Dutch stallion keeper Gert-Jan van Olst has announced that his two Grand Prix stallions Glamourdale and Everdale will not be available with fresh semen this 2024 breeding season.
Full focus was laid on the stallions' sport career in this Olympic year and they will only be available with frozen semen.
Glamourdale (by Lord Leatherdale x Negro) is the 2022 World Champion and the 2023 team gold and kur silver European Championship medal winner under Van Olst's head rider, Charlotte Fry. Everdale i(by Lord Leatherdale x Negro) is Fry's 2021 Tokyo Olympic rider and the recent winner of the World Cup qualifiers in Mechelen and Amsterdam.
"In addition to breeding, sport at the highest level is also very important to us. Especially in an Olympic Year," Van Olst announced
Also their flagship stallion, keur sire Negro (29), will only be available with frozen semen in 2024.
Photo © Astrid Appels
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