The British public went wild on Saturday night when their own Charlotte Fry and the KWPN stallion Glamourdale (Lord Leatherdale out of Thuja stb pref prest by Negro, breeder J.W. Rodenburg of Ouderkerk aan den IJssel) started their last piaffe passage tour in the Freestyle on Music in London.

Herning’s world champions took it one step further and danced to victory in the World Cup competition with a personal best of 90.995%.

It was the first time that Lottie Fry was on British soil with her golden World Cup horse Glamourdale. The stallion was in great shape, 22 tens were on the protocol. Many of those tens fell in the artistic section, but also for the extended canter (five times), the two tempis, the halfpass to the left, the extended trot and the halt. Very well deserved, the score came to 90.995%, a personal best and a convincing victory.

Incredible crowd
“The crowd support tonight has been incredible, and to end this amazing year here is amazing! It’s almost impossible to sum up 2022 – it’s been incredible and coming to London and performing in front of my home crowd is the best feeling and the best way to end the year!” said Fry.

Of the Glamourdale performance, she said, “I had such an easy, fun ride. He’s better than in Herning and we keep improving, so I can’t wait for the next few years. Paris (Olympics 2024) is definitely the target, and we’ll see how it goes until then.”

The KWPN approved stallion Nalegro, s. Painted Black x Negro, will be shown in London in the Masterclass “Dressage Unwrapped”. In this Masterclass, several well-known English dressage riders, including Carl Hester and Richard Davidson, will talk about their past successes and especially how they got there.

Under the guidance of Anne van Olst, Charlotte Fry will present Nalegro and discuss the training of a young horse with the ultimate goal, the Grand Prix, in mind.

On November 28, Van Olst Sales Online will auction a group of geldings that are all 2.5 years old. This group of horses all come from the Van Olst rearing and have been in the stable for several weeks.
The ideal opportunity to purchase a very good and talented horse!

The entire collection can be found at https://www.vanolstsales.online/en/collection/15

On the website you can easily register and find all information about the horses in question.

Friday the 25th of November there will be a presentation of the auction horses starting at 7.00 pm. Location: Van Olst Horses, Terheijdensspoor 9 in Den Hout.

If you still have questions, please send them to info@vanolstsales.online

On November 5, the KWPN West Brabant organized a competition for young dressage horses in Oosteind: the KWPN Young Dressage Talents. A well-organized competition where the young horses can gain experience in a beautiful atmosphere. An additional advantage is that it is a 15-minute drive for us, which makes it possible to participate with several horses.

In the four-year-old class, not less than 9 of our horses took part, 6 of these horses belonged to the best 8 of the day. The best three horses were trial ridden in the final by the guest judge Jorinde Verwimp, who judged this class together with Danielle Heikoop.

Nacho Groll, the Everdale x Uptown son, bred by R. Enting, came in eighth place, he’s bred out of the same dam as the KWPN stallion Inclusive. Nacho Groll was ridden by our stable rider Phoebe Peters. She also shared the fifth place with Ninja D’Or and Supernatural. Ninja D’Or, by Chippendale, was bred by Berry van der Hoorn and J. van Stokkom out of a Rousseau mare and Supernatural is owned by Phoebe Peters herself. Heather Stack from Great Britain is the breeder of this chestnut gelding.
Then in 3rd place it was again Phoebe Peters but now in the saddle of the winner of last year’s three-year-olds, Everest. Everest was bred by Van Olst Horses and sired by Especial and the mare Fresia s. Negro x Monaco.
In second place Charlotte Fry with the Everdale daughter Nova-Liz, who was also the highest placed mare. Nova-Liz was bred by Mr Van der Steen out of the Johnson mare Frizzle Liz. The first place in this class was also for Charlotte Fry, but now with the KWPN stallion Nalegro. The black powerhouse made a big impression during this first round with his powerful hind leg and talent for collecting. His sire is the Grand Prix stallion Painted Black and his dam is none other than the full sister of the world famous dressage horse Valegro s. Negro x Gershwin. Breeders of this stallion are the Hanse family and Van Olst Horses.

Jorinde Verwimp then tried out the best three horses and afterwards indicated that she was very impressed with the quality of the horses and the level of training. Everest received 85 points from her, Nova-Liz 90 points and Nalegro 95 points, so the final standings in the class no longer changed.

Photo: Nalegro (DigiShots)