Lottie and Darkie again to a new personal best

The Dutch Masters is one of the highlights of the Dutch competition season. A World Cup competition for both dressage and jumping takes place in the “Bossche” Brabanthallen. Charlotte Fry is here at the start with Dark Legend. During this competition the “short” Grand Prix is on the program.
Lottie and Dark Legend (Zucchero x Tango, breeder fam Nobus-de Potter from Eede) rode a very strong test in which they achieved a score of 76.447%. This score is a new personal record for this duo.
With this score she finished third in the final standings behind “queen of dressage” Isabell Werth and reigning Olympic and European champion Jessica von Bredow-Werndl.

Photo: Dark Legend

Glamourdale to 78.681% in Grand Prix Special in Lier

The weekend of March 5 was dominated by the international CDI at the Azelhof in Lier, Belgium. Charlotte Fry had 3 horses with her: The young talents Especial s. Everdale (breeder C. van Bavel), Don Joe s. Diëgo (breeder Van Olst Horses) and Glamourdale s. Lord Leatherdale (breeder J.W. Rodenburg).

Especial competed in the Prix st. Georges with two good tests. Don Joe participated in the international 3* Grand Prix for the first time and showed a solid test. Don Joe is still young and shows a lot of talent in the tests and now gets the time to slowly gain more experience.

Glamourdale, the world champion of 2018, had to get into his rhythm a bit in the Grand Prix. A few small mistakes reduced the score but with 74.391% it was still a very good score! In the Grand Prix Special he showed why he belongs at this level! With several tens from different juries for different parts and many nines, the score rose to 78.681% and a very deserved first place!

Photo Glamourdale

Online stallionshow on the 1st of April

The annual stallionshow off Van Olst Horses will be broadcasted online on the 1st of April. You’ll be able to follow the show via Clipmyhorse, KWPN.TV and the website of Van Olst Horses.

Other Van Olst breeding products do well in sport as well

We recently wrote an article on this website about the home-bred horses of Van Olst Horses. But some horses that are now in the spotlight were not yet mentioned in this article.

Don Joe, the son of Diego out of the Lord Leatherdale x Almox Prints bred mare Cinderella, recently made his Grand Prix debut and scored 73% in his second appearance at this level! At 9 years old, he is still young for this level, but under the saddle of Charlotte Fry he is already making a very good impression.

The next horse is Niro’s Enjoy, a large dark brown son of the German foundation stallion De Niro, here combined with the mare Enjoy who descends from Lord Leatherdale x Negro. During the NAF Dressage Talent Berlicum he won the class for 4-year-old dressage horses with a total score of 189 points. Guest rider Marten Luiten gave him the ultimate 10!

Below is the article we previously published:

Van Olst Horses also breeds a few foals every year. Did you know that the mare Iris, who won the Prix St Georges class in Someren last weekend ridden by Anouk Ivits, was also bred by Van Olst Horses? This daughter of Lord Leatherdale is bred out of the Negro x Monaco mare Eternal Flame who is a full sister of Elegance. Under Beatriz Ferrer Salat, he took part in the Tokyo Olympics and the European Dressage Championships in Hagen last year.

Another full sister of Eternal Flame and Elegance is the Small Tour mare Doortje Subtilia.

The next full sister of these 3 horses is the mother of no less than three NRPS approved stallions: Evegro (by Everdale) is ready to compete in the Prix st. Georges and recently purchased by Lotje Schoots, Irvin (by Inspire) is the second son and the third son is Everest (by Especial). Everest recently passed his performance test with a very good score and previously won the KWPN Young Dressage Talents for three-year-olds in Oosteinde with a 10 for his canter. Everest will be available to breeders via fresh semen this year.

Nalegro descends from a completely different line. Nalegro is the Painted Black son who has just been approved by the KWPN with no less than 85 points. What is special about this stallion is that he was bred out of the full sister of the most successful dressage horse ever: Valegro. Olympic medals, medals at World Cups and European Championships and winner of the World Cup final. He has won everything there is to win under Charlotte Dujardin.

But it is not only dressage that is bred. Gertjan’s ‘old’ love, the breeding of jumping horses, is also being practiced. During the Winter Equestrian Festival in Florida, the class for 7 year olds was won by Kadansa B under Sabrina Lefebvre. Kadansa B was bred by Van Olst Horses and Thomas Bezouw out of the Carthino Z  x Animo mare Didansa. Didansa is a full sister of the Grand Prix show jumper Cigo B.

Niro’s Enjoy wins NAF Dressage Talent Berlicum 2022

After a year of absence due to the corona crisis, NAF Dressage Talent Berlicum was back on the calendar this year. A competition for 4 and 5 year old dressage horses and for the first time also ponies. The four-year-old class was won by Niro’s Enjoy (s. De Niro x Lord Leatherdale, breeder Van Olst Horses) ridden by Franka Loos with 189 points.

