Belgian duo Inge Heylen and her home bred Kalagan H have been moving up on the board since September 2020 and booked their first international victory in the Prix St Georges at the post-corona 2020 CDI Grote Brogel on Friday 10 July 2020.
Heylen and her 10-year old Belgian warmblood mare Kalagan H (by Universal x Wundermeyer) made an impression at the 2019 CDI Waregem in September and continued with ever improvising scores at the CDI Le Mans (October 2019) and CDI-W Mechelen (December 2019).
The duo was not yet topping the board but the potential was brimming and at the last show before the corona pandemic - the CDI Lier in February 2020 - they were consistently scoring over 70%.
At the CDN Grote Brogel today the duo showed their talent in the last class of the day, the 2* Prix St Georges. The chestnut mare is a very strong mover with especially her uphill canter as highlight gait. The two are very much in sync' with each other and posted a winning score of 71.373%, although the three judges had her between 69.412% and 73.088%.
Kalagan H is home bred by Inge's brother Tom and father Ludo Heylen. The 19-year old dam Butterfly (by Wundermeyer x Wendekreis x Mellinor) is the pride of the Heylen family as a super producer of dressage horses. She also produced Gucci H (by Gribaldi) who is competing at international Grand Prix level with Tom and has been the dam to all talent in the Heylen stable, with a 7-year old Don Frederico, two Furstenballs, two Revolutions and a Vivaldi in the pipeline.
Dutch Saskia van Es and her almost Iberian looking KWPN gelding and AES licensed stallion Italo (by Furstenball x Houston x Jetset D) were second. The bay stallion is only 7 years old but already doing a full small tour in Grote Brogel. Coached by retired 5* judge Ghislain Fouarge, van Es scored 71.177%.
Jorinde Verwimp and the Belgian warmblood bred Just a Little Bit Krack van het Klaverhof (by Tango x Krack C) were third 71.177%. The 11-year old bay mare is not the most spectacular mover but produced a very correct test under Belgian Olympian Verwimp and was consistent in the contact.
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