Showjumping stallion Dallas VDL put down after accident at stallion present

Dallas VDL, the worldwide showjumping sire and former journey of the Netherlands’ Jur Vrieling, has been euthanised following an accident at a stallion present aged 16.

The VDL Stud’s Belgian warmblood had been on the Saint-Lo Sport Stallion Present in Normandy, France (23-25 February).

“On account of an unfortunate accident on the stallion present in St Lo, we needed to put our high stallion Dallas down at this time,” learn a VDL Stud assertion yesterday (25 February).

“He has been out of the game for a number of years and was a preferred stallion at our station. He impressed together with his stunning conformation, his leaping capacity and his nice offspring. We’ll miss this beautiful famous person.”

Dallas was bred by Kenis Frans and was by Douglas, and out of a Heartbreaker mare. He was produced all through his 10-year showjumping profession by Jur and competed at high stage all over the world, together with at Hickstead, Falsterbo, Shanghai and Paris. The pair gained the Falsterbo puissance in 2016, and in 2019 they loved a victory on the London leg of the 2019 International Champions Tour. In addition they had many top-10 locations at 1.50m stage.

Jur stated: “Goodbye, my finest buddy Dallas.

“It has been a pleasure working with a horse like him. He actually was certainly one of a form, among the finest companions within the ring and beloved by everybody on the stables.”

Dallas retired from competitors in 2021 aged 13, and continued with stallion duties. He has many offspring competing internationally at 1.50m stage, together with Poden Farm’s 11-year-old Dacantos who has competed at five-star with Lorenzo De Luca. He additionally has many up and coming younger offspring beginning out of their worldwide careers.

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