Very complete So Unique STH shining dressage champion
In the high-quality Hippo Verzekeringen championship round, family Nekeman’s So Unique STH (by Vivino) was named champion. He faced strong competition from six other stallions.
The championship round formed a beautiful conclusion this afternoon. First, the five premium stallions were extensively introduced and honored one by one. The breeders of the KWPN-registered stallions also received a breeder’s premium, made available by the Friends of the KWPN.
Very complete
Two convincing chestnut stallions remained, one of whom would be crowned champion and the other reserve champion. After both were thoroughly introduced, it became clear that the interesting and highly talented So Unique STH (Vivino out of L’Unique STH elite EPTM-dressage sport-dressage PROK by Boston STH) from the Nekeman family in Hasselt would be named the champion stallion of 2025. This made the equally well-bred Everglow Gold (Escolar out of Weihe’s Hope by Sir Donnerhall I, breeder Christine Arns-Krogmann from Lohne) from Saskia Poel and Karel Gerrits from Heusden the reserve champion. “So Unique STH has a very beautiful model, moves very light-footed, and has a lot of suppleness. He has a lot of balance and an upward tendency, and he comes from a strong family,” said committee chairman Bart Bax. Mother L’Unique STH had already scored 85 points as a young horse in the EPTM and has competed in the small tour. Reserve champion Everglow Gold also attracted a lot of fans in the audience and is a grandson of the international Grand Prix mare Weihegold, meaning he comes from a very performance-oriented lineage. “Everglow Gold is a strong-built stallion, who repeatedly moves well with his withers up, is light-footed, and can gallop with a lot of suppleness and ease. It was lovely to see that the championship round created such a great atmosphere and that the audience clearly engaged with the horses. We look forward to seeing how this new crop of stallions develops and hope to test the first stallions in the performance test this coming autumn.”
Result of the Hippo Verzekeringen championship round
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Photo So Unique STH: HippoFoto