In December 2015 Sambuca (v. Sir Oldenburg), the black gelding, was sold to the United States. The gelding was successful in the Small Tour at the time Jonna Schelstraete was riding him and already possessed all the movements required for the Big Tour. Sambuca has returned to the Netherlands five weeks ago at Schelstraete’s stables. The gelding was owned by Schelstraete and by Van Grunsven’s stables. Sjef Janssen and Anky van Grunsven bought Sambuca in 2012 together with Joyce Heutink.
General news
4th place making it possible to enter the Dutch Championships and Indoor Brabant
Jonna Schelstraete and Easy Top ‘s performance brought a 4th place at the championships of Brabant in the “Zwaar 2” (Z2) category and is therefore selected for the Dutch Championships and Indoor Brabant (‘s-Hertogenbosch). A great achievement which we are proud of!
Riton Cupido and Ysselvliedts Sea Tiger Regional Champions
We were very proud to note that two ponies, Riton Cupido and Ysselvliedts Sea Tiger, became regional champions. Cupido directly became a champion for the region of Utrecht and Sea Tiger became champion of the region Zeeland.
Micky and Amber trained these ponies before they went to their new owners and we are proud that these two lovely ponies are doing great.
We do wish Do and Marit good luck on the Dutch Championships!
1st place for Sco and Micky in the Z2
On Saturday the 21st of January Sco and Micky made a good start. Together they managed to come in 1st in the Z2 category achieving a decent score of 70,4%.
Elin’s Noncisdador here to stay for Micky
Elin’s Noncisdador here to stay for Micky
Rose and Samantha van der Lof approached Jonna several weeks ago asking if Micky would be interested in riding a top class pony.
Given the fact that Micky has certain sporting ambitions and that she has already been participating in several CDIP’s with Onyx, which is the competition pony of her younger sister Amber, this was a great opportunity. At this moment Micky and Cappuccino are not ready yet to compete at International level.
Jonna was very enthousiastic now that she has been following Elin’s Noncisdador’s performances for quite some time not knowing that the pony was available.
During the past few weeks Micky has been training the FEI stallion Elin’s Noncisdador, also known as Sco, which has been competing successfully ridden by Zoë Kuintjes. The training was conducted by Marlies van Baalen and Nicolette van Lierop. The combination appears to be very promising and both pony and Micky seem to be in love with each other as can be seen on the accompanying foto’s made by Sjoert Pegge.
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2x first place and a third place earned in Ammerzoden
Micky and Cappucino Royale participiated this weekend in the M2 dressage category and won with a score of 72%. Amber and Onyx won in the M1 category with a score of 72% as well.
Jonna riding Easy Top became third in the Z2 categorie with a score of 66,5%.