Blue Hors Touch of Olympic L and Aagaardens Lianne Sold to Malaysia

Dressage

Malaysia

The Danish owned and competed Grand Prix horses Blue Hors Touch of Olympic and Aagaardens Lianne have been sold to Malaysia as Asian Games hopefuls.

Karoline Rohmann and Dennis Fisker brokered the sale to Malaysian dressage rider Diani Cheng Ni Lee.

Blue Hors Touch of Olympic L

Blue Hors Touch of Olympic L is an 11-year old Danish warmblood gelding by Don Olymbrio out of Finelli Landlyst (by Fidermark x Davignon). He is bred by Anja and Jan Petersen.

Purchased by Blue Hors stud, the liver chestnut was nick-named "Lille Jensen" (small jensen) at Blue Hors, referring to the first owners of dam Finelli Landlyst (Mimi and Finn Jensen). He was selected for the 2017 Danish warmblood stallion licensing but did not get licensed. He was gelded to be focused on sport.

Touch of Olympic L was initially trained and competed by Nanna Skodborg Merrald. The pair made its national show debut in August 2018 and finished 12th at the Danish Young Horse Championships. At the 2019 Nationals they were 14th in the finalss.

Touch of Olympic at the 2021 WCYH in Verden

In 2020 they got nominated on the Danish team for the World Young Horse Championships in Verden, but the competition was cancelled due to the corona pandemic. They rode the 2020 semi finals for the Danish Championships. The actual 2020 Danish Championships were cancelled as well.

His highlight year, so far, was in 2021 when he won silver at the 2021 World Young Horse Champiopnships and silver at the 2021 Danish Young Horse Championships. In 2022 they debuted at international small tour level in Aarhus for a double win and added two more victories to their tally at the CDI Randbol. In 2023 the pair showed in Hagen and Aachen

In 2024 Merrald's assistant Sophia Ludvigsen rode him at Young Riders level in Compiegne and Aachen. At the French show she won all three rounds and was third twice in Aachen. At national level the duo competed at Grand Prix level as of the autumn of 2024.

Aagaardens Lianne

Aagaardens Lianne is a 15-year old Danish warmblood mare by Krack C out of Litha Stensvang (by Cape Town S x ). She is bred by Hanne Aagaard.

The bay mare was first competed in Denmark by Ida Hofman-Bang. She rode her in the national young horse classes and tried qualifying for the 2016 and 2017 Danish Young Horse Championships, but didn't pass the semi-finals. They were, however, first reserves for the Danish team for the 2017 World Young Horse Championships in Ermelo. In 2018 and 2019 she was established at M-level. She showed in her first Prix St Georges test in July 2020.

The mare sold to the Rohmann family and Karoline Rohmann made her national debut in April 2021. The pair's international show debut was at small tour level at the 2022 CDI Lier, where they won the Intermediaire I. They also showed in Sint-Truiden and in May of 2022 moved up to Under 25 Grand Prix level in Aalborg. They rode one round at the 2022 Danish Under 25 Championships but dropped out for the second. Rohmann showed her at two more CDI's in 2023 (Sint-Truiden and Herning) and placed fifth at the 2023 Danish Under 25 Championships. The pair qualified for the Danish team for the 2023 European Under 25 Championships but in the end Rohmann opted to take Jakas Don Louvre instead.

The ride on Lianne went to Danish junior rider Esther Rude Hare, who debuted her internationally at the 2024 Nordic Baltic Championships at Rohmann's home show in Skaarup Fyn. They won team bronze and were 7th in the freestyle final. They pair was also eighth at the 2024 Danish Junior Riders Championships.

Malaysia Bound

The two talented Grand Prix horses have now been sold to 36-year old Diani Cheng Ni Lee.

Diani has held a love for horses since she was a young girl. She represented Malaysia at the 2006 and 2010 Asian Games on Antschar and Stravinsky and won team gold at the 2007 South East Asian Games. After graduting as a Bachelor in Business at the University of South California, she worked as general manager of communications in the family company in Malaysia.

In recent years Diani turned her attention to being a devoted mother of four children and was forced to put riding on the back burner while she recovered from a non-horse related injury. The fire for horse sport kept burning and a fully recovered Diani has decided to resume her dressage career.

She acquired two high quality horses in Denmark. Aagaardens Lianne will fly to Malaysia and is expected to play a central role in her come back to the competition ring in South East Asia while Touch of Olympic L will remain in Denmark in training wth Dennis Fisker. He has strong ties with Malaysia through his student Qabil Ambak, the 2023 Asian Games gold medal winner.

Diani has followed this collaboration closely and is excited to become part of Dennis’ setup to further develop herself and her horses.

“I am incredibly excited to start this new journey with Blue Horse Touch of Olympic and Aagaardens Lianne," said Diani. "Both horses have already shown impressive results, and I look forward to developing together with them. I am grateful for the opportunity to work with Dennis Fisker and wonderful his team – his experience, professionalism and knowledge in the sport is something I really look forward to benefiting from. My passion for dressage is stronger than ever, and I can't wait to get back into competition
and represent my country.”