Norwegian Team Pony Filur Af Grønagergaard Passed Away

Dressage

Norway

Mira Antonsen Hjelle's Norwegian team pony Filur af Grønagergaard has passed away. He was 17 years old.

Filur af Grønagergaard was a Danish bred sport pony by Vasehøjs Kashi out of DCH Roxanne (by ). He was bred by Jens-Jørgen Nielsen.

Danish Start

The chestnut began his career in Denmark under Victoria Reinholdt Nissen. They first competed in October 2014 and he continued with her until November 2015 at national pony level.

Filur sold to Louise and Niels Bang for daughter Amelia Bang to ride and she premiered him in April 2016 and together the pair grew at FEI pony level. Bang campaigned Filur through the summer of 2018 at national level.

Norway

Filur sold to Norway in the 2019 as an FEI level pony for Sondre Torp Kristiansen. With Sondre the gelding made his international show debut at the 2020 CDI Lillestrom in Norway, placing third in the team and individual test and fourth in the Kur. They won silver at the 2020 Norwegian Pony Championships. In 2021 the duo represented Norway at the Nordic Baltic Championships in Ypaja, Finland, where they were 8th in the Kur.

In the autumn of 2021 Filur sold to Mira Antonsen Hjelle as her schoolmaster and she debuted him internationally at the CDI Sint-Truiden in Belgium, followed by Kristiansand, Hagen and then the 2022 European Pony Championships in Strzegom, Poland, where they were 45th in the individual test with 67.351%. They won bronze at the 2022 Norwegian Pony Championships

Hjelle rode Filur one more season internationally in 2023 with starts in Aachen, Sint-Truiden, Tolbert and Hagen. They finished their career at the Nordic Baltic Championships in Drammen with an 8th place in the Kur. They did not go to the Europeans that year.

Untimely Passing

Filur sold as a schoolmaster in 2023 for Alexandra Rønneberg-Østrem to ride. She competed him nationally through 2026.

Unfortunately he passed away two weeks ago.

"Words are hard to put together after receiving the worst news," Antonsen posted. "You were my hero and so much more."