Treasured Oldenburg Stallion Tomahawk Returns to Germany for 2021 Breeding Season Tue, 01/26/2021 - 08:44
Oldenburg
The treasured Oldenburg licensed stallion Tomahawk has left his California home to return to Germany and stand at stud for the 2021 breeding season. Tomahawk will be available through Martin Determann s station in Vechta, Germany.
Tomahawk is a 2009 born Swedish warmblood by Tailormade Temptation out of Sigma (by Sandro Hit x Master x Maraton).
He is bred by Lena Nystrom and owned by Jamie White from Los Angeles, California.
Licensing Crowd Favourite
Tomahawk was licensed at the 2011 Oldenburg Stallion Licensing, where he became the clear favourite of the crowd receiving applause with each presentation.
Adrienne Lyle, 36, represented the USA at the London Olympics in 2012 and the World Equestrian Games (WEG) in 2014, both riding the Weltmeyer son Wizard. After a two year break from the top of the sport following Wizard’s retirement in 2015, she then went on to ride the 2018 WEG in Tryon and at the 2019 World Cup Final in Gothenburg, Sweden, on Salvino.
Her current top horse is the 14-year-old Sandro Hit stallion Salvino, with whom she finished seventh at the World Cup Final in 2019, having helped the USA win team silver at WEG the year before. Also competing at international grand prix level is the 13-year-old Rousseau gelding Harmony’s Duval, with whom she got 2021 off to a good start with wins in the grand prix and grand prix special at the opening CDI3 of the Global Dressage Festival in Wellington.
Sun, 01/03/2021 - 13:53
Switzerland
2021 will be a year of Olympic opportunity for Swiss team rider Birgit Wientzek-Pläge, as well as other Swiss Grand Prix riders, with an individual slot up for grabs for the delayed 2021 Olympics.
Championship Rider
A year ago, Wientzek-Pläge secured an individual starting place for Switzerland at the Olympic Games in Tokyo. Her excellent results achieved aboard Theodora Livanos Oldenburg gelding Robinvale (by Rubinero x Wittinger) ranked her high enough on the FEI World Dressage Ranking to obtain a berth in Tokyo.
Birgit is an experienced Championship rider, first representing Switzerland at the 2003 European Dressage Championships in Hickstead on Sappalot (by Silvano N).
Fri, 12/18/2020 - 07:52
KWPN
At a special late pre-selection on 17 December 2020 the KWPN Stallion Selection committee added six more colts to the group of accepted horses for the second phase of the 2021 KWPN Stallion Licensing.
The late pre-selection is a last chance for those colts who couldn t appear on the normal dates or for colts of the owners believed that they needed a second chance to get assessed.
Twenty-one colts were entered for the late pre-selection day and six got picked. 88 colts have now been selected for the 2021 KWPN Stallion Licensing, which set to take place behind closed doors due to corona in Ermelo, The Netherlands.
Cedric Gallinard Retires Under 25 Grand Prix Horse Scherzo ZC Sun, 12/13/2020 - 08:19
France
French Under 25 Grand Prix rider Cedric Gallinard has retired his number one horse in the barn, Scherzo ZC.
Scherzo ZC is an 18-year old Belgian SBS sport horse registered gelding by Ferro out of Rotgold (by Romadour II).
He is bred by Joseph Joe Zeegers and Odette Zeegers Jourdain-Collard in Belgium.
Late Bloomer
The dark bay gelding made his competition debut late in life at age 11. Under Thibault Cambourieu, the horse first competed at Grand Prix at the CDN Vierzon in March 2013. The pair had a strong first show season at national level and carried on successfully into 2014.