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2006 Danish Warmblood
Stallion Licensing
Twenty-Six Stallions Licensed in Herning
March 4, 2006
 Twenty-six
stallions were licensed today at the 2006 Danish Warmblood
Stallion Licensing in Herning, Denmark.
Thirteen dressage stallions and thirteen show jumpers
got permission to go to the Stallion Performance Test
if they pass the final veterinarian inspection tomorrow.
The Danish licensing committee, consisting of Poul
Graugaard, Ole From Christensen, Ole Christensen, Karina
Christiansen
and advisors Jan Olof Wannius and Hans Helmuth Sievers,
was quite strict in their judgment. Unfortunately,
they graded some uninteresting sires, and refused
several promising
home-bred young colts in favour for popular German
bloodlines.
The licensing champion of tomorrow will most likely
be Schufro Hit, a Sandro Hit out of Rudonja (by Blue
Hors Don Schufro x Inschallah AA). This modern dark
bay colt has an outstanding trot with excellent engagement
and much suppleness, but his walk is disastrous, coming
very close to pacing. Schufro Hit is a beautiful stallion
though and is owned by Blue Hors in Randboel, Denmark.
The best jumping stallion is Krake, a bay colt by
Krunch de Breve out of Potnia (by Port Royal xx x Radautz
x Rustam xx). Krake has incredible scope, super back
usage and he curls well over the biggest jumps. He
is bred and
owned
by Niels Hausgard, a famous Danish tv-entertainer who
started breeding horses a few decades ago, using mainly
anglo arabians. Hausgaard is now one of the top
jumper breeders in Denmark.
The licensed dressage stallions are:
- #5 - Bogegardens Laurino - Lauries Crusador xx
x Weltmeyer
- #10 - Skywalker - Blue Hors Future Cup x Donnerhall
- #30 - Blue Hors Diamond Dancer - Diamond Hit x
Aldatus
- #31 - Diaz - Dormello x Landadel
- #32 - Uno Don Diego - Dressage Royal x Falkland
- #33 - Firenze - Fanal Prydsholm x Loran
- #43 - Squaredancer - Loran x Temple Wind xx
- #48 - Newman - Nobleman x Donnavan
- #54 - Schufro Hit - Sandro Hit x Don Schufro
- #55 - Showtime - Show Star x Fleurop
- #63 - Amarone - Arpeggio x Potsdam
- #64 - Doncan Gravvaenge - Don Schufro x Sorel
- #67 - Versace - Flemmingh x Goodtimes
The
acceptance of, for instance, Firenze and Showtime was
surprising. At the licensing in Herning, Firenze
showed himself to be an ordinary mover while Showtime
was very slow in the hindleg and not stepping under.
Both Blue Hors Diamond Dancer and Diaz are two horses
that already got licensed at the 2005 Oldenburg licensing
in Vechta and have showed considerable improvement
in Herning. Diamond Dancer moved very electrically
and Diaz, who
is definitely
not a
father type, has changed into a very
interesting and elegant sport horse stallion.
 The
non-acceptance of catalog number 61, Teglvangs West
Point (by Willemoes
x Master x Leonardo II) was disappointing The impressive
black stallion did not have his best jumping day
yesterday, but he has a powerful, engaged movement
mechanism and
looks like a stallion, outclassing many of the
baby type stallions that did get accepted.
The licensing committee seemed very pleased with their
choice of twenty-six stallions. "The past year we had
more show jumpers in the licensing, but
this
year
it's
more
half
and
half,
show
jumping
and dressage", Karina Christiansen said. The Danish
warmblood society relies heavily upon foreign stallions
to improve their breed. "We have 1500 stallion foals
per year and only 250 are
shown
at the preselection. We hope to change that because
it should be more. The quality of the imported stallions
this year was much better than before."
Text and photos by Astrid Appels -
No reproduction allowed
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