The Danish federation were aiming for a wild card for Cathrine Dufour with Atterupgaards Cassidy for the World Cup final, as they won the 1st leg at Herning last October and then lately they also won the leg at Gothenburg.
Unfortunately the answer from FEI was negative, as the results from Cathrine are not into the rules for allocation of a wild card.
Source: Danish national federation
Flot start på jobbet hos Blue Hors for Nanna Merrald
Selvom Nanna endnu ikke er flyttet fysisk til Blue Hors, så var det hendes første internationale stævne med Blue Hors på underlaget, en debut som må siges at være mere end godkendt. Med på sidelinien i Lier havde Nanna også sin mangeårige træner Michael Søgaard.
I dagens U25 Grand Prix kür var Nanna Merrald klassens sidste startende, og hun leverede sammen med den 10-årige hoppe Sådan Que e. Quaterback/ Royal-Diamond en tur med flot overblik og overskud hele vejen. Masser af positiv power og kvalitet hele vejen. Hendes koreografi er lavet med god sværhedsgrad, hvor hun bl.a. laver piaffe vending som lykkedes rigtig flot, eneste lille fejl er da hun er på til afslutningen ad midten og laver fri trav, hvor Sådan Que mister et trin og desværre springer i galop.
En ekvipage som er et super spændende dansk kort til U25 EM til sommer.
Nana Gajhede og Overgaards Lawal slutter som nr. 6, mens Maja Petersen og Højgaardens Dexter slutter som nr. 9 i dagens klasse.
Se resultatet af klassen her.
Yesterday the 9 year old KWPN stallion made his debut at Grand Prix level at Dutch indoor championships. A very smooth debut scoring impressive 74.42% - judge for yourself.
Intermediare I
Lørdagen startede i Lier med Intermediaire I og her var Charlotte Heering og hende 12-årige Black Pearl klar til start igen.
Parret leverede en god tur uden tekniske fejl. Travturen er aktiv og med godt udtryk og god balance i versader, volte og traversader og power i øgningerne. God skridt tur, men hvor man godt kunne ønske sig lidt mere afspændthed i den frie skridt. God galop tur med gode serier, hvor toerne bliver lidt spændte, rigtig god første pirouette med flot balance, mens den anden bliver lidt stor og ubalanceret. Parret slutter som nr. 4 med 67,647%.
Intermediaire I kür
Her var Nanna og Quater Boy klar til start igen. Super dejligt flow i hele turen med god sikkerhed og udtryk i både trav og galopturen. Desværre kniber det lidt med den sidste afspændthed i skridten hvor Quater Boy ikke rigtig falder til. En galoptur med fantastisk serier som også bliver belønnet med 8 over hele linien undtagen en enkelt dommer som kun giver 7,5 for toerne. Iøvrigt var serierne klart et 9 tal værd. Parret slutter som nr. 3 med 73,425%.
Jovian (2014) by Apache / Tango - photo: Helgstrand Dressage
Jovian scoring: trot 9,5 - canter 9,3 - walk 7,5 - ride ability 9,5 - over all impression 9,0 = 9,01
Some of the comments from the judge today:
"It is a pleasure to comment a stallion with such high basic qualities and powerful movements. From yesterday with own rider we wanted to see the stallion opening more up in the frame, and together with the test rider Philip Hess Jovian responded very well to advices from Oliver Oelrich. The trot is with top potential if you want to collect he collects, and if you want to extended the frame he bring the nose forward with good use of the topline. Much uphill and off the ground. The canter is always with clear 3-beat in a closed uphill frame, and with ability to extended. The walk lack bit more suppleness, but could with a more open frame be able to improve the walk. The test rider found the horse easy to handle, light and easy for the aides. A horse with huge potential for the sport."
35 combinations at start for today´s Grand Prix
The class started at 15:15 and last combination had start time at 21:52, between with two normal breaks and a dinner break for 45 minutes.
