Lotje Schoots performs with “Van Olst” horses

Lotje Schoots has been riding the brown NRPS stallion Justin s. Johnson for Van Olst Horses for some time now. Two weeks ago, this duo made their competition debut in the ZZ-Licht with a score of 73%. Last weekend the championships of Utrecht were on the agenda where they again started. “Justin did a very nice and good first test. He is very stable and I was able to ride him very nicely through the test. I have quite a difficult freestyle but it suits him very well. He has a fantastic competition attitude and will always be there and go for it,” said the rider. “The Dutch National Championships will be in two weeks, after which the we will go to the subtop level.”

Also Evegro s. Everdale (bred by Van Olst Horses himself) recently purchased by Schoots also made his competition debut in ZZ-Licht. Despite the rough weather outside, with storms and rain, he managed a top score of 73%.

Photo: Justin

Charlotte Fry scores at subtop Den Dungen: “A lot of quality”

In the combined Prix St. Georges and Intermediaire I class in Den Dungen, Charlotte Fry took home two prizes on Wednesday. The second place with Especial (by Everdale) and a fifth place with Jackson (by Everdale). The class was won by Chantal Nijpjes and her horse Golden Girl (by Uphill) with 71.47%. Third was Jessica Leijser who rode Kashmir (by Glamourdale) to 69.93%. Tom Verhoeven and Honey D’Or (by Chippendale) were fourth with 69.71%.

Spectacular trot

The second prize was for Charlotte’s Intermediaire I test, which was rewarded with 70.29% “Especial had a very good test. The entire part in trot was really a highlight, he went through it very nicely. At the start of the canter he got a little hot, but luckily I was able to calm him down a bit, after which he did very nice pirouettes.” says the rider.

Green

Charlotte’s Prix St. Georges test was good for 68.28%. “Jackson is still quite green and inexperienced. It was even his first ever show, so he thought it was all a bit exciting. He is a mega talented horse and there were really nice parts in the test.”

Grand Prix quality

“They are both offspring of Everdale and I really love his offspring. They have a fantastic mentality and the quality to become Grand Prix horses. This Saturday I will start again with Jackson in Nieuw en Sint Joosland. He has seen very little, so it is now important to gain a lot of experience. I want to take Especial a few times with me to international competitions in the Small Tour this season.”

Source: Hoefslag

photo: Especial (DigiShots)

80+ score for Everdale daughter in IBOP

And again an Everdale mare was tested in the IBOP who managed to achieve a score above 80 points. Kwinzie’s-Zymfony (Everdale x Krack C, breeder J.W.J.M. Janssen) owned by Y. Schrijnemaker was presented at the IBOP in Panningen and achieved 80.5 points with the following jury comments:

“The seven-year-old Everdale daughter particularly stood out in the trot with her good silhouette and use of the frontleg. The canter is light-footed and with good balance. She has a lot of suppleness in all three gaits and can be worked well.”

Photo: Everdale European Championship Hagen

Inverness scores international

Inverness, the 9 year old son of Everdale (ds Johnson, bred by Y.M.M. van Maasacker, Cuijk) made his international Prix st. Georges debut at the show in Le Mans. Ridden by Brecht D’Hoore the scored 70,71% in a strong and competitive field which resulted in a 4th place.

Charlotte Fry is having a great day in Kronenberg

It was a busy and quite long day today for Charlotte Fry in Kronenberg, but the rider did not go home empty-handed. In the Grand Prix she won with Glamourdale (by Lord Leatherdale, breeder J.W. Rodenburg) with a super score of 78.153%. Lottie finished second with Don Joe (by Diego, breeder Van Olst Horses), who made his debut at this level, and in the other Big Tour class, the British rider rode Inclusive (by Everdale, breeder: R. Enting) in to a winning debut in the Intermediate II. “I’m very happy,” said the rider afterwards. “Glamourdale is better than ever and Don Joe and Inclusive have both also done very well for the first time in a new class.”

For Glamourdale, today was the first time he went along since Aachen and he was looking forward to it. “We have continued to work well at home and he has continued to develop very nicely and has also become stronger again,” says Fry.
The fact that he is not in a competition rhythm at the moment does not disturb Glamourdale at all and according to Lottie he was just happy that he was out to show again. “We had a lot of nice points today and the piaffe and the passage we even had 8.5s and nines,” continues Fry. “Glamourdale loves to compete. He loves to be in the spotlight and I feel in the ring that he enjoys it. He really shines.”

