The KWPN licensed breeding stallion OO Seven has been sold to David Shoobridge of Revelwood Warmblood Stud in Australia. The black stallion is by Rubinstein x Doruto x Amor and was trained and competed by Imke Schellekens-Bartels and Joyce Lenaerts.
Owner Isabel van Sponselee-Gisbergen told Dutch magazine De Hoefslag that "we wanted OO Seven to prove he can do the Grand Prix, but he's no longer the youngster in the barn and has had several injuries. It is exciting to see if he'll keep up in the future. We got a nice opportunity from Australia. Shoobridge had already shown interest in OO Seven and believes the stallion can do a good job there. He's an interesting stallion, also genetically. Breeding is priority but he might be competed later on."
David Shoobridge expressed his excitement about his latest acquisition. "We are absolutely thrilled to offer Australian breeders access to such a world class stallion," he said. "He has not only been competitve in Holland to Grand Prix level, he has also become an influential sire in the KWPN studbook."
Under Imke Schellekens-Bartels OO Seven was the 2000 and 2001 Pavo Cup reserve champion as a 4- and 5-year old. He competed at the 2001 World Young Horse Championships in Verden. He won the AMEV cup finals at the CDI-W Maastricht in 2002 and the Zwolle Stallion Competition in 2003. Schellekens trained and competed the stallion up to Prix St Georges level. In 2006 Schellekens competed the horse for the last time. Owner Van Gisbergen decided to move the horse to a new rider, Joyce Lenaerts, and it took until 2009 for the pair to compete at an international show again (CDI Zwolle). Last month OO Seven made his Grand Prix debut at national level.
The now 15-year old OO Seven has some very nice dressage offspring, including the KWPN licensed stallion Zuidenwind, small tour horse Winston (Stephanie Kooijman) and rising FEI horse Upseven (Florentine Rootveld).
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Related Links
Eurodressage Photo Database: OO Seven
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Imke Schellekens and OO Seven Wins 2002 AMEV Hippo Cup at CDI-W Maastricht
