Uptown may not live in the United States, but his owners do, and they couldn’t have been more pleased with the 2006 winner of the KWPN/KNHS Stallion Competition Finals in ‘s-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands.
Kathy Connelly and Al and Judy Guden of Hyperion Farms (Fla.) share the 5-year-old stallion with Toine Hoefs of the Netherlands. Under Peter Minderhoud, Uptown won three of four qualifiers for the KWPN Stallion Competition and couldn’t be caught in the finals.
The Dutch Warmblood will remain in the Netherlands for breeding and competing, but two of his foals should be arriving at Hyperion Farms next spring.
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And Uptown wasn’t the only American-owned horse to impress the Dutch. Wamberto, sired by Hilltop Farm (Md.) and Harmony Sporthorses’ (Colo.) Rosseau, was the 2006 KWPN Licensing Champion.
Wamberto was bred by L. Heida, and Leslie Malone of Harmony Sporthorses decided to buy him after his spectacular showing at ‘s-Hertogenbosch. He’ll remain in the Netherlands in preparation for his stallion performance testing.
Another American went home with a prize after the stallion licensing. Mary Alice Malone of Iron Springs Farm (Pa.) purchased Welcome Sir at the auction. Welcome Sir is the son of Iron Springs Farm’s Sir Sinclair (out of Kissable), and Malone paid $269,000 for him. He too will stay in the Netherlands for his performance testing.
