“Behind every great horse stands a skilled breeder, guiding excellence“, read the heading of the World Breeding Federation for Sport Horses (WBFSH) at the 2024 breeder and studbook awards. And a Holsteiner horse bred by Volker Göttsche-Götze has placed the man from Groß Buchwald on top of the eventing breeder ranking: JL Dublin by Diarado-Canto, mare family 1907, who, among other results, won team gold at the Paris Olympic Games with Tom McEwen among other results this year.
JL Dublin started his picture book eventing career during a Holsteiner auction, as he changed hands in autumn 2015 as an elite riding horse. Francesca Pollara – one of Europe‘s most successful eventing horse scouts and brokers – had discovered the gelding. “Dubs“ has been a force on the international eventing scene for years now and took for example European team gold with Britain’s Nicola Wilson in Avenches (SUI) in 2021. Following Wilson’s career-ending injury, fellow Brit Tom McEwen took over the reins of JL Dublin in 2022. They placed in the 5-star-rated Three-Day Event in Lexington, Kentucky (USA), as well as in the 4-star-event in Luhmühlen (GER), and were on the British team travelling to the Paris Olympic Games this summer. In addition to team gold, they also secured an excellent fourth place individually. “He is the perfect championship horse”, McEwen says about Dublin. “Riding him is a true privilege and every competition feels like an opportunity to show what he is capable of.” Hindrick Stüvel of Rosengarten, the breeder responsible for Julia Krajewski‘s Olympic horse Nickel by Numero Uno-Lorentin I, mare family 4303, sits on fourth position of the breeder ranking. Ocke Riewerts from the Island of Föhr is ranked seventh due to the excellent performances of his London by Landos-Quinar (Ocke Riewerts, Föhr), mare family 3200. The bay took team Olympic gold along with JL Dublin and jumped to bronze individually.
Holstein Heads Eventing Ranking
Not only is the most successful eventing horse breeder from Holstein, but also the cross-country top athletes placed the Holsteiner Verband on top of the eventing studbook ranking by a clear margin. These are the six horses which made it happen with their results:
JL Dublin by Diarado-Canto (Volker Götsche-Götze, Groß Buchwald), mare family 1907, with Tom McEwen (GBR)
Nickel by Numero Uno-Lorentin I (Hindrick Stüvel, Rosengarten), mare family 4303, with Julia Krajewski (GER)
London by Landos-Quinar (Ocke Riewerts, Föhr), Mare family 3200, with Laura Collett (GBR)
Diabolo by Diarado-Aljano (Fritz Waschmann, Wrohe), mare family 890, with William Coleman (USA)
Cartania by Cartani-Clinton I (Günter Koch, Vollerwieck), mare family 2895, with Felix Vogg (SUI)
Denim by Dinken-Ibisco xx (Martin Bachmann, Heimberg), mare family 49, with Phillip Dutton (USA)
Holstein is on fourth position in the show jumping studbook ranking, just a few points behind the third placed. The following six horses contributed according to the WBFSH:
Casturano by Castelan I-Canturo (Reimer Detlef Hennings, Bendorf), mare family 318D1, with Conor Swail (IRL)
Corsica X by Connor-Corofino II (Erich Westphal, Stipsdorf), mare family 4564, with Rene Dittmer (GER)
For Gold by For Fashion-Heraldik xx (Georg Clausen, Rabenkirchen), mare family 162, with Jordan Coyle (IRL)
Zuccero HV by Zirocco Blue-Caretino (Hanno Köhncke, Badendorf), mare family 4539, with Rolf-Göran Bengtsson (SWE)
Carissimo by Cascadello I-Clinton I (Sport a Media/SLO), mare family 2666, with Aaron Vale (USA)
Bull Run’s Jireh by Uriko-Colman (Timm Peters, Bargenstedt), mare family 890, with Kristen Vanderveen (USA)
Casturano’s results bestowed fourth place in the breeder ranking to his breeder. Reimer-Detlef Hennings of Bendorf was delighted to see the horse he bred win the Wellington, Lexington (USA) or Vancouver (CAN) grand prixs, among other results. Erich Westphal – the breeder of Rene Dittmer‘s Corsica X – is ranked eighth in the breeder ranking for the Holsteiner Verband.
Photo: Stefan Lafrentz (JL Dublin)
