Verhoeven, Holten & M. Rietberg, Holten) under Willem Greve, Gullit HBC (Cantos out of C’Est la Vie keur IBOP(spr) sport(spr) s.Namelus R, breeder H. de Roover, Strijbeek) under Monique van den Broek, Gaspahr (Berlin out of Costa keur sport(spr) s.Tangelo van de Zuuthoeve, breeder C.J.P. Helderman, Wijchen) and George (Vittorio out of R.Amelusiena 6 pref s.Caretino, breeder J. Vrenken, Maasbree) both with Pieter Keunen, Grodino (Eldorado van de Zeshoek out of Sorina prok s.Celano, breeder J. van Loon, Valkenswaard) with Ben Schröder and Gino (Biscayo out of Vrouwe Bureveld elite pref IBOP(spr) s.Burggraaf, breeder N.W.J. Duineveld, Hem) under Bart Bles. Gladstone HDH (Capistrano out of Fly s.Ferragamo, breeder A. Dahl, Sprockhövel, Germany) under Bianca Schoenmakers noted one penalty, but is also invited to the second round of the Isah Cup. 

Isah Cup: semi-final 7-year-olds

A strong group of 65 seven-year-olds have qualified themselves for the second round of the Isah Cup on Wednesday. The seven-year-old KWPN-approved stallions made a good impression: all of them are through to the next round. One that stood out was Emir R (Colman out of B.Termie R elite EPTM(spr) s.Rubert R, breeder Stal Roelofs, Den Ham) with Michael Greeve. Seemingly without any effort, the impressive grey steered clear over the 1.35 course in Ermelo. Everto (Harley VDL out of Cassina s.Candillo, breeder M. van de Bruggen, Goirle) also stayed clear with Mischa Everse. There were also clear rounds for Extase (Casall out of Seelotte s.Lancer II, breeder Egbert Schep, Tull en ‘t Waal) and Patrick van der Schans, Elvaro (Calvaro out of April Love M ster sport(spr) prok s.Heartbreaker, breeder M.A.G. Maas, Suré) under Niels Nanning and Elton John (Clearway out of Vilotte s.Kannan, fokker Alan Waldman, Putten) under Zoï Snels. Noting four penalties were Edinburgh (Vleut out of Olympic Queen keur prest sport(spr) s.Darco, breeders E.J. Meijer, Dalfsen & G. Lindeboom, Dalfsen) with Kristian Houwen and El Clarimo (Clarimo out of Ulrika I s.Limbus, breeder Brigitta Jonasson, Linderöd, Zweden) with Richard Kapteyn. 

Stallion Selection: four stallions for second-round-viewing

Participating in the KWPN Championships is the only opportunity for 4-,5-,6- and 7-year-old stallions to get appointed for the KWPN Performance Test. On Wednesday the following five-year-olds are up for the second round viewing: cat. 216, Galileo (Falaise de Muze x Calvino Z x L’Amour Z), cat. 240, Gallant (Mylord Carthago x Chin Chin x Nimmerdor), cat. 241, Milton Z, (Mylord Carthago x Sandro Boy x Cruyff) en cat. 278, Spiros Z (Spartacus x Quaprice Z x Voltaire). The dressage stallion committee assessed three stallions. Unfortunately, none could be invited to the second round viewing. Tomorrow multiple four- and six-year-old jumper stallions and two five-year-old dressage stallions. The presentation in hand is in front of the KWPN-office in Ermelo and starts at 9.45hrs with the jumper stallions and at 10.05hrs the dressage stallions are scheduled.