Weihe and Werth winner of SAAB Top 10 CDI5 Grand Prix today at Sweden International Horse Show

Atterupgaards Cassidy and Cathrine Dufour - photo credit: Lily Forado

Atterupgaards Cassidy and Cathrine Dufour - photo credit: Lily Forado

SAAB Top 10 - a very special event

More riders from the absolute top of the World Ranking were again this year ready for this special event, and it became a high quality class today.

Imagine to say “another day at the office” when commenting about Isabell Werth with Weihegold OLD winning today’s Grand Prix with impressive 83,652%, but it was really the fact. No technical issues, high quality piaffe/passage tours, super pirouettes, and not least the timing from Werth throughout the entire test makes it still very interesting to follow.

Today the second place went to 🇩🇰 Danish Dufour and her nearly 17 year old partner Atterupgaards Cassidy. It was a top motivated Cassidy and super sharp Dufour dancing through their Personal Best 80,870% Grand Prix (former top score from 02/2018 Göteborg with 80,674%.

Atterupgaards Cassidy DEN - super halt, uphill balance and power diagonal, nice half passes, bit tense halt with rein back, super diagonal, good 1st piaffe good transitions, good walk tour, super 2nd piaffe where Cassidy waiting for signal to go forward, good transition to canter, super 2 times, sharp extended canter, easy smooth zigzag with super flow, superb 1 times, supple tiny pirouettes with huge sit and balance, good transition at M, WOW diagonal, tiny resistance begin of piaffe, super final.

Three combinations at 77%

Another very experienced pair Jessica von Bredow-Werndl with Zaire E showed a very strong performance with an overall very harmonious and elegant picture.

Kittel the man behind SAAB Top 10 showed again that his mare Well Done de la Roche now really has settled for the piaffe tours and this brings them direct into the top of the field today.

Therese Nilshagen and Dante Weltino OLD keep improving for their piaffe tours, and it´s a pleasure to watch the power and suppleness for the trot tour and then the extended canter today was just WOW!

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KWPN getting ready for dressage stallion pre-selections taking place from 3rd to 7th December in Ermelo

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About 300 KWPN dressage stallions getting ready for 1st inspection

Glock´s Toto jr is represented with 29 sons for the pre-selection, so you will definitely have the opportunity to see how he stamps his offsprings and which mare lines that suits him best. Again this year Daily Diamond is represented with sons for the inspection, 17 in total, while the Apache son Indian Rock will be represented with 12 sons.

The KWPN stallion show will take place from 29 January to 1 February in Den Bosch.

The entire pre-selection will be available to follow live at Clipmyhorse.

Dressage stallions

Dressage stallions are evaluated specifically for carriage, stride length, rhythm and regularity, balance in turns, body use in the trot and canter, and the ease with which they perform flying changes when changing direction. In the free movement evaluation, the selection committee also observes the attitude of each dressage stallion. Following evaluation in the chute, the stallion is also judged on his walk and trot in hand. Because the walk is an important basic gait for a dressage stallion, the selection committee places great value on its purity, stride length, and suppleness.

Lunging
In between the first and second round viewing, the dressage stallions will be lunged on the KWPN-center in Ermelo. The lunging will be done by the owner/trainer themselves. The lunging is not a separate selection moment, but it provides the stallion selection committee with relevant additional information about the stallions.

Source: KWPN

Another outstanding stallion purchased by Helgstrand Dressage and Family Kasprzak

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The 2019 Champion stallion by Dream Boy / Sir Donnerhall I from Westfalian stallion licensing was sold at the auction today for 1.900.000 euro to Helgstrand Dressage and Family Kasprzak.

This young stallion stood out from first step together with two other stallions the Revolution / Christ and the Livaldon / Fürstenball, and as non of them were available via the auction it was pretty clear which stallion would take to top price. From the spectators seats it became a close race between the two big Danish studs Helgstrand Dressage and Blue Hors, and at the end with Helgstrand Dressage as the highest bidder.

The Dream Boy son shows super suppleness with power and elegance all the time, with 3 outstanding paces with a surplus for a very very good walk. Can’t to see him at Danish Warmblood stallion licensing in March.

Enjoy some moments for the Champion stallion during the licensing days here below.

