Harness Horse Newsletter – June 2025 It has been a while, so the Harness Horse Committee made this newsletter XXL with all the important news up until June 2025! Including: Harness stallion selections in the Netherlands Keuring news Upcoming Harness…
Preferent Dutch Harness stallion Atleet passed away unexpectedly at his loving home – Bill & Erin Duffy’s Grand Finale Farm – in Massachusetts. Atleet was bred by Ronnie Aalders in the Netherlands. The 20-year-old Harness stallion was sired by Patijn…
List of selected stallions that have met the veterinary requirements to breed reg. A offspring in 2026. The KWPN stallion selection process underwent a number of changes last fall. One of these changes is that the spring performance test was…
The legendary KWPN stallion Negro preferent (Ferro x Variant) passed away The preferent stallion Negro (by Ferro) has passed away at the respectable age of 30. The stallion, born in 1995, lived at Van Olst Horses in Den Hout until…
It’s time for the 2025 Stallion Service Auction! The 2025 Annual Stallion Service Auction (SSA) is taking place February 15-23. Helps the KWPN of North America underwrite the many programs offered to its members and breeders; including educational opportunities…
Report of the First round of the Harness horse Stallion Selections The first viewing of the Harness stallions is a wrap! There was more audience than at any of the other first rounds season 2024/2025. A total of 11 stallions…
Stallion Activations for 2025 A great group of stallions have been activated already for the 2025 breeding season! Utopie Vaandrager HBC Sonnenberg’s Jersey Gorgeous Latino Velantis N Sir Sandro Laroche VDL Holland Cadouch Z Houdini Mobolensky CM v/d Wolfshoeve Royal…
Veterinary Advisory Committee gives recommendations on PROK Following up on the decision to update the PROK requirements for stallions (see THIS article on that topic), the Veterinary Advisory Committee, consisting of renowned veterinarians and radiologists, has formulated several recommendations that…
KWPN-NA stallion Koning DG (Bordeaux x Jazz) is now fully approved! Koning DG, bred owned by Willy Arts of DG Bar Ranch in California, is a son of Preferent Grand Prix dressage stallion Bordeaux (United x Gribaldi x Donnerhall). …
The 2024 KWPN-NA Stallion Service Auction was a great success again! The proceeds of this fundraiser help fund our Keuring tour, the foal & yearling Futurity, our educational opportunities and the Annual meeting. A total of 129 bidders were…