Top KWPN Broodmare Orleans Passed Away Mon, 05/24/2021 - 08:44
KWPN
The top KWPN broodmare Orleans, dam to international Grand Prix stallion Governor and European Under 25 Champion TC Athene, has passed away on 21 May 2021. She was 25 years old.
Orleans was by Jazz out of Fidora (by Ulft x Roemer). She was the full sister to Adelinde Cornelissen s Olympic medal winner Parzival.
Streppel
Originally owned by Jan Streppel and the Beijer family, Orleans was the foundation mare of Streppel s breeding project, alongside Toulouse.
Orleans produced no less than 18 foals in her life with Adelinde Cornelissen s international Grand Prix ride and licensed stallion Governor (by Totilas), as well as Jeanine Nieuwenhuis European Young Riders and Under 25 Champion TC Athene (by United) as her most famous offspring.