2022 KWPN-NA Special Awards Please Choose ONE option from each category below Question Title * 1. Please choose one for 2022 KWPN-NA Member of the Year Anna BealKWPN-NA activities: Member since 1997. She has attended most Annual Meetings and keurings since 1997. Anna served on the MC for eight years and has been its Chairman. She coordinates the Silent Auction at the Annual Meetings and is the Chairman of the Stallion Committee. She also helps with our e-News. She promotes the KWPN-NA horse through her own success in the show ring and by sponsoring awards. After serving on the Board of Directors, Anna graciously moved back to the Membership Committee and continues to work tirelessly to help the office and organization. Background: As a rider, Anna has a very diverse background, including hunters, jumpers, eventers, racehorses and dressage (USDF Bronze and Silver medalist). She has received the 2010 Region 7 Gifted Foundation Scholarship. A small breeder, her Capote received the 2008 USDF Reserve Championship for Colts/Geldings for the West Coast Series, and her Willa was the 2009 Southern California Adult Amateur at First Level Champion. Capote was the 2011 KWPN-NA North American Reserve Champion Dressage Liz van Woerden (NL) Liz moved to the USA for 4 years in 2018. There, she started volunteering. She did the sales and PR for several Dutch Warmblood breeders, researched their breeding programs and managed their social media sites. She also did volunteer work for the Royal Dutch Warmblood Studbook of North America (KWPN-NA), writing articles, promoting, translating and giving presentations about the Dutch Warmblood horse. The KWPN-NA then offered her a job in 2020.Being educated in English, and in writing and reviewing articles, it was an easy transition to combining these skills and start working in English. She has been translating relevant information, articles, online posts, and translation for the KWPN and KWPN-NA. She has documented the history of the KWPN-NA – interviewing Jeff Moore and Debbie Harrison. This documentary will be presented at the 2023 KWPN-NA Annual Meeting. Liz has helped organize Webinars and has set up a Youtube site for the KWPN-NA for all our educational events. She has given the KWPN-NA a positive presence on Social Media. She is passionate about the Gelders Horse and is always Promoting the KWPN horse. She has great new ideas and thoughts on how to make the KWPN-NA more successful. She has been a great asset to the KWPN-NA with her smile, charm and energy. Bill and Erin Duffy (MA) Bill is so passionate about harness horses, that he is trying to get more attention for the breed and takes on every opportunity to show them. “There’s limited options to show our horses. Bill is actively trying to get more harness horses sanctioned shows in this country.Bill is just in the beginning stages of getting more shows for harness horses. A lot of our time is taken up just promoting our horses, not even really showing them. We go to the Land Rover Kentucky Three-Day Event, a huge 3 day international event, which is a 16 hours drive. Everyone is always blown away and super impressed with our harness horses, but they feel like they are maybe not for them. A lot of people want an easy amateur horse for driving. The overall level of horsemanship in the Netherlands is higher than here. The KWPN-NA has helped with some of our promotional demonstrations. Bill and Aaron Jay Fisher are working with them now to have some KWPN-NA certified shows. We are just starting this process in hopes to have it going next year. Kathy Hickerson (MA) Kathy has brought amazing KWPN blood to NA. She shares SO much with us average North American breeders and buyers, she shares TOP bloodlines with us and she helps us breed great quality warmbloods by bringing or raising top bloodlines and