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German Sires Rule at 2003 KWPN Stallion Selection
November 18, 2003
 On
Wednesday November 15, the 2003/2004 KWPN Stallion Licensing
kicked off with its first viewing of entered colts.
Five groups, which are split up based on the colts talent
for dressage or show jumping, have passed the inspection
committee's eyes so far. After five days of these first
viewings, the KWPN Stallion Selection Committee, presided
by Mr. Hamoen, transferred approximately 50 colts out
of 771 to the second round.
On day one "older" stallions were presented,
sired by stallions such as Ferro, Gribaldi, Havidoff,
Houston, Lord Sinclair, and Nourejev. Anky van Grunsven's
Painted Black (Gribaldi x Ferro) participated in the
day-one-review, but he was not accepted for the second
round, despite carrying the title of Reserve Champion
at the 2003 World Championships for Young Dressage Horses.
The selection committee was not pleased with Painted
Black's movements, which were "slow" and "unfunctional."
Van Grunsven felt insulted by this remark and said
that, "modern sport horses are just not wanted
by the KWPN." Being a good sport horse doesn't
automatically equate into being a worthy sire. The seven
older stallions that did make the cut were all by show
jumping sires, except number 764, a Lord Sinclair x
Weltmeyer colt.
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groups of show jumping colts were presented over the
past few days. The best impressions were made by offspring
of Voltaire, Lux and Oramé. Especially the Holsteiner
sire Lux (Lord Calando x Ahorn Z) appealed with seven
sons, who will be shown again in the second round.
Twenty-three colts, who are destined to become dressage
sires, out of the first dressage group are going to
the second round. Extremely striking is that 14 out
of 23 colts passed were sired by German stallions:
324 Jazz x Hofnar
606 Oscar x Apollonios xx
608 Oscar x Rossini
610 Oscar x Apollonios
624 Paddox x Haarlem
642 Polansky x Doruto
646 Polansky x Ferro
675 Ronaldo x Kennedy
678 Ronaldo x Pion
681 Royal Dance x May Sherif
684 Royal Dance x Cocktail
685 Royal Dance x Kennedy
688 Royal Dance x Astronaut
693 Sandro Hit x Jazz
704 Sunny Boy x Aktion
706 Sunny Boy x Classiker
708 Triton x Rossini ster
731 Welcome x Belisar
735 Welt Hit II x Wolfgang
738 Welt Hit II x TCN Partout
740 Welt Hit II x Flemmingh
Ronaldo (by Rubinstein), Royal Dance (by Rohdiamant),
Sandr Hit (by Sandro Song), Sunny Boy (by Sandro Hit),
Welcome (by World Cup I) and Welt Hit II (by Weltmeyer)
represented German breeding in those colts passed for
round two.
More news later this week.
Related Links
Anky
van Grunsven and Painted Black At Trakehner Gala Neumunster
Symfonie, 2002 KWPN Licensing
Champion
2000 KWPN Stallion
Keuring Days in Den Bosch
Chairman of KWPN Stallion
Licensing Commission, Ab Barneveld, Steps Down
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