About Van Vivaldi 1286
Van Vivaldi – the stallion with elasticity, softness, mobility, self-carriage, lightness, and conformation that suits most Swedish mares.
Van Vivaldi has now been upgraded to breeding value class A.
Van Vivaldi was approved in 2012 in Münster-Hahndorf as the first reserve champion and won the Swedish stallion performance test for dressage stallions in 2014.
He was considered a highly expressive and elegant stallion of modern type, praised for his excellent movement mechanics and balance, as well as his lightness. Van Vivaldi showed himself to be uphill-built and very refined in all gaits.
His walk was assessed as active, clear, supple, and ground-covering.
The trot is light, uphill, elastic, and has excellent mechanics.
The canter is very light, active, rhythmic, highly uphill, and elastic, maintaining its lightness even on a longer rein.
Van Vivaldi is particularly well-suited to a variety of mare types, as he improves lightness in both conformation and movement. He also passes on uphill movement, reactivity, self-carriage, and charisma.
In 2015, Van Vivaldi participated in the Scandinavian Open finals in Falsterbo, later finishing the season as the best Swedish horse at the World Breeding Championships for five-year-old dressage horses. At the World Championships, he scored as high as 8.76 points.
In 2016, Van Vivaldi competed sparingly due to high demand in breeding. With his welfare in mind, only three starts were made — all resulting in victories over 80%. Van Vivaldi won the Breeders Trophy for six-year-olds with Caroline Darcourt in the saddle, scoring 86.4%.
He received high praise from the judging panel led by Mariette Sanders van Gansewinkel, with comments such as:
“A fantastic horse, all three gaits are very correct. The walk has good overtrack, the trot is powerful and ground-covering. The canter is airborne and very well-balanced.”
For future potential, he was awarded a score of 9.0.
In spring 2018, Van Vivaldi competed successfully in St. Georges, including double victories at Djurgårdens Ridklubb. The pair went on to win up to Intermediaire I.
In June 2019, Van Vivaldi debuted in Intermediaire II with Tinne Vilhelmson Silfvén, winning with 71.17%.
In March, they won their first international Intermediaire A CDI3* with 74.265%, followed by a score of 75.765% in Intermediaire II CDI3*. After the competition break was lifted that summer, they competed in four Intermediaire II tests, earning three wins and one third place.
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