2024 US National Dressage Championships at Lamplight Equestrian Centre

The U.S. Dressage Festival of Champions showcases the top athletes and best horses of the country, this year from August 19-25 at HITS Lamplight Equestrian Centre in Wayne, IL. Find all the results HERE.

A large group of Dutch Warmbloods – 39 horses – was qualified for the US Championships this year, of which many that were bred in the USA by our members. Team DG Bar Ranch for example from California brought five horses of which three were homebred: Pharaoh DG, Makanabria DG and Maebria DG. Team Sonnenberg Farm from Oregon competed with two homebred horses: Sonnenberg’s Paris and Sonnenberg’s Primrosa. Jackie Ahl- Eckhaus of Mountain View Sporthorses from California was also competing with a horse from her own program, Jett MVS.

The results that the Dutch Warmbloods and their riders booked were to be very proud of. Especially the young horse classes had a lot of US bred horses competing. The final Top 6 of the 4-year-old class consisted of all US bred horses!

Below, we listed the Dutch Warmbloods that participated this year and what their placings were. All the images posted on this page were made by USA Dressage or provided to us by the owners/ riders.

Participating Dutch Warmblood horses and final ranking per class

Four Year Old Division

• Pharaoh DG (Koning DG x Parcival), ridden by Willy Arts, bred and owned by DG Bar Ranch in CA . Champion 87.440%
• Sonnenberg’s Paris (Vivino x Fürstenball), ridden by Michele Bondy, bred and owned by Sonnenberg Farm from OR. Reserve Champion 87.360%
• Sonnenberg’s Primrosa (Secret x Ampère), ridden by Michele Bondy, bred and owned by Sonnenberg Farm in OR. 4th place 84.160%
• Presley (Asgard’s Ibiza x Sir Sinclair), ridden and owned by Emily O’Neill, bred by INSPO, INC. in the USA. 13th place 74.560%

Five Year Old Division

• One More Dream MW (Sezuan x De Niro), ridden by Charell Garcia, owned by Jennifer Vanover, bred by L. der Haar in NL. 4th place 77.360%
• Optima (Fürst Toto x Tango), ridden by Blair Niemcziek, owned by Elizabeth Jenkins, bred by J.A. de Pater- van Giessen in NL.  5th place 76.920%
• Hukam Singh (Vitalis x Sorento), ridden by Michael Bragdeli, owned by Sorab Singh Sandhawalia, bred by Stal Ribbels in NL. 7th place 75.600%
• Ophelia BSH (Uthopia x Sir Sinclair), ridden and owned by Bridget Hay, bred by Jill Blasland in the USA. 10th place 73.000%
• Oscar HF (Benicio x Krack C), ridden by Willy Arts, owned by Dynasty Dressage Group LLC and bred by Hamar Farms in CA. 14th place 71.200%

Developing Prix St. Georges

• Gorgeous Latino (Glock’s Toto Jr. x Rubiquil), ridden by Sabine Schut- Kery, owned by Sandy Mancini, bred by Stal Hexagon in NL. Champion 70.638%
• Kanjer TC (Geniaal x Gouverneur), ridden and owned by Sarah Mason- Beaty, bred by Tim Coomans and the Triemstra Family in NL. Reserve Champion 69.467%
• Limited Edition (Dante Weltino x Contango), ridden by Jaclyn Pepper- Millard, owned by Marsha Busekist, bred by Gwen Blake in the USA. 4th place 67.981%
• Liang (Guardian S x Florencio I), ridden and owned by Sarah Mason- Beaty, bred by Stal van de Sande in NL. 5th place 67.539%
• Lord Hennessy (Hennessy x Santano), ridden by Ali Potasky, owned by Courtney Lau, bred by J.H. Kamperman in NL. 6th place 67.133%
• Legatus SDM (Chagall D&R x Redford), ridden by Sara Hassler, owned by Elite Sporthorses Group, bred by P.A. Barendrecht/ Stoeterij de Middenweg in NL. 13th place 64.966%

