Søbakkehus Miss Malfoy Named 2024 Danish Warmblood Elite Mare Champion

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Danish Warmblood

The 3-year old Søbakkehus Miss Malfoy ha been named the 2024 Danish Warmblood Elite Mare Champion at the annual DWB elite mare show in Vilhelmsborg. This year's edition took place on 1 September 2024.

Thirty-two 3 and 4-year old mares and two 8-year old mares participated in the elite mare championships following their results at the regional inspections and mare performance test.

Danish Warmblood awards them "medals" of gold, silver and bronze according to score and quality.

Gold Medal Mares

Judges Vicky Nortvig, Jens Søgaard and Rune Willum awarded two mares the gold medal and was was named champion: Søbakkehus Miss Malfoy (by Hesselhoej Down Town x Sir Donnerhall), bred by Agnete Holmsted and presented under saddle and in hand by Cecilie Hedegaard.

"Miss Malfoy is a modern and extremely appealing mare with an absolutely excellent type with a lovely feminine expression and an appropriate degree of nobility and high-mindedness," said the judges panel. "She has shown herself to be very rideable and with a positive attitude. She walks with a natural suppleness in her body and has much movement that gives an impression of lightness. The mare is particularly good in both walk and trot and her canter is well-balanced, spacious and uphill."

The second gold medal mare was Chantal (by Revolution x Blue Hors Hertug), bred by Jane and Erik Bech Jensen and owned by Helgstrand Dressage. She was shown by Finnish Merita Hagren.

The medal winning mares: click here

Kjeldbjeg's Ruby: 2-YO Champion

On Saturday 31 August, the two-year old mares battled it out for the title. Twenty-seven of them came to Vilhelmsborg and were presented in freedom to the judges' panel.

Eight mares were selected for the finals in which Kjeldbjeg's Ruby (by Revolution x Franziskus) was named champion. She is bred by Mette Hansen and Kim Mark.

The other seven finalists were:

Holt's Zig-Zag (by Dynamic Dream x Revolution) bred by Holt Horses
Florina Holmklit (by Floriscount x De Noir) bred by Trine Udklit Sørensen
Vinstrups Callista (by Gørklintgårds Million x Hotline) bred by Oline Dall and Jesper Grimbühler
Hayley GH (by Hesselhøj Donkey Boy x Zack) bred by Helle and Gunnar Mikkelsen
Stenagers Madeleine (by Monte Carlo x Sandro Hit) bred by May-Britt and Bjarne Christensen
Treldegårds Swan Leé (by Revolution x Hotline) bred by Kirsten and Niels Madsen
Stenagers Barista (by Stenagers Ben Hur x Wilkens) bred by Rasmus Bjørndal Pedersen