The dream of the next super star - the full sister of Danish Warmblood stallion Sezuan

Bo Brink, Selina Solberg Vittinghus with Napfes Faa Ipoipo and Merete Berg Sørensen

It started with the purchase of an embryo in utero

Nafea Faa Ipoipo (“When do you want to get married”) was purchased as an embryo in utero back in 2014, and for the Danish breeders Merete Berg Sørensen and Bo Brink (Netstutteriet) back then it was with huge excitement and of course the dream as a breeder. The way from the purchase of the embryo to the foal being born, and now having a 4 year old beautiful and talented mare with the most exciting bloodlines has made the dream come true.

Last year Nafea proved herself as a broodmare as she had a fantastic embryo foal by Franklin, sold for the top price of 121.000 euros at Danish Warmblood Elite Foal auction to Helgstrand Dressage.

Experienced and successful young horse rider

Nafea is now 4 year old and ready for starting her education. The breeders has already been working together with Selina Solberg Vittinghus (rider at Stud Atterupgaard) with some other young horses, and for about 1,5 year ago Selina purchased a part of Danish Warmblood mare Netstutteriets Donna Mi by Blue Hors Don Schufro/Come Back II, a cooperation which Merete and Bo really appreciate, so the choice of the rider for the future education of Nafea was quite obvious.

Breeder Merete Berg Sørensen and Bo Brink tells: “We think that Selina is really unique for the education of the young horses, and with her great work with Donna Mi the decision was clear when thinking about the best future for Nafea. Selina has been riding Nafea since 1 December and she is very excited about her. We have Nafea stabled at the equestrian center Slangerupgaard where Merete is manager, and there we have all facilities for building up the young horse. And when Selina is training Nafea Merete is drive her to Stud Atterupgaard.

It is of course our plan to flush embryos from Nafea while she is being educated under Selina, and hopefully she will be successful in the sport as her brother (Sezuan) and sisters (Straight Horse Sezuanna and Straight Horse Ascenzione) - we are very excited about this future combination and hope for a lot of great experiences,” Merete and Bo says.

An extraordinary horse

For Selina as a rider it is of course another great opportunity to get the ride of a mare like Nafea. Alongside her job as rider for the very well known and successful Danish Stud Atterupgaard, Selina has been riding both Netstutteriet Donna Mi and a couple of other horses for Merete and Bo, and through this collaboration Selina is full of excitement for Nafea.

As Selina tells: “Nafea is a special horse, she has not been ridden that much yet, I’ve had her under saddle since December , and I really get the feeling that she brings something extra. For now its all about building her slowly up, and hopefully she will be ready for Danish Warmblood Young Horse ability test this autumn, with the big goal World Championship for Young Horses in 2020.”

Mark your calendar for Helgstrand Dressage stallion shows

Helgstrand Dressage and Deckstation Schockemöhle getting ready for stallion shows

• February 3 at 2:00 pm in Oldenburger Pferde Zentrum Vechta, Germany - tickets: please contact Deckstation Schockemöhle

• February 8 at 7:00 pm in Niedersachsenhalle Verden, Germany - tickets: please contact Deckstation Schockemöhle

• March 31 in Flyinge, Sweden

• April 13 at Helgstrand Dresssage, Vodskov - more details will come, as this will also be combined with Open House.

  Helgstrand Dressage looking forward to see you! If you have any questions, feel free to contact Lene Birkemose at stallion@helgstranddressage.dk. 
  

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Tomorrow with DSP licensing - very interesting collection of stallion - full live stream via Clipmyhorse

39 young quality stallions selected for DSP licensing - 23/26 January in München-Riem (NEWS publish 30 December 2018)

Very interesting stallion prospects ready for licensing

Very positive watching the entire collection ready for the licensing. The not so frequented stallion Buckingham (Bordeaux/Rousseau) has 3 offsprings selectedfor the licensing, all 3 showing very nice qualities.

H2R picked 7 super interesting stallions, but definitely with more very interesting stallions from the collection.

Remember you can follow the entire licensing live via Clipmyhorse.

