NEW – First Verden Foal Gala to introduce the 134th Elite Auction. Some novelties will accompany the 134th Verden Elite Auction of the Hannoveraner Verband in October. It will be the first time that a collection of selected two-year-old stallions will be put up for auction. The foals...
Devonport took the B...
posted by Greta Melanie Racca
At the Bundeschampionate in Warendorf, Devonport took the 4 y-o title. Germany’s best four-year-old stallion is Devonport by Dancier/Ravallo (b.: Christine Miesner, Scheeßel). The privately owned stallion from the stallion station station Sosath was ridden by Rieke Schnieder. In the...
Nice prices for foal...
posted by Marco M. Racca
At the first KWPN Online Foal Auction of 2017 were auctioned, 21 Foals came under the virtual hammer, 90% of them were actually sold. This auction is organized to give breeders an extra opportunity to market their foals. This way they can make use of the brand KWPN and the facilities the...
Two Hanoverians Worl...
posted by Greta Melanie Racca
The FEI World Breeding Dressage Championships for Young Horses in Ermelo/Netherlands were a triumphant march for Hanoverian horses. Don Martillo won the division of five-year-old horses, Lordswood Dancing Diamond the division of six-year-olds. Both convincingly won with more than 0.5 points...
„Stand up for the ch...
posted by Greta Melanie Racca
Verden. A storm of applause arose from the stands in the crowded Niedersachsenhalle when Be my Beauty Queen was sold at Euro 160,000. Never before in the course of history of the Verden auctions has a foal been sold at such a record price. The top-class collection of 106 foals was not only...
Dark President ridde...
posted by Greta Melanie Racca
The Stallions of the Year, a class for approved stallions at Small Tour-level, continued with a Freestyle to music in the main arena. Between the final of the five-year-olds and the six-year-olds, it was the charming Dark President D&R that made a stance by scoring the highest marks. In...
WBDCYH: Ermelo has been a perfect host again!
posted by Greta Melanie Racca
The second edition of the Longines FEI/WBFSH World Breeding Dressage Championships for Young Horses in Ermelo was a complete success. Aat Both, chairman of the board: “We look back on a successful second edition of the Championships. This year we could enjoy excelling dressage talents once again. Similar to last edition, a Danish warmblood performed a hat-trick by winning the championships for three consecutive years. In the five- and six-year-olds classes the jury even awarded 10s, which indicates the high-level performances seen in this arena. We had some absolute outliers, but also in the width we saw a lot of quality. Once again, we...
WBDCYH: 6yo WC to Lordswood Dancing Diamond
posted by Marco M. Racca
Concluding the LONGINES FEI / WBFSH World Breeding Dressage Championships, the final for the six-year-old dressage horses took place this afternoon. This final was again an exciting one. Adelinde Cornelissen made a big impression with the KWPN-stallion Governor STR, a son of Totilas out of the full sister of Adelinde’s top horse Parzival. The black pearl showed consistency throughout the test and especially his natural ability for collection and uphill frame swayed the judges. A 9.3 for his active trot, an 8.8 for his walk in which the the collected walk formed the highlight and a 9 for the canter in which, again, the ability to collect...
WBDCYH: Don Martillo world champion of five-year-o...
posted by Marco M. Racca
This morning the final of the LONGINES FEI/WBFSH WORLD BREEDING DRESSAGE CHAMPIONSHIPS for five-year-olds took place. Both the qualifiers and the small final forecasted a dream final with lots of quality. The best 15 combinations earned a starting place in the final. Medal contender Andreas Helgstrand rode the Oldenburger stallion Ferrari OLD, a son of Blue Hors Hotline, to a 9.2. “This is a dressage Ferrari,” exclaimed Christoph Hess who provided the comments on behalf of the jury. “This horse has three exceptional gaits and enormous perspective for the future. The expressive trot receives a 9.7. De slightly hasty medium trot withheld us...
WBDCYH: Final 6-year...
posted by Greta Melanie Racca
Right after the denouement of the five-year-olds today, it also became clear which 15 6-year-olds may start in tomorrow’s final. President of the jury Susanne Baarup was satisfied with the tests she saw today: “A lot of horses performed substantially better today. Especially the top three...
WBDCYH: Three five-y...
posted by Greta Melanie Racca
This morning the small final of the five-year-olds was ridden, in which the top 3 could earn a ticket to tomorrow’s final. Amongst the five-year-olds the three additional tickets for the final are awarded to three stallions: Atterupgaards Botticelli with Selina Solberg Vittinghus, Dragon Welt...
Everdale wins Stalli...
posted by Greta Melanie Racca
Stallions of the Year, a class for approved stallions at Prix St. Georges level stood out in diversity. Out of nine contestants, eight nationalities, seven studbooks, the KWPN-stallion Everdale (s.Lord Leatherdale) was crowned champion. The second place was claimed by the KWPN-stallion Dark...