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December 9, 2025

KWPN Stallion Selections have started

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Exciting times in the Netherlands, as the first round of the KWPN Stallion Selections has started. A total of 235 dressage stallions, 163 jumpers and 7 Gelders stallions have been signed up. The Harness stallion selections will take place in January. If you don’t know how the stallion selection process for the KWPN works, keep reading.

First viewing 
This first round of the stallion selection is also called the ‘First viewing’. Young stallions are signed up by their owners to get inspected by the stallion committee. Each breeding direction has its own viewing and its own committee of judges. The dressage stallions are inspected first – tomorrow.
Conformation assessment – ‘the street’ 
During the first viewing, the stallions get assessed on conformation and foundation first – on hard surface – and then on movement – in the arena.
The hard surface area is an indoor paved street where the stallions are presented in hand. The stallions get positioned in front of the judges first so they can look at the stance and shape of the body, legs and hoofs and overall quality. They then walk and trot away and toward the judges, who sit on the short end. This way, they can see if the body, hoofs and legs are used correctly.
Free movement assessment – ‘the cage’ 
The stallions will then show their free movement in a fenced area in the arena – the ‘cage’. The cage has an oval shape with a ‘figure eight’ inside, around which the stallions move in trot and canter. The judges can see how the stallions hold themselves in circles. The cage also has a barrier with a long side for going on a straight line. After their round, they trot by hand for one lap with their handler before leaving the cage.
Grouped by sire 
Both the hard surface and free movement are done in groups, often by sire. So you will be able to see a several sons of one stallion in a row, which of course is very interesting. After all stallions in the group have done their free movement, the stallions are brought back to walk around by hand. The owners then hear one by one if their stallion is selected for the second round or not. Only if they are not selected, they get a short explanation by the judges.
Second viewing 
The second viewing takes place during the KWPN Stallion Show in Den Bosch, January 28-31. If a stallion is selected during the Second viewing, they will receive an invitation to proceed in the process for the performance test.
Follow the selections 
Are you curious and want to see the stallions the coming 2 weeks? The first viewings are broadcasted live and on demand on ClipMyHorse.tv and KWPN.tv. Liz Van Woerden will also be in Ermelo to report for us.

Links

  • Visit this page to learn more about the KWPN Stallion Selections.
  • Find the online catalogue with the participating stallions HERE.
  • Find the start list with the group order HERE.
  • Check which Stallions are selected each day HERE. 
  • To learn more about KWPN.tv and how to watch, click HERE.

Selected on Day 1

On the first day of the selections, 26 stallions were presented and 12 were invited for the second viewing in Den Bosch. We saw sons of Secret, Totilas, Vitalis, Barton VDL, Total McLaren, Dante US and Vaderland. The Vitalis son that was selected is a full brother of Annabella Pidgeley’s top dressage horse Vamos Amigos. Stay tuned for the compilation video of the selected stallions or go to our Facebook page. Of course you can also watch all the stallions on demand on ClipMyHorse and KWPN.tv.

311 TOPGUN AEH (DANTE US x FERGUSON x VIVALDI PREF)

Breeder: A. ZEKVELD, Owner.: J & J INVEST

312 TENDO (DANTE US x VIVALDI PREF x FERRO PREF)

Breeder/ Owner: G. JACOBS, Co-Owner: F. BURGERS

503 TIËSTO (SECRET x NEGRO PREF x EL CORONA)

Breeder: J. VAN DE LAAR, Owner: VAN OLST HORSES

510 TYRION SC (SIR DONNERHALL I x VIVALDI PREF x BURGGRAAF PREF)

Breeder: I.P.J. VAN SANTVOORT, Owner: N.F. WITTE and A. RAMSAHAI

514 SUPER SAINT AEH (ST. EMILION x  SAN AMOUR x LAMERTO H)

Breeder: S. ZEYN, Owner: ANCHOR EXCELLENT HORSES B.V.

521 TERVANO (TOTAL MCLAREN x CHARMEUR PREF x VIVALDI PREF)

Breeder/ Owner.: G. STRIK, Co-Owner: STAL VAN DE SANDE & UZUNHASAN STABLES

522 TOTAL ATTRACTION VDV (TOTAL MCLAREN x OSCAR x FLEMMINGH PREF)

Breeder/Owner: A.K. SMEENK, Co-Owner: E. TEN BOSCH

527 TAYCAN (VADERLAND x BENICIO x LAURIES CRUSADOR XX)

Breeder/ Owner: T. DRIESSEN

529 TOTALLY TRUE B (VADERLAND x TOTILAS ERK x JAZZ PREF)

Breeder/ Owner: STAL DE BEUKENVALLEI, Co-Owner: ANEMONE SPORTPAARDEN BV

531 VAMOS JUNIOR (VITALIS ERK x HOTLINE x SANDRO HIT)

Breeder: Unknown, Owner: J. VAN GEET

534 SECRET’S NEXT STAR CM (SECRET x GREY FLANELL x DESPERADOS)

Breeder: G. GENG, Germany, Owner.: OLAERTS EQUESTRIAN

535 POWER EDITION KSH (LIVIUS x FLORENCIO KEUR x TOLANDO)

Breeder: Y. ACKERMANS, Owner.: S. VAN SUCHTELEN V/D HAERE and R. KOREVAART

Selected stallion 529 by Vaderland x Totilas, here inspected on hard surface
Selected stallion nr. 531 by Vitalis x Hotline, here inspected on hard surface