Glamordale Daughter Narzar to highest score in IBOP Sonnega

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With 83.5 points, Narzar (Glamourdale out of Zarzar elite IBOP-dres pref PROK by Jazz, breeder W. Smid of Nuis) owned by J. Hooge of Ees achieved the highest score of the day. This three-year-old scored 8s and 8.5s and became an instant elite mare thanks to the IBOP. “This mare stood out with three good basic gaits and a beautiful silhouette. She walks well, trots with impulsion, suppleness, good posture and a nice foreleg technique. In canter she has a lot of power, space and attitude. In addition, the image is always uphill and moves with good behavior. She is also a pleasure to ride,” says Bart Henstra.

Source: KWPN
Photo: Glamourdale

Anouk Ivits very successful with the mare Iris (s. Lord Leatherdale)

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Last weekend Anouk Ivits competed her mare Iris at the Subtop competition in Schijndel. The combination won the Small Tour class with 68.80%. They also won the Inter I with a nice 69.338%!

The mare Iris is bred by Gertjan van Olst, and comes from an interesting dam line. Iris descends from the successful combination Lord Leatherdale x Negro. Her dam is the Elite Prok Ibop mare Eternal Flame (Negro x Monaco, ET). Eternal Flame is a full sister to Elegance (Negro x Monaco, ET). Elegance was successful at the Tokyo Olympics and is ridden by Beatriz Ferrer-Salat.

Anouk and Iris have already achieved many successes together. They were already extremely successful in the basic sport, and they are now continuing this in the Subtop. At the beginning of October, the combination won the Inter I at Geldrop Hippique with 72.35%. They also won silver at the Dutch National Championships Small Tour last August.

Photo: Lord Leatherdale & Charlotte Fry

Van Olst Sales 2021 Online Ridden Horses

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9 more days, and then the Van Olst Sales 2021 online auction of ridden horses will start!

A beautiful collection including 18 high-quality, modern young dressage horses, descending from Van Olst stallions and carefully trained by team Van Olst Horses.

The auction will start on October 29, 2021 at 12:00 PM and closes on November 1, 2021 at 8:00 PM.

The collection includes 3-year-old young ridden horses, 4- and 5-year-olds under saddle and a 7-year-old trained at Prix St Georges level with talent for piaffe and passage. In this collection there is a high-quality dressage horse for everyone’s wishes.

We highlight some horses for you:

  • Jack – Negro x Flemmingh x Landetto – Gelding

The oldest horse in this auction is Negro’s son Jack. As with many descendants of Negro, the real talents emerge during the collected work. This 7 year old gelding has no problem with the highest form of collection. The passage is like a clock and the piaffe is also present in good quality.

Jack’s dam herself competed at Z1 level and she is also the dam of Jack’s full brother, Esplendido AZ, who competes at Small Tour level.

  • Guinness – Glamourdale x Johnson x Haarlem – Stallion

Guinness is an NRPS approved stallion who descends from the World Champion Glamourdale. Glamourdale is very successful in the international Grand Prix and his future looks exciting. Grandsire Johnson also competed at the highest level with Hans Peter Minderhoud.

Guinness seems to be a promising talent under the saddle, the start of the collection has been made and this looks very promising!

In 2021 Guinness qualified for the semi-finals of the Pavo Cup with a 9 for the trot and an 8.5 for the canter.

  • Noire NA – Painted Black x Lord Leatherdale x Negro – Mare

Noire’s pedigree combines Painted Black with the mare Izzy Lady NA who descends from the very successful combination Lord Leatherdale and Negro. We also see this combination in the Olympic stallion Everdale, World Champion Glamourdale and the Grand Prix stallion Chippendale. The Negro daughter Milady, the great-granddam of Noire NA, is a full sister of the Grand Prix dressage horse Bailey, who is very successful under the saddle of Maxime van der Vlist.

Of course it is possible to view and ride these horses before placing a bid. For more information or to make an appointment, please contact Van Olst.

All horses are fully vet checked. If you are interested in one of the horses from the Van Olst Sales Online collection and would like to receive the X-rays with the clinical report, please send an email with the horse’s name and your details to: info@vanolstsales.online. For more information about the complete collection, visit https://www.vanolstsales.online/

 

Team GB pushes KWPN into the lead in WBFSH rankings

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The KWPN finished at the top of the WBFSH studbook ranking in the dressage discipline. The WBFSH rankings are calculated over the period October 1, 2020 to September 30, 2021, horses can earn points at all international FEI competitions. They are placed on their successes and the results of the best six horses are included in the WBFSH studbook ranking.

The six best KWPN dressage horses of the past year are all in the top 20, with the horses of the English team being the best 3 KWPN horses.

