Today we received the news from the KWPN that Bubalu VDL is now Recognized for KWPN Breeding. Bubalu VDL is very successful in sport with his rider Jur Vrieling
Just recently, they won the Dutch Championships in Mierlo and they have had several good placings at international level, they are doing well in Nation Cups and were recently 6th in the Grand Prix of Rome.
Bubalu VDL's sire Baloubet du Rouet won the individual gold medal in the Athens Olympics and swept the World Cup Final three times. His offspring also compete at the highest level. Bubalu VDL's dam is the Nimmerdor daughter Zancara, a keur preferent prestatie mare. In addition to Bubalu VDL, she produced the KWPN stallions Great Pleasure (s.Grannus) and Montreal (s.Indoctro), as well as the Grand Prix jumper Pessoa VDL (s.Animo). Bubalu VDL's granddam is the keur preferent prestatie mare Shoraya (s.Ladykiller xx). She is also dam to N-Aldato (s.Nimmerdor), who was a Grand Prix show jumper under Emile Hendrix. Other decedents of the immediate dam-line include the KWPN stallions Highline and Azteca VDL.
Bubalu VDL meets KWPN radiographic and respiratory requirements. His jumping index is 159 with 43% reliability.