Kartsevo Goldfinch, New Grand Prix Horse for Pia Fortmuller

Dressage

Canada

Canadian Grand Prix rider Pia Fortmuller has added a new horse to her string, the rising Grand Prix mount Kartsevo Goldfinch.

Goldfinch is a 9-year old Dutch warmblood by Jazz out of Claire L (by Lingh). He is credited with the FEI to have been bred by the famous KWPN breeders' duo Lamers and Adriaan van de Goor in 2011, although Van der Goor passed away in 2008.

Sold to Kartsevo in Russia

The bay gelding sold as a 4-year old to Russian investor and dressage aficionado Natalia Bronnikova and at that time, the horse received the prefix Kartsevo to indicate her ownership.

He was first competed by Russian Evgeny Sharangovich, who made his debut at the 2015 CDI Moscow in the 4-year old tests.

In 2016 they did the 5-year old classes at a string of shows in Eastern Europe, mainly Minsk and Moscow).

In 2017 the pair was selected to represent Russia at the World Young Horse Championships in Ermelo, where they got eliminated in the preliminary test.

They returned to the World Championships in 2018 and finished 11th in the consolation finals for 7-year olds with a score fo 72.347%. That same year they also made the transition to small tour level and won the intermediaire I kur to Music at the CDI Moscow.

Sold to Denmark, Then to Annie Coward in Canada

Sharagovich and Goldfinch at the 2017 World
Young Horse Championships

In the late spring of 2019, the horse sold to horse dealer Andreas Helgstrand in Denmark.

In the autumn of 2019 Canadians Ken and Carole Coward acquired Goldfinch for daughter Annie to ride as a young riders horse. She is trained by Pia Fortmuller.

Coward had competed at the 2019 North American Young Riders Championships and finished fourth in the Kur on Diolita DN (by Tango x Glendale). Goldfinch would be her second iron in the fire.

Annie once showed Goldfinch at a CDI at the 2020 CDI Wellington in February.

Sold to Pia Fortmuller

In July 2020 Pia Fortmuller's mom, the German Dagmar Fortmuller, took over the ownership of the horse together with her daughter.

"Ever since my Orion I have always had a special place in my heart for any Jazz offspring and although he is so different to my first Grand Prix horse, Orion," said Pia. "There are definitely characteristics in Gio that warm my heart and remind me of my dear old friend. And it sure is special to know Orion’s light keeps shining on in everything he taught me and keeps carrying forward in a very special journey."

Coward and Goldfinch at the 2019 CDI Wellington

Pia and Goldfinch made their Grand Prix debut at the Thunderbird Show Park in Canada a month ago and scored "a solid 68%" in the Grand Prix.

" I am so proud of him, especially since he is just 9 years old so lots of green moments but he scored a solid 68%. I haven’t been riding Gio for a full year yet and it’s already been such a special journey with my little Jazz buddy," said Fortmuller.