A number of sporting achievements can be seen in the maternal line of Hendence VDL. For example, mother Pendence achieved four nines for the jumping components in the mare test and she produced, among others, the International 1.60m jumping horse Dendence VDL (by Cardento), the international 1.45m jumping horse Fall River Blue (by Mr Blue) and the two 1.35 m-jumping horses Cendence VDL (by Lord Z) and our Hendence VDL (by Zapatero VDL). Pendence is also the half-sister of the international 1.40m show jumping horse Broker VDL (s.Hold Up Premier). Further along in the mother’s line is Independence (by Ahorn). She performed at 1.30m and is the half-sister of the international show jumping horses Arkansas (by Acrobat II), Everest (by Nimmerdor) and the KWPN-approved stallion Glennridge (by Wellington).
Zapatero’s mother is the elite and sports mare Manieta, who jumped internationally under the name Brugman’s Princes and became National Champion of 4-year-old show jumping horses. Grandmother is the performance mare Anita, who is, among other things, mother of the international show jumping horse Orlando.
As a 3-year-old, Zapatero was reserve champion of the stallion inspection. As a 4-year-old he became reserve champion of the stallion competition. As a 7-year-old he was a finalist in the VION Cup and 2nd in the final of the Youngster Tour in Geesteren. Under Jessica Kürten, Zapatero won the Grand Prix of the KWPN stallion inspection and the VHO trophy.
They achieved a number of impressive international results, including: 6th GP Ebreichsdorf, 7th in the Salzburg Championat, 8th GP Oliva and 10th in the World Cup qualification Zurich. Under Robert Vos, Zapatero won the Medium Tour final of Wierden, won the CSI de Wolden and finished 7th in the ‘Championat von Kiel’.
Corland comes from the well-known Holsteiner lineage no. 104A, which goes directly back to Retina, who twice won the Hamburg Derby.
Corland himself had an impressive career with W.J. van der Schans. At the European Championships, Corland proved to be among the top in the world. He won both qualifications with the best Nations Cup result and the fastest clear round in the yacht and in the final he came 9th. He also achieved the following results: 2nd GP Rotterdam, 4th GP Oslo and Den Bosch, 5th GP Bordeaux and Maastricht, 6th GP Helsinki, 7th GP Zuidlaren, La Baule and Calgary. He also became Benelux champion in The Hague, 7th in the World Cup of Verona and 2nd in the Sires of the World in Lanaken.
