Don VHP Z and Harrie Smolders. Photo (c) Jenny Abrahamsson.
Harrie Smolders’ success horse Don VHP Z adds N.O.P. to his name as he has been taken into the Dutch Olympic Horse Foundation - Stichting N.O.P.
N.O.P. Chairman Ieko Sevinga is proud to make Don VHP Z a part of the foundation, and says: "Harrie Smolders is currently second on the Longines World Ranking. With Don VHP Z he was very successful last season, including taking a silver medal at the European Championship in Sweden, the victory with the team in the final of the Longines FEI Nations Cup in Barcelona and winning the Global Champions Tour. A combination that we certainly have in mind for the 2018 World Equestrian Games in Tryon.”
Supported by the foundation is already Jur Vrieling’s VDL Glasgow vh Merelsnest. Stichting N.O.P.’s goal is to keep top horses with medal potential in the Netherlands.
Source: Press release from KNHS // Picture © Jenny Abrahamsson
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