Report from the Road – Les Écuries Diabolo in Québec, Canada

Report from the Road –  Les écuries Diabolo  (Quebec)

8/25/2024
St-Agapit, QC, Canada
Host: Alain Bergeron
Jury: Bart Henstra & Stan Creemers
Editors: Tracy Geller- Stearns

Thank you to our kind hosts, Alain Bergeron and Celine Tremblay for having us today at your scenic farm!  We appreciate your kind hospitality in hosting this year’s Keuring.

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Riding Classes:   IBOP, DG Bar & Global Equine Sires Cup classes:
Thank you to our cup class sponsors, DG Bar Breeders and Global Equine Sires

IBOP – Dressage

JUWEEL OF LITCHY MFS ster, keur elig, PROK, D-OC (Bordeaux pref x Elegan Zitchy by Jazz pref, BREEDER: C. IRONSIDE,  OWNER: Danielle Landreville.   This mare has a good Dressage frame with a sufficient walk, a trot that has good reach and use of the frontleg.  The canter has very good ability for collection and is powerful with good rhythm.  With a passing IBOP today, she now earns her Elite predicate.  Congratulations!

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IBOP – Jumper

ROMANTIC GIRL ROYALE (Copabella Visage x Jamaica TCS by Warrant, BREEDER/OWNER: Alice Deblats) This mare shows an active canter and  has a good overview.  Jumps upward and with a powerful take off.  She has quick use of the frontleg with sufficient scope, and has a good attitude.  She earns her IBOP predicate today, Congratulations!

Studbook Classes:

Thank you to our Keuring Championship Award Sponsor, Iron Spring Farm

Stb/Ster 4-to-7 Year  –  Jumper

PANDORA ROYALE (Quidam Blue x Jamaica TCS by Warrant,  BREEDER: Alice Deblats,  OWNERS: Stephanie Lalonde and Laura Champagne).  This is a long lined mare with a well positioned neck. She is  correct in legs, yet somewhat weak in her loins.  She shows a  lightfooted canter and sufficient power in takeoff over the jumps.  She earns the Ster predicate today, Congratulations!

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Young Horse Classes:

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Foals/ Weanlings – Dressage

UPTOWN GIRL MTA  (Vaderland x Luzia Letty MTA D-OC by Negro pref, BREEDER/OWNER: Danielle Landreville).  This is a young foal with an expressive, elegant and refined dressage type with a lot of posture.  She has a very good shoulder and lean legs.  She is  uphill in movement with very expressive use of the frontleg.  She is also very adjustable and lightfooted.  

UNITED GLAMOUR MTA (Glamourdale x Nathalia MTA ster, D-OC by Totilas, BREEDER: Danielle Landreville, /OWNER:Shannon Bisset).  A well muscled, elegant foal, with a long, vertical neck, a  good shoulder and correct topline.  He shows a lightfooted trot with sufficient power, and an active, balanced canter.

Two Year Olds – Harness

SERENDIPITY E-S (Graaf Kelly x Lady Luck by Aureool aang PROK, BREEDER/OWNERS: Sebastien Boutin and Sophie Moore). A well developed,  good harness type with a vertical,  well muscled neck.  He has strong connections in the topline and a flat shaped, long croup. He is powerful in trot with good knee action and reach in the front leg,  and a good bending use of the hindleg.

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First Premiums:

**These remarks are for a snapshot in the lifetime of a horse. Not all first premium or ster horses are mentioned in “The Report from the Road”; only those horses that really stand out to the jury.**

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