Hoefslag Dressage Magazine published a nice interview with Charlotte Fry. Lottie tells about how she ended up at Van Olst Horses, and her succesful collaboration with Anne van Olst. She also discusses the succesful year 2018, in which she became World champion with Glamourdale and European champion U25 with Dark Legend. In addition, the road to the olympic games in Tokyo is discussed.
The Danish equestrian federation and its team trainer Nathalie zu Sayn-Wittgenstein have announced the short listed riders which will participate in the final bootcamp where the decision will be made who will be on the Danish Olympic team.
Charlotte Heering is one of the riders on the list. She is riding the 15-year old gelding Bufranco by Negro x Zevenster, breeder: FR.C. Koot.
We wish the combination all the best!
Picture: Gomes Media
Lottie Fry is in great form with Everdale, Glamourdale and Dark Legend. Three horses who could compete at the Olympic Games in Tokyo if Lottie gets selected. Van Olst Horses however has decided to give priority to the obligations of Glamourdale as a breedingstallion. He will continue to be available this season with fresh semen (EU).
Charlotte Fry focuses on her other diamonds Dark Legend and Everdale for the Olympic Games.
Later in the season it will be determined if and with which horse Lottie will participate in the European Championships (7 to 12 September 2021, Hagen, Germany).
A few weeks ago Anemone Horse Trucks came by to make a video for their Youtube Channel. Van Olst Horses has been using Anemone trucks for years to great satisfaction.
Click the link below to watch the result:
One week ago the 7-year old Joey v.d. Fuik (s. Everdale x Pion, bred by stable de Fuik and owned by Vincent van Gasselt) scored 68.857% in the ‘ZZ-zwaar class’ in Ermelo ridden by Dominique Filion. Last weekend the combination scored an amazing 70.500% at Equestrian Centre Groenraven in Houten.
Brecht D’Hoore competed three sons of Everdale last weekend at CDN Sint Truiden. With the KWPN-approved stallion Inverness (Everdale x Johnson, bred by Y.M.M. van Maasacker) he scored 68.897% in th Prix St Georges. With KINGS-Dream (Everdale x Gribaldi, bred by A.D.M. Hendrickx-Dekkers) he became second with a top score of 80,6% in the FEI 6-years old test. Inspire (Everdale x Don Romantic, bred by Carmeliet-Leybaert) came in third with 68.529% in the Inter I.
Breeders, owners and riders congratulations with these great results!
Picture: Joey v.d. Fuik with Dominique Filion
The 12-year old lusitano stallion Equador (Quo Vadis x Hostil) was also present at CDI Compiègne. He scored 73.174% in saturday’s 5*Grand Prix, ridden by João Miguel TORRAO from Portugal. On sunday the combination rode a super Grand Prix freestyle which resulted in an amazing score of 77.490% and a second place. Highlights were the piaffe/passage and the canter tour.
Equador is available for breeding at van Olst Horses with frozen semen.
“Equador is leaving a very important legacy for the future of Dressage, marking its offspring with four fundamental qualities: power, balance, and rideability. The main innovation he brought to the Lusitano is his incredible canter capacity, his carrying power, the easiness on extending and shortening his strides, the direction of movement, and his ability to ground cover without losing the quality of the canter. This derives a lot from his strength, leading international top judges to give him marks of 9 and even 10 in canter exercises. On top of that, the enormous expression in the execution of this exercises, which reflects the Lusitano breed pattern. Equador foals have shown so far to inherite all father qualities: great and sweet character, uphill conformation, strong topline and three very good gaits. “
What a day in Compiegne! It started with the GP Special this morning with Everdale. A great score of 75,787% and a 2nd place in the final ranking of the class.
Then Dark Legend took the 5th place in the 5* Grand Prix with 75,109% and they will compete tomorrow in the Freestyle.
Then in the last class of the day, the Intermediare I, Lottie and Don Joe won again with a score of 73,706% with more then 3% difference to the number 2!
Again some great results at this beautiful horseshow!
What’s the best way to end your day at a competition? By winning the last class as the last starter with a top score of 76.674%! That’s what Charlotte Fry just did in the three-star Grand Prix in Compiègne. With Everdale, the black champion of Lord Leatherdale x Negro bred by P. Kluytmans from Tilburg, she showed that they’re in great form. In Exloo two weeks ago they managed to achieve 0.1% more, but the gap with today’s number two was no less than 3%.
Severo Jurado Lopez is also present and has the Negro son Fendi T, breeder fam. Timmers from Volkel, under the saddle. In their second international Grand Prix they managed to achieve a nice score of 71.109%. During their debut in Hagen, the pair managed to achieve a score of 68.391%. In short, a very good improvement of their PR in this class!
Tomorrow morning the program will continue with the Grand Prix Special at 8.00 am where these horses will again compete. After this class, the Nation Cup will take place where Lottie will compete with Dark Legend.
Today the first day of the CDI in Compiegne, France, started with the Prix st. Georges and how! This morning Lottie and Don Joe, by Diego x Lord Leatherdale, bred by Van Olst Horses, made an early start in this division. Under a nice sun, which was a welcome change after all the bad weather recently, the duo danced to an excellent percentage of 74.6%.
This competition is the second international start for the pair, in Hagen last year they made their debut at this level and were 3rd with a score of 71%.
During today’s class it turned out that no one could beat the score from Charlotte Fry and Don Joe and they won the first prize!