From the pre-selection:

Full list of auction prices:

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Presentation under saddle for saddle licensing, hard surface and lunging today at Westphalian stallion licensing

Exciting day with lunging at Westphalian licensing

Exciting day with lunging at Westphalian licensing

9 Absolut top stallions and ONE extraordinary “spider horse”

No 59 is just out of this world - what a horse this Revolution / Christ son - judge for yourself (video below captured by Horsetelex).

  • No 26 by Ibiza / Fürst Piccolo - super modern light footed uphill stallion with top expression.

  • No 57 by Livaldon / Fürstenball - expressive uphill mover.

  • No 70 Vivaldi / First Dance - super model with good expression.


No 32 by Bon Coeur / Fürst Nymphenburg - lovely balanced stallion

No 64 by Sir Heinrich / Foundation - well balanced in a lovely natural frame.

No 25 by Ibiza / Fidermark (Helgstrand Dressage) - supple uphill mover

No 40 by Dream Boy / Sir Donnerhall - supple and super modern.

No 59 by Revolution / Christ - pure spider horse 🤩 (Have you seen anything like this one before?)

No 63 by Sir Heinrich / Floresco (Helgstrand Dressage) - super balanced and supple.



Atterupgaards Barcelo winner of Danish Warmblood 35-days stallion performance test

Atterupgaards Barcelo by Bon Coeur / Caprimond / Donnerhall bred by Stud Atterupgaard and co-owned between Stud Atterupgaard & Helgstrand Dressage

Atterupgaards Barcelo by Bon Coeur / Caprimond / Donnerhall bred by Stud Atterupgaard and co-owned between Stud Atterupgaard & Helgstrand Dressage

914,5 point at 35-days testing

Atterupgaards Barcelo just won Danish Warmblood stallion performance test with an impressive score of 914,5. Sharp followed by Danciero, Global Player and Vivino.

Barcelo is out of the top dam line by Caprimond-Donnerhall, which also has produced the approved stallions Fassfinder by Fürst Heinrich and Atterupgaards Seebach by Sandro Hit, and not least is Barcelo’s dam Dicte also full sister to International GP horse Atterupgaards Cassidy.

Breeder Kristine Munch Sinding is of course proud, and tells a the same time that she is has a very lovely 2 year old full sister filly. In 2020 Dicte is expecting a foal by Bon Courage.

Only stallions with more than 800 point will automatically be invited for final approval at Danish Warmblood stallion show in March 2020. Stallions scoring between 700-800 point can be approved for 1 year and can be invited for the stallion show.

OLD+++OLD+++PR: New Team sets new standards+++OLD+++

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New Team sets new standards

The Oldenburg stallion market was staged by the new auction team and finished with an excellent result. The Stallion Days in the Oldenburg Horse Center Vechta closed with an excellent stallion market. For 660,000 Euros, the champion stallion of the Verband der Züchter des Oldenburger Pferdes e.V. (OL), a son of Bon Coeur - De Niro - Langata Son - Pik Bube I, bred by Sigrid Schmidt from Villingen-Schwenningen/ Baden-Wuerttemberg and exhibited by Heinrich Gießelmann from Barver/ Lower Saxony, was knocked down to the Dressurpferde Leistungszentrum Lodbergen.

The new auction team, under the direction of Christoph F. Rowold, Thorsten Castle, who made his debut as an auctioneer in Vechta, Bernhard Thoben, Advisor to the Breeding Director and sales manager jumping, as well as the sales manager dressage Thomas Rhinow and Daniel Pophanken, provided a brilliant end of the Oldenburg Stallion Days. The team work delivered international top prizes. And also the Oldenburg show jumping stallions set standards worldwide: The second Reserve Champion of the jumping stallions by Don Diarado - Conthargos - Lordanos - Landadel, bred by Marion Dies, Fresenburg, and exhibited by Zuchthof René Tebbel, Emsbüren, shined for 300,000 Euros. The black-brown stallion will move to an international showjumping stable in Hesse. The jumping talent is the brother of the 2018 champion stallion Don Tryon.

Impressive stallions stay in the Oldenburger Münsterland: The OS-Champion Stallion by Conthargos - Balou du Rouet - Chacco-Blue - Lancer III, bred and exhibited by Johann Ifverson from Sweden, changes for 230,000 Euros to the Paul Schockemöhle Stud in Mühlen, as well as the second price peak of the dressage stallion, a son by Asgard's Ibiza - Rohdiamant – Donnerschwee - Furioso II, bred and exhibited by Vasco Janke, Jesteburg/ Lower Saxony. The movement king was slammed for 155,000 Euros.

