First inspection for the World Championships for young dressage horses

The second selection is scheduled for June 30. A pre-selection was made today among the six and seven-year-olds. Tomorrow it will be the turn of the five-year-olds. Here is the list of nominees for June 30.

Five-year-olds

• Belle Amour CN, Westphalian mare by Bonds -Franziskus (breeder: Christa Nagelschmidt-Terwort, breeder: Helgstrand Dressage, rider: Merita Hagren)


• Benjamin Franklin, Hanoverian stallion by Bon Vivaldi NRW -Royal Blend (breeder: Wilhelm Kamps, rider: Niedersächsisches Landgestüt Celle, rider: Janina Tietze) > Silver Bundeschampionat 2025


• Delight, Westphalian gelding by Diamond de Luxe – Flatley (breeder: ZG Ursula und Ernst Prost, rider: Wolfgang Suttrup, breeder: Jana Marie Thamm)


• DSP Lord Löwenherz von Bellin, DSP (BrAnh) gelding by Lord Europe – United (breeder and rider: MJS Gestüt von Bellin GmbH & Co. KG, rider: Ellen Richter) > Bronze Bundeschampionat 2025


• Dynamic Pur, Oldenburg stallion by Dynamic Dream – Finest (breeder: Wieghaus-Vorwerk GbR, breeder: Zuchthof Rene Tebbel, rider: Friederike Tebbel) > passed the best of all stallion performance tests of the year in 2025 (8.91)


• Einfach Imposant B, Hanoverian gelding by Escolar – Westernhagen (breeder: Daniela Burkhardt-Robert, rider: Peter Brenske, rider: Kira Laura Soddemann) > Participation Bundeschampionat 2025


• Escalator, Hanoverian gelding by Escolar – Floriscount (breeder: Kathrin Schuchardt, b. and r.: Maike Schreiner)


• Esquire, Oldenburg stallion by Escolar – Fürst Heinrich (breeder: Maria-Antonia Burczyk, rider: Gospodarstwo Polne Kamel Jwicki, breeder: Eva Möller) > Bundeschampion 2025


• Frida Kahlo, Hanoverian mare by Fusionist – Dancier (breeder: ZG Ingo and Jörg Walinski, rider: Jeanette Pinard, breeder: Madeleine Bendfeldt)


• Global Amour, Oldenburg stallion by Global Player – Fürstenball (breeder: Britta Budeus-Wiegert, rider: Helgstrand Dressage, first co-owner: Paul Schockemöhle, rider: Alexander Yde Helgstrand) > 2nd reserve winner of the 35-day test in Denmark


• Gut Neuenhof’s Maxima NRW, Westphalian mare by Maxim – Estobar NRW (breeder: Gestüt Gut Neuenhof KG, rider: H.S.S. Pferdesport GmbH, rider: Danica Duen) > Bronze Bundeschampionat 2024


• Senza Parole F, Hanoverian by Secret – For Romance I (breeder and rider: Christine Feichtinger, rider: Thomas Schulze) > Participation Bundeschampionat 2025


• Select Me, Hanoverian stallion by Secret – Fantastic (breeder: Aloys Ewers, breeder: Helgstrand Dressage, rider: Alvaro Conesa)


• St. Anima, Hanoverian mare by Secret – Benetton Dream (breeder: Siegfried Kusel, b. and r.: Silvia Busch-Kuffner)


• Tesino RS OLD, Oldenburg stallion by Total Hope – Morricone I (breeder: Gestüt Lewitz, b.: Matthias Schlamminger GmbH, r.: Johanna Wadenspanner) > Silver Oldenburg State Championships, sixth Bundeschampionat 2025


• Van Love WS, Westphalian mare by Valverde – Riccio (breeder and rider: Elena Starr, 1st rider: Helgstrand Dressage, rider: Eric Guardia Martinez)


• Weihe’s Happiness OLD, Oldenburg mare by Dynamic Dream – Sir Donnerhall I (breeder and rider: Christine Arns-Krogmann, rider: Alina Schneider) > Bundeschampionesse 2025

Among the five-year-olds, for example, the Bundeschampionesse and top auction horse of 2024, Señorita La Bonita by Sir Heinrich, did not progress.

Seven-year-old

• Benefis, Hanoverian gelding by Borsalino – De Niro (breeder: Zuchtbetrieb Brech, owner: 360° Sportpferde, rider: Linda Weiß)


• Dribbler, Hanoverian gelding by Don Martillo – Dancier (breeder: Angela Fitschen, b.: Exclusive Equest S.L., r.: Senta Kirchhoff) > three-year-old Hanoverian Vice-Champion and participation in Bundeschampionat


• Endorphin FRH, Hanoverian stallion by Escolar – Don Nobless (breeder and rider: Ingo Pape, rider: Greta Heemsoth) > Silver Bundeschampionat 2023 and 2024, bronze WC young dressage horses 2025


• La Jolie SW OLD, Oldenburg mare by Escamillo – Londonderry (breeder and rider: Sabine Wehle, rider: Carina Scholz) > tenth place WEG Young Dressage Horses 2025