It was a busy and quite long day today for Charlotte Fry in Kronenberg, but the rider did not go home empty-handed. In the Grand Prix she won with Glamourdale (by Lord Leatherdale, breeder J.W. Rodenburg) with a super score of 78.153%. Lottie finished second with Don Joe (by Diego, breeder Van Olst Horses), who made his debut at this level, and in the Inter II class, the British rider rode Inclusive (by Everdale, breeder: R. Enting) to a winning debut . “I’m very happy,” said the rider afterwards. “Glamourdale is better than ever and Don Joe and Inclusive have both also done very well for the first time in a new class.”

For Glamourdale, today was the first time he went along since Aachen and he was looking forward to it. “We have continued to work at home and he has continued to develop very nicely and has also become stronger again,” says Fry.
The fact that he is not in a competition rhythm at the moment does not disturb Glamourdale at all and he was just happy to be to a show again. “We had a lot of nice points today and the piaffe and the passage we even had 8.5s and nines,” continues Fry. “Glamourdale loves to compete. He loves to be in the spotlight and I feel in the ring that he enjoys it. He really shines.”

Very easy
Don Joe was the first of the three this morning and he scored 72.772% on his GP debut. “Two weeks ago, at his Inter II debut, he completed the test very easily and then we had almost 72% and today it went so well again,” says Fry. “I am so very happy with him. He always does his best even if he is still a bit green and he just needs to get a little routine in the test. He really has a lot of talent for the exercises like piaffe, passage and the pirouettes and I’m really looking forward to the future with him.”

Inclusive
For Inclusive it was the first time in the Intermédiaire II today. “It rained really hard when I had to start with Inclusive and that made a lot of noise in the hall. He was a bit nervous because of that and that caused some tension,” explains Fry. “What I am very happy about is that he did well in the difficult exercises such as the piaffe and the passage, the pirouettes and the single changes, even though he found it exciting.”

Dutch debut
This was the first competition on Dutch soil for New Zealand rider Melissa Galloway. At the beginning of November, she and her two horses came to Van Olst Horses to train and work here. With Joey she managed to score more than 70% and finished in a nice 5th place.

Also in the ZZ-Zwaar and the Small Tour there were combinations with scores of more than seventy percent. Set Boschman received more than 72% from one of the judges for his test with I am Sam RS2 (by Everdale, breeder K. Retera), total score 70 percent in total. In the Inter I, Anouk Ivits and Iris (by Lord Leatherdale, breeder Van Olst Horses) were head and shoulders above the rest with 73.088% and in the ZZ-Zwaar Marieke van der Putten and Kuvasz RS2 (by Glamourdale, breeder Dekstation De Havikerwaard ) a score of 71.214%.

Inclusive ( v. Everdale) – Charlotte Fry

 

Bron : Horses.nl

Bustique awarded “Keur”!

On the second day of the KWPN Stallion Show in Ermelo, the Indoctro son Bustique received a well-deserved recognition, the “keur” predicate. The striking breeding stallion from Stal Hendrix has been making good progress in breeding for many years and produced, among others, the Olympic medalist Beauville Z ridden by Maikel van der Vleuten. In order to be of service to international breeders, Bustique will be available next year via the EU station of  Van Olst Horses.

The Indoctro son Bustique (ds.Grannus), bred by Hans Schipper and Henk van de Wijngaart, was approved by the KWPN as a three-year-old and subsequently progressed to international 1.45/1.50m level under Michel Hendrix. In the first few years Bustique was stationed with Gertjan van Olst and dozens of international showjumpers immediately emerged from that breeding period.

Top 35 WBFSH
The ultimate example of this is, of course, the Grand Prix and World Cup winner Beauville Z, bred from his first crop, with whom Maikel van der Vleuten wrote history in 2021 by winning the individual bronze medal at the Tokyo Olympics. Bustique also distinguishes itself with offspring such as Florida Balia NL, Hendrick’s HX, Berdien, Footlose HX and Golia. Time and time again the Indoctro son proves to give real winners. Despite his relatively young offspring, Bustique is already in 34th place in the WBFSH sire ranking and many top riders have now welcomed Bustique offspring into their stables. Paul Hendrix: “Bustique is an incredible inheritance and follows in the footsteps of his influential father Indoctro. We have waited a long time for it, but are happy that he has now received the recognition he deserves from the KWPN. If you look at the figures, it quickly becomes clear what kind of top progenitor Bustique is.”

European breeders
The stallion from Stal Hendrix will return to the stud farm this season where he started his breeding career. “Partly thanks to Gertjan van Olst, Bustique was able to make a strong start as a breeding stallion, so many good offspring were born among his clientele. Moreover, thanks to the EU recognition of Gertjan’s stud farm, we have the opportunity to offer Bustique together to an even wider breeding audience, as they can ship Bustique’s semen throughout Europe. For us there is nothing more beautiful than that he goes back to the place where his success started and we are pleased to resume the collaboration with Gertjan. Especially because he fully shares our enthusiasm about this brand new keur stallion.”

