Six Stallions Named Premium on Home Tour for 2021 Danish Warmblood Stallion Licensing

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Danish Warmblood

Six stallions were named premium in the 2021 Danish Warmblood Stallion Licensing, which took place in an extraordinary format this year. The DWB licensing went on a four-day-tour doing home visits to licence this year's crop of 3-year old stallions.

Extraordinary Home Licensing

The 2021 DWB Stallion Licensing was supposed to take place in Herning, but due to corona it was moved behind closed doors to Vilhelmsborg. However, with the EHV-1 outbreak the movement of horses should be limited and the DWB society decided to do a "home licensing tour" instead, with the licensing committee visiting the qualified stallions at their home yard.

The home yards recreated the traditional set up at their stables: a presentation on hard surface, a lunging moment, followed by the inspection of the stallion moving in freedom, as well as presented in walk in hand.

Licensing committee members Bjarne Nielsen, Claus Hansen, Johnny Sørensen and breeding consultant Karina Christiansen visited 11 locations to inspect 52 dressage stallions in total, of which 46 were 3-year-old stallions. Twenty of them were approved for the mandatory performance test. Six stallions were named premium.

Of the six premium stallions, three of them stood out the most, according to the licensing committee. They are Hesselhoj Donkey Boss (by Hesselhoj Donkey Boy x Zack), the full brother of the already approved Hesselhoj Downtown; Midt West Evolution (by Revolution x Jazz); and the German bred Bonjour (by Bon Coeur x Furst Nymphenburg).

All 3-year old stallions have to do a mandatory 10-day observation test to check their character and rideability. The testing takes place in Tørring and started on 22 March 2021. Helgstrand decided not to send their accepted 3-year olds out of EHV-1 precaution and demands from the DWB society a solution to allow the to breed without. The other stallion owners have sent their colts to the professional equestrian centre in Tørring.

Iron, 4-year old Licensing Champion

The Danish Warmblood society annually reviews the 4-year old licensed stallions after they have bred for the first year and completed their 35-day performance test. They need to get their final permission to continue breeding and the committee also names a 4-year old licensing champion.

Additionally, on the licensing tour the committee also assessed a few 4-year-old and older stallions, who have not yet been licensed nor done the performance test.

The champion on the 4-year old group was Iron (by Ibiza x Hohenstein). Bred by Vicki Nedergaard and owned by Helgstrand Dressage, the black was still a bit green as at the 2020 licensing and therefore did not receive a premium, but has developed very well and scored over 900 points in his performance test. He was considered the best in the lot of 4-year olds.

The best developed Danish warmblood 4-year old stallion was Slangerupgaard's Flottenheimer (by Franklin x Scolari), bred by Slangerupgaard and owned by Helgstrand Dressage.

Of the 13-year fully licensed 4-year olds, ten (!) are owned by Helgstrand Dressage.

Licensed Stallions

The 3-year old licensed stallions are:

Premium

Bonjour (by Bon Coeur x Fürst Nymphenburg), bred in Germany and owned by Helgstrand Dressage
Be Sure (by Benecio x Scuderia), bred in Germany and owned by Helgstrand Dressage
Fortunate (by Foundation x Quaterback), bred in Germany and owned by Helgstrand Dressage
Midt-West Evolution (by Revolution x Jazz), bred and owned by Stutteri Midt-West by Poul Erik Nielsen
Scotaloo (by Secret x Fürst Nymphenburg), bred in Germany and owned by Helgstrand Dressage
Hesselhøj Donkey Boss (by Hesselhøj Donkey Boy x Blue Hors Zack), bred and owned by Anders Hoeck

Other approved 3-yo stallions:

Lordswood Bernstein SL (by Bonds x Quaterback), bred in Germany and owned by Helgstrand Dressage
Sønderskovens Don Avicii (by Hesselhøj Donkey Boy x Blue Hors Don Romantic), bred by Johanne and Lars Juul and owned by Skovrider International
Forever Love (by Fair Game x Destano), bred in Germany and owned by Helgstrand Dressage
For Real (by Blue Hors Farrell x Lord Loxley), bred in Germany and owned by Helgstrand Dressage
Franzé (by Franklin x Sezuan), bred by Henrik Hansen, Solrød Strand, and owned by the breeder and Helgstrand Dressage
Fire Jazz (by Fürst Jazz x Sir Donnerhall), bred in Germany and owned by Helgstrand Dressage
Gørklintgårds Millíon (by Millennium x Sunny-Boy), bred and owned by Jørgen Ravn
MSJ Q (by Quantensprung x Bordeaux), bred in England and owned by HP Horses
Renomé (by Revolution x Sieger Hit), bred by Minna Petersen and Thorkild Karger, and owned by Priess Horses
Blue Hors Spectrum (by Sezuan x Sandro Hit), bred by S, Smørum, and owned by Blue hors
Veyron Hena (by Vitalis x L'Espoir), bred and owned by Alexandra and Søren Buchreitz
Salissimo (by Secret x Belissimo M), bred in Germany and owned by Helgstrand Dressage
Zico (by Blue Hors Zackerey x Tomahawk), bred in Germany and owned by Helgstrand Dressage
Zoom In (by Zoom x Waterford), bred in Germany and owned by Helgstrand Dressage

The 4-year old fully licensed stallions are:

Iron (by Ibiza / Hohenstein) owned Helgstrand Dressage.
Blue Hors Monte Carlo (by Dream Boy / United) owned Blue Hors.
Slangerupgaards Flottenheimer (by Franklin / Scolari) owned Helgstrand Dressage
Freetown (by Fürst William / Sir Donnerhall I) owned Helgstrand Dressage
My Toto VDT (by Toto Jr./ Ferro) owned Helgstrand Dressage
Majestic Taonga (by Toto Jr./ Jazz) owned Helgstrand Dressage
Hesselhøj Rock A Billy (by Revolution / Blue Hors Hertug) owned Anders S. Hoeck
Rockabye S (by Revolution / Belstaff) owned Helgstrand Dressage
So Perfect (by Sezuan / Sir Donnerhall I) owned Helgstrand Dressage
Sir Floresco (by Sir Heinrich / Floresco) owned Helgstrand Dressage
Total McLaren (by Totilas / De Niro) owned Helgstrand Dressage
My Vitality (by Vivaldi / D-Day) owned Helgstrand Dressage
Blue Hors Viconte (by Vivaldi / Sandro Hit) owned by Blue hors ApS, Randbøl.

Newly licensed 4-year-olds

They received a breeding permit for 2021 and 2022.

Blue Hors Fortron DVH 1363 e. For Romance II / Desperados, produced by Blue hors
Blue Hors Santiano DVH 1383 by Sezuan / Blue Hors Romanov, produced by Blue hors
Stenagers Ben Hur DWB DVH 1362 by Borsalino / Florenciano, produced by Stutteri Teglovnen

Newly licensed older stallions:

Vivaldon ( by Vivaldi / Diamond Hit) owned HP Horses (breeding permit for 2021 and 2022, max 50 mares per year)
Blue Hors Zackorado (by Blue Hors Zack / Florencio) owned by Blue hors (breeding permit for 2021)