With the completion of the semifinals, the horses that qualified for the KWPN Van Santvoort Makelaars Cup final for six-year-olds on Thursday have been announced. Among them are three offspring of Arezzo VDL.

The top 38 combinations over both days have received an invitation to participate in the final, where everyone starts again from zero. In total, 31 six-year-olds remained faultless over both parts of the semifinals.

Multiple Bred Products
Notably, two breeding products of Albert Zoer have qualified for the final. The former top rider himself is in the saddle of Nikita (It’s Otto out of Priceless from the Mangelhof by Diamant de Semilly) and stable rider Willem Verdonk is qualified with the Il Est Balou offspring Nadine (out of Kristal Blue CH by Plot-Blue). Also, the late breeder Minne Hovenga has two horses bred that have qualified for the final: the elite mare N’Abalia SMH (Edinburgh out of J’Abalia SMH stb by Zirocco Blue VDL) and he is listed as co-breeder of Nils SMH (2nd approval, Aganix du Seigneur out of Gin Gin Balia SMH elite sport-spr pref PROK D-OC by Chin Chin, co-breeder Stal Van Nobelen), both ridden by Kristian Houwen.

Stallions
The stallions Arezzo VDL (3), Cape Coral RBF Z (2), Comthago VDL (2), Highway TN (2), and Grandorado TN (2) each have multiple offspring competing in the final. The final will also see a reunion with the KWPN-approved stallions Sambucci de Muze, Night Life VDL, New Star, Newmarket VM, Never Lose, No Mercy, and New Pleasure VDL.

View the list of finalists here

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Photo: Albert Zoer with Nikita: DigiShots