Cathrine Rasmussen and Hesselhøj Gnags. Private photo.

Norwegian Cathrine Rasmussen is a very experienced Grand Prix rider with more talented young horses at her own stable at Kristiansand, and she is also a long time business partner and co-owner of more top horses from Helgstrand Dressage like the stallions Valverde and new World Champion Jovian.

Back in 2018 at Danish Warmblood spring auction which takes place during the stallion licensing in March Cathrine Rasmussen purchased the 2,5 year old Danish Warmblood Premium stallion Hesselhøj Gnags by Grand Galaxy Win / Tailormade Lancelot, bred by Dorthe and Hans Jørgen Hoeck, DEN.

Since the preparation for the stallion performance test last autumn pro-rider Allan Grøn has been responsible for the riding and baby education of Gnags, and they have been successful winning a preliminary round for the Danish national federation Young Horse Championship mid September, and were then qualified for the finals. At the finals mid October Hesselhøj Gnags and Allan Grøn were placed 7th.

Right after the Danish championships Gnags moved as planned to Cathrine Rasmussens own yard in Norway, and as Cathrine tells: “He is such a handsome young horse, well behaved, very nice to handle and not least quite easy to take over from Allan Grøn, who has done a great job with him. So when I realised this opportunity to start him, here in Norway at home soil, for the indoor national championship, it was an easy decision.”

Cathrine and Gnags won both yesterday’s preliminary test with 86,4% and today’s final with 87,2%.

Clip from today’s test: