Dutch
Warmblood Breeding News:
Paddo, 2000 KWPN Stallion Licensing Champion
The
annual KWPN stallion licensing days in 's Hertogenbosch,
Holland, closed off with 57 riding horse stallions selected
for the 70-day stallion test in Ermelo. The final number
of qualified stallions was lower than last year, but
this was a result of strict selecting by the committee
that consisted of Frenk Jespers, Jaap Werners, Hans
Horn and Rob van Overbeek.
Trend breeding has been warp and woof in various European
warmblood associations. While Germany places Donnerhall,
Rohdiamant and Wolkentanz II on a pedestal, Ferro, Junior
and Jazz are hyped in Holland. During the sold out KWPN
dressage show on Friday evening, Anky van Grunsven and
Tineke Bartels presented Junior and Jazz. The former
is a Uniform descendant who knows the Grand Prix movements
by heart but who wouldn't score when ridden by a different
rider, the latter has more quality and can be consider
a prospect for the future.
Luckily
there are still a large number of Dutch breeders who
are not influenced by the commercialization of stallions
and who know how to pick their bloodlines. Most striking
appearances were made by the get of the Trakehner sire
Gribaldi (by Kostolany). He presented a collection of
excellently built and decently moving offspring. Three
of them received a ticket for Ermelo. The Gribaldi x
Rogier (owned by De Jong and Van Uytert) appeared to
be the most talented. The Gribaldi x Balzflug named
Poegatsjov ranked third in the final standing.
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of the 2000 KWPN Stallion Keuring Report
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