7 Premium stallions for OLD licensing today (total results)
From today´s presentation free one stallion stood out - no 70 by Grey Flanell - Licotus is H2R favorite for the Champion title tomorrow.
Helen, Inessa and Severo also to compete at Saab Top 10 Dressage in Stockholm
Helen Langehanenberg (GER) will come to Stockholm to ride in the Saab Top 10 Dressage. Photo: Roland Thunholm
PRESS RELEASE
Three new top riders ready for the new competition Saab Top 10 Dressage
Helen Langehanenberg (GER), Severo Jesus Jurado Lopez (ESP) and Inessa Merkulova (RUS) are all ready for the new modern dressage competition and CDI5* "Saab Top 10 Dressage" in Stockholm, Sweden.
"I'm so proud of this competition. It will be absolutely amazing, says Swedish top rider Patrik Kittel, who is one of the brains behind the new concept Saab Top 10.
Langehanenberg, Jurado Lopez and Merkulova will join an already star-studded field of riders where, among others, the dressage crown princess Cathrine Dufour (DEN) will challenge the queen and world ranking list number one Isabell Werth (GER).
Through Saab Top 10 Dressage, Sweden International Horse Show is creating a new modern dressage competition designed to give the audience the greatest possible experience.
“We want to give clearness to the sport and more glamour and festivity to the audience. This concept allows the audience to really get to know each and every one of the ten riders "says Kittel.
Saab Top 10 Dressage has the world's highest ever prize money in dressage (158 000 Euro + a Volkswagen car) and that amount will almost double next year. Sweden International Horse Show (SIHS) is already known for having a different concept than most other international shows, and has the largest indoor audience in the world.
“SIHS has a very modern frame with its large LED screen and at the same time a story of delivering both top stars and show to the sport. The concept with short and easy to grasp competitions serves as a perfect basis for developing the dressage", says Kittel.
Saab Top 10 Dressage
Saab Top 10 Dressage, CDI5*, is open to the ten best riders in the world. It takes place over two days (2nd - 3rd of December) during Sweden International Horse Show in Stockholm. The competition includes Grand Prix and Grand Prix Freestyle. Some of the top riders will also give personal comments and advice during the national dressage competition on December 1st.
Sweden International Horse Show 30th of November - 3rd of December 2017, http://www.swedenhorseshow.se/english/news/
Weihegold and Werth 6% ahead of Damsey and Langehanenberg (video of the entire World Cup Grand Prix)
Today´s World Cup Grand Prix from Stuttgart became another triumph for Weihegold and Werth winning with 82,06%, 6% ahead of Damsey and Langehanenberg with 76,06%. From H2R point of view not really 6% difference - judge for yourself.
H2R comments on top 3
Weihegold OLD GER - good start, bit cautious extended trot, supple half passes, superb halt with rein back, fire on the ground passage, super transitions, super piaffe, small disturb 2nd part passage, good walk, 2nd piaffe/passage top qualities, error 2 times, well balanced zig-zag, bit tense 1 times, superb sit control by pirouettes, cautious extended trot, superb final, open halt. 82,08%.
Damsey FRH GER - wow extended trot, smooth half passes lack bit carriage to left, good halt rein back, easy 1st piaffe / passage, superb extended walk lots of suppleness, bit forward piaffe, lovely side picture, super supple 2 times, control zig-zag+, bit lovely 1 times, super control pirouettes, a couple of 1 times at X, super final piaffe, bit stocked for final meters. 76,100%.
Zaire-E GER - bit tense halt, bit running extended trot, active half passes, bit tense halt rein back, superb 1st passage/piaffe/passage tour, good walk lack bit more over the back walk, bit tense 2nd piaffe tour, super series, nice pirouettes, clock work final centerline. 74,740%.
(comments from all rides available via Horse2rider, Facebook page).
See results here.
Winner Isabell Werth and Weihegold OLD:
Watch the entire test here below. Helen Langehanenberg and Damsey FRH is at start 2.00.30.
Missing some of the top stallions for the archive from lunging of Oldenburger stallions yesterday
Remember the dressage stallions starts with catalog no 40.
Unfortunately there is no video from catalog no 70 by Gray Flanell / Licotus (from Schockemöhle), no 71 by Londontime / Danone I (new stallion at Blue Hors) and catalog no 74 by Sandro Hit / Fürst Heinrich (from HP Horses). From eyes direct at the sideline they all 3 looks like Premium candidates.