stallions for the NA market. Many appreciate the time she takes to spend with individuals and she also educates everyone by sharing everything she takes part in - from NA inspections to stallion shows in NL. Nobody is too small / she shares with all and never makes anyone feel they don’t belong. She really deserves to be recognized for her many years of dedication to the KWPN breed . Question Title * 2. Choose ONE Horse for FEI Performance Horse of the Year Geluk HVF (Jazz x Contango): Geluk HVF a North American bred foal finished in the top 5 for Dressage foals in North America for theKWPN, as well as was Champion Young Dressage Horse at his KWPN keuring. Geluk started hiscompetition career in Ocala coming 4 years of age. In 2015 he was presented at the USEA YoungEvent Horse Symposium in Ocala and received high praise from all the judges. He completed his firstseason as a 4yo by finishing 7th at the 2015 Young Event Horse East Coast Championships at Fair Hill,he was 9th nationally and was also the highest place stallion nationally. Since then he has continued toshine in all of his competitive outings. In just his first few years of competing Geluk has had numeroustop place finishes at national and internationally recognized events. Including winning his first CCI*at only 6 years old and finishing 5th in the Nation for Event Stallions in 2017. His super temperament,matched with his exceptional movement, talent for jumping, and consistent performances in all3 phases have made him a force to be reckoned with.From 2017-2018 Geluk ran 10 prelim/CIC/CCI cross-country courses consecutively with zero jump penalties. He is consistently in the top 5 placings after dressage, often number 1, and is quick, careful and scopey in show jumping producing many clear rounds. Presently Geluk is competing at the Intermediate level in three-day eventing, and has completed his first CCI***S. Additionally, he also has wins at USEF recognized Jumper shows jumping at the 1.15 level, as well as wins at USDF competitions at 3rd level. In 2022 Geluk HVF was named USEA Eventing Stallion of the Year! 1st Ocala Winter I HT Open Prelim, 2nd Rocking Horse Winter HT Open Prelim, 2nd Rocking Horse Spring HT Open Intermediate, 1st Stableview Oktoberfest HT Open Prelim. Kendro (Globtrotter x Genderose x Aron Hbc)- Single Horse Combined Driving: Dutch Harness Horse bred by Rocky Ridge Stables of Honey rook Pa. Kendro and Raymond Helmuth began competing together in 2019, and they have partnered for top results as they moved up the levels. The pair won the 2020 USEF Preliminary Single Horse Combined Driving National Championship at the Florida Spring Fling CDE before climbing to the intermediate and advanced level in 2021. In 2022, Kendro and Helmuth won the Advanced Single Horse division at the Florida Spring Fling CDE, were the USEF Advanced Single Horse Combined Driving Reserve National Champions at the Katydid CDE, and finished second in the Kentucky Classic CDE CAI3*-HInternational Results: Kendro and Raymond Helmuth were selected by US Equestrian to represent the Land Rover U.S. Driving Team at the 2022 FEI Driving World Championship for Single Horses hosted in Le Pin-au-Haras, France, from September 15-18, 2022. Messenger VF (Monte Bellini x Nec Plus Ultra MGC Leuze x Darco):Messenger VF was licensed with the KWPN-NA in 2018. After presenting the required offspring and reaching the appropriate level of competition, Messenger was given his five day Character test in Ermelo where he was granted Full approval status with the KWPN and the KWPN-NA.Messenger VF, is a North American bred stallion currently competing successfully at 1.60m in Europe under the training of Ballypatrick Stables with rider Kevin Gallager. 2021: 13th place CSIO3* at Vejer de la Frontera in Spain2022: 12th CSOI3* Grand Prix in Portugal. 