Nasdaq, 2020 European Pony Champion, Sold to the Pawluk Family

Dressage

Germany

Nasdaq, the 2020 European Pony Champion owned by the Baumgurtel family, has been sold to the Pawluk family.

Nasdaq is a 10-year old German riding pony gelding 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

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.

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%.

Lana-Pinou and Nasdaq

Right after the 2020 Pony Euros it was rumoured that Nasdaq would be sold but the finally decided to pass on the ride to the younger daughter 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%. Their international debut was in Le Mans in October 2020, where they won two classes.

In 2021 Lana and Nasdaq campaigned in Compiegne and Hagen, but were not selected on the German team.

Sold to the Pawluk Family

Already at the start of August the rumour that Nasdaq was sold to the Pawluk family went round, but Baumgurtel denied any sale, citing that "at the moment everything is still open. We will see what the next few months will bring." Today Bea Baumgurtel confirmed the sale to Pawluk.

Veronica Pawluk is based in Germany, but rides for Poland. Aboard the 2019 European silver medal winning pony D'Artagnan she finished eighth.