Link HERE.
From yesterdays lunging the stallions below showed something extra:
No 47 - Diamond Hit / Fürst Heinrich
No 53 - Finest / Christ
No 57 - Follow Me / Sir Donnerhall I
No 59 - Fürstenball / Donnerhall
No 79 - Wild Child / Florencio
From H2R point of view the absolute top spots goes to no 47 by Diamond Hit / Fürst Heinrich or no 59 by Fürstenball / Donnerhall.
Today presentation free starts at 14:00 via live stream.
Instagram impressions from SICAB in Sevilla
Full archive from Oldenburg from presentation on hard surface (video)
Oldenburg Licensing: Schedule & Livestream
Photo: © Beelitz
PRESS RELEASE
The highlight of the year is now only a few days away: at the Oldenburg Licensing, which will be held from November 16th to 18th, you will find outstanding stallions for dressage and show jumping. Only the cream of this year’s crop was admitted to the Oldenburg Licensing. If you can’t make it to Vechta personally, you can watch the Oldenburg Licensing live on the Internet. You can go directly to the livestream from the home page of the Oldenburg website www.oldenburger-pferde.com.
As of Thursday morning, there will be a button on the home page of the Oldenburg website that will take you directly to the log-in for the livestream. During the event, it will also be possible for you to view archive videos of tests already taken in the scope of licensing. As an alternative, you can also use the following link to go to the livestream and watch the schedule: http://oldenburger-pferde.net/en/media/live-streams/live.html?hid=
The livestream on the Internet will show all licensing tests as well as the award of premiums and the Oldenburger Hengst-Gala [Oldenburg Stallion Show]. The auction will not be broadcast on the Internet.
The Oldenburg Licensing begins on Thursday, November 16th, at 11:00 a.m. with an inspection on hard ground. Starting at 2:00 p.m., the stallions will begin the second stage of the test, lunging.
On Friday, November 17th, the stallions will show off in their parade disciplines. Beginning at 9:00 a.m., the jumper stallions will present themselves in free jumping. As of 2:00 p.m., the dressage stallions will demonstrate their fascinating movement quality while running loose. On Friday evening, after announcement of the licensing, it is party time in Vechta. We would like to celebrate with you and a DJ in the big tent next to our arena.
Saturday, November 18th, is a day full of highlights. The day begins at 9:30 a.m. with the exciting award of premiums and selection of the Champion Stallions. At 11:00 a.m. the best four-year old stallions that have presented their first crop in an offspring inspection will compete for the Main Premium. Starting at 1:00 p.m. the exciting Oldenburg Stallion Market Auction will begin in which licensed stallions as well as stallions not licensed will be for sale. These spectacular days are concluded Saturday afternoon by the magnificent Oldenburg Stallion Show, which will start around 5:00 p.m. Newcomers and old masters from famous stallion stations will enchant viewers in a unique, joint presentation.
Championship finals for Spanish PRE horses (videos)
Best Spanish horses stands out
From following the Spanish Copa ANCCE championship finals for 4 yr, 5 yr and 6 yr old horses today the overall picture was pretty clear - the winner stood out.
There were clearly quality differences from today´s winners compared to all the other finalists.
From each year the winnners were showing 3 good gaits with the trot as the best gait, and the canter as the weakest. Well ridden and well presented winners.
In general the biggest challenge for the Spanish horses looks like the canter, as you also see the same picture when showing the horses by hand and judging of the confirmation (morfologicos) where the horses in general lacking more volume, carriage and balance for the canter.
Tomorrow is 7 yr old final where Olympic rider Daniel Martin Docks is favorite for the title with the outstanding Ataturc Duc. They looked super smooth and relaxed for today´s small training.
SICAB starts tomorrow
From 14 November to 19 November
SICAB is the Spanish answer of Danish Warmblood stallion show, of course with just the Pura Raza Espanol horses.
All diciplins are represented, like they also are showing their horses for a special presentation shown by hand, which is a great tradition. Day 1 is with presentation of the 3 year old stallions, and day 2 is with finals for 4 year old, 5 year old and 6 year old horses, which are qualified during the year.
SICAB takes place at Palacio de Congresos y Exposiciones in Sevilla. (Sevilla is the capital of Andalucia).
See the entire program here, and you can of course follow the event via live stream.
