Former Danish Pony Team Rider Finds Junior Hope in Blue Hors Victor

Dressage

Denmark

Former Danish pony team rider Andrea Hamann Sand has found her new junior riders' hopeful in Victor. The 16-year old acquired the horse in a recent Blue Hors auction.

Blue Hors Victor is a 7-year old Hanoverian gelding by Vivaldi out of Starlight (by Stedinger x Bonheur). He is bred by

Victor

The black Victor is a half brother to the Danish and Hanoverian licensed stallion Falstaff (by Ampere). He sold as a youngster to Blue Hors stud in Denmark.

He was first competed as a 4-year old in 2020 by Tania Joensen. In 2021 Ulrik Falbe-Hansen took over the ride and won the Vilhelmsborg qualifier with him for the 2021 Danish Young Horse Championships. At the Nationals they were fourth in the consolation finals with 81.80 points.

Falbe competed Victor through September 2023 up to Intermediaire I level.

Andrea Hamann Sand

The Sand family acquired Victor in November in one of Blue Hors stock clearance auctions for 40,000 euro for daughter Andrea to ride.

Andrea Hamann Sand began her international dressage career with German Riding Pony gelding Golden Spring GH (by Golden State x Gentleman x Nantano). The pair debuted at national level in Denmark in November 2019. They finished 11th at the 2021 Danish Pony Championships. Their international show debut was at the 2022 CDI Sint-Truiden. They continued to compete at CDI's in Aalborg, Hagen, and Flyinge and won team gold and individual bronze at the 2022 Nordic Baltic Championships. They were selected on the Danish team for the 2022 European Pony Championships in Strzegom, where they won team bronze and finished 15th in the individual test with 71.865%. They were fifth at the 2022 Danish Pony Championships. In 2023 the pair showed in Exloo, Le Mans and Aalborg, but did not get selected on the team for the 2023 Europeans. They finished sixth at the 2023 Danish Pony Championships.

Golden Spring GH sold to Belgium via an advertisement on Eurodressage. With Blue Hors Victor, Andrea hopes to continue her sport career at junior level. She is based at Tina Andersen's Lille Egebjerggaard Dressage in Sønder Omme, Denmark.