Jasmien de Koeyer's multiple Dutch junior and young riders team horse Take It Easy has been sold to Dutch FEI pony rider Felice Blaauw.
Take It Easy is a 15-year old Dutch warmblood gelding by Florestan out of Weltduft (by Castro x Welt As). He is bred by the Wezenberg family and was originally named Tyrone. He was competed at small tour level by Wilmer Lamming before the De Koeyer family acquired the liver chestnut in 2012 from horse dealer Tim Coomans.
Under Jasmien de Koeyer, he represented The Netherlands at the 2013 European Junior Riders Championships in Compiegne, where they won team silver and finished fifth in the kur to music.
The pair was also selected to compete at the 2014 European Junior Riders Championships in Arezzo, but right before departure to Italy had to withdraw because the horse was not 100% fit to compete. Her spot was taken by Marjan Hooge on Fulltime. In 2014 the pair won the ZZ-Zwaar Dutch Indoor Championships. In 2015 the duo competed at four internationals: Drachten, Nieuw en St. Joosland, Roosendaal and Compiegne.
"After thinking about it very long, I have decided to sell Take it Easy with a heavy heart. Now someone can learn a tremendous lot and enjoy him as much as I did," De Koeyer said about the sale of her horse. "It's very difficult for me but it couldn't have been better when I think back to all the achievements we accomplished."
Felice Blaauw made her international FEI pony level debut in 2015 on Ald Faert's Michael and has competed at six CDI's so far. De Koeyer will continue her riding career on the 6-year old Dutch warmblood mare Esperanza (by Desperados x Krack C x De Niro).
Photo © Astrid Appels
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