Gilly Express DKS Records an Early Win in the Sunshine Tour
Gilly Express DKS (Diamant de Semilly x Baloubet du Rouet) recorded a win during her first week of competition in 2022! What a great start to her work at the Sunshine Tour in beautiful Vejer de la Frontera, Spain.
With Manuel Thiry in the saddle, she lived up to her name at Sunshine Tour in Spain, finishing her 1.20m class for 6 year olds in the 1st place out of 95 starters. Well done Manuel and Gilly!
We wish the two of them and the rest of the Ecurie Gregory Wathelet team more successful and sunny days in Andalucia!
Normandy Horse Show Part 2
Two more DKS "girls" representing us well at the amazing Normandie Horse show today:
1) Hopscotch DKS (Orlando - Clinton) - clear in the morning class in the big ring.
2) Lilly Express DKS (Baloubet du Rouet - Cento; mother of Gilly from my last post) - clear and fast in the BIG 1.35 m speed class. Without looking like she was going fast, she ended 6th out of 81 entries! Thank you Axelle Lagoubie and Romain Bourdoncle.
As a bonus, the foal championship at the same show was won by a foal by Ekano DKS*Semilly.
Normandy Horse Show
The DKS "girls" took care of business at the Normandie Horse Show today!
Ombre de Quidam DKS (Quidam de Revel - Cento) - easy clear in the stout 6-year-old Cycle Classique (up to 1.35 m in height)!
Gilly Express DKS (Diamant de Semilly - Baloubet du Rouet) - clear round in the 4-year-old Cycle Classique. Gilly has now gone 7 for 7 clear rounds in her first competitive season.
Interestingly, both girls are from the same family as Ekano DKS*Semilly. And Gilly's dam, 9-year-old Lilly Express DKS, will be competing later in the week.
MANY, MANY, MANY thanks to Axelle Lagoubie, Amy Graham, Romain Bourdoncle, Emmanuel Bertho, and their terrific teams for doing such wonderful work in producing our horses.
DKS Family at Auvers
Young horses bred by DK Sporthorses competed again last week at Auvers. And again we had three horses that went clear and one that made a few mistakes. We are happy with all of them!
This time, Gilly Express DKS was double clear with Emmanuel Bertho in the saddle, jumping clasess for 4 year old horses.
Ekano DKS Semilly, owned by Richard and Anne-Sophie Levallois and ridden by Alexis Gourdin was double clear again in 6yo qualifications, while Axelle Lagoubie and Ombre de Quidam DKS were clear the first day, but made some mistakes on the second day of competition in the same category.
Forget-Me-Not DKS, owned by William Leparquier, jumped 5yo clasess and went double clear with Jean Hinet in the saddle.
We congratulate to all riders, trainers and owners!
DKS Welcomes Gilly Express DKS!
Dejan Krunic Sporthorses welcomed a new member of the herd today when Gilly Express DKS was born. Both Lilly Express DKS and foal are in good health. Gilly Express DKS, a Diamant de Semilly-Baloubet de Rouet-Cento filly, is one of our most exciting breeding projects. So far she seems very alert and active, and we hope to see fantastic things from her.