2 hours with very interesting Breeder´s Day at HP Horses (videos)
Saturday afternoon with a new and different angle of a Breeder´s Day
For this afternoon Lone Bøegh Henriksen, HP Horses has invited Inge Workel from Oldenburger Verband, Emma Blundell from British stud Mount St. John and international Danish judge Susanne Baarup to add with their comments during the presentations. Very informative and good comments about the horses and what they were looking for as a breeder or judge.
Very special ones from H2R point of view were:
- HP Valentino, colt by Vitalis / Apache (dam Ala Fasine)
- Best of Mount St. John, 2 yr old filly by Fürst Romancier / Bordeaux
- Sansibar AK by Sandro Hit / Fürst Heinrich - ready for OLD stallion licensing
- Be My Beauty Queen, filly by Bonds / San Amour
If you haven´t had the time to be present at the Breeders Day at HP Horses or via live stream, you still have to possibility to catch up from archive at Clipmyhorse.
Small summary from Sunday´s competitions at Blue Hors Dressur Festival
Julianelyst pro rider Dennis Fisker winner of MA2 small tour
Small tour MA2 victory for Dennis Fisker (Denmarks new jr/yr team coach) with 11 year old Rosenstolz by Rospon / De Niro with 71,491%. Rosenstolz owned by malaysian Quzandria Nur, and recently successful at Southeast Asian Games winning both team gold and individual gold, and trained by Dennis Fisker from Julianelyst in Denmark. As Quzandria now expecting her first child Dennis Fisker has taken over the further education and showed Rosenstolz with two victories this weekend at Blue Hors Dressur Festival.
Rosenstolz looks like a very exciting horse with lovely balance and expression for the trot tour, and shown with good contact all the way. The walk becomes a bit tense. Superb canter tour with very nice series and lovely sit and balance for the pirouettes, eventhough Dennis seems to get into the pirouettes in quite a high tempo, it does not affect the quality of the pirouette. Only small issue was a small canter for the shoulder in at right.
Pernille Pilborg and Hoelgaards Armani at European Championship in Roosendaal 2017 - photo H2R.
Young Rider Pernille Pilborg and Hoelgaards Armani was place 2nd today. They have just ended their Young Rider year, where they were part of the team at the Europeans in Roosendaal, and are now working towards U25 level.
Placed 5th today was pro rider Mette Svare Ehlers with Zacksusme. A lovely light test in a good frame with an overall easy picture, but unfortunately with an error for the 1st canter pirouette. Some disagreement from the judges placed 5 - 10 - 3!
Success combination Quarton and Anna Kasprzak continues their winning streak
Bundgaard Byg winner 2017 Anna Kasprzak with Quarton (photo by H2R from Equitour 2017)
Today´s final was an Intermediaire I freestyle, and Kasprzak and Q (Quartons stable name) were showing an expressive and powerful test. Today Anna was just asking and Q looked as if he was just waiting for the question. Super obedient and with high quality - well deserved winners. Before the final Anna got a bit ahead of the music and made just a small volte before continuing for the final halt where the music stops.
2nd today was Nanna Merrald with Gørklintgårds Quaterboy also with same bloodlines as Quarton, with Quaterback as sire and Don Schufro as damsire. Super sharp test with lot of power and lovely balance troughout the test. Huge changes and superb quality.
3rd became Daniel Bachmann with Blue Hors Veneziano. Supple test but with some smaller issues.
For sure this top 3 will be horses for future big sport.
Small Grand Prix freestyle with just 4 combinations
Rock Star and Anna Kasprzak during Equitour Aalborg 2017 - photo H2R.
Rock Star and Anna Kasprzak took the Grand Prix freestyle victory
Seen from the "sideline" the difference between Anna and 2nd placed Daniel Bachmann with Blue Hors Zepter was not as big as nearly 3%, while Anna had some difficulties especially at the end of the test to get the music to fit into the test and it became some kind of "messy". Technical wise the piaffe becomes a bit too much forward today. They finished with 79,042%.
Daniel Bachmann and his young Blue Hors Zepter showed a good test, but still with some small insecurities, but much more settled for the piaffe / passage tours as we saw them lately in Herning. Exciting couple to follow for the upcoming season. Result 76,292%.
Blue Hors with stallion presentation Saturday afternoon (video)
Saturday afternoon was with the presentation of some of the Blue Hors stallions during the national event Blue Hors Dressur Festival.