Local Jorinde Verwimp with Tiamo did not surpricing take the victory. During her test they had some minor issues with the letters at the corners away from the judges tables. The first half pass to right was lacking some more clear flow and balance while the left one becomes with better flow. The piaffe and passage tours were at a good level with nice steps and activity. Final transition at M is late. Well deserved victory with 73,217%.
2nd was the powerful Lusitano mare Batuta with Spanish Sergio Martin Palos in the saddle. No techinal issues, but a bit of tensions for some moments and you could wish for a bit more open neck.
Two Danish combinations
Charlotte Heering has her now 17 year old Joker Selection back in the arena after a very long break suffering from lamenitis. He looked top fit. They start out with a not so good entering halt but from there they manage well, just with a couple of extra changes between the pirouettes. Unfortunately Joker seems to find it enough when going into the final piaffe where he rears and does not show the piaffe. Very expensive final.
Lone Bang Larsen and Bakkely´s Onandt were ready for their international Grand Prix debut and they were well prepared from a couple of successful Danish shows. But the fact that the corner where the VIP tables are, just a the moment when Lone was riding, were cleaned from the dinner buffet, was just too much for Onandt to keep him focused on the job in the arena. So all the way with every single exercise going into that corner/area was unfortunately not successful.
See the entire results here.
Huge list for the Grand Prix including debut for KWPN stallion Expression with Diederik van Silfhout with start time 18:13 Saturday.
Live stream schedule at Clipmyhorse:
Danish Nanna Merrald with Gørklintgårds Quater Boy - photo credit: Mikkel-m.com/H2R
The 10 year old chestnut mare Daula by Gribaldi with Dutch Danielle Hijnkoop show a smooth and supple trot tour in a lovely frame, good walk with a bit big pirouettes, good canter tour with more relaxation as we saw then last time. Well balanced canter pirouettes and the series were ok, but with a couple of changes a bit small hind. Final winner score 72,941%.
2nd was Belgium Olympian rider Jorinde Verwimp with 8 yr old gelding Kastar Hof Ter Zeedy. They were show a nice active trot tour with nice supple half passes. The collected walk becomes a bit tense in the body while the extended walk was shown with super nice relaxation and over track. Good quality of the canter, unfortunately both canter pirouettes are lacking a bit more collection and balance, and after the first pirouette Kastar changes un the way out but Jorinde manage to correct him. Nice series. Score 71,441%.
Best placed Danish combination became the new Blue Hors rider Nanna Merrald with Gørklintgårds Quater Boy. They were placed as no 5 with 69,853% for their international debut today. Super expressive and well balanced trot tour with supple half passes and lovely balance for both volte. Good collected walk and unfortunately Quater Boy loose a step for the first walk pirouette, the extended walk lack bit more relaxation and over the back. Super smooth canter tour with nice balanced pirouettes and very nice expressive series.
Danish Charlotte Heering and her 12 year old blank mare Pearl Black by Painted Black / Negro did their international debut scoring 68,441% placed as no 8. Starting with a bit open halt, nice flow in the trot tour but showing a bit of tensions, at the end of extended trot at the diagonal. Bit of tension for the walk pirouettes as the extended walk could show a bit more relaxation. Super sit for pirouettes with good balance, small change after 2nd pirouette. By the 3 times Black Pearl take the last change by herself after just 2 strides.
See the entire results here.
Bronze medallist from Ermelo last year, Danish Warmblood champion stallion, Hesselhøj Donkey Boy will be shown by his steady rider Jan Møller Christensen. Photo credit: Ridehesten.com
Part of press release
At the Danish Warmblood Stallion Licensing next week you can expect to see some outstanding stallions – not only among the nearly 100 stallions that will be presented before the licensing committee, but also the sport stallions that will be shown in the very popular show classes for stallions
The 39th edition of the Danish Warmblood Stallion Licensing in MCH Messecenter Herning takes place on 7-11 March 2018 and offers in addition to the stallion licensing a 3-star CDI and CSI show, young horse championships for the best 5-year dressage and show jumping horses, auction of stallion prospects and sport horses, dressage clinics, gala shows, tack fair etc.
