3 juin 2025 10.06
On 30 May 2025, LOR JDV (by Corporal VDL) with Austrian rider Josef Schwarz Jr. managed to grab victory in the CSIO3*-W World Cup class (1.55 cm). With a clear round in the jump-off and a fast time of 51.34 seconds, the duo secured the ...
On 30 May 2025, LOR JDV (by Corporal VDL) with Austrian rider Josef Schwarz Jr. managed to grab victory in the CSIO3*-W World Cup class (1.55 cm). With a clear round in the jump-off and a fast time of 51.34 seconds, the duo secured the win and prize money of €15,000. The Corporal son is bred by J. Dresen.
Nikon VDL (by Carrera VDL) won the 7-year-old class (130 cm) convincingly with Apostol Tenev (BUL), clear and lightning fast in 40.32 seconds. Nikon VDL is bred by the VDL Stud. Greek Alexandros Fourlis came second in the 7-year-olds with Hipsy vd Broekkant Z (by Harley VDL), also clear. The Harley daughter is bred by Mark Houkes & Janneke van Lieshout.
A day earlier, on 31 May, the young horses' Grand Prix was on the programme. The H. Dijkstra-bred Jupiter (by Quasimodo van de Molendreef) took the win there after a clear round in 37.32 seconds with Eliza Cholakova.
Victoria's Secret HH (by Brantzau VDL) was in the prizes twice with Romanian rider Damian Cojocariu . On 29 May he won the 125cm class for 7-year-olds, and on 1 June he took third place in the 130cm class.
Interestingly, a large proportion of the winning horses have VDL-based bloodlines, with Carrera VDL and Harley VDL , among others - remains globally visible in international showjumping.