8th place CSIO5* Anglesea Stakes in Dublin, Ireland. 13th place CSIO4* in Warsaw, Poland. 9th place CSI3* in Spain. Messenger's offspring are successfully competing in sport and at keurings with the following results: 2022 : Nova VF 3rd and 4th at Season Setup. 2nd place Crooks Showjumping Young Horse Finals. 1st place 4 year old Jumper at Summer Fort Festival. Navigator VF 3rd and 4th in 4 year olds at January Jump Start. 3rd 4 year old jumper at Season Setup. 4th overall in KWPN-NA Keuring Tour for 4 year olds with a score of 76. New York VF 2nd and 3rd in 4 year olds at January Jump Start and Season Setup. Nasvhille VF 2nd and 6th in 4 year olds at Season Setup. 2 1sts in 4 year olds at Fall Festival. 1st in 4 year old regional finals, developing jumper and 1st in 5 year old performance jumper at Winter Welcome. Champion Training Hunter at RMSJ Classic III. Notorious VF dam of highest scoring jumper foal in KWPN-NA Keuring Tour 2022. Maddam VF 4th 1.10m child adult jumper, 1st 5 year old regional final at Winter Welcome. 1st Eclipse Medal Finals, 5th and 4th in 1.0m $20,000 Canadian Championships at Rocky Mountain Showjumping. 2nd place 1.0m Greenhawk Medal Finals, 1st place Eclipse Medal, 1st place in all phases of CET mini medal and overall champion at RMSJ Championships 1. 3rd Greenhawk Jumper Medal, 1st Eclipse Medal, 2nd CET mini medal, 3rd 1.0m jr/am jumper classic, 1st 1.0m 5 year old jumpers RMSJ Classic III. 3rd place 5 year old jumpers at Bow Valley Classic II. 1st Jumper Suitability and Hunter Suitability, 2nd 1.10m Mini Prix at Brandon Royal Winter Fair. Nevertheless VF 2nd Developing 4 year old Jumper RMSJ Rocky Mountain 1. 3rd and 4th 4 year old jumper at Jump for Hope. 2 2nd’s 4 year old jumper at Edmonton classic. 4th place KWPN-NA Keur Macho (Indiana x Unieko) KWPN approved Harness horse stallion Macho (Indiana x Unieko). He finished the performance test in 2020 with the highest scores ever! Macho scored six times a 9.5 and twice a 9. Klaas Buist from Nuis and Harold Dekker from Oosterwolde presented the stallion at the inspection Macho’s first foals arrived in 2021. Suppenkasper (Spielberg x Upanoeska) After starting his career with Germany’s Helen Langehanenberg, Suppenkasper, a.k.a. Mopsie, joined U.S. dressage athlete Steffen Peters’ stable in 2018 and has been one of the country’s top dressage horses ever since.Peters and Mopsie were part of the silver medal-winning U.S. Dressage Team at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, where they also placed in the top 10 in the Grand Prix Special and Grand Prix Freestyle to Music. Their lively freestyle to a medley of electronic dance music brought them a new level of fame to mainstream audiences, with Mopsie earning the moniker “Rave Horse” after being featured in a viral TikTok In 2022, Suppenkasper swept the CDI3* Grand Prix and Grand Prix Special close to home at Desert Dressage III in Thermal and again at the Spring Benefit Show in Temecula, Calif., before traveling to compete in Europe for the summer. They represented the U.S. at the FEI Dressage Nations Cup Germany CDIO5* at CHIO Aachen, then went on to win the CDI4* Grand Prix and Grand Prix Freestyle at Kronberg in July. Gorgeous Latino (Glock's Toto Jr / Rubiquil / Sultan) Gorgeous Latino is a Glock’s Toto Jr. son out of the highly successful “Manda” Grand Prix producing mare line from Stal Hexagon Netherlands. Gorgeous Latino holds a record by earning 95 points during his 4 yr old stallion test in the Netherlands, the highest score ever given to a young stallion in the NRPS Performance Test. After being imported spring 2021 Gorgeous Latino successfully finished his NA Stallion Sport test just months later earning 8.25 overall with a junior rider. He showed in Florida in 2022, with Olympic silver medalist Sabine Schut-Kery. Gorgeous