Glamourdale tops public vote to land prestigious accolade – once more

A couple of gold medallist Glamourdale has been named KWPN dressage horse of the 12 months for a 2d time, following a public vote.

The 13-year-old stallion by means of Lord Leatherdale, owned by means of Van Olst Horses and ridden by means of Britain’s Lottie Fry, additionally received the 2020 name.

Lottie and Glamourdale scored freestyle silver and helped win staff gold – Britain’s first senior dressage championship staff name since London 2012 – on the 2023 Europeans in Riesenbeck. Their 2023 season additionally featured victories within the Global Cup leg at The Dutch Masters, Fontainebleau CDI5* and Kronenberg CDI3*.

They’re additionally reigning international champions, following their seismic leap forward at Herning in 2022.

The Van Olsts thanked everybody “such a lot” for vote casting.

Jasmijn and Isabel van der Velden, granddaughters of Glamourdale’s breeder Joop Rodenburg, not too long ago spoke to Dutch nationwide paper, De Telegraaf.

“My grandfather had a excellent sense of what a horse must possess. He used to be ready to put across the qualities of a stallion and a mare to a foal. I take into accout him telling me what to search for, whilst mucking out the stables, one thing we did in combination. I nonetheless get pleasure from that recommendation to at the moment,” Jasmijn instructed De Telegraaf.

Glamourdale will likely be honoured in a birthday celebration right through the KWPN Stallion Display in Den Bosh (31 January to three February).

The KWPN showjumping horse of the 12 months name went to Freeway TN NOP, by means of Eldorado Van De Zeshoek, who lifted the crown from final 12 months’s winner, his stablemate Grandorado TN NOP.

Freeway TN NOP, owned by means of Crew Nijhof, has scored more than one main grands prix wins and best puts with rider Willem Greve.

Their achievements integrated five-star grand prix glory at Mechelen on the finish of 2022 and CHIO Rotterdam the next summer season. They had been 2d within the Falsterbo, Valkenswaard and Maastricht grands prix, and completed tenth on the Europeans, at the stallion’s senior championship debut.

The stallion will make an look at the Thursday of the display.

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