In total 850 horses will be participating in this gigantic event where you can enjoy stallion licensing as well as dressage and show jumping classes in three different arenas. Around 60,000 people are expected to visit the stallion licensing next week.
Star-studded stallion classes
The focal point of this event is the stallion licensing which takes place Thursday, Friday and Sunday where the licensing committee are evaluating nearly 100 stallions. The most dominent sires of dressage stallions are Grand Galaxy Win, Sezuan, Blue Hors Zack, Franklin, Fürstenball and Blue Hors Don Olymbrio.
Stallions licensed in Danish Warmblood and at the age of fours years and older can participate in the stallion presentation classes where dressage judge and member of the DWB licensing committee, Bjarne Nielsen will comment each stallion.
These classes for dressage stallions take place both Friday and Saturday and they will be featuring such famous stallions as the only triple world champion stallion for young horses in the world, Sezuan under his new rider Patrik Kittel, Sezuan’s legendary sire, the 2018 World Cup finalist Blue Hors Zack presented by Daniel Bachmann Andersen, the medal winning stallions from the world young horse championships in Ermelo last year, Ferrari ridden by Olympic medallist Andreas Helgstrand, and Hesselhøj Donkey Boy ridden by Jan Møller Christensen.
Spanish team rider Severo Jurado Lopez will be presenting the Ermelo finalists D’Avie, Grand Galaxy Win and Atterupgaards Botticelli. Another contestant from Ermelo is Bøgegårdens Santiago which will be presented by his new rider, 15-year-old Danish pony team rider Kristian Würtz Green. Highly talented young horses such as champion stallion Revolution, premium stallion Blue Hors Zackerey, performance test winner Springbank II VH, auction highlight For Emotion and premium stallions Blue Hors St. Schufro and Blue Hors Farrell are also among the participating stallions in the extraordinarily popular show classes for dressage stallions.
In addition to the show classes there will be small tour and big tour CDI classes with the participation of stallions like Blue Hors Don Olymbrio, Blue Hors Veneziano and Blue Hors Zatchmo.
Swedish stallion performance tests has started at the beginning of the week
From tomorrow it will be possible to follow the final days including test riding of the 4 year old and 5 year old stallions. Test riders will be Minna Telde and Theo Hanzon.
Start and results here with exact times.
Live stream schedule at Equisport.tv:
Start og resultatlisterne her.
FOREDRAG - LANDSTRÆNERENS 5 BEDSTE RÅD TIL HVERDAGSTRÆNING
M/ NATHALIE ZU SAYN-WITTGENSTEIN
Søndag kl. 12.00 - 12.45
Foredragene finder sted i Auditoriet på 1. sal i Indgang Vest.
Danish Warmblood will for this 2018 Spring auction show their best collection ever.
In the catalog (link below) you will find all needed informations. Remember to sign up for phone bid.
Both the presentations and the auction will be available via live stream at Clipmyhorse.
Presentation Friday 9 March at 11:30 (Boxen) and Saturday 10 March at 11:30 (Boxen)
Watch the entire collection online here.
Welcome
Danish Warmblood is pleased to welcome You to the great Spring Auction 2018. KRAFFT Arena Hall M creates the festive setting on Saturday afternoon where this years collection is on auction. With room for 3500 guests, great music and a supreme collection of auction horses Danish Warmbloods Auction Committee has prepared for at fantastic afternoon. With an equal amount of young stallions and riding horses there is a great opportunity to aquire a horse for the future or a competition horse ready to compete from Day 1.
In Danish Warmblood Auction Committee we aspire to be innovative and be up to date regarding requirements and tendencies. On this basis we have this year established Talent Stables in cooperation with some of Denmarks leading educational equestrian centres. This gives us – as preparation for the auction – the opportunity to select talented horses and provide optimal preparation before the auction. This is an exciting project which we are please to offer our sellers and buyers.
