Glamourdale tops public vote to land prestigious accolade – once more

A number of gold medallist Glamourdale has been named KWPN dressage horse of the yr for a second time, following a public vote.

The 13-year-old stallion by Lord Leatherdale, owned by Van Olst Horses and ridden by Britain’s Lottie Fry, additionally gained the 2020 title.

Lottie and Glamourdale scored freestyle silver and helped win crew gold – Britain’s first senior dressage championship crew title since London 2012 – on the 2023 Europeans in Riesenbeck. Their 2023 season additionally featured victories within the World Cup leg at The Dutch Masters, Fontainebleau CDI5* and Kronenberg CDI3*.

They’re additionally reigning world champions, following their seismic breakthrough at Herning in 2022.

The Van Olsts thanked everybody “a lot” for voting.

Jasmijn and Isabel van der Velden, granddaughters of Glamourdale’s breeder Joop Rodenburg, lately spoke to Dutch nationwide paper, De Telegraaf.

“My grandfather had sense of what a horse ought to possess. He was in a position to convey the qualities of a stallion and a mare to a foal. I keep in mind him telling me what to search for, whereas mucking out the stables, one thing we did collectively. I nonetheless profit from that recommendation to this present day,” Jasmijn informed De Telegraaf.

Glamourdale shall be honoured in a celebration through the KWPN Stallion Present in Den Bosh (31 January to three February).

The KWPN showjumping horse of the yr title went to Freeway TN NOP, by Eldorado Van De Zeshoek, who lifted the crown from final yr’s winner, his stablemate Grandorado TN NOP.

Freeway TN NOP, owned by Staff Nijhof, has scored a number of main grands prix wins and high locations with rider Willem Greve.

Their achievements included five-star grand prix glory at Mechelen on the finish of 2022 and CHIO Rotterdam the next summer time. They have been second within the Falsterbo, Valkenswaard and Maastricht grands prix, and completed tenth on the Europeans, on the stallion’s senior championship debut.

The stallion will make an look on the Thursday of the present.

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