Blue Hors Elliott Sold to Danish Junior Rider

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Danish Young Riders team medal winning horse Blue Hors Elliott has been sold to a Danish junior rider. The bay gelding will continue his sport career under Michella Skovsager.

Blue Hors Elliot is a 9-year old danish warmblood gelding by Erlando out of Fabienne (by Romanov). He bred by Agnete Kirk Thinggaard at Julianelyst in Denmark.

Seidelin and Joensen

Elliott was first trained and competed by two assistent riders of Julianelyst/Blue Hors, two farms owned by the Kirk Kristiansen family..

Katrine Seideline rode Elliott in his Danish show debut in October 2019 at LA-level, while Tania M. Joensen got on board as of 2020. She rode the horse to its first career highlight when he finished fourth in the 7-year old division at the 2021 Danish Young Horse Championships

Sophia Ludvigsen

Elliott then moved to Blue Hors stud were Sophia Ludvigsen was allocated the ride. She took him into the Young Riders division and earned team silver and an 11th place in the Kur finals at the 2022 European Young Riders Championships in Hartpury. They concluded the year by winning the 2022 Danish Young Riders Championships.

In 2023 the pair won team gold at the 2023 European Young Riders Championships in Pilisjaszfalu (HUN) and finished 5th and 6th individually.

Michella Skovsager

Ludvidsen and Skovsager with Elliott and Zampalo

Blue Hors has now sold Elliott to Danish junior rider Michella Skovsager.

The 17-year old made her international show debut in 2022 aboard FEI pony HJK Catani (by Crazy Dynamic JK x FS Don't Worry). The pair competed at CDI's in Lier, Aalborg, and Kronenberg. In 2023 Michella made the transition to national M/Junior level with the 8-year old Oldenburg registered Kateaux (by Bordeaux x Weltmeyer), bred by Paul Schockemöhle.

Skovsager not only acquired Blue Hors Elliott as her future junior/young riders horse but also purchased Blue Hors Zampalo, a 10-year old Hanoverian by Zack x Brentano II bred by Reinhard & Angela Lafrenz. The chestnut was first competed in 2017 by Daniel Bachmann Andersen. He rode the horse to silver at the 2018 Danish Young Horse Championships for 5-year olds. In 2021 Tania Joensen competed the horse, followed by Cecilie Dybro Jensen and Amalie Aasted Albaek.