Danish Warmblood Auctions are becoming increasingly popular abroad. At every auction new foreign customers contact us and keep eyes on the danish horses. It is an extraordinary marketing opportunity for danish breeders to present the best of Danish Warmblood to the world.
As always the Danish Warmblood Auction Committee is available with information and advice in connection with the auction. The members of the Committee can be found elsewhere in this catalogue together with their contact information.
We hope that You as buyer will participate in creating a good flow during the auction with clear and quick bids. With hope for yet another thrilling auction we wish the best of luck to both sellers and buyers.
Ulrik Kristensen
Chairman, Auction Committee
Click at the banner below to see the catalog
Live stream schedule via Clipmyhorse:
Friday afternoon with test under own rider - 4 years old stallions at 16:00 followed by 5 year old stallions at 17:30.
Saturday afternoon with test rider - 4 years old stallion at 13:00 and 5 years old stallion at 15:00.
Exciting field for CDI3 in Herning for both small tour and big tour
From Australia Helgstrand Dressage rider Simone Pearce with Wladimir O.A., Lyndal Oatley with Sandro Boy and Kristy Oatley with Du Soleil lately successful at World Cup at Neumünster.
Spanish Severo Jurado Lopez with Deep Impact.
From Sweden Anna Blomgren Rogers with Tørveslettens Quattro (Danish Warmblood silver medal mare), and Per Sandgaard with Charmeur - winner of both Grand Prix and Grand Prix Special at Vestfold NOR.
Russian Inessa Merkulova with Mister X.
And of course a very strong Danish field with international come back for Atterupgaards Orthilia with Agnete Kirk Thinggaard.
See the entire entrylist here.
Judging team:
Celine Rørbæk Silfen with Romio Højris at Equitour Aalborg 2017 - photo credit: Mikkel-m.com/H2R
Press release
For many years, there have been amateur tournaments in show jumping and with focus on the joy that these tournaments have led to, Almased Wellness and Helgtrand&Trabjerg have now chosen to join together to create the first amateur tournament for dressage equestrians; Almased Dressage Amateurs.
We have decided to create an equivalent of the great show jumping tournaments for amateurs in order to give dressage equestrians the same opportunity to participate at the big tournaments as well. We are sure that the participants will have an extraordinary experience when they are having the opportunity to participate in the same top professional surroundings as some of the world's best dressage equestrians, says the founder of Equitour Aalborg and former national coach of show jumping, Jens Trabjerg.
We are incredibly proud that Almased Wellness has chosen to support the project. We think, that Almased Dressage Amateurs is a great initiative to help dressage equestrians on their way to an international career. The tournament can help to clarify the rider's level before seriously relying on an international career in the dressage sport. At the same time, we think that the locations for the tournament mean that more people from the north can test their current level without having to invest a lot of money in transport. International dressage competitions have so far been for a limited group of people, but we want to change that, adds Jens Trabjerg.
Almased Wellness is a German company that has developed products for the health of humans - products that has achieved great success throughout the world.
It has always been part of our company policy to support sports both locally and internationally. We have developed health products that many athletes use, so when the chance offered to support the first dressage tournament for amateurs, there was no doubt that this project was within our area of interest and thus a natural way to support our business, says Anette Witthöft from Almased Wellness.
About Almased Dressage Amateurs
Almased Dressage Amateurs is a new international dressage tournament for amateurs organised by Helgstrand&Trabjerg and presented by Almased Wellness. In 2018, the tournament will take place at four shows; Deutsches Spring- und Dressur-Derby (9-13 May), Pfingstturnier Wiesbaden (18-21 May), Equitour Aalborg (23-27 May) and World Cup Herning (17-21 October).
Allowed to participate in the tournament are dressage equestrians at the age of 26 or older who are not on FEI's world ranking list. The tournament is limited to 24 equestrians for each show, and each rider must bring up to 3 horses.
The tournament is divided by level into the following categories:
Ole Jørgen Jørgentved og Ole-Marius Johnson - photo credit: Ridehesten/Thomas Bach Jensen.
