Giovanni

Giovanni

2011 16.2h KWPN Stallion

Chippendale / Scandic / Negro Pref

This handsome liver chestnut KWPN 70 day performance test winner brings North American breeders the proven dressage lines of Van Olst’s best stallions. He is a son of Chippendale and grandson of the Olympic stallion Scandic out of a top performance dam line going back to the famous Negro. This noble, very talented stallion can improve the quality of movement for dressage, the canter in specific and temperament.

2014

  • Winner of the KWPN Stallion Performance test with 86 points, scoring 9.5 for canter and 9 for self carriage. The KWPN stallion committee described him as follows:
    “Giovanni is an honest and reliable stallion with a very good temperament. The stallion is very willing to work and is very easy to work with. The walk is clear-cut with good scope. The trot is expressive, has good scope and the hind legs come powerfully under the body. The canter is uphill, very powerful with very good carriage and scope. Giovanni moves with good to very good elasticity and with good to very good self-carriage and balance. As a dressage horse Giovanni is talented to very talented and gives his rider a very good feeling”

2015

  • Giovanni was purchased by Ingrid Malan Ockhuisen as a 4-year-old.
  • The pair performed very well in the PAVO Cup placing 5th overall with an 8 for the walk, 9 for the trot, 9,5 for the canter and 9’s for both harmony between horse and rider and potential as a dressage horse.

2016

  • Giovanni competed at the World Championship for Young Dressage Horses under the South African flag

2017

  • Winner of the first leg of the 2017-2018 KWPN Stallion Competition in Ermelo with 84 points. Judge Sanders praised Giovanni’s engagement from behind in trot and his power in canter. Giovanni also won the third leg of the 2017-2018 KWPN Stallion Competition with 82 points. Although Giovanni was the top scorer, missing the second leg of the qualifiers put him out of contention for the final competition ranking.

2018

  • He made his debut as a 7-year-old in the Small Tour. He competed at the World Championship for Young Dressage Horses in 2018 where he achieved a splendid fifth place in the final with a score of 78.521%.
  • “The powerful and chunky liver chestnut is a powerhouse mover, just like his stable mate Glamourdale and there are many similarities between the two horses. The stallion showed a good collected walk.  The trot had much power and spring.”
    Source: Eurodressage

2019

  • Franka Loos and Giovanni competed at the Dutch Championships in Ermelo in the small tour class. The pair was rewarded 72,69% in the Prix St. Georges and achieved a worthy 4th The duo placed 5th in the musical freestyle and ended 5th overall in the Small Tour final.
  • Giovanni and Franka Loos won the Prix St. Georges in Nispen with 69,04%
  • Giovanni and Franka Loos won the Prix St. Georges in Oud Gastel with 69,85%

2021

  • Giovanni had reached Grand Prix level, but an injury—though rehabilitated—prevented him from competing at the highest levels again.
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Pedigree

Chippendale LORD LEATHERDALE LORD LOXLEY I
FAIRLESS P
TI AMO Elite, Sport-(dres), Prok NEGRO Pref
JOLINDE Ster, Pref, Prestatie
ZARAVA Elite, Pref, Ibop-(dres), Sport-(dres), Prok Scandic SOLOS CAREX
NORALINE Elite, Pref, Prestatie, Sport-(Dres), Prok
TARAVA Elite, Sport-(dres), Prok Negro Pref
NENDYRAVA Elite, Pref, Prestatie, Sport-(dres), Prok

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