The first stallion Zagori by Zack / Sir Donnerhall II / Don Schufro was the most attractive 2.5 year-old stallion. Zagori is right now in preparation for the upcoming Danish Warmblood stallion selection. A young stallion with format and nice model that seems to move active off the ground.
Also the stallion selected for the NRW licensing by Zack / Florencio looks like an exciting young horse.
The other youngsters, also a couple selected for NRW and OLD licensing, generally seems to lack more stallion expression and power.
The 5-year-old Zalabaster still thinks it's a bit "dangerous" to be in his own arena when the music plays, while Farrell seems to be more settled together with Allan Grøn.
The stallion Dreamline is stationed at stud in Germany, and he was shown by Swedish Jenny Johnson. Dreamline stays stationed in Germany and 14 yr old Hotline, who was shown by hand will for the next 3 seasons be stationed at Landgestüt Warendorf.
Aftenens nationale Grand Prix klasse til Blue Hors Dressur Festival blev vundet af Anna Kasprzak med Rock Star
Top 3 efter første afdeling af Grand Prix klassen
Inden pausen havde Anna Kasprzak og Rock Star lagt sig komfortabelt i spidsen af klassen med 73,167%. Starter skarp ud med god fri trav, det kniber lidt med balancen i traversaderne, god parade med tilbagetrædning. I piaffe turene lader Anna Rock Star gå noget frem, men bevarer energien og rytmen og laver også tilhørende gode overgange. Super afspændt skridt tur. Solid galop tur, hvor der kun lige er en lille fejl i changementet efter den frie galop. Ellers en galoptur hvor Anna angriber hele vejen.
Carina Cassøe Krüth og May-Day Graftebjerg viser en flot trav tur, med gode øgninger og gode traversader, skridten bliver lidt kort og med lidt spændinger. I galopturen opstår der lidt spændinger som Carina lagt hen ad vejen har styr på, men desværre indløber der et par mindre fejl. (Placeret som nr. 4 med 68,233%)
Lone Bang Larsen og Onandt giver et harmonisk billede. Det er dejlig at se Lone kan sidde og indvirke så diskret hele vejen, da Onandt ser ud til at være flot foran hjælperne og klar på opgaven hele vejen. Desværre indløber der nogle fejl under vejs som koster i det samlede regnskab. Fejl i 2´er serien, den første galop pirouette som bliver lidt spin og ukontrolleret mens den næste er i god balance, og der er lidt uro/ubalance ind i den sidste overgang fra galop til samlet trav ved M. Dejlig let billede med gode vinkler og god aktivitet for passage og piaffe turene. (Første uplaceret som nr. 5 med 67,967%)
De bedste to i 2. afdeling
Blue Hors Zepter og Daniel Bachmann Andersen kommer flot fra start, med en dejlig velbalanceret trav tur, gode passage og piaffe ture, hvor Daniel kan få lov at regulere under vejs. God skridt tur. Anspringet til galop bliver desværre med anspring, gode toere men med fejl i etter serien. Den sidste overgang ved M bliver ikke ved bogstavet og Daniel bliver nødt til at tage Zepter helt ned i skridt for at lave overgangen til trav. Slutter rigtig godt af ad midten. (Placeret som nr. 2 med 72,067%)
Skovlunds Garmin G og Betina Jæger var noget med på bølgelængde i dag end sidst vi så dem i Herning til World Cup stævnet. Betina rider rutineret turen og får vist en tur uden tekniske fejl, selvom det stadig kniber med et helt reelt flow og go for piaffeturene. (Placeret som nr. 3 med 69,467%).
Se hele resultatlisten her.
79,280% CDI4 Grand Prix comeback for Showtime FRH and Dorothee Schneider (video)
At 9.00 Dorothee Schneider and the 11 year old super horse Showtime FRH made a very impressive comeback today after 1 yr injury break.
Smooth and powerful trot tour as we know them, good walk tour where Dorothee for the first 5 meters at the beginning of the extended walk struggling a bit, as Showtime will not really take the forward search through the body towards the hand, but after the 5 meters he starts marching. Good canter tour with highlights of the pirouettes, one times with a small error in the mid, and throughout the canter tour Dorothee seems to encourage Showtime to keep he nose in front of the pole.