• Esdras, Oldenburg stallion by Escamillo – Diamond Hit (breeder: Kai Haarlammert, breeder: Gestüt Pramwaldhof GmbH, rider: Kira Laura Soddemann) > Three-year-old bronze Oldenburg State Championships


• Felice FRH, Hanoverian mare by Fürst Samarant – Riverside (breeder: Rene Janzen, Ken Steele, co-owner: Ingo Pape, rider: Greta Heemsoth) > Bundeschampionesse 2024, 2025 seventh place at the World Championships for Young Dressage Horses


• Galleria’s Fancy Fergie FRH, Hanoverian mare by For Romance I – Catoo (breeder: Hof Brüning, breeder: Sportpferde Galleria GmbH, rider: Charlotte Tollhopf) > Silver Bundeschampionat 2025, 14th place WC young dressage horses 2024


• Glamdale WP NRWWestphalian stallion by Glamourdale – Millennium, B. and Z.: ZG Pleines, Werner and Heike Pleines, R.: Leonie Richter) > Silver WC Young Dressage Horses 2024, Bronze Bundeschampionat 2022


• Kambergs Eins-A, Hanoverian gelding by Escolar – Sergio Rossi (breeder: Astrid Müller, rider: Julia Eva Henrich, breeder: Lune Karolin Müller)


• Treasurer MZ OLD, Oldenburg stallion by Secret – De Niro (breeder: Ewald Grotelüschen, rider: Mandy Zimmer, rider: Ann-Christin Wienkamp) > fifth place WEG Young Dressage Horses 2025


• Shazam B, Westphalian stallion by Secret – Franziskus (breeder: Patricia Reuner-Krebs, rider: Brenske, Peter, breeder: Lira Laura Soddemann) > Westfalenchampion 2025


• Seduction, Hanoverian gelding by Secret – Sir Donnerhall I (breeder: Ludger Brinker, rider: Deborah Danz, rider: Roxanne Grewe) > Participation in the 2024 Bundeschampionat


• Sullivan ABN, Holsteiner gelding by Secret – Carpaccio (breeder: Anja Nygaard, rider: Hans-Joachim Schreiner, breeder: Nina Verina Braun) > Participation in the 2025 Bundeschampionat

Six-year-olds

• Bonbonito, Hanoverian gelding by Belissimo M – Herbstkönig (breeder: Zuchtbetrieb Brech, owner: Linda Zschocke, rider: Sofie Stollberger) > Participant Bundeschampionat 2025


• Fiete NRW, Westphalian stallion by Fashion in Black – Rock Forever I (breeder: Robert Drenker, rider: Peter Brenske, breeder: Kira Laura Soddemann) > Bronze medal Bundeschampionat 2025


• Franz Herrmann NRW, Westphalian stallion by Franziskus – Sir Heinrich (breeder: Hubert Herdering, rider: Michael Schmitz, co-owner and rider: Johanna Klippert) > Bronze Bundeschampionat 2024, participation 2025


• Fürst FRH, Hanoverian gelding by Fürst Romancier – Sandro Hit (breeder: Gerold Gögele, rider: Gert Saborowski, rider: Kira Goerens-Ripphoff) > Participation in the 2025 Bundeschampionat, Hanoverian Vice-Champion as a three-year-old


• Lindenberg, Hanoverian stallion by Libertad – Destano (breeder: ZG Sabine and Hans Heinrich Maak, rider: Annelie Brunckhorst and Dr. Frederic Bünger, rider: Jacob Schenk) > Bundeschampion 2024


• Lodovico OLDOldenburg stallion by Lord Europe – Don Frederic (breeder: Wieghaus-Vorwerk GbR, rider: Amely Baronin von Buchholtz, breeder: Beatrice Hoffrogge) > Bundeschampion 2025


• Sauschön E, Westphalian gelding by Secret – Flanagan (B.: ZG Gina u. Geriet Extra, B.: Gina Extra, 1st co-owner: Geriet Extra, R.: Gina Extra) > Participation Bundeschampionat 2024


• Sir Gribaldi, Hanoverian stallion by Secret – All Inclusive (breeder: ZG Aronis u. Janßen, breeder: Gestüt Sprehe GmbH, rider: Beatrice Arturi) > three-time HLP winner, participation in Bundeschampionat 2025


• True Love WS, Westphalian mare by Toto Jr. – Self made (breeder: Elena Starr, breeder: Westphalian Stables, rider: Sabrina Geßmann)


• DSP Valentin, DSP (Bay) gelding by Vitalis – Don Schufro (breeder: Jutta Steidl, breeder: Zuchthof Wadenspanner, rider: Johanna Wadenspanner) > Participation in the 2024 Bundeschampionat, twelfth place in the 2025 World Championships for Young Dressage Horses final


• Viva Diamond OLD, Oldenburg mare by Vitalis – Don Diamond (breeder: Zuchthof Alberding, breeder: 360° Sportpferde, rider: Linda Weiß) > Silver WC Young Dressage Horses 2025


• V-PowerWestphalian stallion by Viva Gold – Fidertanz (breeder: Bernd Goeke, rider: Helgstrand Dressage A/S / A. Helgstrand, rider: Isabell Werth) > Former NRW Champion Stallion