2020 European Pony Champion Nasdaq to Continue Under Lana-Pinou Baumgürtel

Dressage

Germany

Nasdaq FH, the triple gold medal winner at the 2020 European Pony Championships, will not be sold and will continue under Lana-Pinou Baumgürtel.

Nasdaq is a 9-year old German Riding Pony by Nemax out of Vanilla Sky (by FS Don't Worry). He is bred by Gabriele Heemsoth.

Heemsoth Success

Originally named PAV Nasdaq, he was licensed as a breeding stallion at the 2013 Hanoverian Pony Stallion Licensing and achieved his stallion performance test score through sport in 2016

He was first competed by Greta Heemsoth and placed 7th at the 2014 Bundeschampionate with a score of 8.3. Heemsoth and Nasdaq returned to the 2015 Bundeschampionate, but were only 15th in the qualifier round with 7.3.

Shortly after Warendorf, the bay sold to the Baumgurtel family.

Ride for Eickhoff and Muster

Greta Heemsoth and Nasdaq at the 2014
Bundeschampionate in Warendorf

Nasdaq was gelded to be focused on sport, having sired in 2015 one licensed offspring, PAV Nikkei.

In 2016 Helena Eickhoff competed the pony and took him to the Bundeschampionate, where he finished 8th in the preliminary round but was retired from the 5-year old dressage pony finals.

At the 2017 Bundeschampionate Eickhoff returned on a mission, won the preliminary round and ended up 6th in the Finals with a 7.8 score.

In 2018 it was Anna Magdalena Muster's turn to ride and compete the pony and she rode him at local shows in the Westfalian area through the summer of 2019.

Lucie-Anouk and Nasdaq

Only in the autumn of 2019 Lucie-Anouk partnered with the pony and they did their first show in Ankum in November 2019, winning it all.

Lucie-Anouk, who already was European Pony Champion on Massimiliano in 2016 and 2017, had decided on junior level and horses in 2019, but in 2020 it would be her last year on ponies and went for it with Nasdaq.

Lucie-Anouk and Nasdaq win European Triple Gold

The corona pandemic meddled with the international show schedule but the pair went to the CDI Mariakalnok in June, where they were second twice and first in the freestyle. They were selected on the German team and at the 2020 European Pony Championships, they won triple gold with an individual test World Record of 82.351%.

Not Sold

When pony riders move on to horses, the ponies usually get sold and as a triple gold medal winner, the offers came pouring in for Nasdaq. The Baumgurtel family, however, decided not to sell and allocate the ride to younger sister Lana-Pinou.

The new duo made its show debut last weekend, 2 - 4 October 2020, at the CDN Ankum, winning the individual test with 75,94%.