Grand Prize for the Shamrocklake Royal Heart-Beat Breeding Group

Section A studbook stallion Shamrocklake Royal Heart-Beat, along with some of his offspring, won the Breeding Group Championship on Saturday, August 17, 2019, in Kootwijk. Second place went to the breeding group of the Welsh B mare Astrid (by Linde Hoeve’s Sebastiaan) from Hammers, and third place went to Elzinga’s NWR studbook stallion Jonker’s Jayden and his offspring.

The top three breeding groups received a generous cash prize. In addition, judges Marc and Anita Aerts of the Voermanhof Stud in Belgium presented the champion of the breeding groups with a beautiful ribbon.

Six wonderful groups

A total of six beautiful breeding groups were presented. In Section A, the breeding group of the stallion Dargale Bo-Jangles, owned by Epema, took second place. Second place in Section B went to Vosco’s Justi-Ann, owned by Mol, with her offspring

Shamrocklake Royal Heart-Beat, bred by Henri Leeuwenhaag, was born in 2007. His sire is Springbourne Charmer, and his dam is the Crown-awarded, Preferent-rated Shamrocklake Silk Hortensia (Ceulan Cariadog x Synod Hello). In 2007, he was named Champion Foal at the Regional Inspection in Tolbert. In 2013, the chestnut was approved for breeding at the NWPCS Central Stallion Inspection.

Shamrocklake Royal Heart-Beat presented a beautiful, uniform group of well-proportioned and racy offspring.