Belgian Dressage News

Mieke Lunskens' Abner Passed Away

March 10, 2007

Mieke Lunskens' retired Grand Prix horse Abner has passed away at age 29. The Belgian warmblood stallion by Abiran x Humanist was Lunskens's partner in her break through on the international dressage scene.

The duo was quite successful in the eighthies and participated in 4 European Championships, 2 World Championships and, most importantly, one World Cup Final.

After all these years he is still the only Belgian horse that ever competed in the Grand Prix Special at the CDIO in Aachen. With his brilliant career he was easily proclaimed Horse of the Year in 1989.

Even though Abner was considered the pride of the Belgian Warmblood Association, the association never took the chance to approve him as a breeding stallion. Abner was presented twice at the BWP Stallion licencing but was approved to stand at stud for the SBS studbook.

Photo copyrighted: Dirk Caremans

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