NMK mare and three-year-old IBOP topper Netina sold

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The elite mare Netina (by Glamourdale) is sold to Sonnenberg Farm USA and Stal Laarakkers.
Netina was owned by Van Olst Horses and Derk Jan Mekkes. She obtained the star predicate with 80/85 points in 2021 and was then allowed to participate in the NMK. With a nine for the walk and five times an 8.5, she ended up with 85.5 points for the IBOP. The comment of KWPN jury member Bart Henstra was as follows: “This is a youthful mare with a lot of blood and is forward end really willing to work. She moves with a lot of leg technique and is light-footed. In walk she has a lot of shoulder freedom, she is very loose in the body and spacious. In trot and canter her good technique, impulsion and talent to shorten and widen are positively noticeable. She is a great mare with three good gaits and a clear natural talent.” With this performance Netina definitely became elite. Vai Bruntink will continue to take care of Netina’s training. The planning is that Netina and Vai will start in the PAVO Cup.

Raymond Brooks Memorial Award for Charlotte Fry

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The Raymond Brooks Memorial Award is an award that is presented to the English rider  aged 25 or younger who shows the most potential for the future in jumping, dressage or eventing.

In 2021, this prestigious award was presented to 25-year-old Charlotte Fry during the London Horse Show. Some highlights of her career are winning European gold in the U25, the world championship with Glamourdale in 2018, participation in the Olympic Games and team bronze in Tokyo 2021, participation in the European Championship Hagen 2021 and team silver, individual 5th European Championship Hagen 2021 and the world championship with Kjento in 2021 .

Born in 1930, Raymond Brooks-Ward began covering various equestrian events in England in 1956. In addition, he has started organizing competitions, including the well-known Christmas competition in London Olympia.

In addition to his work as a television commentator and competition organizer, Raymond Brooks-Ward was very active in securing major sponsors for the equestrian sport. In his spare time he was a popular ‘Master of Foxhounds’ in Hertfordshire.

In 1992 he died of a special form of Hepatites. In order to continue to commemorate his commitment to British equestrian sport, an Award was presented in the same year to the best British rider who has shown great potential for the future. Since 1992 among others, Pippa Funnel, Zara Philips, Laura Bechtolsheimer, Jessica Mendoza, Charlotte Dujardin, Ben Maher and Scott Brash have won this award.

The London International Horse Show 2021

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The weeks before Christmas are traditionally the week of the London International Horse Show. Held at a different location this year due to a renovation of ‘Olympia’.

The organization has done everything it can to bring ‘Xcel’ into the Christmas spirit as in other years and they succeeded.

Together with Dark Legend and groom Steven Caley, Charlotte Fry traveled to London to participate at this show in her “own” Great Britain. The short Grand Prix was held on Thursday morning, in which 15 combinations started. Dark Legend put down one his best tests of the season with unfortunately a minor miscommunication on the AC line. Dark Legend thought he was done after the piaffe, but because of the new test, had to show one more passage. Lottie was able to recover this effortlessly with a top score of 74.526% as a result.

Later in the day there was a big surprise for Lottie. Since ‘London’ is the last competition of the year in England, British Equestrian often takes the opportunity to award various prizes. For example, each year the “Raymond Brooks Memorial Trophy Award” is presented to the rider of 25 years or younger who has shown the most potential for future success in the past year in the disciplines of dressage, jumping or eventing. Many now famous riders have won this price before, such as Charlotte Dujardin, Scott Brash and Ben Maher.

Friday was all about the Freestyle. To the tunes of “Let me take you dancing” the couple danced very harmoniously through the arena. Dark Legend was on, was excited and did its very best. With a top score of 81.945%, the couple left the arena to loud cheers from the massive crowd. In the final standings they only had to leave Charlotte Dujardin in front of them and were therefore able finish this special competition with a second place in the Freestyle to music.