JJ Horses kommer man ofte forbi hvis man følger med på bl.a. Facebook, men bestemt også når man ser resultatlister fra både stævner og kåringspladser.
Men hvor godt kender vi egentlig JJ Horses som drives fra Jørgentvedt Gård i det smukke norske Mysen, som er beliggende ca. 1,5 times kørsel fra Gardermoen lufthavnen i Oslo.
H2R har fanget Ole Jørgen til lidt fakta om "butikken", og ikke mindst de flotte resultater over årene.
Ole Jørgen fortæller:
"Virksomheden JJ Horses er opdræt af dressurheste (primært), og samtidig er det Norges største avlsstation.
JJ Horses er drevet og oparbejdet systematisk over 20 år. JJ Horses ejes og drives af Ole-Marius Johnson og jeg selv Ole Jørgen Jørgentvedt. Jeg er praktiserende hestedyrlæge."
Egen avl - fundamentet er tre Midt-West hopper
"Tilbage i 1983 avlede jeg på en svensk importeret hoppe. Siden har avlen været med Dansk Varmblods hopper, med stort isæt af tysk blod. Fundamentet i vores avl i dag kan tilskrives 3 hopper fra stutteri Midt-West hoppestammen, som vi importerede til Norge og begyndte at avle med fra 1998. Hopperne var efter henholdsvis Donnerhall (født 1993), Davignon (født 1996) og Caprimond (født 1992) - og alle 3 er gennem deres avlskarriere udnævnt til elitehopper, Donnerhall hoppen og Davignon hoppen i Dansk Varmblod og Caprimond hoppen i Norsk Varmblod. Af de 3 hopper, har vi desværre kun 1 tilbage, nemlig Davignon-hoppen født i 1996. Hun er blandt andet mor til Guldmedaljehoppen JJ Filippa (e. Fúrstenball) og venter i år igen føl efter Fürstenball. Formegentlig bliver det hoppens sidste føl, og med hende lukker vi et kapitel i vores avlshistorik. Men som tidligere nævnt er hele vores avlsmateriale i dag jo med rødder i de oprindelige 3 hopper, gennem 1. 2. og 3 generations hopper som der nu avles på. De 3 hopper og afkom fra dem har givet flere vinderføl, medaljehopper, 2 kårede hingste og en nordisk juniormester i dressur. (JJ Rocco / Nanna Merrald).
Det væsentligste fokus hos JJ Horses er salg af heste, og de afkom vi laver bliver oftest solgt som føl eller ungheste. Mange af hestene sælges her i Norge, men vi har kunder fra hele Norden, samt Tyskland, England, USA og Australien.
Udover egen avl har vi også indimellem indkøbt kvalitetsføl og ungheste på auktioner i Danmark og Tyskland. Vi synes vi specielt har vært "heldige" med købene vi har gjort ved DV´s Elite auktioner, et kvalitetsstempel som vi ser det. Vi har totalt købt 5 føl på DV´s eliteføl auktioner, og det har resulteret i 3 kårede hingste, 1 RDH hoppe og hingstemor, og 1 UVM deltager. I 2008 købte vi i kompaniskab med Karen Helene Gjerde, en præmiehingst fra auktionen i Hannover. Den fik navnet JJ RayBan (e. Rascalino), og blev kåret i Norge, Danmark og Sverige det efterfølgende år. I Sverige blev JJ RayBan materialprøvevinder, championatsvinder – og senere solgt til via Jan Brink til Hannell Dressage.
Vi har tidligere i flere år haft uddannelse af heste knyttet til JJ Horses med ansatte beridere og tilridnings tilbud til vores kunder. Den del er vi stoppet med, da vi har vores tid er mere end velbesat med vores egen avl og avlsstation. Vi har et rigtig godt samarbejde med Noagård på Sjælland (Jan Møller Christensen og Sophie Christensen), hvor vi sender vores heste i tilridning og uddannelse. Et samarbejde som vi er meget tilfredse med, og som fungerer super godt!
