A new Grand Prix horse for Patrik Kittel
- 3 juin
- 1 min de lecture
Still with a substantial string of horses, the Swede Patrik Kittel benefits from a "new" Grand Prix horse, not entirely unknown: the Oldenburg stallion Zum Glück; information relayed in recent hours by Eurodressage.
Bred by Ullrich Kasselmann, this son of Zonik & Florestan began his competitive career ridden by German Frederic Wandres in 2017; a year he was the top-priced horse at the PSI sales, for €850,000 from RS2 Dressage stables in the Netherlands. He then joined Robin van Lierop's string of horses, with whom he finished 5th in the 2018 German 5-Year-Old Championship, then 9th in the 6-Year-Old World Championships, and won the German Championship. The Dutchman then competed him in the Small Tour, notably the Nuremberg Burgpokal circuit.
After the young rider's contract with his employer ended, Zum Gluck continued his career with Marieke van der Putten, who entered him in his first Grand Prix in September 2023, scoring 67.391% at the time.
Sold, the stallion returned to competition a few days ago with Patrik Kittel at a national competition organized in Düsseldorf, rewarded with a very promising 77.630%.