"The quality of our stallion lot, which is without equal, especially in international comparison, was rewarded by the customers. I am pleased that both Champion Stallions were knocked down after exciting bidding duels at very good prices. For the further development of our breed, it is very pleasing that both stallions remain in Germany", sums up auction director Christoph F. Rowold.

All dressage stallions of the Verband der Züchter des Oldenburger Pferdes (OL) will find a new home in Germany. At the Springpferdezuchtverband Oldenburg-International (OS), eight out of 24 stallions will change to international customers. In detail, the stallions will go to the Netherlands (2), Swiss (2), Estonia (1), Indonesia (1), Slovenia (1) and Sweden (1).


6 Premium Stallions at Oldenburger Verband today

Most of the stallions from today’s free presentation showed tensions and did not really look comfortable in the arena.

A few showed really nicely, among them the For Romance II from Blue Hors and the Sezuan from Helgstrand was really shining with great overview, suppleness and relaxation and actually showed better than H2R favourite from yesterday the Revolution son. Also the Vitalis son from Helgstrand showed himself more confident today.

Blue Hors did only present the For Romance II stallion for the licensing, while Helgstrand Dressage showed 5 at got 4 licensed.

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Lunging of OLD stallions - best stallion of the day no 75 by Revolution

Today’s best stallions from H2R point of view are marked with ✅

And today’s highlights were:

  • 52 by Feinrich / Sandro Hit / Don Gregory

  • 60 by Franklin / Dolany / Linaro

  • 62 by Fürst Wilhelm / Sir Donnerhall I / Latimer

  • 75 by Revolution / Belstaff / Londonderry

  • 76 by Sezuan / Sir Donnerhall I / Rohdiamant

  • 79 by Vitalis / Apache / Fürst Romancier

SICAB with 4 year old, 5 year old and 6 year old finals today

SICAB is THE place to be

SICAB is for sure the place to be if you are Pura Raza Español (PRE) fan, or just want to enjoy the Spanish atmosphere and experience the Spanish men and women with their horses. The tradition for the PRE horses grows from generation to generation, and when you go to SICAB it´s like stepping into the both the history and the present moment. Old breeders and the young generation meets at SICAB, the biggest breeding farms has huge stands where they are showing their successes, and at the same time they have exclusive areas where they invite friends for a cozy get together, the Spanish way of cocktail parties.

It must be a combination of developing both the breeding and the riding in order to step forward with the PRE horse

The big issue for the Spanish breeders is still to be able to breed a sport horse with 3 good basic gaits. Often the Spanish horse is with an impressive trot, or at least the riders are able to develop the trot, but unfortunately when it comes to both walk and canter it is often the weak gaits. And when looking into today’s finals it was just a few of the young horses showing 3 clear basic gaits, and with the new goals for the PRE horses being part of the future sport, they must look much more into the breeding. Most of the Spanish riders are quite experienced riding Spanish horses, but for some riders it seems to be a clear lack of experience being able to develop and balance the young horses in both the walk and the canter.

More of the older stallions which also were shown today by the hand showed good gaits, while the group of 4 year old mares were really limited from the 3 gaits perspective.

A pleasure to watch today’s winner of 4 year old final, from successful sport breeding stud Yeguada Susaeta with rider Guillermo Garcia Ayala.

FEI General Assembly 2019 live stream and blog

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The FEI General Assembly 2019 which takes place on Tuesday 19 November 2019 at the Hyatt Regency Moscow Petrovsky Park Hotel in Moscow (RUS) will be available to watch live from 09:00 local time. Click here to view the morning and afternoon sessions.

In addition, we will have a blog running throughout the day updating all the news from the session. Access the FEI GA blog here from 09:00 local time.

All information on the FEI General Assembly, including the programme, is available here.

The FEI General Assembly acts as a platform for discussions and voting on the major decisions of the FEI and the governance of the sport. It is held in a different location every year. 

The FEI General Assembly governs the overall direction, development and management of the FEI’s disciplines worldwide. Elections are held at the FEI General Assembly and decisions are taken, by vote, on changes to the FEI Statutes, long-term strategies, FEI budgets and important equestrian matters.

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