Renzo, Hexagon's Power Dutch, Obsession Taonga Win 2026 KWPN Stallion Competition Finals

Breeding

KWPN

The 5-year old Renzo, the 6-year old Power Dutch, and the 7-year old Obsession Taonga became the winners of the 2026 KWPN Stallion Competition Finals in 's Hertogenbosch on Friday 30 January 2026.

Qualifiers and Finals

After three qualifiers this winter in Kronenberg, Ijsselmuiden and Groniningn, the finals were traditionally held during the KWPN Stallion Licensing in 's Hertogenbosch.

When a stallion gets KWPN approved as a three-year-old, it is required that he participates in the stallion competition as a four- or five-year-old. Only KWPN-approved stallions that have competed in all three competitions are permitted to participate in the finals. In Den Bosch a "day winner" is proclaimed but also the overall winner of the Finals.

The stallions were presented to the public by age/training level with Alex van Silfhout providing public commentary and a jury scoring the gaits and rideability.

L-Level: Renzo

British Olympian Charlotte Fry has been presenting Renzo (by Kjento x Rousseau) at the qualifiers but for the finals, British colleague Sadie Smith was flown in to help Fry with the workload of horses she had to compete in Den Bosch. Renzo scored 92,4 in Kronenberg, 90 in Ijsselmuiden, and 93 in Groningen to head to Den Bosch with 275,4 points on the ranking. Renzo is bred by Willem and Karin Reijrink

The runner-up was Renzo's stable mate, Real Dream (by Dynamic Dream x Negro), bred by Maatschap Pleyter and H.A. van Triest. Under Fry he won two qualifiers and had 273 points on the ranking.

M-level: Hexagon's Power Dutch

Thamar Zweistra on Hexagon's Power Dutch

Nine stallions in total competed at M-level at the three qualifiers, but only three headed to Den Bosch to contest the Finals.

Thamar Zweistra and the home bred Hexagon's Power Dutch (by Toto jr x Double Dutch) topped the leader board after receiving 9.8 for walk, 8.3 for trot, 8 for canter and harmony and 8.5 for general impression. He got a finals' score of 85.2 added to his qualifier score of 267,6 for a winning overall total of 352,8

Charlotte Fry and Pjethro (by Kjento x Desperado) were the leaders after the three qualifiers but there was too much tension in the finals in Den. Bosch. The stallion couldn't relax in walk and it affected his score (73.2) to bring his overall total to 344,4 points for second place.

Z-Level: Obsession Taonga

Five stallions competed in the qualifiers but only one came to Den Bosch for the final. Dutch young rider Lara van Nek piloted her mom Willeke Bos' home-bred Obsession Taonga (by Vitalis x All at Once) to victory. He got 8.6 for walk, 8.7 for trotn 8.5 for canter, 8.4 for harmony and 9 for general impression. His overall total was 348,6 points.

World young horse champion Red Viper (by Romanov) was supposed to compete in the Finals with Dinja van Liere but withdrew before the event due to a tooth infection. also popular breeding stallion Extreme US (by Escamillo) was withdrawn.

Results - 2026 KWPN Stallion Competition Finals

L-Level
Horse - Riders - Kronenberg - Ijsselmuiden - Groningen --- Den Bosch ---- total

1. Renzo - Zandra Birkeland/ Charlotte Fry 92,4 - 90 - 93 --- 275,4
2.. Real Dream - Charlotte Fry 92,8 - 90,4 -89,8 --- 273
3. Royal Dynamic - Alvaro Rodriquez Siscar - 84,2 - 88 - 83,2 --- 255,4
4. Radetsky H - Emmelie Scholtens/Hilde Sanders - 86 - 84,6 - 80,6 --- 251,2
5. Rome USB - Wendy Kuiken. - 78,6 - 78,4 - 78,2 --- 235,2
6. Secret USB - Wendy Kuiken - 78 - 76,2 - 74,6 --- 228,8
7. Magic McKee L - Lina Uzuhasan - 86,4* - 89,8 - 88,4 --- 178,2
8. Rocky Norrel - Sophie van Norel - DNS - 81,8 - 82,8 --- 164,6
9. Roebel - Kim Noordijk - 79 - 78,6 - DNS --- 157,6
10. Sarai L - Lina Uzuhasan - ELI - ELI - 83,6 --- 83,6
11. Ready to Venture - Robert-Jan de Visser - 81,2 DNS DNS --- 81,2
12. Rockstar - Saskia Gerrite-Poel - DNS - DNS - 80 --- 80
13. Roderico - Zandra Birkeland 74,6 - DNS - DNS --- 74,6

* This assessment was disregarded, as the stallion did not yet have KWPN approval at the time of this competition.

M-level

1 Power Dutch - Thamar Zweistra - 87,2 - 89,4 - 91,0 --- 267,6 ---- 85,2 --- 352,8
2 Pjethro - Charlotte Fry - 89,8 - 89,6 - 91,8 - 271,2 ---- 73,2 ---- 344,4
3 Patheon - Alvaro Rodriquez Siscar - 89,4 - 81,8 - 79,2 ---- 250,4 ---- 81,8 ---- 332,2
4 Powerdale - Charlotte Fry - 80,8 - 82,2 - 77,2 ---- 240,2 ---- 240,2
5 Pitch Perfect - Vai Bruntink - 77,0 - 79,6 - 80,6 ---- 237,2 - ---- 237,2
6 Power Edition KSH - Cynthia Eggenkamp - 78,8 - 77,8 - 76,0 ---- 232,6 ---- 232,6
7 Lamborghini U.S. - Renate van Uytert - 81,8 - 87,6 - DNS ---- 169,4 ---- 169,4
8 Perfect Pleasure - Maxime Osse - 73,8 - 75,0 - DNS ---- 148,8 ---- 148,8
9 Princedale - Gerrel Vink - 72,6 - DNS - DNS - 72,6 ---- 72,6

Z-level

1 Obsession Taonga - Lara van Nek - 90,8 - 81,6 - 89,8 --- 262,2 --- 86,40 --- 348,6
2 Red Viper - Dinja van Liere - 92,2 - 93,6 - DNS --- 185,8 ---- 185,8
3 Extreme U.S. - Renate van Uytert - 89,0 - 89,0 - DNS ---- 178,0 ---- 178,0
4 Ozzy TN - Kim Alting - 84,8 - DNS - 82,60 --- 167,4 --- 167,4
5 O'Toto van de Wimphof - Diederik van Silfhout - 79,0 - DNS - DNS --- 79,0 --- 79,0