Vestervangs Garson, Danish Junior Team Horse, Retained for Denmark

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Denmark

Vestervangs Garson, the horse that represented Denmark at the 2021, 2022 and 2023 European Junior Riders Championships, has been sold to a Danish junior rider.

He is a 13-year old Danish warmblood by De Noir out of Vestervangs Chirano (by Ragazzo.

Young Horse Success

The bay gelding is bred by Martin Klavsen and Kirsten Svendsen. As a foal Garson finished second in the region 5 DWB foal show. Klavsen sold a share in the ownership of Garson to Ib Kirk and Mette Svare Ehlers presented the horse in the DWB Saddle test as a 3-year old in 2016.

Martin first officially competed him in Denmark as a 4-year old in 2016. In 2017 it was Cabrina Zillo Geip who took him to the Danish Young Horse Championships, where he finished 18th in the warm-up round. She rode the horse through the summer of 2018.

Garson sold to CC Stables/Ulrik Clemmensen and Emma Ahlberg became his rider. She rode him to a 13th place in the 6-year old finals at the 2018 Danish Young Horse Championships and qualified him for the 2019 World Young Horse Championships in Ermelo and landed 12th place in the 7-year old consolation Finals.

Isabelle Rehn

The gelding sold to the Singapore based Rehn family for daughter Annabelle to ride. She commuted between Europe and Asia, while the horse remained in training with Kenneth Damgaard in Denmark.

The pair began its career with a first highlight winning bronze at the 2020 Danish Junior Championships. They went on to compete at the 2021 European Junior Riders Championships in Oliva Nova, where they won team bronze and placed 7th individually 8th in the Kur to Music Finals. At the 2022 European Junior Championships in Hartpury, they were fourth with the team and individually they stranded in 36th place as Garson was spooky at this show. At the 2023 European Junior Championships in Kronberg it was back to team silver and individually they were 8th and 6th in the Kur.

Rehn put her riding career on the barn burner in 2024 to study at Stanford university, while her trained Damgaard continued to ride the horse. He competed it at the CDI's in Kristiansand and Hagen in 2024

Retained for Denmark

With Emma Ahlberg at the 2019 WCYH In Ermelo

Garson has now been sold as a junior horse for Danish pony rider Isabella Struntze Torp.

Isabella's international career began on ponies in 2022. Aboard former European Championship Danish team pony Lykkehøjs Dream Of Dornik (by Melli's Dornik x Cupkeshof Winobert) she premiered at the 2022 CDI Zakrzow and competed in Sint-Truiden and Aalborg in April and May 2023. A 1.5-year old break from international showing followed and they returned to the arena at the 2004 CDI Wroclax. The pony pair began the 2025 show year at the CDI Lier with three top 10 placings.

Struntze Torp is in her last year on ponies and preparing for the transition to junior level and horses.