The Furst Heinrichs dominated the Licensing, as four out of five were licensed. Two made it into the premium ring and they won the Champion and Reserve Champion's title. The Furst Heinrich fledglings were high flyers in Vechta, but they had to compete against two very strong Depardieu representatives.
Sandro Hit was again the sire with the most licensed colts, with six out of eleven getting permission to breed. This year, however, only one Sandro Hit colt made it into the premium ring and that was an unprecedented nadir. The colts in the premium were all of very good quality, but there were numerous average colts that still got licensed despite obvious short comings in movement and conformation.
Nevertheless, the overall impression at the Oldenburg Stallion Licensing was that the quality of the horses was high, their confirmation in general was modern, and their movement mechanism elastic and engaged. His name: Van The Man. The horse has a very solid conformation, elegant and modern but without being too refined. His gaits are outstanding, with a very good walk, and an excellent trot.
Furthermore, this bay can jump, which is not much of a surprise having the Olympic eventing silver medallist Volturno as dam sire. His movements are elastic and he swings through the body. His basic gaits are very impressive and he has the radiance of a champion.
He also went well over the jumps and has a very interesting blood mixture. The licensing champion descends from a highly respected blood line. The colt started his Vechta career as a foal, being sold for 11, euro to the Nordrhine Westfalian area at the Elite Foal Auction. He then carried the name "Frischer Wind," Fresh Breeze.
