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Foals are currently being inspected, registered and judged all over the country. In Neustadt/Dosse, a filly by the stallion station Gut Neuenhof sire Maxim, who was very well received by the judges, was among the many offspring of the state stud stallions.

On June 24, the fifth of six mare performance tests of the Westphalian Studbook 2025 took place in Soest. Two home-bred three-year-olds from the Gut Neuenhof stud farm took part and presented themselves more than well. In the truest sense of the word.

Germany’s best young dressage horses came together in Warendorf this week for the first selection for the World Championships for Young Dressage Horses in Verden at the beginning of August. One of the dominant stallions in the sires’ pedigrees: Escolar from the stallion station Gut Neuenhof.

A few days ago, we reported on the success of the Escolar son Elvis at the Spanish Championships, where he confidently took the title for six-year-old young dressage horses. This weekend he shone on the international stage.

Many dressage riders use the Whitsun tournament in Wiesbaden to present their young horses in front of a large audience. This included Leslie Rohrbacher, who led the lap of honor in the Intermédiaire I for seven to nine-year-old young dressage horses in front of Biebrich Palace with the Escolar son Ecco MW.

The Spanish Young Horse Championships for young dressage horses took place in Madrid last week. A six-year-old son of Escolar was particularly successful.

Lana-Pinou Baumgürtel has never been able to beat her older sister Lucie-Anouk in an important decision. At the Preis der Besten in Warendorf, the time has now come – thanks to her Escolar daughter Emma.

Escolar has not only left his mark on German sport horse breeding. His son Bombastik, who caused a sensation as a six-year-old at the World Championships for Young Dressage Horses, is a Polish sport horse.

The CSI4* Hohen Wieschendorf hosted some of the country’s most prominent show jumpers at the weekend, including Olympic champion Christian Kukuk and the successful trio Sophie Hinners, Richard Vogel and David Will. Also competing: Robert Conredel and the seven-year-old Nikan’s Diamond from Gestüt Gut Neuenhof.

Some people may have wondered whether the catalog number 3 of this year’s spring auction of the Westphalian Studbook with the name Va Va Voom did not have a different name in the past.