About 300 KWPN dressage stallions getting ready for 1st inspection
Glock´s Toto jr is represented with 29 sons for the pre-selection, so you will definitely have the opportunity to see how he stamps his offsprings and which mare lines that suits him best. Again this year Daily Diamond is represented with sons for the inspection, 17 in total, while the Apache son Indian Rock will be represented with 12 sons.
The KWPN stallion show will take place from 29 January to 1 February in Den Bosch.
The entire pre-selection will be available to follow live at Clipmyhorse.
Dressage stallions
Dressage stallions are evaluated specifically for carriage, stride length, rhythm and regularity, balance in turns, body use in the trot and canter, and the ease with which they perform flying changes when changing direction. In the free movement evaluation, the selection committee also observes the attitude of each dressage stallion. Following evaluation in the chute, the stallion is also judged on his walk and trot in hand. Because the walk is an important basic gait for a dressage stallion, the selection committee places great value on its purity, stride length, and suppleness.
Lunging
In between the first and second round viewing, the dressage stallions will be lunged on the KWPN-center in Ermelo. The lunging will be done by the owner/trainer themselves. The lunging is not a separate selection moment, but it provides the stallion selection committee with relevant additional information about the stallions.
Source: KWPN