Born 2008, died 2017, Chestnut, KWPN, 177 cm

Breeder – J M Koopman

The chestnut stallion represents essential Dutch dressage breeding, he was bred by J. Koopmans by the all time number one Dutch dressage stallion, Jazz, and out of a mare, by the Dutch dressage team member, Krack C. He sold at the Brabant foal auction to Eugene Reesink for €12,000

Presented by Reesink at the 2010 Westfalian Stallion Licensing, he was named reserve champion and sold to his current owner Haras de Hus at the auction following the licensing. He went on to win the 30-day Stallion Performance Testing in Schlieckau with the best final dressage score of 9.25. However despite the stallion’s success in France and internationally, the KWPN resolutely refuses to admit him to their ranks… for now.

Ridden by Jessica Michel-Botton, he won all his four year old competitions he participated in as a 4-year old and in 2012, he became the 2012 French Young Horse Champion in Saumur with a 93.639%. He scored 10 for trot and 9.8 for canter in the final test. As a 5-year old Don Juan de Hus received a 10 no less than 6 times in his first show of 2013.

He placed sixth in the finals at the 2013 World Championships for Young Dressage Horses in Verden, Germany. Jessica trained Don Juan to Grand Prix but in 2015 the stallion started to have problems with hoof cracks, that kept him from making his Grand Prix debut.

Don Martillo

Don Juan de Hus was never able to prove his worth as a Grand Prix horse, but he certainly did as a breeding stallion. At the 2017 World Young Horse Championships in Ermelo, the 5-year old Don Martillo (by Don Juan x Benetton Dream) became World Champion and the Hanoverian licensed stallion D’Avie (by Don Juan x Londonderry) finished sixth.

d’Avie (photo: Ilse Schwarz:dressage news)

In 2018, d’Avie won the Six Year old title, ridden by Severo Jurado Lopez, and in the Five Year old Championship, Jessica Michel Botton rode Dorian Grey de Hus, out of Poetin Z, a clone of former World Champion young dressage horse, Poetin (Sandro Hit / Brentano II) into sixth place.

Dorian Grey de Hus Photo: Ilse Schwarz dressage-news

Don Juan has already sired 14 licensed sons. D’Avie had sold at auction for €620,000 as a two and a half year old. Other approved sons are Don Farinelli, Duvalier, Don de Hall, Don Jon and D’Egalité, the champion of the 2015 Westfalian Stallion Licensing, who also sold for €620,000 at auction.