FORMER international event rider Ella Boyle has announced the acquisition of two dressage horses, both of whom are also licensed stallions and have already joined her at her Hillsborough base, Glebe Equine. Hexagon’s Kaygo is an 11-year-old KWPN by Capri Sonne Jr, who was bred by the late Leunus van Lieren and trained to Grand Prix by Stal Hexagon’s Thamar Zwiestra. He was approved by the KWPN in 2018 and has sired 60 foals registered with them, two of which are licensed stallions. Pontiac VDT is a six-year-old KWPN by the Totilas son Total US. Despite having passed his licensing, he has not competed yet, and was most recently in training with Dutch team rider Diederick van Silfout.

Boyle sourced these horses through the Dutch-based agent Gina Falcone Haden. “I got a plan together and headed over to Holland, met Gina and tried around 30 horses. The plan was definitely not to buy two horses, and it wasn’t to buy a stallion either, but I couldn’t leave these two behind. I hope that I can learn a lot from Kaygo to put into the development of Pontiac, and I think running them alongside each other should help a lot with my riding.”