Following the five-year-olds, 99 six-year-olds started in the first part of the semi-final of the KWPN Van Santvoort Makelaars Cup in Ermelo. Fifty of them went clear.

For fifty combinations, the first part of this KWPN Championship went perfectly. There were many good horses in this class, including seven KWPN-approved stallions who kept a clean sheet. The second part of the semi-final will be held tomorrow.

Consistent Performances
This semi-final featured several familiar faces. Kristian Houwen, riding N'Abalia SMH elite (by Edinburgh out of J'Abalia SMH stb by Zirocco Blue VDL, breeders Minne and Esther Hovenga), the Limburg CK champion of 2022, delivered another clear round. After winning silver last year in the KWPN championship for five-year-olds, Renée de Weert and Nelson (Highway TN out of Fanory elite EPTM-spr pref PROK by Cardento, breeder Kuipers family from Hengelo) also started clear in this championship.

Approved Stallions
Among the clear combinations are The KWPN-approved stallions, No Mercy (Cape Coral RBF Z out of Saartje keur sport-spr by Now or Never M, breeder/owner Hans Vrijvogel) ridden by Tom Martens, Night Life VDL (Erco van ’t Roosakker out of Ialba VDL elite IBOP-spr PROK by Arezzo VDL, breeder/owner VDL Stud) ridden by Alex Gill, New Star (El Barone 111 Z out of Bola elite IBOP-spr pref prest PROK by Vainqueur, breeder/owner Jan van Kooten) ridden by Max van de Poll, Never Lose (Lector van den Bisschop out of Watch Me van de Wolfsakker by Tolano van ’t Riethof, breeder Miriam van der Kloet) ridden by Marco Sas, New Pleasure VDL (For Pleasure out of Lady-A ter Putte by Diamant de Semilly, breeder De Maertelaere family) ridden by Hessel Hoekstra, Sambucci de Muze (Hunter’s Scendro out of Malissa de Muze by Vigo d’Arsouilles, breeder Joris de Brabander) ridden by Luke Hill, and Newmarket VM (Chacoon Blue out of Nouvelle Star Z by Numero Uno, breeder Paul van Montfort) ridden by his new rider Fabiënne Lichtenvoort-Cats.

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