Jumping Etten-Leur is traditionally one of the largest and most prominent young horse competitions in the Netherlands and last weekend Hernandez TN, auctioned on Prinsjesdag, won one of the main competitions. The competition for four-year-olds on Saturday afternoon is always one of the highlights of Jumping Etten-Leur and it is precisely here that the KWPN-approved Hernandez TN (Kannan x Numero Uno) triumphed.

The Hernandez TN, auctioned in 2012, under the saddle of Team Nijhof stable rider Zoï Snels, earned a whopping 8.5 for jumping and rideability. The breeding product of Willem Dekker – coincidentally also a member of the Prinsjesdag board – was the winner of the strong field of four-year-olds.

“Hernandez TN has always given me an extra feeling. The feeling that you have a machine up your ass and it really is! Hernandez still needs to get stronger but I think he'll have everything in the house soon. Including a top character!”, said show jumping rider Zoï Snels about the Kannan son.

The performances of Alicante and Jérôme Guery just keep on coming! Last weekend, the imposing KWPN-approved stallion won a five-star 1.50m class on the Longines Global Champions Tour in Chantilly on Friday and Sunday.

Since Jérôme Guery took over the reins from Alicante at the beginning of this year, the career of the Casall son has been on the rise. Alicante has developed into one of the most promising Grand Prix show jumpers on the circuit in just a few months and underlined its potential with the two victories in Chantilly last weekend.

The KWPN-approved stallion Hernandez TN (Kannan x Numero Uno) jumped to fifth place in the BWG Competition for 4-year-olds at Jumping Schröder Tubbergen under Zoï Snels. Hernandez TN, sold at Foal Auction Prinsjesdag, was at the top of the ranking with 23.90 points.

Hernandez TN is a son of Kannan out of the Numero Uno mare Bea Leva and was bred by Willem Dekker from Beningbroek. Last year Hernandez TN obtained his breeding license with the KWPN with 81.5 points.

In the second class for four-year-old show jumpers of the BWG Competition at Jumping Schröder Tubbergen, Blom's Zlatan (Zandor Z x Atlantus Z) under Thomas Mertens finished in tenth place out of almost 60 participants. Zlatan was also auctioned in 2012 at Foal Auction Prinsjesdag and is the full brother of Kevin Staut's Zeta de Hus.

Caesar (Lucky Boy x Corland) sold at Foal Auction Prinsjesdag jumped to fifth place in the Grand Prix of Opglabbeek last weekend. The day before, the nine-year-old stallion under Frederik Cattebeke finished in fourth place in the 1.45m ranking class.

Nine-year-old Caesar developed particularly well last year under the Belgian Frederik Cattebeke and performed strongly at Grand Prix level. Caesar is bred from the well-known Holsteiner line 474a and is closely related to the European champions, world champions and silver Olympians VDL Bubalu and VDL Groep Verdi TN NOP