Picture: Fransisca by Franklin/Romanov - awarded a gold medal in Danish Warmblood 

This year’s medals for breeders in Danish Warmblood have been delegated, and despite the long wait, we are now very proud to announce that no less than 5 mares owned by Helgstrand have been awarded medals.

Normally the medals are handed out at the Elite Show, but as a result of COVID-19, the procedure had to be changed this year. That way, the bronze- and silver medals were given at the saddle licensing, while the best silver medal mares were nominated for gold medals, which afterwards were handed out by the breeding commission from Danish Warmblood.

3 offspring from Helgstrand stallions awarded with medals

Among the medalists were no less than 3 offspring sired by Helgstrand’s stallions; the gold medal mare Fransisca by Franklin/Romanov. Her dam line is very interesting as the mother is the silver medal mare Rapitalà, who is also the mother to the gold medal mare Fiontina and the three-time World Champion for Young Horses, Fiontini. Fransisca is bred by HH Horses.

Additionally, we have the mare awarded with silver; Blaze von Rosing by the World Champion Revolution and with the famous Zack as her damsire. She is bred by Maria von Rosing. Blaze gained an impressive 9 in total and could that way be rewarded with the entitlement as the best mare in her region.

Another Revolution offspring was awarded a medal – this time Terpling’s Ravena DWB, who has Weltjunge as her damsire. She is bred by Heima Poulsen, who received a breeders medal of bronze.

2 gold medals for Helgstrand

Aside from Fransisca by Franklin/Romanov, also Vestermarken’s Shakira by Sezuan/Tailormade Temptation was rewarded with a gold medal. Shakira originates from the silver medal mare Vestermarken’s Tequila and did the official riding test with very impressive 900 points. She is bred by Kirsten Buus.

Last but definitely not least, the mare Straight Horse Zonate by Zack/Don Schufro received a breeders medal of bronze. Zonate is out of the interesting dam line, where the mother, Bøgegården’s Don Romina, was appointed Mare of the Year and is as well the mother to the three-time World Champion Sezuan. Zonate is bred by Straight Horse.

No one comes close to giving the same impression that Quarterhit has done to so many people. He is a very charismatic stallion, that through his fantastic movements, shoulder freedom and very unique personality has won over so many people – now also the French dressage rider Dominique Degueldre, who is already getting to know him in his new surroundings in France.

- Quarterhit is doing very well here in France. He is already liked by everyone in the stable – he is charming everyone with his good spirit and then he just loves to show off when ridden. I ride him a couple of times per week and other than that, my trainer, Stephanie Brieussel, rides him, because I don’t have the experience to educate him on this level, Dominique Degueldre tells.

- Just now we are getting to know Quarterhit very well and if everything goes to plan then he is participating in a stallion show in France next month. My goal is for him to make his debut in Prix St. George next year. If everything goes well, he will be available for the breeders next year in a similar arrangement as it was in Denmark, Dominique adds.

The now 6-year-old Quarterhit is licensed in some of the largest German breeding associations and also Danish Warmblood where he ended his 35-days performance test with a 2. place scoring a 9 in both trot and canter. Quarterhit comes from a very interesting dam line because the dam Poetin III is the sister to the famous Poetin, who won the World Championships for Young Horses for 5-year-olds in 2003, won the prestigious Bundeschampionate twice and was later sold to a record auction price at 2.5 million euros.

The success continues when you look at the sire, where Quartergold is the son of Quaterback, who won the stallion performance test and later the Bundeshampionate. In the dam line, you also find Sandro Hit – a true legend. With Dr. Ulf Möller he accomplished numerous victories, such as the Bundeschampionate, gold medal at the World Championships for 6-year-old horses and later competed on Grand Prix level.

Other than Quarterhit, Dominique acquired the very talented and well-moving 6-year-old gelding Vito De Hus bys Don Juan de Hus/De Niro, which participated in the World Championships for Young Horses in Ermelo in 2019 for the 5-year-old horses and accomplished an astonishing 14. place in the final with his former rider, the Grand Prix rider Jessica Michel Botton. Don Vito De Hus is a awarded Premium Stallion in the German Breeding Association, Westfalen in 2016.

- My goal is to buy some of the best horses in the world and educate them to Grand Prix level in cooperation with my trainer. This is the reason I contacted Andreas, because he has competed on the highest level and has many admirable results, and other than that he has some of the best and most talented horses in his stables, Dominique finishes.

Picture: LL-Foto.de

This weekend, Fynch Hatton OLD (Formel Eins/Sir Donnerhall I) and Global Player (Kastel's Grand Galaxy Win/Don Schufro) participated at the 2020 Oldenburger Landeschampionat with the qualification for the prestigious German Bundeschampionate.