I 2018 året venter vi 9 dressur føl på følgende hopper:
Derudover har vi 2 springhopper i kompaniskab med den norske springrytter Dag Ove Kingsrød (Kingsland and Kingsrød Trading). Her venter vi føl efter Cornet Obolensky og Diarado.
Ialt 11 føl i 2018."
Avlsstation
"Antal mæssigt er vi Norges største avlsstation. Vi inseminerer ca. 400 hopper årligt. 50% rideheste og 50% travere. Ca. halvdelen af hopperne insemineres med frost sæd, og vi står for import af både frisk sæd og frossen sæd fra hele Europa. Vi formidler sæd fra førende avlsstationer i Sverige, Danmark, Tyskland og Holland. I Norge insemineres hoppen ofte hjemme hos hoppeejeren, da der ofte er lange afstande I Norge er der særlige regler for brug af frostsæd som bl.a. siger at inseminering kun kan ske med dyrlæge og på godkendt avlsstation, det betyder at hopperne kommer til os for at blive insemineret, og mange af hopperne bliver hos os indtil de er konstateret drægtige. Vi har kunder fra hele landet, som dem som bor længst væk kører ca 500 km. Ridehesteavlen i Norge er ikke ret stor, der er ca. 250 hopper som ifoles hvert år, og da vi står for ifoling af ca. 200 hopper, så dækker vi ca. 75-80 % af det totale avlsmarked af rideheste i Norge."
"Der er 2 godkendte avlsforbund for rideheste i Norge. Det ene, Dansk Varmblod Norge, som jeg er formand for, hvor vi har et tæt og godt samarbejde med Dansk Varmblods bestyrelse i Danmark. Over en 10 års periode er totalt 300 føl registreret i Dansk Varmblod Norge, og det samme antal hopper kåret."
"Hvert år afholder vi hoppekåring og følchampionat ( FØLFESTIVALEN ) i august. Arrangementet er godt besøgt af publikum og udenlandske gæster. Hvert år udtages der føl til Dansk Varmblods Eliteskue, og vi (JJ Horses) har vundet titlen «årets dressurbetonede hoppeføl» 3 gange (2011,2012,2014)," slutter Ole Jørgen.
Ole Jørgen Jørgentved and Ole-Marius Johnson. Photo credit: Ridehesten/Thomas Bach Jensen.
You will often see the name JJ Horses if you follow Facebook, but also when your watching result lists from both competitions and breeding.
JJ Horses is based at Jørgentvedt Gård at the beautiful Norwegian Mysen, which is approx. 1.5 hours drive from Gardermoen Airport in Oslo.
H2R caught Ole Jørgen for a more facts and informations about the business, and not least the great results over the years.
Ole Jørgen tells:
"The company JJ Horses is breeding of dressage horses (primarily), and at the same time it is Norway´s largest breeding station."
"JJ Horses has been developed systematically over the last 20 years. JJ Horses is owned and run by Ole-Marius Johnson and myself Ole Jørgen Jørgentvedt. I am a vetenarian myself."
Own breeding - the foundation is 3 Midt-West mares (very well know Danish breeding line)
"Back in 1983 I breed with a Swedish imported mare. Since then, our breeding has been with Danish Warmblood mares, with a huge impact from German bloodlines. The foundation in our breeding program today is into just 3 mares from the Danish stutteri Midt-West lines, which we imported into Norway back in 1998. The mares were by Donnerhall (born 1993), Davignon (born 1996) and Caprimond (born 1992) respectively - and all 3 are through their own qualities for breeding recognized as elite mares, Donnerhall mare and Davignon mare in Danish Warmblood and Caprimond mare in Norwegian Warmblood. Of the 3 mares, we only have 1 left, namely the Davignon mare born in 1996. She is among other dam of the Danish Warmblood gold medal mare JJ Filippa (by Fürstenball) and she is expecting a foal for this season by Fürstenball. This foal will probably be her last foal, and with her we will close a chapter in our breeding history. Of course our entire breeding program today is with roots in these 3 mare, now through 1st, 2nd and 3rd generation mares, which are part of our breeding program. The 3 mares and offsprings from them has been successful in many ways as medal mares, 2 licensed stallions and a Nordic junior Champion in dressage. (JJ Rocco / Nanna Merrald)."