The mare Nareina (s. Everdale x Krack C, breeder: Mrs. Oudijk from Arkel) finished in fourth place, ridden by Charlotte Fry.

This year the judges were Vincent van Gasselt and Dominique Filion, who both achieved success in the international Grand Prix. Marten Luiten, reigning European Champion Young Riders, rode the highest-ranking horses. “This was really fun to do”, Dominique is satisfied. “Vincent and I were very much on the same page and the competition was set up very well and animal-friendly. There was a large group among the four-year-olds, but there was good riding and certainly the top ten consisted of really super nice horses. In the leading group you can’t really believe that those horses are only four years old. Marten got a great feeling on all the horses and wanted to give them all a 10. They are very different horses, but they are all very special in their own way. I am very excited that we have so many good young horses in the Netherlands.”

Kenzo s. Glamourdale to 80% in his ZZ-Licht debut!

80% is a score that is not often given in ZZ-Licht. Diederik van Silfhout succeeded this weekend with the powerhouse Kenzo.

Kenzo, s. Glamourdale x Flemmingh breeder G. Eggink from Lochem) was sold as a 2.5 year old stallion during the KWPN Select Sale to Esmee van Gijtenbeek. As a 3 year old he won the Gelderland Cup in Brummen and recently he was sold to Diederik van Silfhout.

A short piece of the test can be viewed on Facebook:

Facebook video Kenzo

Photo: Glamourdale

Lotje Schoots performs with “Van Olst” horses

Lotje Schoots has been riding the brown NRPS stallion Justin s. Johnson for Van Olst Horses for some time now. Two weeks ago, this duo made their competition debut in the ZZ-Licht with a score of 73%. Last weekend the championships of Utrecht were on the agenda where they again started. “Justin did a very nice and good first test. He is very stable and I was able to ride him very nicely through the test. I have quite a difficult freestyle but it suits him very well. He has a fantastic competition attitude and will always be there and go for it,” said the rider. “The Dutch National Championships will be in two weeks, after which the we will go to the subtop level.”

Also Evegro s. Everdale (bred by Van Olst Horses himself) recently purchased by Schoots also made his competition debut in ZZ-Licht. Despite the rough weather outside, with storms and rain, he managed a top score of 73%.

Photo: Justin

Charlotte Fry scores at subtop Den Dungen: “A lot of quality”

In the combined Prix St. Georges and Intermediaire I class in Den Dungen, Charlotte Fry took home two prizes on Wednesday. The second place with Especial (by Everdale) and a fifth place with Jackson (by Everdale). The class was won by Chantal Nijpjes and her horse Golden Girl (by Uphill) with 71.47%. Third was Jessica Leijser who rode Kashmir (by Glamourdale) to 69.93%. Tom Verhoeven and Honey D’Or (by Chippendale) were fourth with 69.71%.

Spectacular trot

The second prize was for Charlotte’s Intermediaire I test, which was rewarded with 70.29% “Especial had a very good test. The entire part in trot was really a highlight, he went through it very nicely. At the start of the canter he got a little hot, but luckily I was able to calm him down a bit, after which he did very nice pirouettes.” says the rider.

Green

Charlotte’s Prix St. Georges test was good for 68.28%. “Jackson is still quite green and inexperienced. It was even his first ever show, so he thought it was all a bit exciting. He is a mega talented horse and there were really nice parts in the test.”

Grand Prix quality

“They are both offspring of Everdale and I really love his offspring. They have a fantastic mentality and the quality to become Grand Prix horses. This Saturday I will start again with Jackson in Nieuw en Sint Joosland. He has seen very little, so it is now important to gain a lot of experience. I want to take Especial a few times with me to international competitions in the Small Tour this season.”

Source: Hoefslag

photo: Especial (DigiShots)

80+ score for Everdale daughter in IBOP

And again an Everdale mare was tested in the IBOP who managed to achieve a score above 80 points. Kwinzie’s-Zymfony (Everdale x Krack C, breeder J.W.J.M. Janssen) owned by Y. Schrijnemaker was presented at the IBOP in Panningen and achieved 80.5 points with the following jury comments:

“The seven-year-old Everdale daughter particularly stood out in the trot with her good silhouette and use of the frontleg. The canter is light-footed and with good balance. She has a lot of suppleness in all three gaits and can be worked well.”

Photo: Everdale European Championship Hagen

Inverness scores international

Inverness, the 9 year old son of Everdale (ds Johnson, bred by Y.M.M. van Maasacker, Cuijk) made his international Prix st. Georges debut at the show in Le Mans. Ridden by Brecht D’Hoore the scored 70,71% in a strong and competitive field which resulted in a 4th place.