Exclusive membership deal
Become a memberInternational KWPN members receive numerous benefits including:
- A subscription to the digital KWPN Magazine (in Dutch), filled with informative articles on breeding and sport;
- The opportunity to participate in KWPN activities including inspections, ability tests, and competitions;
- The option to register home-bred horses;
- Complimentary online advertising of horses/foals for sale at KWPN Horses for Sale;
- Access to My KWPN, for tracking horses bred by and/or registered to members;
- Enjoy unlimited access to KWPN.tv;
- A lot of membership benefits.
The breeding of dressage horses
The goal of the KWPN is breeding horses that can perform at Grand Prix level of dressage. In order to reach this goal, a horse must have a good conformation, a functional and preferably attractive conformation/appearance, correct movement and an agreeable character.
Breeding goals:
- Breeding a competition horse that can perform at Grand Prix level;
- With a constitution that enables long usefulness;
- With a character that supports the will to perform as well as being friendly towards people;
- With functional conformation and a correct movement mechanism that enables good performance;
- With correct conformation that is preferably attractive, along with refinement, nobility and quality.
Dutch dressage breeders tops WBFSH Ranking
For the seventh year in a row Dutch dressage horse breeders have once again proven to be the world's best breeders. In the WBFSH studbook ranking, the KWPN is at the top for dressage horses. Horses can earn points at all international FEI competitions, and they are ranked based on their performance. The results of the best six horses are taken into account for the WBFSH studbook ranking. All six of the top KWPN dressage horses from the past year are within the top 25.
See resultsGlamourdale to the third place on FEI Ranking Dressage
The top 10 of the Dressage World Ranking includes six KWPN horses. In third place is the stallion Glamourdale (s.Lord Leatherdale), who recently won two bronze medals at the Olympic Games. In fourth place is Imhotep, followed by his sire Everdale (s.Lord Leatherdale). Hermès is placed sixth, followed by Fame (7th) and Indian Rock (8th).
Read moreBronze for Glamourdale, Hermès fourth place at Olympics in Paris
The KWPN stallion Glamourdale (s.Lord Leatherdale) secured a beautiful bronze medal, followed by the KWPN stallion Hermès (s.Easy Game), who was just half a percent short of a podium finish. Five of the eighteen Olympic finalists were KWPN-bred, and an additional five had a Dutch-bred sire, making the presence of Dutch blood in this final quite significant.
Read moreGreat Britain secures team bronze with Dutch horses
Glamourdale, Fame, and Jägerbomb secured team bronze for Great Britain. The KWPN stallion Glamourdale (s.Lord Leatherdale) scored 79.48% with Charlotte Fry, earning fourth place in this field. Jägerbomb (s.Dante Weltino) scored 76.48% with his breeder. Fame (s.Bordeaux) scored 76.52% with Carl Hester.
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