No 38 - looks like a clear premium stallion and top price for the auction.

No 42 - lovely type with super natural power and super canter.

No 43 - elasticity and expression, even though he is not showing any canter. Superb supple angle from behind.

No 50 - super lovely model with suppleness and expression pure.

No 56 - nice supple mover, but need some “rebuild” of the muscles. Interesting to see the development.

No 58 - impressive stallion showing lots of power and expression.

No 72 - super supple both hind and front, but the back is definitely only for a 16” saddle.

See the entire collection here.

Sezuan will not be available for the breeders in 2019 - full focus on further education

Sezuan and Patrik Kittel during Danish Warmblood stallion show 2018 - photo credit: H2R

How is Sezuan doing?

Since the spring 2018 we haven’t heard anything about the Danish Warmblood top stallion Sezuan himself. And of course a lot of people and breeders are keen to know a bit from this top producer himself.

“Sezuan is doing very well, he is in training with Patrik Kittel, and this year he will not do the stallion show in Denmark.

Sezuan is not gonna do the demanding double job for both sport and breeding, we want him to fully concentrate for the further dressage education, and he will therefore only be available via frozen semen in 2019. A decision that we do not find easy, but which is certainly in the interests of the stallion”, says Gestüt Peterhof.

List of dressage stallions for VER-dinale stallion show 24 January at 19:00 - live stream via Clipmyhorse

• Alpha Royal (Atango - Fidertanz - Donnerhall) *2015, Eike Bewerungen - Hengststation Ahlers

• Gin Tonic (Governor - Jazz - Glennridge) *2015, Rieke Schnieder - Hengst- station Sosath

• Titolas (Totilas - Stedinger - Rosentau) *2012, Susanne Krohn - Gestüt Lichtenmoor

• Royal Doruto (Royal Hit - Rubinstein I - Matador) *2004, Lukas Fischer - Gestüt Gut Neuenhof

• Bonds (Benicio - Sir Donnerhall I - Rubinstein I) *2013, BeatriceBuchwald - Hengststation Hoffrogge

• Deodorio (Danone I - Fürst Romancier - Florencio I) *2016 Licotus (Likoto - Donnerhall - Balou) *2000, beide Gut Lonken

• Gaitano (Goldberg - Rohdiamant - Sevillano xx) *2015, Beatrice Buch-wald - Hengststation Hoffrogge

• Emanuel (Escolar - Lauries Crusador xx - Nebelhorn) *2015, Lukas Fi- scher - Gestüt Gut Neuenhof

• Fürst Fabrice (Fürstenball - Sandro Hit - Castro) *2014, Rieke Schnieder - Hengststation Sosath

• Bon Vivaldi (Benicio - Vivaldi - Riccione) *2016, - Hengststation Ahlers

• Best of Gold (Belissimo M - Diamond Hit - Ex Libris) *2009, Birte Ahlers - Hengststation Ahlers

• Estobar NRW (Ehrentusch - Ferragamo - Florestan I) *2004, Ivan Nieto Sanchez - Gestüt Gut Neuenhof

Results NRW winter auction today - most expensive horse sold for 70.000 euros.

Søndagens klasser med god ridning og highlights

Chadunno / Camilla Ahler Pedersen

Rock Star / Anna Kasprzak

Fiontini / Severo Jurado Lopez

Grand Prix Special

I eftermiddagens Grand Prix Special vandt Anna Kasprzak ikke overraskende igen sammen med Rock Star. Anna får redet et flot trav program med gode passage ture og øgninger, god skridt tur, den første piaffe mangler lidt mere energi af jorden med fint på stedet, mens den næste piaffe starter en smule fremadgående og hvor Anna så beder Rock Star blive på stedet, og som lykkedes rigtig fint og med god overgang ud. Galop turen bliver desværre med et par dyre fejl i begge serier på diagonal med fejl.

Nr. 2 bliver Mikaela Fabricius-Bjerre med Belissimo L, hvor det lykkedes at holde fokus hos Belissimo hele vejen selvom der nogle ubalancerede momenter under vejs.

