The
American KWPN bred stallion Idocus has been assigned
to Dutch Marlies van Baalen for further dressage training
and showing until the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens,
Greece. Owner Christine McCarthy made this deal with
the Van Baalen family after Idocus' last European success
at the Zwolle International Stallion Show March 2001.
Young Rider Marlies van Baalen will be competing Idocus
at Grand Prix level in the near future under the supervision
of her trainer Johan Hinnemann.
The 11-year old Idocus is by Equador out of the keur
mare Eretha (by Zonneglans x Fresco). He flew to Europe
early February 2001 for the KWPN Stallion Licensing,
although he was already approved in the U.S.A. Idocus
had to pass the short performance test, which he did
in April. The bay stallion is currently approved for
the Dutch KWPN studbook and his semen is available at
Team Nijhof in Geesteren, The Netherlands.
Born
in the Netherlands in 1990, Idocus was exported to the
United States as a foal. In 1991 he was shown in hand
at the Dutch Keuring at Iron Spring Farm and received
a first premium and placed 4th in the "Top Ten" yearlings.
He was raised at Royal Starr Farm in New York up until
he was three years old. In 1993 Idocus went to the 100
day Stallion Performance Test. The testing site was
in Keswick, Virginia, at November Hill Farm run by Gerd
Zuther. He was the youngest and greenest stallion out
of the 18 stallions that entered. He went on to become
the Grand Champion and held the highest jumping score
of all the stallions. Idocus then went on to become
the Grand Champion of show at the prestigious Dressage
at Devon in September of 1994.
Idocus rose to stardom under former Olympian dressage
rider Lendon Gray, from Bedford Hills, NY. Gray's star
pupil Courtney King took over the reins and showed the
stallion at Grand Prix level. In Europe, the duo made
its strongest impression by finishing third in the Grand
Prix freestyle (70% score) at the Zwolle International
Stallion Show.
The
American KWPN bred stallion Idocus has been assigned
to Dutch Marlies van Baalen for further dressage training
and showing until the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens,
Greece. Owner Christine McCarthy made this deal with
the Van Baalen family after Idocus' last European success
at the Zwolle International Stallion Show March 2001.
Young Rider Marlies van Baalen will be competing Idocus
at Grand Prix level in the near future under the supervision
of her trainer Johan Hinnemann.
Born
in the Netherlands in 1990, Idocus was exported to the
United States as a foal. In 1991 he was shown in hand
at the Dutch Keuring at Iron Spring Farm and received
a first premium and placed 4th in the "Top Ten" yearlings.
He was raised at Royal Starr Farm in New York up until
he was three years old. In 1993 Idocus went to the 100
day Stallion Performance Test. The testing site was
in Keswick, Virginia, at November Hill Farm run by Gerd
Zuther. He was the youngest and greenest stallion out
of the 18 stallions that entered. He went on to become
the Grand Champion and held the highest jumping score
of all the stallions. Idocus then went on to become
the Grand Champion of show at the prestigious Dressage
at Devon in September of 1994.
