22 June '26
Harmonie LN Z and For Kieni SL Z win the 2026 Dutch Zangersheide Foal Championship
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Zangersheide Foal Championship / Z-Festival
Harmonie LN Z
Last Saturday, for the second time, the Exloo Equestrian Centre hosted the Dutch Zangersheide Foal Championship. As the first foal championship of the season, the event once again brought together a diverse field of participants, featuring both offspring of established stallions and foals by up-and-coming sires. Under the watchful eye of the experienced judges Heinz Meyer and Antonius Schulze-Averdiek, the participants were assessed on five key criteria: conformation, movement, type, overall impression and dam line.
Filly foals
The filly foals were the first to go into the ring at 10.00 am to kick off this 2026 Dutch Zangersheide Foal Championship. It was Harmonie LN Z who made the greatest impression on the judges. This home-bred filly by Louise Nyberg is a daughter of Heartbreaker out of the Cardento mare Juloo Castanoo, who herself competed at 1.45m level with the Belgian rider Pieter Kenis. Juloo Castanoo is also well known as the dam of Steely Dan (Hardrock Z), one of Henrik von Eckermann’s Grand Prix horses.
Second place in this series went to Ella B Z, a filly from Jurjan Bloem’s stud. Ella B Z is by Excelsior Optimus Z and is out of a daughter of Dourkhan Hero Z. Her granddam, Maya W, traces back to the mare Morfine de Muze (Elvis Ter Putte) and is therefore a half-sister to the grey stallion Qnokke de Muze, who competed at 1.60m level under the saddle of the Belgian rider Nicola Philippaerts.
The jury awarded third place to Colette Z, a breeding product of Frank Emaus. Colette Z is a daughter of HH Conrad Z out of a daughter of Jaguar van Paemel. Her granddam is the mare Quiris du Charmoie (Heartbreaker), who herself competed at 1.50m level under the saddle of the Belgian rider Jody Bosteels.
Colt foals
After the filly foals, it was the turn of the colt foals to show what they were made of. Victory went to For Kieni SL Z, a son of For Chacco and Regino, bred by the Snoek-Leyten family. His dam, Myrtum Kieni, is also a half-sister to the mare Isaltum Kieni (Biscayo), who competes at 1.50m level with the Slovenian rider Bronislav Chudyba.
Second place went to Carson Field Z, a breeding product of the Koerhuis family at Fiel Horse Breeding. This son of Comme Il Faut and Bamako de Muze is out of the mare Balenciaga Pommex Z, a direct daughter of the Grand Prix mare Jeunesse van ’t Paradijs (Emerald). Jeunesse is also known as the dam of the international sport horses Sea Coast Monalisa van ’t Paradijs (Bamako de Muze), owned by Gudrun Patteet, Quaresma van ’t Paradijs (Bamako de Muze) owned by Daniel Deusser, and Replay van ’t Paradijs (Bamako de Muze) owned by Kendra Claricia Brinkop.
Third place in this series went to Ji-Carlo CFH Z, a son of J-Nius V.V. Z and Warrant. This colt, bred by A.H.J. Beumer, is a half-brother to the grey gelding Jack White (Casco), who enjoyed success at 1.50m level under the saddle of the Mexican rider Luis Alejandro Plascencia.
