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Dutch Dressage News
Pari Lani and Odyssey, Anky's New Hope for the Future
May 19, 2008
 Anky
van Grunsven is not thinking about retiring just yet;
not even after the 2012 Olympic Games, of which
she once said they could be her last competition (probably
aboard Painted Black). Anky van Grunsven has
two new
horses at her disposal, "to
keep herself sharp," she told the Dutch newspaper
De Telegraaf. It concerns the 8-year old Pari
Lani and the 12-year old Odyssey.
"The
former has a super hind leg. His canter is good, but
he needs work on the basic training. The second horse
is very talented, but the client who was riding him,
didn't have the potential to get everything out of
him. Now she has asked me to continue his training
and maybe to ride some shows with him," she said.
Pari Lani is a Danish bred gelding by Solos Landtinus
out of Nexen Stutteri's Fa-Pari (by
Fanal Prydsholm x Alibi. In 2006, Para Lani was on
the Danish Long List for the World Championships for
Young Dressage Horses under Lotte Straarup. Pari Lani
is now owned by Van Grunsven.
"He still
needs much on the basic training, but I feel this
horse has much talent. His canter is very
good with a flashy hind leg. Just the thing I want,"
Van Grunsven explained.
The 12-year old Odyssey is a Dutch warmblood owned
by a client of Anky's and is by Ferro x Zebulon.
Photo copyrighted: Ridehesten.com
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