Good scores for Eebert (Atleet x Veldine keur by Manno). The three-year-old harness horse stallion Eebert (Atleet x Veldine keur by Manno, breeder: P.J.M. Lelieveld), owned by the Van Manen brothers and V.C.J. van Beest, was approved on Thursday for…
The Special Awards were announced at the recent Annual Meeting in Holland. Gert van der Veen Award Dileva The jumper mare Dileva (Wittinger x Peleve keur by Kojak x Boreas), bred by Chr.J. Klok and owned by Claybrook Farm, really…
Elizabeth Searle, co-founder of the North American Department of the KWPN, passed away on Saturday, January 7, 2012. Elizabeth Searle and J. Ashton Moore, together with the KWPN’s Gert van der Veen were the three driving forces behind the conception…
KWPN stallion Animo was laid to rest at his home-base in England. The KWPN jumper stallion Animo was laid to rest at his home-base in England. He had been experiencing age-related infirmities. Due to a worsening lung infection, the decision…
Hickstead, the 2008 Olympic gold medal stallion ridden by Eric Lamaze of Canada, died suddenly at the World Cup event at Verona on Sunday. Hickstead (Hamlet x Ekstein), a 15-year-old KWPN stallion, and Eric, the No. 1 ranked rider in…
This week, the Stallion Selection Committee voted to grant “Erkend for KWPN breeding” status to Carl Hester’s KWPN-registered stallion Uthopia. The sensation of the FEI European Championships in Rotterdam was the unarguable bay wonder that won the team gold and…
Seven jumping stallions participated in the final presentation and six of them very much deserved their approval. Five dressage stallions were presented, four of which were accepted into the studbook and two of whom scored over 80 points. Two Harness…
The Special Awards were announced at the recent Annual Meeting in Holland. Gert van der Veen Award Blossom With an 80 for conformation and an 85 for free-jumping, the 1.67m Blossom (Lupicor x Vanilla Shake by Larino keur) earned her…
During the final exam in Stegeren the KWPN announced the approval of eleven stallions – six jumping, four dressage and one Gelders. With 84.5 points, the 4-year-old Bretton Woods (Johnson x De Niro) was the top scoring dressage stallion of…
KWPN approved stallion Juventus (Dublin x Aprhodite keur pref by Principaal) was humanely euthanized due to complications from arthritis resulting from an injury on October 12th. Juventus was imported by Iron Spring Farm in 1998 and was donated to Cornell…