A huge amount of 604 young colts have been entered to be presented at the pre-selection days for the 2016 KWPN Stallion Licensing, which takes place annually in 's Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands at the beginning of February.
The KWPN pre-selection days start on 7 December 2015 and finish on 19 December with a "late" pre-selection days for stallions who failed to show up on their original pre-selection day or for late deciders.
The dressage pre-selection days are from 9 - 12 December at the KWPN headquarters in Ermelo, The Netherlands. Of the 604 entered colts, 265 are dressage bred.
This year the top represented sire with colts entered for the pre-selection is Charmeur (by Florencio x Jazz). No less than 24 sons are scheduled to make an appearance. The second best represented sire is Apache (by UB40 x Krack C) with 21 sons enetered.
The KWPN licensing committee includes Bert Rutten, Marian Dorresteijn and Reijer van Woudenbergh.
Photo © Anniek van Schaik
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