Photo: Jon Stroud

85.5 for Glamourdale daughter in IBOP Tolbert

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With 85.5 points, the NMK mare Netina (s.Glamourdale) was the big highlight today in the IBOP in Tolbert. A total of 12 dressage mares passed this performance test.

Last summer, Netina (Glamourdale out of Jetina by Dream Boy, breeder J.A.M. Hurkmans of Veghel) of Dirk Jan Mekkes and Van Olst Horses was already doing good business. At the studbook inspection she became star with 80/85, and after a good result at the Central Inspection she was invited to the NMK.

With a 9 for the walk and five times an 8.5, she achieved 85.5 points under the saddle in the IBOP. “This is a young mare with a lot of blood and an a desire to work. She moves with a lot of leg technique and is very light-footed. In walk she has a lot of shoulder freedom, she is very loose in the body and spacious. In trot and canter her good technique, impulsion and talent to shorten and widen are positively noticeable. She is a very fine mare with three good gaits and a clear natural talent”, explains inspector Bart Henstra. Thanks to this performance, Netina is now definitively elite.

Source KWPN

2021, a fantastic year for Everdale!

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2021 was a very successful year for Van Olst Horses. Lottie achieved wonderful results with different horses. The results she achieved with Everdale, bred by Piet Kluytmans, were exceptionally good. The combination got selected for the Olympic Games in Tokyo in July, and came home with a beautiful team bronze medal. Then there were the European Championships in Hagen, where the combination managed to score no fewer than three PRs. In the end, Lottie and Everdale finished fifth here in a strong field of competitors, and there was team silver for Great Britain! Everdale is now in eighth place in the FEI Dressage World Ranking. A fantastic achievement!

But not only Everdale himself was successful this year. His offspring also did very well in sport. The first offspring of Everdale are now competing at Small Tour level:

Inclusive (Everdale x Uptown) & Charlotte Fry, Small Tour, bred by R. Enting

Especial (Everdale x Vivaldi) & Charlotte Fry, Small Tour, bred by C.J.J. van Bavel

Imhotep (Everdale x Vivaldi) & Charlotte Dujardin, Small Tour, bred by T. Huizing

Idwinaretto (Everdale x Johnson) & Hubert Jankowski, Small Tour, bred by P. Dolfsma

Inverness (Everdale x Johnson) & Brecht d’Hoore, Small Tour, bred by Y.M.M. van Maasacker

Inspire (Everdale x Don Romantic) & Brecht d’Hoore, Small Tour, bred by Carmeliet-Leybaert

Joey v.d. Fuik (Everdale x Pion) & Dominique Filion, Small Tour, bred by MTS Stal de Fuik

I am Sam RS2 (Everdale x Krack C) & Seth Boschman, Small Tour, bred by K. Retera

Inxs van de Wolfshoeve (Everdale x Rousseau) & Ali Potasky, Small Tour, bred by J.A.M van der Horst-Meeus

Inferno (Everdale x Trento B) & Quinty Vossers, Small Tour, bred by J. Gloudemans

Imposant (Everdale x Contango) & Laurens van Liere, Small Tour, bred by G.H. de Vries-Teeuwen

Jerrydale (Everdale x Havidoff) & Sophie Taylor, Small Tour, bred by I.M.C. Schel-Schippers

Ilionne (Everdale x Hotline) & Julia Lee Barton, Small Tour, bred by D. Pigmans-Schouten

Irintha (Everdale x Tenerife VDL) & Ali Potasky, Small Tour, bred by R. van Erp

Inspiration (Everdale x Calido I) & Marije de Lange, Small Tour, bred by M.R. Hanswijk en L. Hanswijk-Bingley

Ikke (Everdale x Unaniem) & Viktorie Kudelova, Small Tour, bred by A. van Kemenade

Ilias v/h Trichelhof (Everdale x Negro) & Evy de Haan, Lichte Tour, gefokt door R. Bries

Jarina des Vallées (Everdale x Sandro Hit) & Barbara Clement Klinger, Small Tour, bred by H.B.G. Holleman-Hilderink

