Begijnakker (Yves (Vanderhasselt) BEL 0/0 38.65īRONZE - Formidable (Willem Greve) NED 0/0 39.36. “There were several people who wanted her because she jumped very spectacularly, and I immediately had a good feeling with her because she is careful and has a lot of scope”, Greve explained.įive-Year-Old Final: GOLD - Kerswin van ‘T Roosakker (Doron Kuipers) NED 0/0 37.33 Greve spotted Formidable competing at an international show just a few months ago and bought her right away. The horse was bought by the Vanderhasselt family as a four-year-old.īronze in the 5-Year-Olds went to the mare, Formidable (Carambole/Calvados), and it was a particularly special moment for her Dutch rider Willem Greve as he competes internationally with the mare’s sire, Carambole. The 36-year-old rider has a reputation for remaining super-cool under pressure, and he finished third with Keops at the Belgian Championships in Geves this summer. Begijnakker (Indoctro/Lux Z) ridden by Belgium’s Yves Vanderhasselt who mixes his works in the family transport company with a very successful Jumping career. Silver medal spot went to another from the BWP Studbook, the approved stallion Keops v. That's all you need to win! This is the first time I’ve made it into the Final (at the FEI World Breeding Jumping Championships) and I’m pretty happy because immediately I’ve taken the best colour medal!" Kuipers said.
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He is careful and has scope and he goes for it. "I have never jumped a jump-off with him before, but I felt from the beginning that he really worked with me. It was a success-story from the very start. Micha Everse rode the gelding earlier in the year, and Kuipers took up the reins just eight weeks ago. The 24-year-old Dutchman has stables near Rotterdam (NED) from where he competes his own string of horses along with six belonging to Kerswin’s owners, Stal Everse BV. This was a smaller number than usual to make it through to the final phase, as the time proved influential in the first round.Īnd Kerswin van ‘T Roosakker (Echo van ‘T Spieveld/Diamant de Semilly) broke the beam in today’s jump-off in a speedy 37.33 seconds to take the gold with Doron Kuipers in the saddle. Only horses that jumped clear in the first and second qualifiers were eligible for today’s 5-Year-Old Final, and from the 49 starters in this competition just nine went through to the second-round jump-off.
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For any horse to take a medal from such a colossal field of starters is quite an achievement, and for any horse to do it two years in a row is exceptional. Caring for the needs of all brass instruments cornet, trumpet, french horn, trombone, euphonium and rare or antique instruments. Once again the entry was enormous, with 224 starters in the 5-Year-Old Championship, 273 in the 6-Year-Olds, and 208 in the 7-Year-Old category. And it was the Belgian-bred Kerswin van ‘T Roosakker who won the 5-Year-Old category while the Polish stallion, Mjt Nevados S, claimed the 7-Year-Old title. This hugely popular annual gathering draws vast numbers of breeders, producers and enthusiasts from all around the globe who come to the world-famous Zangersheide Stud to compare the latest crop of 5, 6 and 7-year-olds representing many different studbooks. Doran Kuipers (NED) and Kerswin van't Roosakker (Photo: Dirk Caremans)