Kastel’s Nintendo Crown has established himself over a long career as one of the finest dressage horses in the world. It is impressive that at the age of 20, he was still happily competing at the international Grand Prix level with his owner and rider Charlotte Jorst. They have represented the USA in FEI competition at the World Cup in Sweden in 2016, 7 Nations Cups, and have competed in 128 International CDI Grand Prixs, 25 of which he won.

Nintendo (Negro preferent out of Rodieni R elite pref prest sport-dres PROK by Monaco, breeder C. Rommens from Bavel) comes from a successful sport lineage. Mother Rodieni R competed at Z2 level and, in combination with Negro, produced the mare Top’s Zoë, with whom Theo Hanzon competed in international Grand Prix. This Top’s Zoë also produced three international Grand Prix horses herself, including Eddieni (by Johnson), which scored well above 70 percent with multiple riders. In addition, Top’s Zoë also produced a Small Tour and a Medium Tour horse. And that’s not all, because Nintendo’s dam Rodieni R produced more Grand Prix horses in combination with Negro: Isadieni SRV and the Small Tour horse Amazing R. Her offspring by Krack C and Bretton Woods are respectively competing at ZZ-Light and ZZ-Heavy levels.

Nintendo was selected for the performance test as a three-year-old and then developed very well in the sport. The stallion was trained by Gertjan and Anne van Olst and subsequently competed at Grand Prix level for a remarkable ten years with Charlotte Jorst. Nintendo participated in over 120 competitions, winning 25 tests. He retired to be a breeding stallion. He received KWPN Individual Erkend status and the Crown predicate from the KWPN-NA in 2023.