Første placeret bliver Camilla Ahlers Pedersen med Chadunno. En ekvipage som giver et flot sidebillede i en flot form og som samler værdifulde point hele turen, samtidig med at Chadunno ikke har nogle øvelsesmæssige svagheder. Eneste ting at pege lidt fingre af i dag var den samlede skridt frem mod den første piaffe som bliver med nogle spændinger, og så får Camilla desværre kun talt til 13 i etter serien på diagonalen.

Præsteskovens Raquel / Maria Anita Andersen

Fürstenblick / Anne Troensegaard

Bonnaquiqui / Rune Willum Thomsen

Intermediaire I

Carina Nevermann Torup og Ray Dance vinder fortjent klassen med 71,930%. Carina rider turen med godt overblik og Ray Dance viser smidig versade, volte, traversade til begge sider, gode øgninger med dejlig udtryk, god skridttur, fin balance i zig-zag galoppen, gode serier, begge pirouetter mangler lidt mere balance og centrering. En dejlig naturlig tur at se på.

Desværre var der ikke hul igennem til livestreamingen ved klassen først ekvipage som var Anne Troensegaard med Fürstenblick, men Anne fortæller efterfølgende: “Han bliver til fresh under vejs, og går travturen med dejlig power, der indløber en fejl i toer serien, og knap skarp nok i pirouetterne, men skøn følelse at han er ovenpå og selv “trækker” hele vejen i dag. Det er jo hele tiden den udvikling man stræber efter med den unge hest,” siger Anne.

Nr. 3 bliver “still going strong” Langkjærgaards Donna Fetti som efterhånden er blevet en voksen dame som runder de 18 år i år. Super fit og korrekt tur sammen med Victoria K. Pedersen.

Nr. 4 bliver Præsteskovens Raquel med Maria Anita Andersen, en super dejlig powerful hoppe som i dag blev ramt lidt af 7´er barrieren, da rigtig mange ting var med power, super balance og kvalitet, men desværre også et par fejl. En super flot ekvipage som er spændende at følge.

Rune Willum og hoppen Bonnaquiqui løber ind i nogle spændinger under vejs i dag, men skøn power og lethed og frem for alt med tydeligt tryk fra bagbenene frem mod en konstant og korrekt samling.

Alle fotos her er med foto kredit til: PHOTOBYNORSTEDT. Husk du kan følge Photobynorstedt via Facebook eller Instagram.

Severo og Fiontini med rigtig flot Grand Prix i Esbjerg i dag

Fiontini og Severo Jurado Lopez - photo credit: H2R

Severo gør klar til Tokyo sammen med Fiontini

75,133% var bestemt ikke overbetalt fra de 3 dommere i dag. Det er skønt at se den udtryksfulde og velgående hoppe bevare alle sine kvaliteter også på Grand Prix niveauet med de sværest øvelser. Severo rider med vanlig ro og overblik, og giver sig tid til at gøre hver øvelse færdig, det er en fornøjelse at følge. Parret leverede en fejlfri tur, med en lille uoverensstemmelse inde i den 2. piaffe tur hvor Fiontini svare let igen i et enkelt trin i piaffen, og generelt er der stadig en del flere point at hente, så det lover bestemt godt for fremtiden.

Nu kan vi bare glæde os til at følge ekvipagen internationalt, og det ville jo være en fantastisk oplevelse hvis Severo vælger at debuten skal være til CDI4 stævnet i forbindelse med Dansk Varmblods hingstekåring i Herning - vi krydser fingre.

Anna Kasprzak og Rock Star bliver nr. 2 med 73,267%. Ekvipagen leverer en fejlfri tur med god energi og udtryk. Det bliver helt sikkert også en sæson hvor vi vil se Anna international med både Rock Star og Quarton, da de jo skal “erstatte” Pepe.

Nanna Merrald og Sådan Que kæmper lidt med serierne og i dag var det etterne som ikke ville lykkedes, men ellers en stærk tur med god udtryk og dejlig balance. Changementet efter den frie galop smutter desværre også.

