DUBLIN - Mendoza VDL, the stallion bred in 2017 by the VDL Stud out of the top mare B Dame VDL, finished fantastically third under Harry William Wood (GBR) at the Irish Championships for five-year-olds at the Dublin Horse Show.
Mendoza VDL also won the qualifier for five-year-olds in Mullingar with three clear rounds.
During the KWPN Stallion Selection 2019 / 2020 Mendoza VDL was referred to the second round viewing.
Several offspring of VDL stallions performed well at the Irish Championships for five-year-olds:
| Rank |
Horse |
Rider |
Sire |
Breeder |
| 8 |
Next Question (ISH) |
Tom Hearne (IRE) |
Orestus VDL |
Margaret & Tracey Gallagher (IRE) |
| 10 |
Smalltown Boy IV (ISH) |
Stephen Holland (IRE) |
Goodluck VDL |
Dolores Hughes (IRE) |
| 13 |
ESI Nixon (ISH) |
Gemma Phelan (IRE) |
Dakar VDL |
Ennisnag Stud (IRE) |
In the six-year-old class HK Carrera (ISH) (Carrera VDL) finished seventh under Oisin Aylward (IRE).
Breeder of this horse is also the Ennisnag Stud (IRE).
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