It doesn't happen that often that both father and son, no sire and offspring, compete at the same show the same day. The Zwolle International Stallion Show, however, is a perfect occasion
for such small surprises to happen. Broere Norway and Broere Jazz are two liver chestnut licensed KWPN stallion that are mirror reflections of each other. Two one is the young rising talent, the other is the recently established Grand Prix sire.
Broere Norway made his career break through in 1999 at age 4. The unknown elegant stallion won the Pavo Cup Finals in Ermelo under Liseon Kamper and were immediately the center of attention. While Norway (by Jazz x Ulft) was refused at the stallion licensing the year before, in 2000 he got accepted without problems due to his gained status as a competition horse. Norway went on to compete at the 2000 World Championships for Young Dressage horses, before he switched riders. In 2001 former Dutch Young Rider Kirstin Beckers took over the reins and is now steering Norway to a potential Prix St Georges career. At the CDI Zwolle, Norway scored 66.19% (3rd place) in the first round, but fell back to 6th place with a mediocre 59.46% in the finals. Nevertheless, Norway and Beckers are an interesting pair to follow up.
Norway's sire Jazz made his second appearance in the Grand Prix ring under his steady rider Tineke Bartels. Jazz is an impressive appearance. His souple basic gaits are a pleasure to the eye and his confirmation is appealing. Yet, the Grand Prix exercises are not as confirmed as one hopes them to be, but Jazz clearly showed potential at the CDI Zwolle. In the Grand Prix, Jazz (by Cocktail) scored 67.00% and placed third. In the Grand Prix freestyle, the individual finals for the Essent Best Stallion Class, he maintained his third position, but pushed up the score to a magical 74.04%. Fortunately for Bartels to have such a nice mount at her disposal, as she hasn't got a second Grand Prix horse at her disposal anymore.
Images copyrighted: Dirk Caremans
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