The only non-Dutch, modern influence, comes in 1992, when the Diana is bred to Rubinstein to produce Kjento’s great grand-dam, Koriana.

The black stallion descends from the Van Os foundation mare, Diana, who was by Doruto (1962 – 1988), the Trakehner imported to Holland in 1964. Kjento was bred by the Van Os family, well-known Dutch breeders, indeed in 2012 they were proclaimed KWPN Breeders of the Year. They are all there – the first French stallion of note, L’Invasion, the most important early Holsteiners, Farn and Amor, the Furioso II son, Purioso, and the first dressage-oriented Trakehner, Doruto. Kjento is solidly Dutch bred with a pedigree that features all the names that have gone into the making of the modern Dutch dressage horse. Kjento followed up his win in the 6yo World Young Dressage Horse Championship at Ermelo in 2021, with a another decisive win in 7yo class at Ermelo in 2022. Christopher Hector looks at the new generation of dressage stallions…Īfter being dominated for so long by a handful of breeding superstars, the world of dressage breeding is under-going a rapid transformation, with an exciting line-up of young stallions, rapidly making a name for themselves… Here’s ten that caught my attention: Kjento Fusionist Despacito Toto Jr Bon Coeur Asgard’s Ibiza Hesselhoej Donkey Boy Morricone I Escamillo Dynamic Dream

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