DEXTER VAN DE ZEVEN BUNDERS (ET)

ABOUT

Ermitage Kalone (°2014) won the Belgian senior showjumping championship in 2023 in a masterful manner. During the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, he performed outstanding – considering his age – securing an individual 20^th place in the final. A year later, he has gone one step further: he won the 5* GP in Paris, secured the team gold medal, and took individual bronze at the European Championship in La Coruña. Meanwhile, several offspring from his first vintage are performing at international 1m45 level.

This colt is part of an Olympic lineage through his dam. His granddam, Penelope van ’t Merelsnest Z, made her mark with her first offspring: Kantella van ’t Merelsnest has already collected multiple top 10 places in five-star competitions this year. Penelope’s dam, Galanthis-W VH Merelsnest, jumped at 1m45 level and also lived up to high expectations as a broodmare: after all, she produced five horses from the 1m40 circuit or higher, including Martialis van ’t Merelsnest, who achieved international success in the five-star circuit. Galanthis-W’s dam, the sport and broodmare Wendelina van ’t Merelsnest, produced showjumping stars, such as Glasgow-W and Morton van ’t Merelsnest. She is a full sister to Sapphire, the two-time winner of an Olympic team gold medal. 

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Damline

1st dam – Alinde van ‘t Merelsnest Z (2023)

2nd dam – Penelope van ‘t Merelsnest Z (2014)

D – Kantella van ‘t Merelsnest Z (1.50m – Stephanie Macieira BRA)

3rd dam – Galanthis-W VH Merelsnest (2006, 1.45m – Björn Van Bunder BEL)

D – Martialis van ‘t Merelsnest (1.60m – Manuel Gonzalez Dufrane MEX)

D – Antina van ’t Merelsnest Z (1.55m – Antonia Vita Pinardi ITA)

D – Paddington du Royaume (1.50m – Megan McDermott USA)

D – Karlanthis van ‘t Merelsnest (1.45m – Rachel Törnblom FIN)

D – Talis van ’t Merelsnest Z (1.45m – Benjamin Bardyn BEL)

D – Alina van ’t Merelsnest Z (1.35m – Adelaide Lautie FRA)

GD – Night Girl VD Heffinck (1.60m – Mariana Frauches Chaves BRA)

4th dam – Wendelina v’t Merelsnest (1999, 1.50m – Björn Van Bunder BEL, Marc Van Dijck BEL en Yves Vanderhasselt BEL)

D – VDL Glasgow VH Merelsnest (BWP, app AES, Hann, Holst, NRPS, Oldbg, SF – 1.65m – Jur Vrieling NED)

D – Odin van ’t Merelsnest (1.55m – João Victor Castro Aguiar Gomes de Lima BRA)

D – Edjaz van ’t Merelsnest (BWP, app BWP en Z, 1.50m – Ward De Bie BEL)

D – Karaat van ’t Merelsnest (1.50m – Steve Lefevre BEL)

D – Morton v’t Merelsnest (1.50m – Richard Vogel GER)

D – Indi Blue-W VT Merelsnest (1.45m – Jordy Van Massenhove BEL)

D – Quendelin van ’t Merelsnest (1.45m – Thibeau Spits BEL)

D – Koblenz-W van ’t Merelsnest (BWP, app Meckl, 1.45m – Taizo Sugitani JPN)

D – Molvedo van ’t Merelsnest (1.45m – Amal Awadh Ali Saeed Al Muhairi UAE)

D – Perlina van ‘t Merelsnest (1.45m – Glenn Praet BEL)

D – Cupido van ‘t Merelsnest (1.40m)

D – Odina van ’t Merelsnest (1.40m – Millie Allen GBR)

D – Galopin-W van ‘t Merelsnest (1.35m – Franziska Rembeck GER)

D – Serginho van ’t Merelsnest (1.35m – Niklaus Schurtenberger SUI)

GD – Ocean Blue van ‘t Merelsnest (1.50m – Andres Gonzalez Dufrane MEX)

GD – Latina van ‘t Merelsnest (1.50m – Jur Vrieling NED)

GD – Odelina van ’t Merelsnest (1.45m – Dirk Demeersman BEL)

GD – Touline ML Z (1.45m – Victor Mariano Luminatti BRA)

GD – Eliano V’T Merelsnest Z (1.45m – Bart De Bruijn NED)

GD – Noran van ’t Merelsnest (1.45m – Loris Berrittella BEL)

GD – Leena M (1.40m – Paige Cade USA)

GD – Thorin van ’t Merelsnest (1.40m – Andrea Benatti ITA)

GD – Narjis van ’t Merelsnest (1.35m – Frédéric David FRA en Gregory Cyril Perrin FRA)

GD – Napoli van ‘t Merelsnest (BWP, app AES)

GD – Pretty Boy Van De Molenberg (BWP, app Z)

GD – Charlie’s Talent Z (Z, app SF, 1.30m – Corentin Derouet FRA)

GD – I’m Special Sapphire QC Z (Z, app AES)

GD – Ugnius van ’t Merelsnest (BWP, app AES)

GD – Vito van ’t Merelsnest (BWP, app AES)