Bon Bolero Wins 2025 Oldenburg Main Premium Title

Breeding

Oldenburg

Bon Bolero was named the winner of the Main Premium award at the 2025 Oldenburg Stallion Licensing in Vechta on 19 January 2025.

Three stallions were in the running for the award: Bon Bolero, Fiji and V-Power. The award goes to the stallion with the highest points in the performance test combined with the best quality first crop of foals.

All three stallions were presented under saddle while licensing committee member Oliver Oelrich gave a public comment/lesson on how the stallions were moving. He did not refrain from telling the rider to put the nose more in front, let them be more open the throat latch, not seek to ride a passage like trot on a rising 5-year (V-Power).

Bon Bolero was ridden by Eike Bewerungen, Fiji by catch rider Hannah Laser and V-Power by Mette Sejbjerg Jensen.

Bon Bolero

The celebrated Main Premium winner is Bon Bolero OLD, born in 2020, by Bon Vivaldi out of Finele by Fürst Romancier - Rubin-Royal, bred by Matthias Alexander Krug and owned by Heinz Ahlers.

In 2023, the bay stallion was licensed at the Oldenburg Stallion Days in Vechta. The same year, the dynamic mover completed his short stallion performance test with an overall score of 9.05, earning a 9.5 for rideability, 9.2 for canter, and 9.0 for willingness to perform. His sport test in Münster concluded with a score of 8.9.

In training with Eike Bewerungen Bon Bolero OLD reached the finals of the Bundeschampionat both as a three- and four-year-old. As a three-year-old, he won the title of Oldenburg State Champion and became Vice State Champion at four. Bon Bolero has already sired several elite auction foals for the Vechta auctions.

V-Power

The second place went to V-Power, born in 2020, by Viva Gold out of Finess by Fidertanz - Show Star, bred by Bernd Göke and owned by Helgstrand Dressage, Denmark.

V-Power was the champion stallion in Münster-Handorf in 2022. In 2023, he achieved a score of 8.14 in his short stallion performance test, with an 8.8 for canter and an 8.4 for willingness to perform. Later that year, he completed his 35-day test in Denmark with 831 points. V-Power has already sired high-priced elite foals for the Vechta auctions. His dam, Finess, also produced the licensed stallion Belmore by Belissimo M, who has achieved international Grand Prix success with Finland’s Joanna Robinson.

Fiji

Fiji, born in 2020, by For Romance I out of Happy-Times ZB by Charmeur - Goodtimes, bred at Stal Zwaansbroek in the Netherlands and owned by Reesink Horses, finished third.

Fiji was licensed in 2023 at the Oldenburg Stallion Days in Vechta. The bay stallion completed his sport test in Verden in 2024 with an overall score of 8.21. His walk and rideability received scores of 8.5. Fiji’s dam, Happy-Times ZB, is a sister of the internationally successful Grand Prix horse Crocket Times by Sorento.