Bella Vittoria, our 2006 Facet filly born June 12 out of Pik's Promise (Pik's Pride/Top of Class/Der Radetzky) was presented. Pik's Promise is branded Rheinland-Pfalz-Saar, but received a First Premium from the KWPN/NA, and after successfully completing her PROK, was recently entered into the Main Mare Book and received the Ster and PROK predicates. She will be eligible for the Keur and Elite predicates after completion of the performance requirements. Bella Vittoria showed the makings of an elastic uphill trot from the start. The KWPN/NA inspectors (Jacques Verkerk, Faith Fessenden and Lana Sneddon) gave Vittoria praise for her movement and conformation, but stopped short of awarding her a First Premium because she (not unexpectedly) was small and under-muscled for her age, due to her birth roughly 3 weeks prior to her due date.
After the inspections were completed, Facet wowed the spectators with an Exhibition Freestyle performance, ridden by Birthe Laufer, while Jacques Verkerk reviewed his breeding and contribution to dressage and to the KWPN bloodlines, followed by a barbecue catered by Jennifer Hoffmanns' parents.
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