Theresa Friesdorf Acquires My Toto VDT

Dressage

Germany

German former international young rider Theresa Friesdorf has welcomed the KWPN bred and former Danish warmblood licensed stallion My Toto VDT into her barn.

My Toto VDT is a 7-year old Dutch warmblood gelding by Toto Jr out of Velvet VDT (by Ferro x Calypso). He is bred by A. Van de Tillaart in The Netherlands.

Licensed

He was originally named Morricone VDT and is out of Velvet VDT, a proven KWPN broodmare with no less than 31 (!!) offspring as she has been bred through embryotransfer since 2018.

Morricone VDT was first presented and accepted at the 2020 KWPN Stallion Licensing in 's Hertogenbosch and got renamed My Toto VDT. He is Velvet's fourth approved son; the others are Goldfinger VDT, Improver, and Pontiac.

My Toto sold through the KWPN Select Sale for 175,000 euro to Andreas Helgstrand. The horse never did his performance test in the Netherlands.

He was named premium stallion by the Danish warmblood society in March 2020. He finished fifth in the 2020 Danish Warmblood Autumn Performance testing with 829.5 points. He was ridden by Mette Sejbjerg Jensen during his time in Denmark.

Sport Career

The stallion began his sport career in France. Helgstrand had sent him to Jessica Michel-Botton for training and she won silver in the 4-year old division at the 2021 French Young Horse Championships.

When Michel got pregnant the horse was sent to Helgstrand Germany but did not compete there. In 2022 his FEI passport was put to Leonie Richter's name but no show results are recorded in the German Equestrian Federation database.

Theresa Friesdorf

Helgstrand sold the rising 7-year old to Bernhard Friesdorf for Theresa to ride. Dressprod first broke the news.

"My Toto VDT has been part of our family since August," Friesdorf told Eurodressage. "Toto is now a gelding, as we both want to concentrate on the sport together as a team."

Theresa Friesdorf competed internationally as a Young Rider from 2020 to 2022 aboard Quotenkonig before selling him to Celestine Kindler.

Friesdorf, who is based at the Luttgen family's yard Gut Mödrath in Kerpen, aged out of Young Riders and is now a senior. In 2023 she focused on competing nationally, horses but also ponies due to her petite size. Her main ride at the moment is Ferdinand (by Furstenball x Don Romantic) whom she shows at small tour level.

"After I get my bachelor’s degree at the end of 2023, I’m currently concentrating more on working with the horses there," said Theresa. "My two sport partners, Toto and Ferdinand, are still in Rheinberg with Isabell Werth, where I also train. I am incredibly grateful for this opportunity and wouldn’t want to miss these training opportunities."