News

Some horses walk into a ring, and immediately everything falls silent. Look away? Impossible. Totilas was one such horse. And Gut Neuenhof’s Moon River, the new National Champion among three-year-old fillies and geldings, is every bit as impressive as her famous great-grandfather.

The final highlight of the 2026 World Championships for Young Dressage Horses was the final for the five-year-olds. And this final highlight was—thanks to Escolar—“simply impressive.”

When Escolar’s daughter Europa—the half-sister to Gut Neuenhof’s Goldberg—gave birth to a jet-black filly in 2023, the Schürner family already sensed that there was something special lying in the straw. As the coming years would show, that first impression was spot on.

The Westphalian Horse Stud Book had invited buyers to its summer auction and put together a collection of 41 horses. From promising young horses just starting their training to internationally successful competition horses, there was a horse here for every type of buyer. The most sought-after horse was an S-level-placed daughter of Caressini.

The season is still young, but the first Bundeschampionat qualifiers have already been determined. The offspring of sires from the Gut Neuenhof stallion station are at the forefront.

The spring auction of the Westphalian Studbook has a special horse on offer in 2026: Bentheim NRW.

The CDI3* Grand Prix in Lier was a true dressage marathon with 41 participants. The best of them all was a son of Escolar, who has long since made a name for himself nationally and is now taking off internationally: Escolar’s Emil.

On Sunday, 19-year-old Sophie Luisa Duen received a very special honor at the Agravis Cup in the Halle Münsterland: she was awarded the Golden Riding Badge.

Start with a loop and add another one every day – that’s what makes competition riding fun.

At the “Showcase of the Best”, the DSP licensing of the Brandenburg-Anhalt Horse Breeding Association in Neustadt/Dosse, a third Gold Garant son was declared champion stallion as part of the young stallion licensing for riding ponies and special breeds.

Merry Christmas and a healthy, happy and successful 2026!

Cashmere’s Carat from the stallion station Gut Neuenhof placed second in a group of outstanding quality horses at the short disposition test in Verden and received scores well above the test average in all areas.

The Gut Neuenhof stallion station looked forward to the 2025 licensing season with excitement and expectation as riding pony stallion Gold Garant NRW presented his first crop. The many award-winning foals of recent years gave rise to high hopes. These hopes have not only been fulfilled, they have been exceeded by far.

Gestüt Gut Neuenhof was represented with three stallions at the 2025 Westphalian main licensing, two from its own breeding program and one that was raised in Nideggen. All three received a positive approval, one a premium.

The FN breeding value assessment 2025 shows: Caressini, born at Gestüt Gut Neuenhof, has once again proven himself in show jumper breeding.

The German Equestrian Federation (FN) has published the new breeding value estimates. Escolar continues to lead the field in show jumping and is also among the top one percent of all active dressage sires in Germany in the other two disciplines.

As part of the Hanoverian Stallion Days, breeders of particularly successful Hanoverian sport horses were honored for the first time. One of the first recipients of the “Madeleine Winter Schulze Prize” is Harald Thelker, breeder of the Para European Championship medal winner Escari by Escolar.

The 2025 Bundeschampionate is history – one that the Gut Neuenhof stallions helped to write.

On Sunday, Bentheim NRW secured the red and white sash of the Westphalian Champion for the second time in his young career at the Westphalian Week in Münster-Handorf.

The great influence of the Gut Neuenhof stamp stallion Escolar on dressage horse breeding in recent years could be seen once again at the Westfalen-Woche.