A pony and not a dressage horse became the high scorer of the 2023 NRPS Stallion Performance Testing which concluded on Lunteren, The Netherlands.
Nineteen dressage and show jumping horses as well as ponies participated in this testing and all nineteen passed.
The highest end score was achieved by Monchyndaear Dragonfly in Amber, a crossbred pony by KWPN international Grand Prix stallion Double Dutch and out of a pony dam by Kenwood Tomahawk. He scored a total of 93 points. Bred by dressage judge Mascha Reijs and owned by Stal Hexagon, the chestnut got 8 for walk, 9.5 for trot, 8.5 for canter, 10 for rideability, 9.5 for self carriage, and 9.5 for dressage potential. Earlier this summer Dragonfly already won the 2022 Dutch Young Pony Championship in the 4-year old division.
The best scoring dressage horse was Mercurius ACM (by Dream Boy x Gribaldi), bred by J. van der Horst-Meeus and owned by ACM training stable. The black earned a total of 90.67 points after receiving 8.5 for walk, 9 for trot, 8.5 for canter, 9 for self carriage, 9.5 for rideability and 9 for dressage potential.
The participating dressage stallions that passed the testing are:
- Mercurius ACM (by Dream Boy x Gribaldi) - Breeder: J. van der Horst-Meeus - Owner: ACM Stable - 90.67
- First Lewis (by Ferguson x Wynton) - Breeder: L. van Grunsven - Owner: De Ijzeren Man - 86.67
- T-Nequeen (by Trafalger x Apache) - Breeder & owner: De Paardenfokkerij - 85.33
- Topgun (by Toto Jr x Vivaldi) - Breeder: J. Van de Weerden - Owner: Ad Valk - 85.33
- Dream Up (by Dream Boy x Uphill) - Breeder: A. Hofenk - Owner: Quality Stables - 83.33 points
- Fabrizio (by Ferdinand x Governor) - Breeder: H. Poppelaars - Owner: Van Silfhout - 83.33
- King Johnson (by Kingston x Johnson) - Breeder: S de Lange - Owner: Quality Stables - 82.33
- Olivier (by Kingston x Florencio) - Breeder: W. van der Aa - Owners: Breeder & Stal van de Sande - 81.67
- Happy Olaf (by Henkie x Sirius) - Breeder: G. Roerdinkholder - Owner: Quality Stables - 79.33
- Willem Normandi (by For Romance x Ferro) - Breed: H. van Erp - Owner: van den Oetelaar - 78.33
- Maximus (by Millennium x Bordeaux) - Breeder: Christian Schröder - Owner: Nick van Laer - 77.33
Full scores and reports here.
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