Dutch Warmbloods – The Horse Magazine

KWPN: The development of the Dutch Warmblood

December 3rd, 2014
The Dutch have always been traders, quick to spot a new market, quick to find the goods in demand, and faster to establish themselves in the marketplace. When they turned to sport horse breeding, they brought this same drive and flexibility. When the other European books were still proclaiming the goal of an ‘all-round athlete’ […] Read Article 1 Comment »

Wiepke van der Lageweg

For such a little country, Holland has a wealth of regional differences, of architecture, religion, language and architecture, and nowhere are the differences more pronounced than in the Calvinist north, where there are some villages still so strict that they are forbidden to use their television sets on the Sabbath. The dialect of Friesland is […] Read Article Comments Off

Dressage Stallions at the 2014 KWPN stallion show

February 9th, 2014
The decision in the dressage section of the KWPN stallion show went right down to the wire. Even the chairman of the dressage panel, Wim Ermes admitted that right until the final third round, he expected the son of Totilas out of the full-sister to Parzival would win but he looked a bit flat on […] Read Article Comments Off