Grand Prix

• Infinity (Dream Boy x Freestyle), ridden and owned by Karen Lipp, bred by Dirk Fiechter in NL. Reserve Champion 66.813%
• Eaton H (Wynton x San Remo), ridden by Callie O’Connell,  owned by Ruling Cortes LLC, bred by G. Deen Holding bv in NL 3rd place 63.936%

Brentina Cup U25

• Goldenboy Vinckenburgh (Apache x Olivi), ridden and owned by Josh Albrecht, bred by A. Sturkenboom- Vernooij in NL. Reserve Champion 66.345%

Six Year Old Division

• Nation VDL (New Generation VDL) (Desperados x Zonik), ridden and owned by Campbell Jones, bred by VDL Stud in NL. 8th place 76.680%
• Nibulandra (Intro K x Cover Story), ridden by Charlotte Osborne, owned by Chantelle Noble, bred by H. Vleems in NL. 9th place 76.560%
• Nero (Desperado x Negro), ridden by Stephen Birchall, owned by Joyce Rider, bred by E. Lalkens in NL. 10th place 75.840%
• Neil (Governor x Vivaldi), ridden by Patricia Becker, owned by Barbara Cadwell, bred by Ad Valk in NL. 15th place 74.160%

Seven Year Old Division

• Makanabria DG (Rock Forever x Bellissimo M), ridden by Willy Arts, bred and owned by DG Bar Ranch in CA. Champion 73.427%
• Maebria DG (Totilas x Idocus), ridden by Ashlyn de Groot- Dodge, bred and owned by DG Bar Ranch in CA. 6th place 69.971%
• Mojito (Grand Galaxy Win x Rohdiamant), ridden and owned by Kymberly Pullen, bred by A. de Baere in NL. 8th place 69.035%
• Mynanke A (Hennessy x Ferro), ridden and owned by Amy Speck- Kern, bred by A.D.A. Augustinus from NL. 9th place 65.919%
• Masterful Dream (Everdale x Jazz), ridden and owned by Lauren Chumley, bred by MJ Proulx from Canada. 12th place 62.479%

Intermediate I

• Sonnenberg’s Jersey (Vivaldi x Ferro), ridden by Sabine Schut- Kery, Owned by Sonnenberg Farm, bred by M.A. van de Goor from NL. Champion 72.884%
• Leeloo Dallas (Gaspard de La Nuit x Negro), ridden and owned by Lauren Chumley, bred by Rachael McKinney in the USA. 3rd place 69.338%
• Electra DDJ (Vivaldi x Iglesias), ridden and owned by Siena Harris- Gissler, bred by the de Jong Family from NL. 5th place 67.130%

Developing Grand Prix

• Jim (Ferdeaux x Spielberg), ridden and owned by Hanna Bressler Jaques, bred by A. Soethout in Belgium. Reserve Champion 67.761%
• Jett MVS (Bretton Woods x Flemmingh), ridden, owned and bred by Jackie Ahl- Eckhaus from CA. 6th place 66.645%
• Kingstown (El Capone x United), ridden and owned by Meghan Richards, bred by G.C. van der Koppel in NL. 8th place 61.911%
• Jjaguar B (Spielberg x Uphill), ridden by Heather Salden Kurtz, owned by Kristi Bloom and bred by J. Jansen in Belgium. 9th place 61.436%

Young Riders Championship

• Isalita Roos (Cupido x Flemmingh), ridden by Ella Fruchtermann, owned by Ella and Todd Fruchtermann, bred by A. Akkerman in NL. 4th place 66.153%
• Il Divo (Johnson x Kelvin), ridden and owned by Franki Kesner, bred by J. Kloek in NL. 5th place 65.785%
• Irieno – S (Davino V.O.D. x Facet), ridden and owned by Anna Yost, bred by A. Dikkema in NL. 10th place 62.868%

Junior Division 

• Happy Feet (Totilas x Westpoint), ridden by Alexis Troutman, owned by Alexis, Kevin and Nina Troutman, bred by Annalies Kraaier in NL.  5th place 66.132%
• Farah- Jade (Casantos x Gagson Wimborn AA), ridden and owned by Laila Edwards, bred by the Oud Family in NL.  7th place 64.708%