"The main focus at JJ Horses is sale of horses, and the offsprings we are producing are usually sold as foals or youngsters. Many of the horses are sold to clients here in Norway, but we also have customers from all over the Nordic countries, as well as Germany, England, the United States and Australia."
"In addition, we have also purchased quality foals and youngsters at auctions in Denmark and Germany. We think we have been "lucky" with the purchases we´ve made at Danish Warmblood Elite auctions, as the quality offered is very high. We have bought 5 foals at Danish Warmblood elite auctions, and it has resulted in 3 licensed stallions, 1 mare for the main stud books with rideability test and dam of a licensed stallion, and 1 participant for World Championship for Young Horses. In 2008 we bought a premium stallion at the Hanoverian auction together with Karen Helene Gjerde. He was named JJ RayBan (by Rascalino), and was licensed in Norway, Denmark and Sweden the following year. JJ RayBan became performance test winner, young horse championship winner - and later sold to via Jan Brink to Hannell Dressage in Sweden."
"For a number of years, we have offered our clients professional traning at JJ Horses. This part we have stopped as our own breeding program has increased, and we have a lot of mares for our breeding station. Instead we now have a very good collaboration with Noagård at Zealand, Denmark (Jan Møller Christensen and Sophie Christensen), where we sent our horses in training and education. A cooperation we are very pleased with, and that works super well!"
In 2018 we are expecting 9 dressage foals:
"In addition, we have 2 jumping mare in partnership with the Norwegian rider Dag Ove Kingsrød (Kingsland and Kingsrød Trading). Her we expect a Cornet Obolensky and a Diarado foal this year."
"A total of 11 foal for our 2018 season."
Breeding Station
"In numbers, we are Norway's largest breeding station. We inseminate about 400 mares a year, 50% riding horses and 50% trotters. About half of the mare are inseminated with frost semen, and we import both fresh semen and frozen semen from all over Europe We import semen from leading breeding stations in Sweden, Denmark, Germany and the Netherlands. In Norway, the mare is often inseminated at home by the owner, as there are long distances. In addition, there are special rules here in Norway, that say that insemination can only be done with a veterinarian and at an approved breeding station, which means that the mares for frozen semen has to come to us to be inseminated, and many of the mares stay with us until they are pregnant. We have customers from all over the country, like those who live the furthest away is about 500 kilometers. The breeding with riding horses in Norway is not very big, there are about 250 mares every year, and for this part we cover about 75-80% of the total breeding market of riding horses in Norway."
"There are 2 approved breeders' associations for riding horses in Norway. The one is Danish Warmblood Norway, in which I`m chairman of, is where we have close and good cooperation with the board of Danish Warmblood in Denmark. Over a period of 10 years a total of 300 foals have been registered in Danish Warmblood Norway, and the same number of mares has been graded."
"Each year we organize mare grading and foal championship (Føllfestival). This event is well-attended by both the Norwegian breeders and foreign guests, and foals are selected for the Danish Warmblood Eliteshow, and we (JJ Horses) have won the title "fiily of the year" 3 times (2011,2012,2014) " concludes Ole Jørgen.
Lately a lot of stallion stations held their stallion presentations from Landgestüt Celle, Sosath, Gestüt Tannenhof, Peterhof, Gut Neuenhof, Ludger Beerbaum, Dressage Grand Ducal, Böckmann and Marbach.
Overall highlight of all stallions was the presentation of Escolar together with Hubertus Schmidt.
And for the breeders it is really worth a closer look at the archive at Clipmyhorse. It is very easy to find the dressage stallions and have quick look.
Below you find this years OLD Champion stallion:
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