Pedigree
Carnaval Drum x Tamarin x unknown
Studbook
British Warm-blood Society
Date of birth
25-04-1992
Sex:
Mare
Colour
Chestnut
VDL Groep Spirit
The most impressive achievement in the international jumpingcareer of VDL Groep Spirit is winning the prestigious Derby of Eindhoven in 2001. At that moment she was only 9yr old! With Leopold van Asten she performed very well as an international showjumper.
Her sire is the AES-approved stallion Carnaval Drum, her dam line is unknown. Carnaval Drum is a son of the French stallion Marinier, who was approved by KWPN. The dam of Carnaval Drum is sired by the thoroughbred African Drum xx. Besides Spirit, Carnaval Drum also sired the international showjumper Carnaval Path (ridden by William Whitaker) and he is damsire of the international performing Kirsch (s.Kannan) with Laura Renwick. With her unknown dam line VDL Groep Spirit is a bit of an intruder at Stoeterij Duyselshof, but she seems to be a good broodmare.
Offspring of VDL Groep Spirit, bred by Stoeterij Duyselshof, are:
VDL Groep Casper
VDL Groep Dahlia
VDL Groep Finley
VDL Groep Floris
VDL Groep Fortuna
VDL Groep Farah
VDL Groep Full Blue
VDL Groep Galicia Z
Several of these horses have reached international level.
VDL Groep Spirit passed away in 2017.
| VDL Groep Spirit | Carnaval Drum | Marinier | Juriste | Ultimate xx |
| Eteuse | ||||
| Bienvenue | Un Prince xx | |||
| Tenue | ||||
| Polyantha | African Drum xx | Chanteur II xx | ||
| Madame X xx | ||||
| Iris | Urgent | |||
| Zalwina | ||||
| Tamarin | Unknown | |||
| Unknown | ||||
Next generation
Results
| Result | Concours | Location | Class | Country | Year |
| 1st | CSI-A | Eindhoven | Derby | Netherlands | 2001 |
| 1st | CSI-A | Spangenberg | 1m40 | Germany | 2001 |
| 2nd | CSI-A | Modena | 1m35 | Italy | 2001 |