2nd became Ingrid Klimke yet again with an international Grand Prix debut, today with the expressive 9 yr old mare Geraldine. Smooth and effortless test in nice harmony, with good series and pirouettes, and where you just can wait for a bit more strength for the piaffe and passage tours.
See the entire results here.
Remember to catch up on Horse2rider.com Facebook page
Lately Horse2rider made a Facebook page to be able to share even more dressage- and breeding news from all over the World.
Many news from other parts of the sport and breeding will be shared at Horse2rider.com Facebook, like today´s news about ex Franklin (from Horses.nl), and H2R comment about international Grand Prix debut for Franziskus and Ingrid Klimke.
Cathrine Dufour to compete in Saab Top 10
Cathrine Dufour and Atterupgaards Cassidy - photo credit: Roland Thunholm
News at Sweden International Horse Show
Double European bronze individually, European team silver and World Cup victory in front of the German superstar Isabell Werth. The 25-year-old Danish dressage rider Cathrine Dufour has had an amazing year. Now she is ready for the Saab Top 10 Dressage competition in Stockholm and Sweden International Horse Show.
”I’m really looking forward to riding in front of the Swedish audience again. They were absolutely crazy last year. It was the greatest experience ever for me at that time”, says Dufour.
With 14-year-old Atterupgaards Cassidy, Cathrine Dufour has taken the dressage world by storm. She is currently ranked number five in the world and was hugely successful at the European Championship in Gothenburg.
In Denmark, Cathrine is nominated as “Sports person of the year”, the country’s finest sports prize, among candidates such as tennis player Caroline Wozniacki, soccer player Christian Eriksen and the national soccer team ladies.
”It has been an incredible year,” says Dufour, who believes that Sweden International Horse Show played an important role in her carreer.
“Stockholm last year really was the show that was the beginning of entering the next level. Before that I had some problems with the indoor shows because Cassidy got scared. But despite the tense atmosphere in Friends Arena we did really good. That was a boost of self-confidence for us.”
When winning the World Cup at home in Herning in October, Dufour and Cassidy scored personal best at 85,945 percent and beat legend, world number one and Euro-Gold Medallist Isabell Werth.
“It was really special. First of all, to win at home. But also the fact that we were good enough to beat Isabell. We have been so close several times, and now it finally happened, says Dufour, and continues:
”I passed Isabell on my way out from the arena and she said ‘well done, it’s fair sport’. I was over the moon that day.”
After Herning, Cassidy has had a calmer period. Saab Top 10 will be the next show and Dufour hopes she’ll be able to give the German dressage queen a tough competition again.
”But it depends, of course, on which horse she’ll bring. Weihegold is almost impossible to beat and Emilio seems to be in a really good shape right now”, Dufour says, thinking of Werth’s and Emilio’s World Cup victory in Lyon last week.
In total, the riders compete for more than 158 000 €, plus a Volkswagen car, in the Saab Top 10 Dressage. An unusually high price within the dressage world.
”It’s amazing with the sponsor that makes this contribution to the sport,” says Dufour.
She hopes to be in the top when the prize money is distributed.
”I would use the money to buy a new horse. It’s important for me to find a new Cassidy if I want to stay in the top sport, and of course I want to do that.”
Svingdøren står ikke stille hos Dansk Rideforbund
DRF meddeler igen i dag endnu en væsentlig ændring i administrationen, da kommerciel chef og elitechef Lars Moss fratræder sin stilling.
Posten som kommerciel chef hos DRF var ikke ukendt for Lars Moss, da han tilbage i 2013 og 2014 var ansat i DRF som sponsorchef - en stilling han fratrådte 1. januar 2015, og hvor han så i en kort periode var ansat som direktør for Charlottenlund Travbane frem til 1. maj 2016, for så igen at rette blikket mod DRF, igen som kommerciel chef.
1. oktober i år blev ændringer og afskedigelser indenfor DRF administrationen offentliggjort, og her blev Lars Moss udnævnt til ny ansvarlig for salg, marketing og elitechef, sidstenævnte en "stilling" som han overtog fra Kimi Nielsen, der jo pr. 31. oktober sagde farvel til jobbet i DRF.
Posten som ny kommerciel chef er besat (se nyhed på DRF fra i dag her).
