Ten-year-old Comthago VDL (Comme Il Faut x Carthago) is successful in the sport with Hessel Hoekstra. The duo was second at the National Championships in Deurne this year and fifth in the Grand Prix of Jumping Peel en Maas. The stallion has been active in breeding for a number of years. His first crops produced fourteen elite mares, one keur and nine star mares. His eldest offspring now compete at 1.30m level.

Comthago VDL, bred in Germany by W. Kochs is a son of the KWPN-recognized Comme Il Faut, who was successful at the highest level with Marcus Ehning. Comme Il Faut in turn descends from the also KWPN-recognized Cornet Obolensky and the Olympic mare Ratina Z (by Ramiro). Comthago VDL’s mother is the Carthago daughter Natasia V, she was active at 1.30m level. Grandmother Joyce I (by Caretino) competed at 1.50m.

Comthago VDL meets the PROK requirements and the conformation assessment didn’t yield any remarks. Comthago VDL has a genome breeding value of 97 (49% reliability), and he is not a carrier of the WFFS gene.

Eleven-year-old Impian D competes very successfully in the sport with Henk Frederiks. Frederiks and Impian D were recently ninth at the National Championships in Deurne and ninth in the Grand Prix of Amsterdam. In the Grand Prix of Ebreichsdorf, Austria, the duo finished at the top rankings and in the 2023 Nations Cup final, Impian D and the team took seventh place. His eldest descendants also compete in the sport at 1.30m level.

Impian D, bred by H. van Doorn from Lunteren, is a son of Bubalu VDL. This son of the Grand Prix stallion Baloubet du Rouet jumped with Jur Vrieling at the highest level in the sport, including gold at the WEG in Caen and a victory with the team in the Nations Cup final in Barcelona. His dam Outlaw D, a daughter of Lux, is a ster prestatie mare and competed at 1.35m level herself. In addition to Impian D, she produced the 1.50m horses Untouchable and The Freak 3, both by Andiamo. Paired with Carosso VDL, she produced a 1.30m and a 1.40m horse and Impian D’s full brother Joss D jumps at 1.40m. Grandmother Kassian, a ster mare of the preferent World Cup winner Libero H, jumped at 1.40m herself.

Impian D meets the radiological requirements set by the KWPN and the conformation assessment did not yield any remarks. Impian D has a genome breeding value of 102 (60% reliability), and he is not a carrier of the WFFS gene.

Source: KWPN