Gio takes third place in the ranking. After a bronze medal in the freestyle in Tokyo, Gio (Apache out of Zenzi elite perst IBOP-dres D-OC by Tango, breeders H.J. de Jong of Gorichem and Ad Valk of Gorichem) also won a bronze medal at the European Championships in Hagen.

The KWPN stallion Everdale (Lord Leatherdale out of Aliska K elite EPTM-dress PROK by Negro, breeder P. Kluijtmans of Tilburg) is in sixth place. Everdale and 25-year-old Charlotte Fry earned their listing thanks to their great performances at the Olympic Games in Tokyo (bronze team medal GB) and the European Championships in Hagen.

En Vogue (Jazz out of Nicarla elite sport-dres PROK by Contango, breeder A. van de Goor) is in tenth place.

The Son De Niro daughter Zaire-E (out of Tara elite pref perst PROK by Jazz), bred by Empelaer Stoeterij of Lage Mierde, is joint eleventh together with Steffen Peters’ Suppenkasper (Spielberg out of Upanoeska keur perst by Krack C, breeder: F. van de Poel). Buriel K.H. (Osmium out of Ronja K.H. ster pref perst by Krack C, breeder P. Bakker of Oterleek) contributed to the leading position of the KWPN breeders.

Source: KWPN

Idwinaretto (s. Everdale) to Yvonne Losos de Muniz

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They eight year old mare Idwinaretto goes to the Olympic dressage rider Yvonne Losos de Muniz. Idwinaretto (Everdale x Johnson, bred by P. Dolfsma) was born in the Netherlands. As a foal she’s been sold to Lickley Horses in the UK. In 2017 she made her competition debut as a four year old, ridden by Darren Hicks. Lickley then sold the mare to Van Olst Horses.

Van Olst re-sold her to Katarzyna Milczarek in Poland and Milczarek developed her to Grand Prix level. Under Hubert Jankowski she became Polish champion in the Developing Prix St Georges horse class for 7 – 8-year old horses.

The mare will now continue her career under  Yvonne Losos de Muniz. Yvonne describes her as a tall and powerfull mare with outstanding movement and ability.

We wish the combination all the best for the future!

Picture: Charlotte Fry & Everdale at the Europeans Hagen 2021

Jessica Leijser: “I’ve never had such a good horse”

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Jessica Leijser is back in the sub-top after a year of absence. She rode her self-trained Kashmir  (by Glamourdale) to a third place and 67.143% in the ZZ-Zwaar. The combination started during Geldrop Hippique in Heeze.

Promise for the future

The rider was ready for a new challenge and the black Kashmir was ready for it. “My other horse was sold and I thought it was a bit boring. I haven’t ridden many national competitions in recent years. I actually want to go back to the subtop again, the six-year-old was ready and I thought ‘let’s go for it!’ Despite some tension and some mistakes, we could already start with this score. That promises something for the future,” says Jessica.

Self-bred and trained

“The extended gaits in both trot and canter and the tempi changes were the highlights of the test. The trot halfpasses also scored good points,” she says. The black Kashmir is bred and trained by herself. “I have never had such a good horse as this one. He is still very young but he has so much talent for higher work. He plays with the exercises and it comes easily to him. Now I thought, I’m going to ride it nicely ZZ-Zwaar to gain experience. Next year we will make the step up to the Small Tour and I want to take him internationally as well.”

Natural talent

“Kashmir is a real natural talent. I regularly get questions about that horse, so whether I have him in the stable for another year is the question. But until then, I’m enjoying him immensely. My other horses are still young, so it will take a few more years before I can ride in the subtop again,” she says. “The judges were also very enthusiastic. Something really comes in and they thought he was a very good horse. The tension still has to come off and the mistakes removed and then it is certainly a horse that can score 75%. But it has to happen first. Now it’s a matter of putting miles on it and gaining experience.”

Source: Hoefslag

Photo: Glamourdale

Van Olst Sales Online The Riding Horses 2021

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Thursday 7th of October 12:00 online: Van Olst Sales Online The Riding Horses 2021

Also this year, Van Olst Horses is organizing an auction especially for ridden dressage horses descending from Van Olst stallions. The collection includes 18 very high-quality horses. They will be auctioned from the 29th of October 12:00 till the 1st of November 20:00.

The collection will be live tomorrow 12:00 at: www.vanolstsales.online

You can already register for free!

Click here for an impression of the collection

 

Succesful World Championship for Jarina des Vallées (s. Everdale)

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Jarina des Vallées convinced in 2017 at the IBOP in Oosteind with 81.5 points and was declared ster at the subsequent studbook inspection. The mare, then still owned by Van Olst Horses, received a ticket for the National Mare Inspection at the CK Brabant. In August of the same year, she was sold for 29,000 euros at the Excellent Dressage Sales auction.