En ny ung ekvipage på Grand Prix niveauet er 11-årige Chadunno med Camilla Ahler Pedersen. Parret har startet Grand Prix nogle gange sidste år. Turen i dag er i god balance og med et nydeligt billede. Der indløber lidt ærgerlig fejl i etterne i dag.

Adrenalin Firfod og Helene Melsen kæmper desværre i dag med lidt for mange småfejl under vejs, og slutter som nr. 10 ud af de 16 ekvipager. Det var tydeligt at Adrenalin følte sig bedre tilpas i Inter II programmet i går.

Det var gensyn med den succesfulde avlshingst Skovens Rafael og Lotte Skjærbæk. Desværre var Rafael ikke helt enig med Lotte i piaffe turene i dag og det blev selvfølgelig dyrt.

Se resultatet af hele klassen her.

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Top price 88.000 euros at today's HANN auction sold to Belgium

Mark the dates for 3-day stallion sport test this spring

The sports tests:

4 - 6 February - Münster-Handorf

18 - 20 February - Verden

7 - 9 March - Verden

22 - 24 March - Münster-Handorf

All the tests will be available via Clipmyhorse. The first day with presentation with own rider and 2nd day with test rider.

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Nanna Merrald med hattrick og særdeles lovende debutanter i dagens Intermediaire II i Esbjerg

Agnete Kirk Thinggaard med Blue Hors Zatchmo - photo credit: H2R

Flere debutanter på banen og en enkelt i dommerburet også

Normalt er det altid med fokus på ekvipagerne på banen, men ved dommer H i dag var der endnu en debutant på sværeste niveau nemlig Christine Winter Prip. Tilbage i november til CDI3 stævnet på Blue Hors bestod Prip sin dommer eksamen som A+, og var dermed klar til de helt store opgave.

Prip startede sin dommerkarriere tilbage i 2000, og specielt de seneste år hvor der er kommet meget mere fokus på rekruttering har det naturligt også givet både motivation og ambitioner. “Målet er klart at komme til at dømme internationalt i fremtiden”, siger Prip.

Dagens første ekvipage på banen var Dennis Fisker med Rosenstolz. Parret har snust lidt til niveauet tidligere, og Dennis rider og uddanner Rosenstolz for den malaysiske rytter Quzandria Nur med henblik på evt. OL kvalifikation. Ekvipagen viser en udtryksfuld og flydende travtur, god aktiv passage som bliver momentvis en smule uens, gode piaffe ture med god energi, men mangler endnu at lægge tyngdepunktet helt korrekt, bliver momentvis lidt bag høj. Skridten mangler lidt mere afspændthed og blive momentvis lidt ubalanceret.. Rigtig god galop tur med flotte serie og gode pirouetter med god vinkel, dog får Dennis lagt etterne vel tidligt og er færdig ved X. Parret slutter som nr. 3 med 69,781%.

Debutekvipager

Agnete Kirk Thinggaard og Blue Hors Zatchmo som netop er blevet 10 år er klar til Grand Prix niveauet med virkelig god kvalitet. Zatchmo ligner en hingst som har hele pakken, og som spiller med hele vejen. Parret kommer lidt uheldigt fra start med en fejlridning. Under vejs opstår der lidt mindre misforståelser og ubalancer, men det ligner klart et spørgsmål om rutine. Super vinkel og rytmik i passage og piaffe turene, store flotte changementer og god evne til at sætte sig i pirouetterne. En spændende ny ung Grand Prix hest på vej. Parret slutter som nr. 4 med 68,465%.

Unge Laura Hviid med Darius viser deres første tur sammen i dag. En rigtig fin debut med flot timing hele vejen. Ikke til at se at Laura fornyligt har overtaget tøjlerne fra tidligere ejer Sille Engermann. Det ligner en ekvipage som er klar til at indtage U25 scenen.

Adrenalin Firfod og Helene Melsen har været succesfulde på lille-tur´s niveauet, og har tidligere startet Inter II en enkelt gang sidste år med en sejr. Opgaven så bestemt ikke ud til at kyse den 10 årige Adrenalin Firfod, ingen tekniske fejl og Helene rider turen med godt overblik og får vist rigtige gode kvaliteter under vejs, hvor det kun ser ud som om, det er den sidste styrke og rutine som mangler, for at give det sidste udtryk.

