On Thursday morning, the program continues with the stallion selection for show jumping horses. In the studio program, Charlotte Dekker will host guests on Thursday afternoon at 4:30 PM who have a modern perspective on show jumping breeding.

Louis Konickx is frequently present at international show jumping competitions. As a course designer, he has overseen many major events, serving as a supervisor in Tokyo and a course designer at the World Championships in Herning. Konickx is the course designer for the Blom Stallion Competition Jumping; what kind of course has he set up? Konickx discusses whether there will be significant changes in show jumping in the coming years. Welfare is an important topic in equestrian sports. What role does it play in his work as a course designer?

Quality
Wout Jan van der Schans, the chairman of the stallion judging committee, shares his opinion on the quality of the young stallions he has observed in the past few days. He explains the focal points the judging committee used in the selection and the instructions they received from the Breeding Council. Henk Dirksen, senior inspector, provides an explanation of the numbers of referred stallions and the premium stallions.

Developments in the sport
Eric van der Vleuten has been part of the stallion judging committee for several years. In the performance test, he handles the training of the stallions alongside Wout Jan van der Schans. Van der Vleuten talks about the developments in the sport and takes the viewers through the testing of the young stallions in the performance test.

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