Both stallions showed themselves very well in the preliminary test and placed superbly in the lead of the 4-year-old stallions. Global Player scored 8.9 and Fynch Hatton 9.0. Apparently, both stallions have saved a little extra power for the final and did an excellent job showing so much potential for the future. Especially Fynch Hatton OLD, who received an impressive 10 for his trot, 9.5 for canter, 8.5 for walk, 9.5 for scale of education and 9.0 for confirmation and claimed the title Oldenburger Landeschampion with an average score of 9.3. With 5 times a 9 Global Player became Vice-Champion with an average score of 9.0.

Fynch Hatton OLD was presented by Helgstrand's new German rider, Sina Aringer, while Global Player was ridden by Eva Möller.

Fynch Hatton OLD

Global Player

"I can't believe it" - Anne-Mette Strandby Hansen claimed gold with Foco Loco at the European Championships for U25, but she finds it difficult to understand, that she actually can use that title!

The freestyle program and music only came into place shortly before, Anne-Mette and Foco Loco headed south to Budapest, Hungary, to participate at the U25 European Championships. They only had time to practice the program quite a few times before entering the big arena. But Anne-Mette didn't show any nervousness at all despite the high pressure. She knew they could. Foco Loco, a 15-year-old Belgian Warmblood, has many years of experience with the difficult exercises. Foco Loco, who had lacked a bit of energy in the individual and qualifying Grand Prix, showed top form after the resting day and danced through the difficult exercises where not one hoof was put wrong. The pair scored 79.025% and placed superbly in the lead.

"I wear the medal and it reminds me that it's actually true. I'm so proud of our result at the European Championships. It will be an experience that I will never forget", says Anne-Mette. 

Anne-Mette won team bronze together with the Danish team and placed 4th in the Grand Prix, only 0.4% winning bronze.

The Danish team was represented by:

Maja Andreasen and Kano
Josefine Hoffmann and Hønnerups Driver
Victoria E. Vallentin and Brooklyn
Anne Mette Strandby Hansen and Foco Loco

Enjoy Anne-Mette and Foco Loco's impressive and very technical freestyle:

Valuable by Valverde/Sezuan (bred by Lena and Rasmus Dalsgaard) - auction price highlight and sold for 79,000 euro to Canada.

Earlier this year, Helgstrand and Schockemöhle launched an auction concept only with foals sired by Helgstrand and Schockemöhle’s stallions. Stallions that represents the world elite of dressage and showjumping stallions. Tonight, the last fall of the hammer was set after three very successful auctions and even with a record-high average price of impressive 22,267 euros.

- We are extremely pleased with the result of the three auctions. There is no doubt that we had very high expectations for the last one because of the high number of quality-foals at the inspections and achieving such a high average price is beyond our expectations. Being able to put together a new concept with such an amazing result makes us very proud and we are extremely thankful to both breeders and buyers, says auction manager Esben Møller.

Due to a large number of selected dressage and show jumping foals for the last auction, the auction committee chose to divide it in two and thus auctioning 15 top pedigree dressage foals at tonight’s online auction. Until today, it seemed to be the black beauty, the colt by Totilas/Sir Donnerhall I with a very interesting dam line that would be the auction's price highlight, but it became the extremely successful Valverde/Sezuan colt, number 12 Valuable, who stole the spotlight and ran with the title as the auction's most expensive foal sold for no less than 79,000 euro. Valuable, who is by the three times Westphalia Champion, Valverde, is bred in Denmark by Lena and Rasmus Dalsgaard and has been sold to Canada. The Totilas colt, Take Me Forward, was sold to Germany for 51,000 euro and thus became the auction's second most expensive. Take Me Forward is bred by Bernd Lampe from Germany. *

Third most expensive was a magnificent offspring by the World Champion Jovian, number 6 Jules Mumm with Fürstenball as damsire. Jules Mumm is bred by Enrico Messelis from Germany and the new owners are located in Mozambique.

Congratulations to both breeders and the new owners!

