Koning Albert took 3 of his Team to Bishop Burton for his first go at Elementary level dressage. The weather wasn't pleasant and us lower level mortals had to do their tests outside. The arena boards were held down with sandbags and were still flapping and the rain seeped in everywhere ☔ Berti was a little full of himself as it's quite hard in the ...
We are all very happy getting Berti out for his first BS show. Another nice DC in the Fox class gives him his qualifier for the second rounds and a great steady DC in the 1m25, gets us back into the swing for 2024. Superbly ridden as ever by Dani Johnston, who rode many DC's on other horses throughout the day, winning the Fox with Elton John ...
A very excited Berti and his team of minions travelled to Manor Grange Stud for his first Dressage outing of 2024, and his first tests since August last year 😮 With Storm Jocelyn on its way, it was already a bit blustery and very wet, but Berti was keen to get on with the job 🙄 After a quick unscheduled piaffe in the car park, Ellie Roberts cracked...
We are delighted to announce that Koning Sport Horses will be attending the Stallion Event being held at Addington Manor Equestrian Centre, Buckinghamshire on Saturday 10th February, 2024. The full list of Stallions attending will be announced in mid January by British Breeding https://british-breeding.com/stallion-event Gates will open at 9a...
Koning Sport Horses have been working with the wonderful Harry Sykes Equestrian Videography and Marketing to produce this stunning video of Berti. Beautifully produced and ridden in this video by Dani Johnston, and also produced up through the levels in dressage by Ellie Roberts, we couldn't be happier with the results. It is such a pleasure workin...
To say we are proud of this horse is an understatement. It was a perfect end to 2021. Bermudez BDA made the long journey to the London International Horse Show to compete in the Services Jumping Championships. We had lent him to PS Charlotte Lee of Dorset Police whose own horse was sadly injured and was therefore unable to help her in her drea...
Very happy for Dani Johnston and Koning Albert competing this weekend at the Winter Classic Show held at Arena UK. On Saturday in a class of 90, Albert and Dani produced a lovely double clear in the Blue Chip Karma. Fabulous for Dani as all 3 of her rides were in the top 15. On Sunday Albert and Dani produced yet another double clear and qualified ...
They say time is a great healer and we're sure that given more time we will become more comfortable with letting Bermudez BDA go to a new home, but it's still a hard choice and talking about it is only just becoming easier. Bermudez BDA (Billy) has been for us the most wonderful and really unique horse that anyone could have wished to own. His life...
Team Koning Sport Horses travelled to Ponderosa Stud, in Coventry at the weekend for the Breeders Elite Stallion Grading Day. First of all, vettings and xray submissions were done and accepted. Then, all the stallions were examined by a panel of judges and then walked and trotted up. The younger stallions went first and these were loose jumped in a...
We took Koning Albert for a quick round at Arena UK's Spooktacular show on the Sunday for a run around the National 1.30m/1.40m Open Handicap 🚀 We were all so pleased with him, he hasn't competed for a month and to come straight in at 1m30 was testament to his abilties and Dani Johnston's great riding. It was just a shame that the tradestand people...
Koning Albert really enjoyed his day at the Defender Burghley Horse Trials as one of only 10 stallions chosen to take part in the Stallion Parade. It was also lovely that all of Team Koning Sport Horses were present, with Dani Johnston piloting for the day, Ellie Roberts and Jill Williams assisting and Dave Williams in charge of filming and dog sit...
Koning Albert and his 2 stable mates travelled to Harrogate for some junior and senior Showjumping.Koning Albert did some super rounds in the Newcomers and 1m15 Members Cup, coming 3rd and 2nd respectively. He will soon have a holiday as he's deserved one 🏖️
Koning Albert and Bermudez BDA competed today in the 1m10 Open at Willow Banks in their friendly competition. Bermudez BDA posted a lovely stylish round but sadly had a pole. Koning Albert came in last to go and after a fast accurate round, took the class.
Both Koning Albert and Bermudez BDA had a very successful day at Epworth Equestrian Centres Showcross competition. They both posted lovely clear rounds in the showjumping and made the Cross Country look easy also with clear rounds. Taking 1st and 2nd place couldn't have been a better result for them
Bermudez BDA and Koning Albert attended the Forces Equine Games at Arena UK, held over 2 days. It was a great show with both boys picking up many placings and the best news is that Bermudez BDA qualified for the Services Jumping at Olympia 2021 with Sergeant Charlotte Lee, to whom we had lent him. Koning Albert narrowly missed qualifying but gave W...
We are so excited to announce that 247 Clothing Direct now have Daisy Williams as a supported rider. We have been buying all our embroidery and printing from them for a while and couldn't be happier with the results. Their service and attention to detail is second to none. We look forward to this opportunity to showcase their work.
After a week's training and competing with BDA Equestrian , we travelled down to represent Caistor Grammar School in the heavily contested NSEA Hickstead Elite Final. Koning Albert Stallion 🖤 - the youngest horse in the competition, was first to go, and posted a lovely double clear, taking an amazing 5th place in the horse section and 8th overall i...
Koning Albert and Bermudez BDA had an early start to get to Weston Lawns for some rounds of jumping. The weather was unbelievably hot and they both did so well considering.Bermudez produced a lovely double clear in the 1m10 open and rolled a pole in the Foxhunter. Albert sadly had a pole in the Newcomers and Foxhunter. They are jumping out of their...
Bermudez BDA and Koning Albert has a little trip down the road for some showjumping.Both boys did beautiful steady rounds in the 1m10 class, coming in 4th and 5th places respectively.In the 1m20 class, Bermudez BDA sadly slipped on a turn and had the next fence down, but otherwise jumped a great round. Koning Albert, who is still learning his ...
Koning Albert and Bermudez BDA popped along to Southview for what would have been 3 days of jumping.On day 1 Daisy wasn't singing on the same page as Albert resulting in a stop and a fall in the Young Horse 6 year old class before they even got going. Bermudez was a dude in the Small Tour and nailed a double clear.Day 2, with more assertive riding,...