For the first time the 'Z-Tour' was organized at domain Zangersheide in Lanaken. Dirk Demeersman went together with our Cicero Z van Paemel and Esperanto van Paemel. For Esperanto it was mainly for learning. He was the first day clear, and got the following days a couple of faults. Cicero jumped during the 6 days all the 1m45 classes and proved that he's in shape by his regularity. Cicero and Dirk gained either a place of honor or a bad luck fault. On Wednesday they immediately managed to qualify for the jump-off, in which they became 9th. On Friday they also stayed faultless, which yielded them an 8th place. In the Grand Prix on Monday they were one of the 12 combinations for the jump-off. Cicero got a fault along the way, but they were nicely placed 7th.

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As a preparation for the outdoor season Dirk Demeersman went with i.a. our Cicero Z van Paemel to Moorsele. The beautiful grey stallion felt great and he gained a 2nd and 3rd place in the 1m40 qualifiers by fluent rounds with short turns.

Jody Bosteels took Gigolo van Paemel and Hawaï van Paemel along to CSI St.-Katelijne-Waver, better known as the 'Groentenjumping'. Hawaï, the full sister of Esperanto, started in dthe classes for six year old horses. The mare stayed clear on the first day, just like the second with also a faultless jump-off. It was the first real jumping for Gigolo after an injury. Therefore he calmy jumped the 1m20 classes, what resulted in some time penalities on the first day. The last day the super jumping BWP approved stallion got a time penalty in the jump-off.

At the BWP stallion approval Kasperato van de Roshoeve was definitely approved after his saddle trial. This powerful and handsome Esperanto son comes from his first foals out of a Lacantus mare.

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In the middle of February the 19th edititon of the five weeks during Sunshine Tour van started. Grand Cru van Paemel (Cicero Z x Silvio I) caught attention under the saddle of Guy Williams. In the classes for 7 year old horses the gelding gained after two clear rounds with a clear jump-off once the victory and another 3rd place. Besides that he also became thrice joint first. In th final the duo was nicely 4th. In that same class Circe vd Smis Z (Cicero Z x Skippy II) stayed thrice double clear with Dimitri Berestov. The five year old Cicero Barelière Z (Cicero Z x Concorde) stayed clear over the three rounds, but got one time penalty under Ismael Garcia Roque the first week. He obviously attracted attention, because in the following weeks, he appeared under the saddle of Manuel Añon. With him he became 10th and stayed once again five times clear, but got a time penalty and twice a fault in the jump-off.

In the Atlantic Tour in Vilamoura the seven year old Grandis van de Lindehoeve (Cicero Z x Heartbreaker), the full brother of our approved Indigo, jumped with Louise Saywell. The past four weeks they were twice 10th and stayed another three times clear.

Next to it there was also the Mediterranean Equestrian Tour in Oliva. There jumped the six year old Hot Topic (Cicero Z x Hattrick) itself in the picture under Nina Fagerström. This combinatieon stayed three times clear at the MET I. Last week at MET II she was faultless and another double clear.

The Toscana Tour in Arezzo started previous week. The six year old Hyakari (Cicero Z x Mont Royal) gained a great 4th place this week with the Italian Matteo Zamana and also jumped clear the next day.

In the PAVO stallion competition Galisco van Paemel (Cicero Z x Feinschnitt I vd Richter) did it excellent! The BWP approved stallion became 2nd in the final rankings with Nick Vrins. He managed to be victorious in Gèsves, became 2nd in 't Overdijk and in the final and was 3rd in 's Gravenwezel. Indigo van de Lindehoeve (Cicero Z x Heartbreaker) jumped also a clear round at the WEN, in 's Gravenwezel and Gèsves.

You can consult the terms and conditions of our six stallions for 2013 below. For Cicero and Esperanto there is only frozen semen available. This year Gigolo is again available with fresh semen, just like Jaguar, Kingston and Indigo.

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Last weekend the annual stallion approval of Studbook Zangersheide took place in Lanaken. 68 stallions were presented, of which 44 three year olds. Our Kingston van Paemel was one of them. The beautiful Numero Uno son by Rendez-Vous van Paemel (Randel Z x Graphit) is the halfbrother of Cicero and Esperanto. Kingston proved to dispose of a lot of power and jumped high above the fences.  He managed to charm the very selective jury, consisting of Paul Schockemöhle, Xavier Laredde and Hans Thormählen. Thus he became one of the eight approved stallions. Kingston will be available at Stal Bosteels.

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Our Zangersheide approved Jaguar van Paemel made its debut this weekend under the saddle. This stunning son of Cicero Z van Paemel by our Sandro mare Sissi left a very good impression after the first heat of the pavo stallion competition. Under the saddle of Jody Bosteels Jaguar attracted attention by showing his power and by jumping a clear round with his beautiful technique. 

The other Cicero son, Galisco van Paemel, also keeps on stepping in the limelight. He already did it great at Mechelen with a second place in the six year old stallion class. The now seven year old Galisco continues the good work and stranded again on a second place after a clear jump-off with Nick Vrins at the BWP hengstengala. This was also his result in 't Overdijk, during the stallion competition where the powerful stallion became second.

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After that the former national foal champion Katega II AC (Esperanto x Graaf Grande) came from the first offspring of our Nonstop son Esperanto van Paemel, comes now the stallion, Kasperato van de Roshoeve who is approved and send through to the third phase of the BWP stallion approval. This beautiful stallion  is an Esperanto bred by de Roshoeve out of the mare Lacata (Lacantus x Pilot). The nice in manner jumping Kasperato, convinced the jury with his powerful, flexible jumps.

Two weeks ago the final of the VSN Trophy was held in the Netherlands, more specific in Lunteren. This trophy for three year old horses is known to be an opportunity to see some young, promising horses. This year the first place went to Elita, a daughter of Cicero Z van Paemel by the Holsteiner mare Calita (v.Cardino). 'Elita is a striking mare who immediately draws attention to her with her blood appearance and outstanding color.  She is now in property of breeder Tony van Santen and Faan Pompen. "She is only three months under the saddle and when you see how quickly she takes it in, that's great. A bloody horse that's super willing to cooperate." said Christel van der Schans, who presented the mare. "She is extremely careful and gives a very good feeling. You never know of course, but I think she can become a very good showjumping horse." Elita received a 9 for print and scope and a 8,7 for her good gallop. She jumps quickly from the ground and seems very careful and has much 'go'.' (J. van Tartwijk, De Paardenkrant, 9/01/2013). Pieter Kersten and Wout Jan van der Schans judged the showjumpers, who were ridden by Wout Jan van der Schans in the final. Pieter Kersten: "Elita is a blood horse to see with a very good gallop, light-footed with a lot of space in the movements but not always easy in the bridle. She has very good reflexes and opens very well on the jump. Has a lot of scope, accelerates good to the front and is a very modern sport horse. With Wout Jan the bridle became better and Wout Jan got a very good feeling on the mare." She began the final with a total score of 42.3 and Kersten and Van der Schans added a 9.5 which made a score of 51,8 at the end. (NRR voor KWPN, kwpn.nl)