During the international show in Tubbergen, several VDL stallions once again demonstrated their quality with strong placings in various classes, including the Grand Prix competitions and finals. In the demanding CSI2* Big Tour LR qua...
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During the international show in Kronenberg, several horses from the VDL stable once again put in strong performances. With victories in the Big Tour, Grand Prix and Youngster classes, the offspring of various VDL stallions made a stron...
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At the international show in Ermelo, Night Life, ridden by Luke Hill, convincingly won the Medium Tour final at CSI2* level. In a clear-round jump-off, the pair clocked a fast time of 50.49 seconds, securing victory and nearly €2,0...
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During the Grand Prix of IICH Groningen, Isis (by Cardento) qualified for the jump-off. In the jump-off, the Cardento daughter bred by H.N. de Boer remained clear with Frank Schuttert. They finished in 4th place. Mattias and Jur Vrielin...
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A highly successful competition in Wierden with multiple podium places in various classes for the VDL stallions Sambucci de Muze, Night Life & New Pleasure. In the 1.40m class, Luke Hill secured a double VDL top ranking. The vict...
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Last Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, several stallions were presented for the first selection of the KWPN stallion inspection. The following stallions have been referred to the second selection round: 008 Bakersfield VDL Z (Baloubet ...
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In the two-phase special on Friday, Sambucci de Muze and Luke Hill managed to beat all the competition. With no fewer than 113 combinations in the class, the duo remained clear in both phases and set the fastest time of 35.33 seconds in...
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Last Saturday, Night Life and Luke Hill claimed victory in the 1.40m class at the annual Indoor Maarle in IJsselmuiden. The pair proved unbeatable with a time of 29.48 seconds in the second phase. The Erco van 't Roosakker son is br...
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Last Sunday, the Grand Prix of Outdoor Zuidwolde took place on the grounds of C.H. de Wolden. Mindset and Hessel Hoekstra appeared at the start. With a strong basic course, the duo qualified for the jump-off with no fewer than 18 jump-o...
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3 stallions – Night Life, Sambucci de Muze, and New Pleasure – in top 9 of Dutch Championship 7-year-olds
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De Wolden, 21 July 2025 - The international show jumping competition CSI De Wolden has once again proven to be fertile ground for VDL offspring. The well-attended competition saw impressive results from several combinations, with except...
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At CSI Tubbergen, the stallions Mindset, Sambucci de Muze, Night Life and Landino appeared at the start. In his Grand Prix debut with Hessel Hoekstra, Mindset managed to qualify directly for the jump-off. This earned the duo a nice 10th...
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Yesterday the stallion competition took place in Groningen. New Pleasure won again in the 1.35m/1.30m class with Hessel Hoekstra. The For Pleasure son, bred by Stal van de Zuidakker, stayed clear in the jump-off and was first in the pri...
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2025 has started with top results for McAllister at IICH Groningen. McAllister showed he is supreme with Jur Vrieling, with winning the 1.30m on Thursday and the 1.35m on Saturday. Mcallister is a son of Inaico is bred by VDL Stud and i...
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Yesterday, the stallion competition took place in IJsselmuiden. In the class for 6- and 7-year-old stallions, New Pleasure managed to claim victory with Hessel Hoekstra. The duo also managed to stay clear in the jump-off, finishing in a...
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Yesterday, the first competition of the Blom Stallion Competition took place in Kronenberg. Zinelord, Sambucci de Muze, New Pleasure and Night Life all managed to stay clear in the jump-off. Night Life managed to finish fastest with Ale...
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5 VDL horses have managed to place themselves for the finals of the Young Horse World Championships in Lanaken including the stallions McAllister VDL, Sambucci de Muze and Night Life VDL
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Next Thursday it is that time of the year again, the Sires of the World and World Cup for 5-, 6- & 7-year-old show jumpers will take place in Lanaken on the Zangersheide grounds. A number of horses that may compete are owned or bred...
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ERMELO - At the finals of the KWPN dutch championships 15 combinations managed to qualify for jump-off. The victory went to Night Life VDL and Alex David Gill...
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At the Central Foal Show in Gelderland, two VDL offspring managed to qualify for the National Foal Show. Ultrastrade SB (by New Pleasure) was chosen as champion, commenting: "This is a young but well-developed and appealing filly w...
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Night Life proved to be in top form last weekend at competition in Riesenbeck. Thus, he managed to finish fifth with Alex David Gill both on Thursday, on Saturday and on Sunday. Night Life is bred by VDL Stud and is a son of Erco van &l...
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Kelton VDL (Bubalu x Corland) and Alex David Gill win the 1.45m class at the new CSI in Ermelo
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We received the good news that 8 of our stallions have been approved for the German "Hanoverian Studbook"...
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VDL stallions unbeatable in the 1.20m Stallion competition
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This time the Stallion Competition took place in Groningen. In the 1.20m class New Pleasure VDL with Hessel Hoekstra once again won the competition. Meanwhile, the For Pleasure son has won three competitions in a row. Which gives him a ...
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There was also a victory in the 2nd round of the KWPN/Blomstallion competition for New Pleasure VDL and for Stargos VDL, both stallions are ridden by Hessel Hoekstra.
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Sambucci de Muze finalist at the World Championships for 5-year-olds in Lanaken and Stargos VDL jumps to second place in the consolation final for 6-year-olds
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Tomorrow the Word Championships for 5-, 6- and 7-year-old showjumpers start in Lanaken. This will be on the showgrounds of the Zangersheide stud farm. Several horses owned and/or bred by the VDL-stud will compete:...
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Today we received the good news that 11 of our stallions received their approval for the German Westfalen studbook:  
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In the final of the 5-year-olds, 21 combinations managed to qualify in the jump-off. As the very fastest and over 1 second difference from the number, Neelena (by Harley) with Luke Hill managed to secure the victory. Neelena VDL is a da...
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This week is the KWPN young horse championships in Exloo. In the preliminaries, the horses were presented cast-iron by our own stable riders Alex David Gill and Luke Hill but also by Cristel Kalf, Tibo Hendrickx, Wesley de Boer and Hess...
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Last Thursday, the KWPN National Championships for mares and foals took place in Ermelo. In the champion ring of jumping, the bloodlines of the VDL stallions were strongly represented. In the championship ring in the showjumping foals, ...
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Last Sunday, Inaico became 5th in the Grand Prix of CH De Wolden. Nine combinations managed to qualify for the jump-off and made it an exciting jump-off. During the lap of honour, Inaico and VDL stud rider Alex David Gill came 5th. On ...
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An incredible day with our young stallions booking in some great results at the final of the stallion competition!
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EXLOO - Stargos VDL (Stakkato Gold x Conthargos) delivered another great performance during the Blom Stallion Competition by winning the M class over 1.20m for the third time with his rider Iris Hakvoort
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