Team Koning Sport Horses made the lengthy journey to Addington EC, Bucks to the annual British Breeding Stallion Event on 4th Feb 2023. Koning Albert was 4th to go in the Eventing section, and from what many lovely people said afterwards, he stood out from the crowd and became a strong choice for the many people watching. Beautifully ridden by Dani...
Koning Albert and Dani Johnston had a great start to the season at Willowbanks EC on Sunday 12th Feb. In our first show back, Albert was feeling great and along with Dani's other rides produced some great rounds. In the Blue Chip RLF Power Qualifier, Albert produced a tidy Double clear to come in 3rd place, qualifying for the Championships. Later, ...
A super day out competing to kick off summer qualifications today with Koning Albert. With Ellie Roberts, piloting a rather exuberant Albert today 🚀, they managed 2 great tests, with plenty of marks still to come 🔝 Taking 2nd place in both tests with 68%, he completed half of his summer regional qualifications in one day 🙌 The judges wrote such lov...
An early morning start and drive to Sheepgate Equestrian with the plan to gain more points for the Summer Regionals. Ellie Roberts and Koning Albert didn't disappoint yet again. With over 70% in his tests he took a 1st and a 3rd in amongst some respectable company. It's so lovely watching them progress and do so well and now they only need one more...
A cold start but a great result at Hill House with Koning Albert finishing off his summer dressage Regional qualification with 67% in the prelim with a 1st place, followed by his first Novice test (N30 too 😬) for 66% and another 1st place. 💃 Fabulous riding by Ellie Roberts, well done 🙌
It was lovely to get Bermudez BDA to Arena UK for some Children on Horses Classes with Sienna Lanni. They both had a great time and alongside Sienna's other ride, they gained more experience in the ring jumping alongside their peers. It's fabulous for us to work alongside Team Lanni at these events to watch them both progress together and for...
Koning Albert and Ellie Roberts swam their way through two great tests at Willowbanks Equestrian Centre on the 25th March. Performing a nice accurate test in the first class, they took 1st place in the Gold Class with 70% 🥇 Then with just one mistake in the counter canter in the Novice where Albert thought he'd show his finely polished flying...
In gorgeous sunshine, Koning Albert and Ellie Roberts performed two beautiful, accurate tests at Epworth EC on 7th April to take 1st in both classes and gain more points to qualify for the Regionals at this new level. Albert was positively buzzing today and Ellie did well to contain his excitement at being out and diverted it into more express...
Such a wonderful weekend with Team Lanni 🤗 at Arena UK. Bermudez BDA continues to show just how special he is to us by assisting another lovely young lady in her dreams to be the best 🧡 Sienna Lanni and Bermudez BDA (Billy) rode 5 very special rounds in the Team Trials at POYS, over the past 4 days to take the title of leading Children on...
Culana Z (Calvados Z x Celano x Adagio IV(Guidam)), our gorgeous Zangersheide mare (Luna), produce a gorgeous strong colt foal late on Monday 10th April. Sired by our very own Koning Albert, (Freeman VDL x Sir Corland x Concorde) who is gene tested to pass on the double W20/W20 gene, the foal was certain to have lots of white. Luna and the fo...
This gorgeous colt foal, now named Raiffe, was born to a lovely mare down in Sussex on 23rd April, 2023. He is gaining many admirers and is proving to be bold and inquisitive 🤭 The owner chose Koning Albert as the stallion for her mare as she owns a gelding who is by Freeman VDL and she so loves his character and temperament that she would love som...
A great start to Billys FEI season, starting at Compiègne in France. He and his stable mate Mac, with Sienna Lanni in the pilot seat had a productive and enjoyable few days at this lovely place, taking several placings between them. The Grand Prix class on Saturday was particularly harsh with very few clears out of 62 riders. Sienna and Billy...
Following straight on from Compiègne in France, Team Lanni made the long journey onwards with Billy and Mac to Austria 🇦🇹Both horses did extremely well as the standards at these shows is extremely high.Billy ranked 3rd overall in the Nations Cup class and Mac gained 4 top 5 placings out of 6 classes. Sienna had a wonderful time and is gaining so mu...
Another run out to Willowbanks EC on Bank Holiday monday with Ellie Roberts riding Koning Albert. Competing in Novice 23 and 37A, Berti was a bit full of himself 🙄 He had been to stud in the morning and competing in the afternoon which is a first for him. Nonetheless, he came 2nd in the first test with over 65% and won the qualifier with nearly 69%...
We are thrilled for the owners of this gorgeous filly who arrived over the weekend 😍 Sired by Koning Albert and out of their successful event and Tetrathlon mare, what a cracker she is 🤗 She is already bold and inquisitive, so has been named, "Lara Croft" 🏃♀️ Can't wait to watch her progress 👀
A really enjoyable trip away with Team Lanni and Koning Sport Horses working together at the Youth Nations Cup. Bermudez BDA (Billy) and Sienna Lanni tackled these very strong and technical courses with great maturity. It was safe to say that there were very few clears each day across all the levels and sometimes sadly no clears at all 🤷♀️ Sienna ...
We've been deliberately not doing much British Showjumping so that we could use Koning Alberts remaining points to squeeze another set of Newcomers qualifiers in for 2023 😬 A little run down the road to Willow Banks EC, with Dani Johnston at the helm of 4 horses all in the same situation saw Berti gain another tick in the box with a lovely Double c...
Check out this gorgeous yearling filly 🔥 "Wonder van Koning", aka Nala, sired by Koning Albert out of a beautiful mare by Its the Business x Furioso Z lines 🤩 She went to her very first in hand show at the weekend and received huge compliments from the judges. She was extremely well behaved and did everything asked of her 🤎🐴 Her owners couldn't be ...
Koning Albert spent the weekend in his dancing shoes at Willowbanks EC 🕺 Competing against some very flashy combinations, Berti did everything that was asked of him. Saturday the scores were disappointing for what both felt and looked like 2 really nice Novice tests, but sadly that's dressage for you. All of his placings were in the Top 10, wi...
Albert only needed one more Double Clear in Newcomers for 2024 rounds, and with the 2023 Second rounds coming up, we decided with Dani Johnston to run over to Sykehouse Arena to fit a round in. Albert didn't disappoint, with not only a DC in Newcomers, but another steady one in the Foxhunter class, coming in 3rd 🙌 Thank you Dani for your time...