Det var Nanna´s dag i dag

“Det har været en fed dag”, var første indskydelse fra Nanna da H2R spurgte om dagens bedrifter, som jo talte hele 3 sejre.

“Det er jo sådan dage man kan leve længe på. Jeg startede med Blue Hors Zirrus og havde en super tur med mange gode ting. Næste var dagens højdepunkt Blue Hors St. Schufro, som havde debut i MA1, og sikke en tur! Havde en super fornemmelse, og han er så ærlig og med på legen hele vejen. Der var selvfølgelig plads til forbedringer, men alt i alt kunne jeg ikke havde drømt om en bedre tur. Sidste hest var Sådan Que, som erstattede Wasabi i dag, da Wasabi desværre hoster. Hun var også meget fin, vi havde fejl i to´erne, og ellers super fin.

Det var en travl dag men min hestepasser Ellen er guld værd, hun har bare styr på hestene og det hele, og så det er virkelig dejligt, nu glæder vi os bare til i morgen,” slutter Nanna.

Se resultatet af hele klassen her.

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Entries for CDI-W in Amsterdam 24 - 27 January

17 young stallions selected for OLD stallion saddle licensing taking place from 4th to 6th April

Livestream fra landsstævnet i Esbjerg via Zibrasport allerede fra i morgen fredag

Igen i år bliver det muligt at følge med fra “sidelinien” via livestreaming på Zibrasport.tv

Følgende klasser livestreames:

Fredag

Kl. 16.18 - Intermediaire II - se startlisten her.

Lørdag

Kl. 14.05 - Grand Prix - se startlisten her.

Søndag

Kl. 11.13 - Intermediaire I - se startlisten her.

Kl. 13.33 - Grand Prix Special - se startlisten her.

Hold øje med endelige starttider af de enkelte klasser.

Link til starttider og resultater for hele stævnet.

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VIDEOS - keep an eye on some of the stallions from stallion show at KK Cup in Münster

It is always interesting to be able to watch the stallions from the stallion shows, compare bloodlines or just follow the stallions over the years.

At the recent stallion show during KK Cup in Münster more young stallions made their stallion show debut after succesful licensing in the autumn.

Again this year HorseTime made a couple of videos from some of the different stallions.

VIDEO Morricone - one of the very frequented young stallions successful at national competition in Münster

The 7 year old stallion Morricone by Millennium / Rubin-Royal was placed 4th in national St. Georg Special at last weekends KK Cup in Münster with 71,992%.

Presentation of NRW collection yesterday evening (FREE at Clipmyhorse archive)

Live presentation of the Winter collection for the NRW auction 20 January

From the video presentation you can find H2R favourites here, and from the live presentation three more young horses showed themselves with some extra qualities.

No 61 by Sir Heinrich / Expansion / Florestan showed herself very nicely at the presentation, sensitive but looks like an interesting horse for the future. Click at the photo to watch the presentation.

No 10 by Franziskus / Rock Forever I / Ferragamo well moving in both trot and canter, shows some tensions for the walk, but also an interesting horse for further education.

No 3 by Diamond Hit / Florestan I / Brentano II - easy off the ground showing super qualities for the future including a super walk.

You can watch the entire live presentation via Clipmyhorse here.

Prestigious Louisdor Preis qualifiers for 2019

2018 was a super win for Danish Daniel Bachmann Andersen with the stallion Blue Hors Veneziano.

The prestigious events are for 8 - 10 year old Young Grand Prix horses, doing the transition for small tour level over the short Grand Prix, like all qualifiers are allowed riding with whip, while the final is without whip.