 

Van Olst breeding programm

Van Olst Horses also breeds a few foals every year. Did you know that the mare Iris, who won the Prix St Georges class in Someren last weekend ridden by Anouk Ivits, was also bred by Van Olst Horses? This daughter of Lord Leatherdale is bred out of the Negro x Monaco mare Eternal Flame who is a full sister of Elegance. Under Beatriz Ferrer Salat, he took part in the Tokyo Olympics and the European Dressage Championships in Hagen last year.

Another full sister of Eternal Flame and Elegance is the Small Tour mare Doortje Subtilia.

The next full sister of these 3 horses is the mother of no less than three NRPS approved stallions: Evegro (by Everdale) is ready to compete in the Prix st. Georges and recently purchased by Lotje Schoots, Irvin (by Inspire) is the second son and the third son is Everest (by Especial). Everest recently passed his performance test with a very good score and previously won the KWPN Young Dressage Talents for three-year-olds in Oosteinde with a 10 for his canter. Everest will be available to breeders via fresh semen this year.

Nalegro descends from a completely different line. Nalegro is the Painted Black son who has just been approved by the KWPN with no less than 85 points. What is special about this stallion is that he was bred out of the full sister of the most successful dressage horse ever: Valegro. Olympic medals, medals at World Cups and European Championships and winner of the World Cup final. He has won everything there is to win under Charlotte Dujardin.

But it is not only dressage that is bred. Gertjan’s ‘old’ love, the breeding of jumping horses, is also being practiced. During the Winter Equestrian Festival in Florida, the class for 7 year olds was won by Kadansa B under Sabrina Lefebvre. Kadansa B was bred by Van Olst Horses and Thomas Bezouw out of the Carthino Z  x Animo mare Didansa. Didansa is a full sister of the Grand Prix show jumper Cigo B.

Photo: Elegance

Nalegro is KWPN approved.

Last week the stallions of the performance test at the KWPN did there exam. One off these stallions was our Nalegro. (Breeder fam. Hanse and Van Olst Horses)

Olympic genes come together in the pedigree of Nalegro – Sired by Painted Black & out of Jalegrofleur, the full sister to Charlotte Dujardin’s Triple Olympic Champion, Valegro

Painted Black, preferent awarded, was successful
at the highest level in dressage and participated in the London 2012 Olympics, with the Spanish rider Morgan Barbancon. Nalegro’s dam, the ster PROK mare Jalegrofleur, is sired by Negro (see page 266). Jalegrofleur’s full brother, Valegro, ridden by Charlotte Dujardin, is the most successful dressage horse ever. 3-time Olympic Champion, European and World Champion, 3-time current world record holder, KWPN Horse of the Year 2014, plus many more accolades.

KWPN Inspection report:
Nalegro is an honest and hard-working stallion with a very good attitude. The walk has good tact and scope, very good activity and is powerful. In trot, the stallion has a lot of impulsion, good scope, and a very active hind leg, that carries well. The canter is very powerful, with a lot of jump, impulsion, and good scope. Nalegro moves with a lot of suppleness, very sufficient posture, and very good balance. As a dressage horse, Nalegro has a lot of talent and gives his rider a very good feeling.

Nalegro will be available this season with fresh (EU) semen.

 

 

2 new NRPS stallions

The stallions Everest and Den Hout are now definitively approved for the NRPS. After the performance test, which takes place under their own rider by means of three assessment moments, both stallions received a beautiful list of marks.

Den Hout, Diamond x Tolando breeder WF Meijerink from Stieltjeskanaal, is a complete stallion with a good dressage model and a good attitude. The walk is clean and good, the trot is active with a lot of leg technique and the canter is uphill with a lot of jump, according to the jury. He scored a total of 80 points.

Everest, Especial x Negro was bred by Van Olst Horses out of the performance and Prix st. Georges mare Reina. He previously won the KWPN Young Dressage Talent for three-year-old horses at Indoor Oosteind. He also impressed the jury: Everest is a very complete dressage horse and has a lot of charisma as a stallion. He has a great work ethic and a very good attitude. The walk is clear and regular, the trot is powerful, has good scope with an active hind leg coming under and the canter uphill, carried well and with good scope. According to the test rider, he gives a super good feeling, is very workable and has a lot of suppleness.

Everest passed the performance test with a total of 84.7 points.

Photo: Everest

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

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.