Dutch
Dressage News
Kennedy to Edward Gal
Upon
the decision of Dutch dressage rider Leida Strijk to
permanently move to England and settle down with her
fiancee Tim collins, Kennedy's owner Jan Bardoel decided
to allocate his stallion to the stables of Edward Gal
in Giesbeek.
Kennedy is a KWPN approved stallion who won the bronze
medal in the five year old division at the 1997 World
Young Dressage Horse Championships in Verden. As a youngster
Kennedy was trained by Birgitt van der Eyken. One year
ago Bardoel decided to give the training of his Ferro
x Saluut stallion to Leida Strijk who taught him the
Grand Prix movements and showed him successfully at
Prix St Georges level in England. Leida and Kennedy's
last appearance together was at the 2001 KWPN Stallion
Licensing.
Edward
Gal will take over Kennedy's training and is planning
on showing him at Prix St Georges level this show season.
Gal is trained by Anky van Grunsven and is partly sponsored
by Gestion Stock Brokers.
Related Links
Official
Kennedy Website
Image Edward Gal (top) by
Arnd Bronkhorst
Image Kennedy and Leida Strijk (bottom) by
Dirk
Caremans
20th March 2001
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