Latino at 6 years old was impressively chill, focused and not fazed by the rearing horses, mares and stallions in the warm up ring with him. His show debut at the Global Dressage Festival 2/20/22 he showed himself to be head and shoulders above his classmates. Ridden by Sabine Schut-Kery, he received 81.89% at 3rd level only to best himself the following week with 83.5%. In March Gorgeous Latino put in a super test for his first FEI 6 year old Qualifier by earning a 87.900% and subsequently a 91.5%. With the highest qualifying scores in the US, Gorgeous Latino was invited, and went on, to represent the USA at the FEI/WBFSH Dressage World Breeding Championships for Young Horses, Ermelo, The Netherlands where he placed 4th in the small final on the world stage. Ermelo was an excellent, positive experience for Gorgeous Latino who is just at the beginning of what is already a fantastic show career for a young stallion. Gorgeous Latino finished the 2022 show season as the highest ranking US FEI and National 6 year old. Question Title * 3. Choose One below for Breeder of the Year Tracy Geller - Six Pound Farm Tracy has been breeding on a small scale since 1998, and has fine tuned her program to focus on producing top quality KWPN horses for the jumping sport. She believes strongly in continued education and improvement of the breeding direction. She has attended several North American Stallion sport testings as well as the Hanoverian Verband Breeders course in Germany. She has bred several 1st premium and Top 5 KWPN foals, and has earned the KWPN NA Bronze Level Breeder award. Her older foals have gone into sport in the Hunters, Jumpers and Eventing disciplines; ridden and enjoyed by professionals and amateurs. 2022 KWPN-NA keuring & Notable Show results:Jumper Mares :Limelight SPF elite IBOP (sp) D-OC - North American ChampionNonpareil SPF keur IBOP (sp) - 4th Place Jumper Mares – 4th Place Nationally USEA 4YO Young Event Horse, Res. Champion 4yr old US Event Horse Futurity and High Point KWPN HorseVatricia keur sport (sp) - 6th Place, TieZ. Empress keur sport (sp) - 6th Place, TieJumper Foals:Smolder SPF - 9th PlaceJumper Yearlings:Reveille SPF- 5th PlaceRoyalty SPF - 3rd Place Stallion Offspring FuturityHunter Foals:Swagger SPF - 3rd PlaceIBOP - JumpingLimelight SPF elite IBOP (sp) D-OC - North American ChampionNonpareil SPF keur IBOP (sp) - 4th PlaceGlobal Equine Sires Cup - 5-8 Year Olds (Jumping)Limelight SPF elite IBOP (sp) D-OC - North American Champion Marie Josee Proulx - Canadream FarmMJ started importing KWPN mares from the Netherlands in 2013 and purchased Canadadream Farm in 2015. In 2018 MJ imported the KWPN stallions Wynton (Jazz/Matador II/Rubenstein I) and Zhivago (Krack C/Jazz/Ulft) from the Netherlands. Canadream Farms fist official KWPN-NA foals hit the ground in 2015, with three earning 1st premium at keurings. In the years since, Proulx has bred numerous top-10 KWPN-NA foals and achieved her Silver Breeder Award. She has also imported the KWPN Stallions Ferdeaux, Tolegro, Knock Out and Charmer. This has benefited North American Breeder with the availiblity of fresh semen from top KWPN bloodlines. Her young horses are just starting to shine in the performance ring.2022 KWPN-NA keuring results:Dressage Studbook & Ster geldingNever Better Dream (Governor x Spielberg) 3rdMust B a Dream (Dream Boy x Spielberg) 5thMasterful Dream (Everdale x Jazz) 8thGelders Studbook & Ster MaresMilena Dream (Negro x Wynton) Reserve ChampionIBOPMust B a Dream (Dream Boy x Spielberg) 6thDG Bar 5-6 yr oldMust B a Dream (Dream Boy x Speilberg) 4thDressage foals / weanlingsSensational Dream (Secret x Toto Jr) Reserve champion and best filly in North America. Jennifer Zauel - Windmill Farms:Windmill Farms is a boutique Midwestern breed farms. Specialized in high quality dressage horses with talent, character, conformation, gaits, temperament and rideability. Windmill Farms is a Bronze Level Breeder Achievement Award from just 25 foals. Windmill Farms offspring are just starting their performance careers. 