The result of the 3rd and final auction:

1. Take Me Forward by Totilas/Sir Donnerhall – 51,000 euro
2. HP Vancouver by Vitalis/Apache – 18,000 euro
3. Sweet Surprice by Sezuan’s Donnerhall/Surprice – 22,500 euro
4. Dark Romance by Donier/Fürst Romancier – 11,500 euro
5. Touch of Royalty by Total Hope/Danciano – 22,000 euro
6. Jules Mumm by Jovian/Fürstenball – 25,000 euro
7. Future Nightshadow by Franklin/Sir Donnerhall I – 10,000 euro
8. Treasure of Hope by Total Hope/Sungold – 24,000 euro
9. Titanium by Totilas/De Niro – 20,500 euro
10. Grand Cru FF by Grand Galaxy Win/Don Schufro – 10,000 euro
11. True Hope by Total Hope/Fürstenball – 9,500 euro
12. Valuable by Valverde/Sezuan – 79,000 euro
13. Do the Deal by Donier/Daily Deal – 10,000 euro
14. Fine Lady by Fürst Toto/Don Romantic – 11,500 euro
15. Dancing Belle by Donier/Sandro Hit – 9,500 euro

Read more about the foals of the 3rd auction here

Anne-Mette Strandby Hansen and Fofo-Loco from national show in Hjallerup, Denmark

The European Championships is taking place at the moment in the capital of Hungary and no less than 10 horses, which have been trained at Helgstrand, are competing these days. All the way from pony to junior, young rider and U25 including Alexander Helgstrand and Greven’s Sa’Va’ and Anne-Mette Strandby Hansen and Foco-Loco from Team Helgstrand.

Tuesday, Alexander and the rest of the Danish team won silver at the 2020 European Junior Championships. An accomplishment many would wish for coming true. Before taking over the reins of Sa’Va’, he rode Adriano B. to several championships medals and now Adriano B. is successful with his new rider, Danish Sophia Obel. At the moment, the Danish U25 riders are on the way to Budapest to compete at the championships, which will take place next week. Including Helgstrand rider Anne-Mette Strandby Hansen and Foco-Loco.

The following combination competing at the European Championships are coming from Helgstrand:

Pony

Adriano B. (De Angelo B/Flying Dream) and Sophia Obel – Denmark

Junior

Bonjour Majlund (Bøgegården’s Boney M/De Noir) and Lilla Felvinczi – Hungary
Dolcetto (Don Frederico/Wolkentanz) and Natalia Plata – Polen
Stasia Eg (Stedinger/Akinos) and Emilie Maja Leth – Denmark
Grevens Sa’Va (Blue Horse Soprano/Blue Hors Romancier) and Alexander Yde Helgstrand – Denmark
Diamo Dream (Diamo Gold/Fürst Heinrich) and Aurelia von Mauberg - Polen

Young Rider

Antango Du Feuillard (Ampére/Jazz) and Maria Mejlgaard Jensen - Denmark 

U25
Foco-Loco (Sierappel/Wendekreis) and Anne-Mette Strandby Hansen – Denmark
Hønnerup’s Driver (Blue Hors Romanov/Blue Hors Don Schufro) and Josefine Hoffmann – Denmark
Sir Lancelot M and Ellen McCarthy - Great Britain

These days, the European Junior Championships are being held in Budapest, Hungary. Yesterday, the first half of the Danish team entered the arena and the possibility of winning a medal turned out to be very positive as Maja Leth and Stasia Eg placed 5th scoring 70.091%, while Kristian Würtz Green and Bovbjerg’s Zhivago achieved 70.637% and placed 4th in the first division. The last two riders, Frederikke and Alexander did everything they possibly could but unfortunately, the German team was a little stronger, and therefore the fight for the silver was between Denmark and Holland. Luckily it turned into a silver medal after a couple of great tests for the last riders. Frederikke Gram Jacobsen achieved the team's highest individual score earning 72.333%, while Alexander scored 71.848%.

Maja Leth and Stasia Eg – 70.091%
Kristian Würtz Green and Bovbjergs Zhivago – 70.637%
Frederikke Gram Jacobsen and Ryvangs Zafina – 72.333%
Alexander and Grevens Sa'Va – 71.848%

1. Germany – 222,212%
2. Denmark – 214,818%
3. Holland - 213,515%

Wednesday is rest day for the Danish team and on Thursday the Danish riders will compete for the individual medals. The 18 best combinations will move on to the freestyle on Friday.

Expressive, impressive and incredible well-moving 3-year-old mare by Revolution/Belissimo M awarded Champion mare at the prestigious Herwart von der Decken Schau in Verden, Germany!  

Congratulations to breeder Gestüt Greim, Germany.

Feminine, well-marked, expressive and supple mover in both trot and walk showing a remarkable talent for future top sport!

Picture: Future Nightshadow by Franklin/Sir Donnerhall I, bred by Camilla Daugberg. Recently awarded best dressage filly in Danish Warmblood, region 6.