Forbundet igen uden elitechef
Så lige nu er DRF igen uden en elitechef. En elitechef er en person som har fingeren på pulsen i og omkring sporten, og som ved og interessere sig for hvad der sker i toppen af den. Dansk Rideforbund har brug for en elitechef, som ikke blot er en titel, men endnu mere vigtig en person med "hands on" til gavn for både forbundet og de aktive eliteryttere.
Small video teasers for the upcoming Van Olst Sales 19 November
Superb opportunity to buy your future top star
Den Hout – On Friday 19 November 2017 Van Olst Horses will be organising their own auction – “Van Olst Sales”
This auction will include 2,5 year old, unridden dressage geldings and mares from well know dressage lines.
Extensive information on each horse, from a foal, is available on all the auction horses – which we believe makes the Van Olst Sales a unique opportunity for riders and owners to purchase a good and promising horse for the future.
Most of the collection for the upcoming Yongster auction at Van Olst Horses 19 November are now available with a small video clip.
Watch the entire collection here.
H2R favorites:
Escamillo is really a dream come true (you might remember the bay top mover by Escolar at HANN licensing)
When watching the recent HANN stallion licensing one of the most attractive young stallions was catalog no 56 by Escolar / Rohdiamant, and like some of the other very attractive stallions he was not offered for sale, but he was not owned by one of the big German stallion stations.
From H2R point of view it became quite interesting to find out more about his story, and therefore H2R contacted the owner of this special boy named Escamillo, American Kimberly Davies to make her tell the story from being an entusiastic breeder buying a colt with her dream bloodlines, and then making it all happen during this years HANN stallion licensing.
Who is Kimberly Davies and what´s her background?
"My mother and grandmother always had a special place in their lives for horses. Neither rode competitively, but rode ponies as kids for fun. My mother always wanted her children to be involved in some type of sport, and my sister and I both took a liking to horses. We grew up riding backyard ponies and then ex-racehorse thoroughbreds in the pony club (United States Pony Club). We kept our horses our own small farm and always did the work ourselves. I always had a passion for dressage but as we were riding ex- racehorses, we focused on eventing. I competed through the Preliminary level of eventing in the USA and graduated from the United States Pony Club with my HA rating.
I continued to ride throughout my time at college (university) where I rode young horses for the jumping trainers in exchange for reduced board. During college, I purchased my first warmblood for $5000 on a payment plan - a 10 year old Westfalen mare by Polydor that had competed in jumping and I turned her into my dressage horse. Now that I had a warmblood, I started to follow the German breeding, stallion licensings, mare shows, read every book I could find. The feeling of riding a warmblood bred specially bred to be a riding sport horse is unlike any other. This is when I realized I wanted to breed and ride these horses.
My first foal was born in 2007 from the Polydor mare (and by the Holsteiner Ariadus) and is a successful eventing horse in the USA with his amateur owner. My husband and I named him Ariston which then became the name of our farm - Ariston Farm. Ariston means excellence which is what we are striving for", tells Kimberly.
Breeding 2-5 foal each year and active competition rider
"Since then, I've slowly purchased mares and foals from breeders in Germany, Holland, Canada and the USA to build up a small breeding program. We breed 2-5 foals a year at our farm. I am very hands on - I personally foal out the mares in the US myself which I find so exciting (albeit exhausting as you know). I also start the youngsters in the US under saddle myself and with a helper. My current PSG horse Sigur Ros (Sandro Hit x Brentano x Hill Hawk xx) was started under saddle and trained by myself. My coach and FEI judge Gabriel Armando comes to my farm to coach me once a week. Sigur Ros and I are still green at PSG but she has a lot of potential. I hope to have 3 horses competing PSG in 2018.
Our philosophy is all about the horses. We want the best for the horses - to best prepare them for success in sport, to be healthy and happy and for their longevity. We, of course, sell horses to become profitable and provide services such as raising and starting young horses for clients," says Kimberly.
The German connections
"Back in 2010 I met the Lenzen family when I purchased the broodmare SPS Royal Nature (Royal Hit x Fidermark) from them and kept her in Germany with the Lenzen's to foal out. The Lenzen family are the breeders of Ehrentusch, Roman Nature, De Beers, the champion mare Romanika (full sister to Roman Nature) and the 2nd placed 4 year old Bundeschampionat horse this year named Flawless Diamond. My broodmare and most of Lenzen horses are from the mare line that is the same as Florestan, Woodlander Farouche and the GP horse Favorit ridden by Sönke Rothenberger.