2022 Keuring results had four of our horses ending up on the KWPN-NA Top Ten list!!Suzette WF (Ibiza X Kosette) top ten foals/weanling - DressageRobeson WF (Secret X Joly Cara) Top ten yearling - DressageParis WF (Secret X Lucille) Top Ten 2 year old DressagePhaediene WF (Franklin x Dieni) Top Ten 2 year old dressageMost meaningful is that these four Top Ten horses represent our four different dam-lines and the contribution of our range of mares. Each dam-line is unique, but all produce beautiful, high-quality babies!! Suzanne Trickey - Bloomington Farm Suzanne’s knowledge of bloodlines, both KWPN and European generally is proven through her breeding program over the generations. A few examples are listed below:2022 Keuring Results: Suzanne had multiple Top 10 horses including Miami Bloom, Mr. Bloom, and Kachouiada Bloom, who was the Reserve Champion of the Jumping IBOP.Kachouiada Bloom: 2015 First Premium, Keuring High Score and 2015 Reserve Champion jumper. Third Place in the GES Cup as a 3 year old in 2018 (tying with the North American Champion with a score of 80.5) and was the North American Jumper Champion. Kachou is an exemplary ambassador of quality KWPN breeding. She has a spirit, common sense and wisdom that far belies her tender years.Norma Jean Bloom: At the 2018 keuring was first premium and won the jumper foal class (79/75).Lady Ada Bloom: In 2016, Lady Ada Bloom was the high score young jumper horse, earning (78/80 and 2nd in the country) and first premium. At the 2019 keuring, she earned her ster and keur eligible predicates. She is leading the 3 year old division of the GES Cup, and was awarded the highest score jumper horse.Exodus Bloom: In 2016, earned his ster predicate. Shelley Campbell - Windbourne FarmShelley's passion and commitment to excellence in breeding is not only documented over the last few decades through the quality of horses she has produced and her participation in the keuring process, but also through her ambassadorship of the breed to future generations of horse people. Dr. Carlos and Karin Jimenez - Sporting Chance FarmDr. Carlos and Karin Jimenez of Sporting Chance Farm have been breeding Dutch Warmbloods for over 25 years. They are Platinum Level Breeders with multiple Elite, Preferent and Prestatie mares in their breeding program that they managed to those prestigious levels themselves. Their horses have gone on to compete at the highest levels in multiple disciplines including hunter, jumper and eventing. Some of their horses competing at the top levels today are:- MONDAY BALOUS /aka Eros SCF Sport (Balou du Rouet X Coriano): #1 YJC 6 Yr Old in the USA then, and now one of the winningest International Hunter Derby Horses in the USA. Owned by Don Stewart and Emil Spadone- CARTE BLANCHE SCF STER: 1.50m GP Horse (Lupicor X Goodtimes Elite Sport) Amanda Starbuck- DULCE DE LECHE SCF Sport: GP Jumper Balou du Rouet X Silvio I Elite Preferent Prestatie) Nathalie Pedley- FORTUNA SCF Sport: 4**** Event Horse (Balou du Rouet X Consul Keur Prestatie) Bobby Meyerhoff - CEST LA VIE SCF SPORT: GP JUMPER (Balou du Rouet X Silvio I Elite Preferent Prestatie) Juan Bolanos- GERONIMO SCF Sport: GP Jumper (Veron VDL X Silvio I Elite Preferent Prestatie) Diane Halpin- HEART THROB SCF: NATIONAL CHAMPION USDF (Jazz X Krack C X Silvio I Elite Preferent Prestatie) Elizabeth Charpentier Alwein - CHAUVINETTE SCF: USDF and Regional Dressage Champion REGIONAL JR CHAMPIONSHIP 2020 Rider: Megan Tursi, Owner: Shanna Pace- KANABISA SCF: Competing up to 1.05M- LOVE CHILD SCF Elite, IBOP, D-OC Question Title * 4. Type your full name to submit vote Done