• Hagen a.T.W. 24 - 28 April 2019

• München 30 May 2 June 2019

• Werder 20 - 23 June 2019

• Elmlohe 1 - 4 August 2019

• Ising 7 - 9 September 2019

• Oldenburg 31 October - 2 November 2019

• Finale in Frankfurt vom 19. bis 22. Dezember 2019

Swedish Malin Wahlkamp-Nilsson with super nice national Grand Prix Special victory today in Münster

Debut Grand Prix Special with 74%

Yesterday was actually the first real Grand Prix for the 10 year old Eddieni by Johnson/Negro, and today Swedish Malin Wahlkamp-Nilsson also showed Eddieni for the first time ever in the Grand Prix Special and won with impressive 74,196%. It was definitely not an easy win as the field also was with strong German combinations.

The overall impression was a well balanced, very expressive and supple test, not showing any signs of a debut test. Just a small issue for the 15 one times, rest was effortless and very controlled without tensions.

Successful Young Horse

Eddieni was successful trained and competed at Young Horse level under Dutch Theo Hanzon, and sold in 2016 to Spanish Agusti Elias, who competed Eddieni at WCYH in Ermelo as 7 year old.

Malin Wahlkamp-Nilsson who has been part of Patrik Kittel´s team for 9 years, took over the ride of Eddieni back in May last year when Japanese owner Masahiro Kosaka purchased the talented gelding.

Future plans

Of course Malin was very happy after her successful weekend together with Eddieni. “He is an amazing horse with such a big heart, the more you pat him the better he goes. He is really funny, like that he gets super proud when he feels that his rider Is happy with him”, Malin tells.

"The plan for now is that I will compete him at some different shows to give him some experience, and Mr. Kosaka is coming in between to ride him. The long term plan right now is 2020 Tokyo Olympics for Mr. Kosaka”, says Malin.

High level in national Grand Prix from Münster today

Top riders at start

International German top riders as Dorothee Schneider and Helen Langehanenberg were at the start list today in Münster.

While the jumping is taking place in the big arena the dressage is in the small and very intime arena, where the audience is sitting right next to the arena. But for today’s field it did not seem to cause any troubles.

Dorothee Schneider showed a strong test without any technical issues.

1 .) Fohlenhof´s Rock´n Rose - well balanced start, nice diagonal, good balance and carriage for half passes, bit tense rein back, super nice extension, bit uneven push hind for passage, small forward trend piaffe, lack more relaxation for extended walk, bit tense collected walk, better 2nd piaffe nice active, nice 2 times, nice control zig-zag, nice 1 times, super nice pirouettes with control and clear canter, super power balance for extended trot, nice final centerline.

2.) Heuberger TSF - good start, good crossing and balance for both half passes, good halt with rein back, good into passage, piaffe lack bit more clear forward search becomes bit uneven in the balance, good walk tour, could be a bit sharper at transition to passage from collected walk, 2nd piaffe better, good transition to canter, nice 2 times, good power for extended canter, good zig-zag small unbalance, good 1 times, nice canter for pirouette could show more sit for the 1st pirouette, good transition to trot, lack bit more energy for final piaffe, good halt.

3.) Franziskus - good halt, power extension, lack bit more carriage for half passes, tilting head to left, tense rein back, good extension, passage lack more push from hind, piaffe becomes a bit on/off bit against the aides, good walk, lack more clear transition to passage, ditto 2nd piaffe bit difficult transition out, good 2 times, bit running extended canter lack more volume, good zig-zag, ok 1 times but looks a bit hind the aides all the way, good pirouettes, good extension but lack more clear transition back to collected trot, good final.

Malin Wahlkamp-Nilsson ready with her next top horse

Watch out for Swedish Malin Wahlkamp-Nilsson with Eddieni (10 year old by Johnson/Negro) - super horse without any weaknesses and top expression. This is just about gaining experience before we will see the combination at the international scene.

Eddieni SWE - good halt, super expressive side picture, good balance for half passes, lack bit carriage to right, very nice halt with rein back, super extension, nice to passage, easy smooth transition and lovely angle and activity for the piaffe, good walk tour, active regular passage with nice suspension, small tension for 2nd piaffe but lovely balance in and out, expressive 2 times, nice extended canter, error 1 times, nice sit and balance for both pirouettes, nice final centerline.