Kjento offspring performs during the 2nd selection for the World Championship for Young Horses.

On Tuesday, May 26 and Wednesday, May 27, the second selection for the 2026 World Championship for Young Dressage Horses was held at Manege de Prinsenstad in Delft. In the three age categories, the selection was narrowed down to twelve combinations. The selection committee speaks of a ‘very striking crop’ among the five- and six-year-olds. In fact: “We have to leave horses at home that we would have loved to bring along in other years.” The selection committee for the World Championship for Young Dressage Horses consists of Johan Hamminga, Alex van Silfhout, and Janine van Twist.

“Delft is a beautiful location; the arena has an international feel. That is good practice for the horses for Verden. That arena is comparable to having many flags, a lot of advertising, and other horses nearby.” “We are left with a strong leading group in all age categories, but we find the five- and six-year-olds particularly striking this year. We really have to be strict with our selection there; the top ten is very good. So this time we have to leave horses at home that we would have loved to take to the World Championships in other years.

Van Olst Horses
Lottie Fry started with 3 Van Olst Horses stallions: the 6-year-old Pjethro (Kjento out of Jaomie elite IBOP-dress D-OC by Desperado, breeder A.J. Beerens from De Moer) and 2 5-year-old stallions Renzo (Kjento out of Aronia elite pref prest IBOP-dress PROK by Rousseau, breeders Willem and Karin Reijrink of Reijrink Steel Stable from Diessen) and Real Dream (Dynamic Dream out of Fivanny ster PROK by Negro, breeder Maatschap Pleyter from Zalk and H.A. van Triest from Elburg). With all 3 horses she has advanced to the 3rd and final selection round.

Kjento delivers
Striking in the results list is the large number of Kjento offspring: no fewer than 5 have been selected among the 4- and 5-year-olds to compete in the final selection round. Kjento himself performed very well as a young stallion and became World Champion no less than twice. In 2021 among the 6-year-olds and in 2022 among the 7-year-olds.