Dansk Varmblod hereby invites you to its 2001 Stallion Grading, which will also include the Danish National Championship for Young Horses, a Sale of Riding Horses, two Gala Shows and an auction of selected stallions. This busy schedule means that on each of the three days of the show 250 horses will be competing in dressage, jumping and stallion grading classes from early morning to late night.

Dansk Varmblod's stallion grading will take place from Friday 9 th March to Sunday 11th March in Herning and an audience of between 30,000 and 35,000 people are expected each day, all of whom will also be able to visit the many trade stands in the Horse and Rider Exhibition area. Other features of the event will include the national finals for 5 year-old horses, for which 35 top young horses have qualified, and an auction of graded and not graded 3 years old stallions at 4 o clock on the Saturday afternoon. Full information on these events will be available from the official Dansk Varmblod stand in Hall D at the show.

Dansk Varmblod silver medal winner in showjumping at the Olympic Games in Sydney

The breeding of Danish warmblood horses has become an international affair, so not only can you see young stallions of all the well-known German and French bloodlines at the Stallion Show itself but you can also now see Danish-bred horses at many of the top competitions throughout the world. For example, at the Olympic Games in 2000 there were horses carrying the crown and the wave brand of Dansk Varmblod in the dressage teams representing Australia (Mary Hanna's Limbo); Austria (Peter Stefan's Bon Voyage 2); England (Emile Faure's Rascher Hopes), Ireland (Heike Holstein's Royale); Switzerland (Daniel Ramseier's Rali Baba) and Denmark (Morten Thomsen's Gay and Anne van Olst's Dempsey). Unfortunately Kyra Kyrklund of Finland and Louise Nathhorst of Sweden were not able to start with their Danish horses Lillmarkens Arkibal and Guiness, although they had both qualified. And last but by no means least, Albert Voorn from The Netherlands won the silver medal in jumping on the Danish stallion Lando (pictured), proving without doubt that the Danish breeders skilful use of the best jumping sires in Europe over the past 10-15 years now means that they are now producing world class showjumpers too. In fact, Danish warmbloods have been included in no less than nine European national teams in the past 12 months.

Per Høst-Madsen
Press Officer TEL:+45 75292384 FAX:+45 7529 3253; phm@post9.tele.dk