Blue Hors Monte Carlo TC Gelded

Breeding

KWPN

Blue Hors stud's Dutch warmblood licensed stallion Monte Carlo TC has been gelded. He will continue as a sport horse.

Monte Carlo is a 7-year old KWPN by Dream Boy out of Gina Ballerina (by United x Jazz). He is bred by Tim Coomans.

Premium Stallion

Owned by the breeder in partnership with Joop van Uytert and Nico Witte, the bay stallion was named premium at the 2020 KWPN Stallion Licensing in 's Hertogenbosch.

Shortly afterwards he sold to Blue Hors stud in Denmark. It was initially announced that a 50% share sold, but over the years Blue Hors seems to have come into full ownership of the horse.

He did his 14-day suitability test in Denmark and later that year finished second in the 2021 KWPN Autumn stallion performance test with 88 points.

In 2021 he became Denmark's most used breeding stallion with 168 coverings in Denmark; 142 of them for Danish warmblood mares, 26 of them for mares registered with other breed societies. The stallion was already number two of most used stallions in 2020 with 118 coverings. In 2022 he was the eighth most used stallion.

Sport Career

He was first competed in Denmark by Spaniard Cristian Tudela Ruiz in May 2021, but Nanna Skodborg Merrald took over the ride and won bronze in the 2021 Danish Young Horse Championships for 4-year olds. In 2022 they were 8th at the Young Horse Nationals and in 2023 he won gold in the 6-year old division.

The pair made its international debut at small tour level at the 2024 CDIO Compiegne, where they were third in the Prix St Georges and won the Intermediaire I with 71.588%. At this year's Danish Young Horse Championships he was fourth in the preliminary round for 7-year olds but was pulled from the final round.

Gelded

On 24 October Blue Hors stud announced that Monte Carlo TC has been gelded.

"Monte Carlo has been gelded to focus on his sport career with Nanna Merrald. This decision aligns perfectly with our downsizing strategy, forcing us to be more selective in the stallions we stand for stud," said Blue Hors. "We’re committed to develop the talents of our horses like Monte Carlo. We believe the decision to geld him will set him up for an incredible career in competitive sport."