The black Métall son was bred by A.B.M. van Driel-Daal, out of the ster preferent Haafke by Zandigo. He was approved in 2002 with three 8.5s for gaits. In 2003, he won the Pavo Cup of 4-year olds and he…
March 28th is the deadline! Declarations of Intent to present stallions for an advice keuring or approval must be in the KWPN-NA office by March 28th. The declaration must be accompanied by a copy of the pedigree and possible sport…
The Special Awards were announced at the recent Annual Meeting in Holland. Gert van der Veen Award Dalanta MG The Johnson daughter Dalanta DG out of the elite mare Valanta (s. Goodtimes) is owned by Abby Onsgard and bred by…
De Niro The 20-year-old stallion De Niro leads the WBFSH sire ranking, followed by the preferent KWPN stallions Jazz and Gribaldi. Bred by Brigitte Pahl, the Donnerhall son has greatly influenced international dressage, excelling both as a grand prix competitor…
Jessica Springsteen and Vindicat W. Photo © Sportfot. Twenty-one-year-old Jessica Springsteen of Colts Neck, NJ, guided Stone Hill Farm’s Vindicat W (Guidam out of Oklahoma II W prest by Libero H, breeder P.H.B.M. van Wegen of Raalte) to the winning…
Christine McCrea and Candy Tribble’s Zerly beat an all-star international field in Thursday’s $125,000 Ruby et Violette WEF Challenge Cup Round 9 during the 2013 FTI Consulting Winter Equestrian Festival’s (FTI WEF) CSI-W 5* week. McCrea and the nine-year old…
Last weekend the first ever Harness Stallion Licensing took place at Windy Knoll Farm in Sullivan Ohio. The jury consisted of harness stallion committee chairman Henk Rootveld, Lana Sneddon (North American inspector) and René van der Kuil (KWPN harness horse…
The battle in the Championship for Gelder stallions was between catalog number 573 (Negro x Elegant, breeders: B. van der Veen and S.E.Brugge) and catalog number 575 (Wynton x Zep, breeder: H.C. Vonk). Chairman Reijer van Woudenbergh didn’t keep spectators…
Catalog number 611, Fantijn (Patijn x Manno), won the championship for harness horse stallions. Bred by H. Boelens, the handsome chestnut was praised for his youthful presence and quality. Mr. Rootveld, Chairman of the Harness Stallion Selection Committee for harness…
Seven horses returned to the ring for the jumper championship keuring. After their in-hand presentation, Daan Nanning, Chairman of the Selection Committee, announced the Champion: Freeman VDL, catalog number 154, the well-developed, very well-conformed Emmerton son out of a Chin…