Jackpot (Everdale x Jazz) & Jeroen Devroe, Small Tour, bred by J. Groenendijk

Jillz (Everdale x Florencio) & Nicole de Leeuw, Small Tour, bred by J. Andre and J. Janssen

 

Just Me (Everdale x Riverman) & Romee Driessen, ZZ-zwaar, bred by H.A.M. van den Bogaard

Infinity Win T (Everdale x Jazz) & Roy First, ZZ-zwaar, bred by A.M.T Toonen Arts

It’s Easy (Everdale x Havel) & Marieta Doornwaard, ZZ-zwaar, bred by L. Lub

Everian L (Everdale x Hochadel) & Anna Kasprzak, ZZ-zwaar, bred by K. Bundgaard

 

There are also many upcoming talents, such as:

Jackpot v/h Trichelhof (Everdale x Negro) & Kebie van der Heijden, bred by R. Bries

Evergreen (Everdale x Don Havidoff) & Lisa Müller

Jackson (Everdale x Negro) & Charlotte Fry, bred by Van Olst Horses

Evegro (Everdale x Negro) & Lotje Schoots, bred by Van Olst Horses

Iondale (Everdale x Donnerhall) & Martha Jobling-Purser, bred by H.A.B. Hutten

Jemima LH (Everdale x Don Gregory) & Marten Luiten, bred by R.J. Lickley

Jacatra’s Roos (Everdale x TCN Partout) & Patrick van der Meer, bred by stal Jacatra

Kalypso Mansolein (Everdale x Leonardo Da Vinci) & Sarah di Bella, bred by stoeterij Mansolein

Kajool (Everdale x Vivaldi) & Jan Zamec, bred by J. Vloet

Kingsdale (Everdale x Negro) & Kirsten Beckers, bred by Van Olst Horses

Join me de Massa (Everdale x Rieto) & Eric Guardia Martinez, bred by M. Sylvain Massa

Jacobus (Everdale x Pacific) & Severo Jurado Lopez, bred by L. Reijnierse

 

We would like to congratulate the breeders, owners and riders of these horses with the results achieved!

Kjento nominated for the title KWPN Horse of the Year 2021!

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Will Kjento follow into the steps of Glamourdale, KWPN Horse of the Year 2020?

This year again, three dressage horses have been nominated for the title of KWPN Horse of the Year. Kjento owes his nomination to his fantastic performance at the World Championships for young dressage horses in Verden last summer, where he became world champion in the six-year-olds class, together with Charlotte Fry. Kjento is a descendant of Negro x Jazz, and bred by A.J. van Os.

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Elegance second in Madrid World Cup

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Last weekend the third World Cup dressage competition was held in the Spanish capital Madrid. The Spanish rider Beatriz Ferrer-Salat became second with Elegance (Negro out of Reina elite pref perst sport-dres PROK by Monaco, breeder: G.J. van Olst of Den Hout). She is now 7th placed in the standings. There will be 6 more qualifications in the Western European League, after which the World Cup final will take place in Leipzig from April 6 to 10.

Source: KWPN

Jessica Leijser scores over 71%: ‘It could actually be even better’

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Jessica Leijser rode the six-year-old Kashmir at the Subtop competition in Nederweert with a beautiful score of 71.45% to a clear victory in ZZ-Zwaar test 37. The Grand Prix rider thinks the homebred Glamourdale son is the best horse she has ever ridden. “I’ve never had a horse like this under the saddle, he’s really a natural talent and does everything so easily,” she says happily.

Kashmir made his debut in the ZZ-Zwaar class at the beginning of October. Today in Nederweert he passed the magical 70% limit for the first time. “And it could actually be even better”, his rider starts laughing at her story. “I think Kas can do anything for an eight, but he really excels in the extended trot and canter, the pirouettes and the series. Today I wanted to ride the changes in one of the series even bigger and then I got an expensive mistake. In addition, there is still progress to be made in the trot work. If he can keep a bit more calm a little more, especially in the half passes, the score can really go up even further.”

