Popino-Larus: The head turner of the KWPN Stallion Show, Popino-Larus, is awarded as Premium Stallion today and selected for the KWPN Select Sale. Photo © Dirk Caremans.
What do you think of the half-brother of the 1.60m stallion Cosun or a relative of the Olympic Romeo 88 of Harry Charles? As usual, the KWPN Select Sale offers a top collection of promising young stallions on a silver platter. And the icing on the cake, one of the selected stallions is awarded as Premium Stallion today.
The Gaspahr son Popino-Larus showed himself today as a real star and did receive the Premium predicate. With him, another four horses have been invited for the KWPN Performance Test. Only the best KWPN stallions are awarded with this predicate, and you’ve got the chance to invest in the best KWPN Auctions has to offer.
Solid as a rock
The pedigrees of the showjumping stallions are solid as a rock. Thus, sons of LGCT Super Grand Prix winner Tobago Z, Olympic Emerald van 't Ruytershof, Grand Prix sport and breeding stallion Eldorado van de Zeshoek, international championship horse All Star 5, the 1.60m horses Gaspahr, Uricas van de Kattevennen and Dominator Z, as well as legendary top sire Chacco-Blue are part of the collection.
Olympic Romeo and multiple Grand Prix winner Urico
The expectations of Charger Blue (s.Chacoon Blue), as a nephew of the multiple Grand Prix winner Urico, are very high and he’s invited for the KWPN Performance Test. Photo © Dirk Caremans.
Chacoon Blue son Charger Blue is out of the half-sister of Ben Maher’s multiple Grand Prix winner Urico. U-Rock vd Heffinck is sired by the top progenitor Chacco-Blue. His great-grandam Isolde van de Heffinck (s.Contact vd Heffinck) performs at 1.50m, she is a half-sister of the Olympic Romeo 88 of Harry Charles. Picasso SRK (s.All Star) is a half-brother to the 1.55m and approved KWPN stallion, It's Possible SRK. A great future lies ahead for Playboy TN (s.Eldorado van de Zeshoek) as half-brother to the 1.60m horse Esteban. Papaver MJ is sired by Opium JW van de Moerhoeve, a descendant of the Van ‘t Roosakker lineage. Besides, Papaver MJ is the half-brother to the successful 1.60m showjumper Frasier (s.Carambole) and to the 1.50m showjumper Jack (s.Marius Claudius).
Champion Grand Prix stallion Cosun
The 1.60m stallion Cosun has some influences at the KWPN Select Sale collection. For example, Power Man. His sire Jukebox performs at international 1.40m level with Jos Lansink’s stable rider Laura Baaring Kjaergaard and his grandam Bumosa is a full sister to the 1.60m champion stallion Cosun. Power Man has got invited for the KWPN Performance Test.
U-Rock vd Heffinck (s.Chacco-Blue) comes out the dam line of the Olympic Romeo of Harry Charles, and he received an invitation for the performance test as well. Photo © Dirk Caremans.
Pure Speed JS is related to Cosun as well. His grandam Fumosa is the full sister to Cosun, and she performed in Finland up to 1.45m level. Pure Speed JS himself is sired by the amazing Uricas van de Kattenvenne of Harrie Smolders.
Online auction
Monday, February 6, the stallions will be auctioned online on the auction platform www.KWPN.auction. 15 jumping stallions and 13 dressage stallions are selected by the selection committee. After the second-round viewing the extra footage will be added to the auction website, there you will also find the veterinary reports. Would you like information about the stallions? Please contact Rianka Hazeleger at 0031 413 255 511 or via selectsale@kwpn.nl.
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