Busy 3 days of dressage and jumping

Koning Albert is on such great form at the moment (long may it stay)😬Having spent Thursday and Friday at the British Dressage Winter Regionals and taking two top 4 placings, he has a quick tack and rider change 🧥 and gets his showjumping head on 🤠 Off to Arena UK we go on the Sunday for him to compete in the 1m30 Open class. With more fabulous ridi...

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A very enjoyable Stallion Show

We were very excited to take Koning Albert to the British Breeding Stallion Show held at Addington Manor Equestrian Centre, Buckinghamshire on Saturday 10th February, 2024. It is a fabulous opportunity for people to see many stallions in the same place and be able to meet them and their Teams in the stables. The people at these events are so friend...

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First Elementary Test for Koning Albert

Koning Albert took 3 of his Team to Bishop Burton for his first go at Elementary level dressage. The weather wasn't pleasant and us lower level mortals had to do their tests outside. The arena boards were held down with sandbags and were still flapping and the rain seeped in everywhere ☔ Berti was a little full of himself as it's quite hard in the ...

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Perfect results at first BS show of 2024

We are all very happy getting Berti out for his first BS show.  Another nice DC in the Fox class gives him his qualifier for the second rounds and a great steady DC in the 1m25, gets us back into the swing for 2024. Superbly ridden as ever by Dani Johnston, who rode many DC's on other horses throughout the day, winning the Fox with Elton John ...

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Productive first outing for 2024

A very excited Berti and his team of minions travelled to Manor Grange Stud for his first Dressage outing of 2024, and his first tests since August last year 😮 With Storm Jocelyn on its way, it was already a bit blustery and very wet, but Berti was keen to get on with the job 🙄 After a quick unscheduled piaffe in the car park, Ellie Roberts cracked...

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British Breeding Stallion Event 2024

We are delighted to announce that Koning Sport Horses will be attending the Stallion Event being held at Addington Manor Equestrian Centre, Buckinghamshire on Saturday 10th February, 2024. The full list of Stallions attending will be announced in mid January by British Breeding  https://british-breeding.com/stallion-event Gates will open at 9a...

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Koning Albert... the video

Koning Sport Horses have been working with the wonderful Harry Sykes Equestrian Videography and Marketing to produce this stunning video of Berti. Beautifully produced and ridden in this video by Dani Johnston, and also produced up through the levels in dressage by Ellie Roberts, we couldn't be happier with the results. It is such a pleasure workin...

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LONDON INTERNATIONAL HORSE SHOW CHAMPION

To say we are proud of this horse is an understatement. It was a perfect end to 2021. Bermudez BDA made the long journey to the London International Horse Show to compete in the Services Jumping Championships. We had lent him to PS Charlotte Lee of Dorset Police whose own horse was sadly injured and was therefore unable to help her in her drea...

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Qualified for Blue Chip

Very happy for Dani Johnston and Koning Albert competing this weekend at the Winter Classic Show held at Arena UK. On Saturday in a class of 90, Albert and Dani produced a lovely double clear in the Blue Chip Karma. Fabulous for Dani as all 3 of her rides were in the top 15. On Sunday Albert and Dani produced yet another double clear and qualified ...

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A hard post to write

They say time is a great healer and we're sure that given more time we will become more comfortable with letting Bermudez BDA go to a new home, but it's still a hard choice and talking about it is only just becoming easier. Bermudez BDA (Billy) has been for us the most wonderful and really unique horse that anyone could have wished to own. His life...

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Second Life Approval given to Koning Albert

Team Koning Sport Horses travelled to Ponderosa Stud, in Coventry at the weekend for the Breeders Elite Stallion Grading Day. First of all, vettings and xray submissions were done and accepted. Then, all the stallions were examined by a panel of judges and then walked and trotted up. The younger stallions went first and these were loose jumped in a...

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Bob around the 1.30 at Arena UK Spooktacular

We took Koning Albert for a quick round at Arena UK's Spooktacular show on the Sunday for a run around the National 1.30m/1.40m Open Handicap 🚀 We were all so pleased with him, he hasn't competed for a month and to come straight in at 1m30 was testament to his abilties and Dani Johnston's great riding. It was just a shame that the tradestand people...

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Koning Albert parades at Burghley Horse Trials

Koning Albert really enjoyed his day at the Defender Burghley Horse Trials as one of only 10 stallions chosen to take part in the Stallion Parade. It was also lovely that all of Team Koning Sport Horses were present, with Dani Johnston piloting for the day, Ellie Roberts and Jill Williams assisting and Dave Williams in charge of filming and dog sit...

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GREAT SUCCESS AT HARROGATE

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Koning Albert and his 2 stable mates travelled to Harrogate for some junior and senior Showjumping.Koning Albert did some super rounds in the Newcomers and 1m15 Members Cup, coming 3rd and 2nd respectively. He will soon have a holiday as he's deserved one 🏖️

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KONING ALBERT TAKES A WIN AT WILLOW BANKS

Koning Albert and Bermudez BDA competed today in the 1m10 Open at Willow Banks in their friendly competition. Bermudez BDA posted a lovely stylish round but sadly had a pole. Koning Albert came in last to go and after a fast accurate round, took the class.

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FIRST CROSS COUNTRY AT 1M

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Both Koning Albert and Bermudez BDA had a very successful day at Epworth Equestrian Centres Showcross competition. They both posted lovely clear rounds in the showjumping and made the Cross Country look easy also with clear rounds. Taking 1st and 2nd place couldn't have been a better result for them 

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GREAT TIME AT THE FORCES EQUINE GAMES

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Bermudez BDA and Koning Albert attended the Forces Equine Games at Arena UK, held over 2 days. It was a great show with both boys picking up many placings and the best news is that Bermudez BDA qualified for the Services Jumping at Olympia 2021 with Sergeant Charlotte Lee, to whom we had lent him. Koning Albert narrowly missed qualifying but gave W...

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WELCOMING 247 CLOTHING DIRECT AS SUPPORTERS

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We are so excited to announce that 247 Clothing Direct now have Daisy Williams as a supported rider. We have been buying all our embroidery and printing from them for a while and couldn't be happier with the results. Their service and attention to detail is second to none. We look forward to this opportunity to showcase their work.

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NSEA HICKSTEAD ELITE CHAMPIONSHIPS

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After a week's training and competing with BDA Equestrian , we travelled down to represent Caistor Grammar School in the heavily contested NSEA Hickstead Elite Final. Koning Albert Stallion 🖤 - the youngest horse in the competition, was first to go, and posted a lovely double clear, taking an amazing 5th place in the horse section and 8th overall i...

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EARLY START FOR WESTON LAWNS

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Koning Albert and Bermudez BDA had an early start to get to Weston Lawns for some rounds of jumping. The weather was unbelievably hot and they both did so well considering.Bermudez produced a lovely double clear in the 1m10 open and rolled a pole in the Foxhunter. Albert sadly had a pole in the Newcomers and Foxhunter. They are jumping out of their...

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