Jarina was bred by Gemma and Harry Holleman. The mare is now ridden by Barbara Clement Klinger. Last summer, the mare was selected together with Barbara for the World Championships for Young Dressage Horses in Verden. The combination was allowed to represent France here. After a very good qualifying test, the combination was immediately selected for the final. Here they finally finished tenth. We would like to congratulate the breeders and owners with this great result!

Picture: Jarina des Vallées and Charlotte Fry in 2017

Looking back at a fantastic competition season!

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Last week there came an end to a fantastic competition season. The competition horses are now getting a well-deserved period of rest. Time to look back at the great results of the last months.

The season started at the end of April at CDI Hagen. Lottie competed here with Everdale and Glamourdale. For Glamourdale this was his International debut! Both horses did super tests, and that after a long competition break due to the corona virus. For Glamourdale there was 76.40% and a fifth place in the Grand Prix Special. Everdale scored a new PR of 81.77% in the Grand Prix Freestyle.

Then Inclusive, Everdale and Dark Legend went to CDI Exloo in early May. It was also a long time ago for these horses that they’d been out competing. Inclusive scored a beautiful 73.33%, good for a second place. With Dark Legend, Lottie won the Grand Prix Freestyle with a new PR of 81.56%. Everdale won the Special with 77%!

Meanwhile, the qualifications for the World Championships for Young Dressage Horses in Verden took place. Lottie rode the qualifiers with the approved stallion Kjento. Time after time they rode amazing tests and received praising comments from the judges.

After CDI Exloo Lottie went to Grote Brogel with Glamourdale. On only his second International Grand Prix competition, there were two fantastic victories. 76.76% in the Grand Prix, and 83.24% for his first-ever Grand Prix Freestyle!!

At the end of May, CDI Compiègne was on the program. This time with Everdale, Don Joe and Dark Legend. Don Joe won the Intermediate I,  with a top score of 73.71%! Lottie and Everdale won the 3* Grand Prix with 76.67%. Dark Legend became third with 76.10% in the Grand Prix Special.

In June there was time to train at home. Then on July 1st the fantastic news came in that Lottie and Everdale had been selected for the Olympic Games in Tokyo! Together with Carl Hester, Charlotte Dujardin and Gareth Hughes they were allowed to represent Great Britain. After a quarantine period in Aachen with Everdale and Dark Legend, Everdale arrived safely in Japan with his groom Steven Caley on July 15th.

On July 21, the news came that Kjento and Lottie had been selected for the World Championships for young dressage horses in Verden! On July 24, Lottie and Everdale made a fantastic Olympic debut. 77.096% and a first place in their group. With this they immediately qualified for the Grand Prix Freestyle.

On July 27, the Grand Prix Special was on the program, which counted as Nations Cup. Here, Charlotte Fry and Everdale, together with teammates Carl Hester and Charlotte Dujardin, took third place. Team bronze! A fantastic achievement. On July 28 it was time for the last part: the Grand Prix Freestyle. A wonderful way to end the Olympics: 80.61% for Lottie and Everdale!

There was not much time to recover from the Games, because in August it was time for the World Championships for Young Dressage Horses with Kjento. The stallion was in top form and Lottie rode beautiful tests. This resulted in a fantastic win! Kjento World Champion Young Dressage Horses 2021 with an unbelievable score of 96% and four times the ultimate 10!!!

Immediately after the World Cup, Lottie went to the European Championships in Hagen, together with Everdale. The combination scored no less than three PRs and closed the week with a mega score of 84.72% and a fifth place in a super strong field of participants. In the Nations Cup there was a SILVER medal for team Great Britain!

And then the end of this busy but extremely successful season for Van Olst Horses: CHIO Aachen with Glamourdale and Dark Legend. Glamourdale scored 73.04% in the Grand Prix and became second with 77.17% in the Grand Prix Special. Due to the busy weeks prior to Aachen, the preparation for Glamourdale was not optimal, but he again showed that he has a lot of quality. Dark Legend gave his best and became second in the Grand Prix with 76.71% and third in the Freestyle with 83.67%.

What a season, we are very proud of our horses and our team! We want to thank all our loyal followers and sponsors for their support!

Day 2 Aachen, part 2

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Tonight Glamourdale competed in the Grand Prix Special. From the 4* GP, half of the participants will ride the Special and the other half the Freestyle that is scheduled for Saturday.
As the penultimate starter in this section, Lottie and Glamourdale were allowed to start. While the previous contestant left the arena with applause, the duo entered the impressive arena. Glamourdale was clearly looking forward to it and showed it off. Just like in the Grand Prix, he showed that he has all the qualities required at this level. He also got the first 10 in a Grand Prix class for the extended canter. There were nines for, among other things, the passage and the tempi changes every two strides. At the end of the test, the jury awarded the performance with 77.170% which is an amazing score!

On Sunday, Charlotte Fry and Dark Legend will compete in the freestyle to music, the closing class of this dressage competition.