In mid-July, the inspections took place for the third and last Helgstrand-Schockemöhle online auction in Germany and Denmark, and due to the large number of quality foals, we have chosen to divide the auction and thus having an auction for the dressage and jumpers separately.

32 foals have been selected at the inspections and among the sires of the foals we see the three-times Westphalia Champion, Valverde by Vitalis/Ampere, the KWPN Champion Stallion Franklin by Ampére/Ferro, who is the father of several auction highlights and has won Prix St. Georg under Betina Jæger. In addition, the winner of the Nürnberger Burg-Pokal, Vitalis by Vivaldi/DDay, Total Hope, who unites some of the strongest performance bloodlines with Weihegold as mother and Totilas as father as well as the 2019 World Champion for 5-year-old, Jovian by Apache/Tango.

The 15 dressage foals will be online at helgstrand.horse24.com from August 12th to August 16th, and it will be possible to bid for your favourite from August 14th until the auction ends on August 16th at 7:30 pm.

To bid, create a free profile on horse24.com. Find more info and create your profile here: https://horse24.com/en/how-to-bid

The total of 17 jumpers will be online at Schockemöhle's own auction site, and the auction will run from 6-11. August.

Schockemöhle's online auction you find here: https://www.ps-online.auction/de/auktionen

Questions

If you have any questions, please contact Esben Møller by phone +45 52 24 85 15 or by e-mail This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Second online auction a roaring success The first Helgstrand-Schockemöhle online auction was held with great success and after some very promising foal inspections in both Denmark, Germany and the Netherlands, the expectations for the second auction were obviously very high.

Actually, the auction foals were to come online on July 10th at 9:00 am, but due to some technical challenges, people had to be patient. And judging by the visitor history on horse24.com, people had been waiting in excitement, because when the foals finally came online later that day, the visitor numbers increased drastically in no time.

The collection contained 25 foals deriving from the strongest performance lines in the world, including 7 jumpers and 18 dressage foals. The new auction concept was adjusted a bit as the bids were first allowed on Friday, July 17th at 9:00 am, and already from the start, people began to bid. Quickly, some favourites were found among the many buyers who nearly represented the entire world. 24 hours before the end of the auction, Netstutteriet's Fascination by Franklin/Zack (bred by Bo Brink) was at the top, followed by Hesselbjerg’s Zenzation Spring by Springbank II VH/Zack (bred by Majbritt Junker) and with Skovdal’s Jake by Janeiro Platinum/Romanov (bred by Bjarne Skovdal) coming 3rd.

Danish bred foals in the lead – offspring by Franklin price highlight

There was no doubt about the auction's favourite - the expressive and extremely well-moving filly by Franklin, who with Zack as damsire testifies to an extremely strong performance line. The Danish-bred foal, Netstutteriet’s Fascination, was sold for no less than 60,000 euro to Germany. Franklin has at several auctions delivered the most expensive sold foal and his offspring turn out to be promising riding horses just as he himself achieving numerous victories at small tour level with Betina Jæger. The dam Netstutteriet's Nafea Fa Ipoipo is the full sister of Straight Horse Ascenzione, which participated in the prestigious World Breeding Championships for Young Horses with Helen Langehanenberg.

The second most expensive was Hesselbjerg's Zenzation Spring by the Swedish championship winner and Champion Stallion in Danish Warmblood, Springbank II VH with Zack as damsire. The hammer price was as much as 42,000 euros and the expressive and exceptionally well-moving colt remained in Danish hands.

Third most expensive was Danse De La Vie by the two-times World Champion D’avie and with Bretton Woods as damsire. With three impressive gaits and a superb expression, here is perhaps a possible future stallion or at least a promising dressage horse with a top pedigree. Danse De La Vie is bred by De Kempenhoeve Bvba in Belgium and was sold to Denmark for 30,000 euro.

Find the result of the auction here 

- I am very pleased with the result of the second auction and especially the high average price of 18.300 euro. In addition, I am pleased with the fact that the news about the auction has reached a wide number of people and that we saw buyers from all over the world. Thus, we reach a much wider audience with the online auction than if it was a physical auction, says auction manager Esben Møller.

Buy your future top horse online

Soon, Helgstrand and Schockemöhle's 3rd and last online foal auction will take place, and like the previous ones, it will contain 20-25 foals of exceptional quality. It is a unique opportunity to acquire a foal with a top pedigree. The auction is organized by some of the most experienced in hosting foal auctions, and you thus have the opportunity to be advised throughout the process. All you have to do is contact auction manager Esben Møller at +45 52 24 85 15 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

The 3rd Helgstrand-Schockemöhle foal auction is online from the 7-16 August at helgstrand.horse24.com.