As per usual, the KWPN Stallion Selection also features the finals of the Blom Stallion Competition Jumping and the Anemone Horse Trucks Stallion Competition Dressage. The jumping finals take place on Thursday night, while the Saturday afternoon is all about dressage. The starting lists have been published. The finals offer a unique opportunity to see young KWPN stallions compete against their peers. 

In the L-class jumping, two stallions kept their slates clean thusfar: Mindset ES (Aganix du Seigneur out of Hosanne ES keur sports-spr by Kannan, bred/owned by E.Schep of Tulle n ‘t Waal) and Maximus VDL (Zirocco Blue VDL out of Daloma elite IBOP-spr sport-spr PROK by Verdi, bred by H.W.J. Grol of Muntendam). In the M-class it is La Costa ES (Mosito van ‘t Hellehof out of Isolde ES elite sport-spr PROK by Cumano, bred/owned by E. Schep of Tulle en ‘t Waal) and Gerd Jan Horsmans that are currently in the lead. Dennis van de Brink heads the intermediate rankings of the Z/ZZ class with Kallas (Dallas VDL out of Fadessa H2 elite IBOP-spr by Quality Time, bred by A.F.W. Holkenborg of Haaksbergen).

Presentation

During the KWPN Stallion Selection next week you get to enjoy numerous young promising dressage stallions. In the L-class, 33% of the contestants advanced to the final. This also applies to the M-level class and in the Z-class the two best horses qualified. The other stallions show their talent in a presentation. Multiple stallions enter the arena simultaneously and demonstrate their qualities with their rider. A commentary is provided for each stallion, giving you as a viewer a clearer image of these stallions. The very best finalists advance to the final test and they have a chance of winning the stallion competition.

Intermediate rankings dressage

Presented by Dinja van Liere, McLaren (Morricone out of Samatha by Sir Donnerhall, bred by U. Toenjes of Ganderkesee) is on track towards the first place in the L-class of the Anemone Horse Trucks Stallion Competition Dressage. The M-class is currently headed by Las Vegas (Ferdaux out of Dalia Delin ster PROK by Wynton, bred by J. Deenen of Heijen), ridden by Franka Loos. GLOCK’s Taminiau (s.GLOCK’s Toto Jr. out of Vitamin C elite pref prest PROK by Sandro Hit, bred by J.W. Holtland of IJsselmuiden) and Hans Peter Minderhoud are in the lead at Z/ZZ-L level.

Starting lists

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Photo GLOCK’s Taminiau: Digishots