Biggles Passed Away

Dressage

Sweden

Jan Brink, Kristian von Krusenstierna, and Lina Dolk's retired international Grand Prix horse Biggles has passed away on 4 February 2026. He was 28 years old.

Biggles was a 1998 born Swedish warmblood by Briar out of Susanna (by Krevad x Falstaff). He was bred and owned by Ingrid Lundberg-Persson.

Licensed Stallion

Biggles was the Stallion Performance Test winner in 2001-2002, scoring 8s for his gaits, 9 for type, and 7 for jumping.

He sired 173 offspring that were Swedish warmblood registered. The majority went into dressage sport, but 11 have been reported as eventers (Bruce the Boss, Bofey Bridge) and 22 are show jumpers. His last offspring was born in 2019.

His most famous dressage offspring is maybe Jouleen af Hogberget.

Sport Career

Under Swedish Olympian Jan Brink he won the Scandinavian Open and the Breeders Trophy. He competed at the 2003 World Young Horse Championships in Verden, where he was 11th in the 5-year old finals. The pair went on to win the 7-year old dressage horse championships in Falsterbo. Brink also rode the 7-year old in the small tour at the 2005 CDIO Aachen.

In 2010 Kristian von Krusenstierna took over the ride from Brink and competed the bay stallion at numerous interntional competitions between 2010 and 2015. A second place in the Grand Prix Special at the 2012 CDI Radzionkow and 2014 CDI Wiesbaden were their career highlights. Kristian last showed Biggles at the 2015 World Cup qualifier in Stockholm in November.

In 2016, Biggles became a schoolmaster for Swedish young rider Lina Dolk and the pair made its Under 25 CDI show debut in Ypaja in July 2016. They went on to show in the Under 25 classes in Aachen, Aalborg, Gothenburg, Uggerhalne and Flyinge. They won five international classes out of sixteen starts and placed in the top three twelve times.

His last international was the CDI Flyinge in September 2018, his last national show was in November 2018 at the Stockholm horse show, where he placed third in the Lovsta Future Challenge for U25 riders.

Retirement

With von Krusenstierna at the 2012 CDI Radzionkow

Biggles was retired from sport and spent 8 years having a quiet life with his owner Ingrid Lundberg-Persson. He passed on 4 February 2026.

"He taught me everything I know, he made my dreams come true, he gave me relationships that I am so grateful for, he had the biggest personality, and I miss him every day," said Dolk. "I carry all the wonderful memories with me and how lovely you were every time we visited."