Bustique awarded “Keur”!

On the second day of the KWPN Stallion Show in Ermelo, the Indoctro son Bustique received a well-deserved recognition, the “keur” predicate. The striking breeding stallion from Stal Hendrix has been making good progress in breeding for many years and produced, among others, the Olympic medalist Beauville Z ridden by Maikel van der Vleuten. In order to be of service to international breeders, Bustique will be available next year via the EU station of  Van Olst Horses.

The Indoctro son Bustique (ds.Grannus), bred by Hans Schipper and Henk van de Wijngaart, was approved by the KWPN as a three-year-old and subsequently progressed to international 1.45/1.50m level under Michel Hendrix. In the first few years Bustique was stationed with Gertjan van Olst and dozens of international showjumpers immediately emerged from that breeding period.

Top 35 WBFSH
The ultimate example of this is, of course, the Grand Prix and World Cup winner Beauville Z, bred from his first crop, with whom Maikel van der Vleuten wrote history in 2021 by winning the individual bronze medal at the Tokyo Olympics. Bustique also distinguishes itself with offspring such as Florida Balia NL, Hendrick’s HX, Berdien, Footlose HX and Golia. Time and time again the Indoctro son proves to give real winners. Despite his relatively young offspring, Bustique is already in 34th place in the WBFSH sire ranking and many top riders have now welcomed Bustique offspring into their stables. Paul Hendrix: “Bustique is an incredible inheritance and follows in the footsteps of his influential father Indoctro. We have waited a long time for it, but are happy that he has now received the recognition he deserves from the KWPN. If you look at the figures, it quickly becomes clear what kind of top progenitor Bustique is.”

European breeders
The stallion from Stal Hendrix will return to the stud farm this season where he started his breeding career. “Partly thanks to Gertjan van Olst, Bustique was able to make a strong start as a breeding stallion, so many good offspring were born among his clientele. Moreover, thanks to the EU recognition of Gertjan’s stud farm, we have the opportunity to offer Bustique together to an even wider breeding audience, as they can ship Bustique’s semen throughout Europe. For us there is nothing more beautiful than that he goes back to the place where his success started and we are pleased to resume the collaboration with Gertjan. Especially because he fully shares our enthusiasm about this brand new keur stallion.”