The Pavo Cup pre-selection is back for a fourth year, taking place during the Festival of Dressage at Hartpury College, Gloucestershire on 10 July 2015. The most prestigious young horse competition in the Netherlands, the Pavo Cup is a competition for talented four and five-year-old dressage horses,.
Together, KWPN and Hartpury Festival of Dressage have organised the Pavo Cup pre-selection giving the opportunity for riders/owners to show off their gifted youngsters to the Pavo Cup judges on home ground, with the best qualifying for the semi-finals, held at the KWPN Championships in Ermelo, the Netherlands.
Horses are evaluated in groups of two as they perform various dressage movements in front of an experienced panel of KWPN judges. Four-year-olds are required to show the walk, trot and canter in both directions, as well as a few strides of medium trot, medium canter and leg yield. Five-year-olds must show the basic gaits, plus extended trot, extended canter and shoulder-in. Horses are judged in their basic gaits, carriage & elasticity, overall impression and functionality & correctness of conformation.
The most successful studbook on the WBFSH rankings, many breeders and riders in the UK have fallen for the charm, rideability and quality of KWPN horses. With Valegro, Uthopia, Totilas, Parzival and Undercover all bred under the KWPN flag, the Pavo Cup pre-selection is a must-see event to catch potential future superstars.
For more information on the competition, including eligibility, requirements and tests, visit the KWPN website.
Picture, courtesy of KWPN, features Dan Greenwood with Jenny Welham's Exige M, winners of last year's Pavo Cup pre-selection
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