The 2022 Danish warmblood stallion licensing came to a conclusion on Sunday 13 March 2022 with seven 3-year old colts being named "premium" stallion. Two of them were show jumping bred, five dressage bred.
A collection of 16 show jumpers and 34 dressage bred 3-year olds was presented this year in Herning for licensing.
The licensing committee for dressge included Johnny Sørensen, Claus Hansen and Bjarne Nielsen, assisted by secretary Laura Juul and breeding consultant Karina Christiansen.
The committee approved 18 dressage stallions: only 6 of them are Danish bred, one is KWPN bred and the majority, 11, are German bred and bought. Five dressage colts were premium.
Of the 18 licensed colts, Helgstrand (co)-owns 12 of them, including all five premium colts; a clear sign of the monopoly the station has on the Danish breeding market.
Another observation worth mentioning is that hardly any of the approved dressage colts have "original" Danish blood in the first two generations. Most are sired by Dutch or German stallions. The actual Danish warmblood bred ones also have their Danish "connection" generations far back; a trend also visible in Swedish warmblood breeding, where they old Swedish lines are gradually being lost.
The licensed 3-year old stallions are:
Premium
- Elastic (by Escolar x / Dimaggio) - bred by Walter Droege (GER) and owned by Helgstrand Dressage
- Fifty-Fifty (by Fürst Toto x Royal Classic) - bred by Arndt Schwierking (GER) and owned by Helgstrand Dressage
- Åtoftens Jovani (by Jovian x Benetton Dream) - bred by Stutteri Åtoften and owned by Atoften and Helgstrand Dressage
- Vogue (by Vitalis x Fidertanz) - bred by Herbert Werth (GER) and owned by Helgstrand Dressage
- Opoque (by All At Once x Davino VOD) - bred by Willeke Bos (NED) and owned by Helgstrand Dressage ApS
Licensed
- Don Sarkozy (by Don Allegro x Sarkozy) - bred by Christian Link (GER) and owned by Helgstrand Dressage
- Svalegårds Hot Driver (by Hesselhøj Donkey Boy x Blue Hors Hotline) - bred and owned by Stutteri Svalegård
- Expresso (by Escolar x Samarant) - bred by Elisabeth Kapp (GER) and owned by Helgstrand Dressage
- Blue Hors Fein Star (by Blue Hors Farrell x Bon'A Parte) - bred by Lars Wenke (GER) and owned by Blue Hors
- Flashy (by Floricello x Ampère) - bred by Rainer Lechl (GER) and owned by Helgstrand Dressage
- Blue Hors Flashdancer (by For Dance x Dagostini) - bred by Christoph Plate (GER) and owned by Blue Hors
- Feinsten (by Franklin x Rock Forever) - bred by Hendrik Schulte-Märter (GER) and owned by Helgstrand Dressage
- Joshua (by Jovian x Belissmo M) - bred by Volker Schmale-Steinkamp (GER) and owned by Helgstrand Dressage
- Borbjergs King DWB (by Knock-Out x De Noir) - bred by Jørn Frandsen Dahl and owned by Equi Stallions
- Blue Hors Storm (by Sezuan x Tailormade Temptation) - bred by Bjarne Skovdal and owned by Blue Hors
- Åtoftens Springtime (by Springbank II x Zalando) - bred by Stutteri Åtoften I / S and owned by the breeder and Helgstrand Dressage ApS
- Value (by Valverde x Floriscount) - bred by Clemens von Merveldt (GER) and owned by Helgstrand Dressage
- Kleppenhus Vital (by Vitalis x Ampère) - bred and owned by Cathrine Rasmussen
All 18 colts now have to do either the mandatory 10-day observation test in Denmark or an equivalant 2-day suitability test in Germany to be allowed to breed for one year. Next year, the committee will review the colts again, aged 4, for life approval.
Four stallions are WFFS positive: Åtoftens Jovani, Joshua, Value, and Åtoftens Springtime. Value also has an OCD remark.
The Oldenburg licensing champion Incredible (by Indian Rock x K2) was also presented for licensing but had to be withdrawn when he became unlevel on the lunge line.
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