Joker

“Kas is a real natural talent and does everything so easily. He is very willing to work and always wants to do everything for me. But can also be a joke. He’s a little scared of other horses, and even though he sees them every day, they’re still exciting,” she adds with a laugh. “But that just makes him extra fun.” Leijser bred the Glamourdale son out of the Vivaldi daughter Future Lady. “He went to the KWPN Stallion Inspection at the age of 2.5 and in the run-up to that I already saw that he was not just one.”

Not quite ready for yet

“Kas was then saddle-broken at the age of three and his quality was already clearly visible.” Last year he scored 80 points in the Pavo Cup selection of the West region in Houten and he took part in the selection process for the World Championships for Young Dressage Horses. “We got there until the last round. I could agree that we were not selected. He had to get stronger and he wasn’t quite ready yet.”

Focus on World Championships for Young Dressage Horses

Leijser hopes to qualify for the Championships next year. “In consultation with my instructor Joyce van Rooijen-Heuitink, I have decided to let Kas gain experience at ZZ-Zwaar level for the foreseeable future. The tests at the World Championships for seven-year-olds are similar to that. In addition, I would love to ride the Dutch championship with him next year. But first he gets a break, the bow can’t always be tense.”

A lot of demand

“At home in training I occasionally take a piece of the Big Tour work with me. He does that effortlessly. That is reason for me to be extra careful with it, he is still so young and he must also be given the time he needs. But I do think he is really one for the Grand Prix work. The only downside of having such a good horse is that there is a lot of demand for it, and the question is whether I can keep it that long.”

From own breeding

Leijser, who was already successful in the Subtop with several horses, has five more horses to ride in addition to Kashmir. “These are mostly four- and five-year-olds, most of them from own breeding. Five foals will be born next year. Two of them are from Glamourdale. I love that stallion, but I always choose stallions that best suit the mare. So there is often variation,” says Leijser.

Source: Horses.nl

Evegro sold to Lotje Schoots

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Recently Lotje Schoots bought the black stallion Evegro.

Evegro is a 7-year-old stallion who was approved as a three-year-old by the NRPS and later that year was also approved in Finland. As a 5 year old he returned to Van Olst Horses, after which he was trained by Charlotte Fry.

Evegro’s sire is the Olympic stallion Everdale. His mother, Fresia, is a daughter of the well-known Negro bred out of the Monaco mare Reina. Fresia is not only the dam of this Evegro, but also the dam of the NRPS approved Irvin s. Inspire and also the NRPS approved Everest s. Especial. Everest recently won the KWPN Young Dressage Talents competition for three-year-olds at indoor Oosteind with a 10 for his canter. This striking gray also received a 10 from the guest jury.

But this is not all that comes from this direct dam line: Granddam Reina is also the dam of the Olympic dressage horse Elegance s. Negro ridden by Beatriz Ferer Salat, who are a members of the Spanish dressage team.

We congratulate Lotje with Evegro and wish them a lot of success in the future!

Olivia Lagoy-Weltz finds future horse in Chippendale daughter

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Olivia Lagoy-Weltz has found the successor for her current international Grand Prix horse in Ici Bria VCG (Chippendale x Weyden). The eight-year-old elite sport mare is bred by VCG Horses.

Recently the American rider rode the mare to the title at the national championships in ‘Fourth Level’. The mare was bred in the Netherlands and comes out of the famous damline of Tineke Bartels’ Grand Prix horse Barbria. She is also related to Blue Hors Don Olymbrio. In 2016, under the saddle of José van Haaren, she scored 80.5 points at the IBOP in Asten. After that the mare has been sold to America.

Last year Chippendale made a very succesful international Grand Prix debut with Charlotte Fry. The combination scored 71.957% in the Grand Prix Special.

Source: Eurodressage

Picture: Chippendale with Charlotte Fry