Day 3 of the Stallion Show – World Champ Results

The competition for the 2009 world championship began early. Though everything started at 9, the arena was well on its way to being full at 8. They started off with the older stallions. I took a few shots from the “backstage” area and it was definitely like being back stage at a rock concert.

For the actual competition, the classes are broken up by when the stallion were approved. The stallions are judged on their performance tis day and ranked for their class. The top two from each class goes on to the finals. Below are the class rankings.

Class 1: Fully approved (i.e., approved on offspring) up to 12 years old. Note that this group no longer must compete for premies.
1. Sape 381
2. Wobke 403
3. Teeuwis 389
4. Rik 396
5. Tsjalke 397 – inspector said Tsjalke has the best breed type, but just did not perform well in the movements today

Class 2: The brand new stallions, just approved in late 2008
1. Stendert 447
2. Sake 449
3. Norbert 444
4. Olgert 445
5. Pier 448
6. Michiel 442
7. Sjerp 446

Class 3: Stallions approved based on performance (i.e., approved via short test). Note that these stallions are not eligible for the world campionship, so they do not come back.
1. Tsjalf 443
2. Tsjabring 429
3. Tietse 428

Class 4: Stallions approved in 2007
1. Maurus 441
2. Mewes 438
3. Lutger 436
4. Maurits 437
5. Jesse 435
6. Maeije 440

By the way, during a break here, the head of the KFPS (I think Mr. Rosemond) welcomed people by speaking to them in these languages: Dutch, German, English, Spanish and Friesian. And our translator – Anneke, could speak these too. I was impressed, and I also felt horribly ignorant. Like a stupid American.

Class 5: Stallions approved in 2006
1. Jerke 434
2. Loadewyk 431
3. Jense 432
4. Jisse 433
5. Jorn 430

Class 6: Stallions approved in 2005
1. Haitse 425
2. Gjalt 426
3. Harmen 424
4. Hinne 427
5. Felle 422

Class 7: Stallions approved in 2004
1. Eibert 419
2. Arjen 417
3. Dries 421
4. Beintse 418

Class 8: Stallions from 2002-2004 who have been aprroved based on offspring
1. Doaitsen 420
2. Beart 411
3. Aan 416
4. Bente 412
5. Wikke 404
6. Wierd 409
7, Rindert 406
Andries 415 (did not complete. do not know why)

So, the finalists and results:
The group got narrowed down from 14 horses (the top two in each of the classes above) to 8: Doaitsen, Gjalt, Haitse, Jerke, Maurus, Mewes, Stendert, Sape. Then they went down to 4: Doautsen, Gjalt, Maurus and Stendert. Then to two – Champion Maurus and Reserve Doaitsen. There was no doubt about it – Maurus flat out WON the championship. The more the crowd cheered, the better he performed. And the better he performed, the more the crowd cheered.

I am working on video of the final 4 through the end result now. It will take some time on this rinky dinky travel computer. Plus I am really exhausted. I will have lots more tomorrow. I have LOTS of video to process over the next few days/weeks – nearly every stallion. And I plan to take a bunch of Friesland pics tomorrow and the next day.

Time for bed…