By Adriana van Tilburg
Photography: © Peter Llewellyn
The German national championships for young horses saw an unfortunate scheduling conflict this year, being the same weekend as the dressage World Breeding Championship for Young Horses in Ermelo, although Warendorf presented a versatile progra with three disciplines.
Alongside showjumping, dressage, and eventing, three- and four-year-old riding horses and ponies are presented, although our focus here is on the jumping horses.
There are four finals in showjumping, for five-, six-, seven-, and eight-year-olds and older horses. This analysis focuses on the horses participating in the first qualifying rounds and eventually placed in the top three of each test.
Eight years and older
In the first test for horses aged eight and older, 36 combinations started with victory going to the Holsteiner-bred mare Viva La Vegas W (Vagabond de la Pomme - D-Cincinnati W x Cancara, Stamm 318D2, breeder: Matthias Wittke), ridden by Sophie Hinners. As a six-year-old, this mare had already won bronze medal under the same rider. Second place went to the 16-year-old Oldenburg gelding Cumberland AS (Champion For Pleasure - Almina 1 x Almeo, breeder: Andre Schroeder), ahead of nine-year-old Westphalian-bred mare Lajacuma NRW (Lycon - Rosie x Rockwell, breeder: Hannelore Reibke), ridden by Henrik Dowe.
The studbooks were divided as follows:
• Holsteiner – 17
• OS – 6
• Westfalian – 3
• Oldenburg – 3
• DSP – 3
• Hanoverian – 2
• Rheinland – 2
The final was won by the Oldenburg stallion Diaron (Diarado - Lenda-Cara x Come On, breeder: Manuela Lachnit), ridden by Alexa Stais. According to Lachnit: “At first I didn’t know much about Diarado’s bloodlines, but when I saw a video of him jumping I was immediately impressed. Many breeders in my region were using Diarado with their mares, but his stud fee was €2,000, so I wanted to wait and see how his offspring developed. But when I saw Diarado again I was really struck by his presence, movement, and jumping ability. That’s when I decided he was worth the investment. I crossed Diarado with Lenda-Cara, and I’ve repeated that combination several times. I also have a full sister of Diaron, and I plan to keep her for breeding to continue the line. I rode her a bit myself to get a sense of how she would be under saddle.”.. To read the complete article you need to be a subscriber
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