Theo Lenzen introduced me to Iris Jansen, of Reitlanlage Rickhof, who starts his young horses under saddle. This turned into a super partnership because Iris is close to my age and speaks perfect English - and we got along well and shared the same taste in horses."
In love with the bloodlines of Escamillo
"Back in 2015, Iris and I talked of finding some potential stallion prospects. We purchased Escamillo from the Wickrath foal auction and purchased 2 others directly from their breeders. Escamillo was bred by Carolin Langhorst of Gestuet Tenterhof (they also bred another 2017 Premium Hanoverian stallion by Danzador X Royal Highness).
I loved Escamillo's bloodlines (Escolar x Rohdiamant x De Niro x Landadel). Escolar was a really interesting stallion to me because of his power and bringing back some of this older E blood mixed with Fidermark (one of my favorite stallions of all time). And of course, Rohdiamant is one of the "greats" - this is blood that is important to keep in the horses - R line horses like to work and usually are super to deal with. Then add in De Niro - the ultimate in producing GP horses. I also love seeing the Landadel blood in there - going back to Ladykiller xx (another "great"). In addition, he had no S or Londonderry blood. Escamillo's mare line is the Cinderella mare line (same as Sir Heinrich, Candy OLD, Cindy OLD, Ashley Holzer's small tour horse Radondo by Romanov). Escamillo's mother's has 2 full brothers: one named Romanist is an approved stallion and a successful S level horse in Germany, and the other is Romeo Niro a successful Grand Prix horse. Escamillo had impressive movement with a natural cadence, expression and balance. He always had a super character - happy and willing," adds Kimberly in the best horsy breeder nerd way.
Escamillo as a foal - private photo: Kimberly Davies
Easy selection from the field
"He was reared with a small group of colts in large grass fields at the Lenzen Farm in Heinsberg. (They also have the most beautiful herd of dairy cows there!).
In early summer of 2017, we checked on the development of the colts. Escamillo looked great and moved with much power and expression - all 3 gaits were very impressive. The other colts also looked good, but one did not have enough stallion presence, and the other was just a bit too small," tells Kimberly.
Escamillo enjoying his childhood at Lenzen Farm in Heinsberg, Germany.
Private photo: Kimberly Davies
The professional stallion eyes
"We showed him to Tobias Schult of Hengstation Schult who agreed to prepare him for the next few months and present him for the pre selections. Iris sent me a little video of him when he had been learning to lunge for 2 weeks - I was very impressed - a naturally gifted mover. During the pre-selection, he started to stand out even more - he was 1 of 2 stallions that received applause from the audience - and the audiences in Germany are well educated so this was quite a big deal!! Tobias said he was a stallion that he really liked working with so this was also very positive."
"During the licensing, Escamillo continued to stand out. His jumping is good - and again received applause from the audience. He was calm and impressive during the in hand presentation on the grass, and he "wow'ed" everyone with his lunging. I am so proud of him and the way he presented himself. Like the Hanoverian Verband said, he has "intelligence and charisma", tells a proud and humble Kimberly.
Kimberly Davies and Iris Jansen selfie during the HANN licensing
"Tobias did an excellent job preparing him and I cannot thank him enough. Also, huge thanks to Iris for always watching over him and being a big part of his development."
It was such an honor
"It was such an honor to have him at the Hanoverian stallion approvals. It was an amazing time - so much fun. I encourage everyone to attend if they can. The excitement of the Verband, the breeders, and the crowd over Escamillo was just a dream come true. I had tears in my eyes and goosebumps as everyone clapped for him.
I am so excited for his future - he will stand at Hengstation Schult this year, where he will be available for the breeder, and he will do his stallion performance test next year, and I hope he will continue to impress!
I hope that this inspires people to buy foals with bloodlines they love and hopefully make dreams come true! It was such a honor to attend the Hanoverian licensing and have Escamillo get Premium stallion and be one of the favorites! It was amazing to meet all the different people - breeders, riders, the commissioners of the Verband. It was really a dream come true. I have other younger colts that I am also excited for, and I do hope one day to be able to present another stallion for licensing," finishes Kimberly Davies.
Happy owner with her Premium stallion - private photo.
Thank you very much to Kimberly Davies for telling her honest story with a lot of nerd spirit, and to her great way of developing the breeding abroad by using the huge experience from the European breeders and stallion owners. This is the way making progress breeding the future dressage horses all over the World.