18. UNITED TOUCH X VAGABOND DE LA POMME

ABOUT THE TALENT

The sire of this embryo is the showjumping phenomenon United Touch S, who goes back via his sire and dam line to Classic Touch, the mare who won individual gold at the Olympic Games in Barcelona. United Touch S is a winner at the highest level. In 2024, he won the 5* 1m60 GP of Wellington, the World Cup classes in Stuttgart and Lyon, and the Nations Cup final in Barcelona. That year, he also participated in the Paris Olympics and ranked third in the 5* Grand Prix of Aachen. A year later, he won individual gold and team bronze at the European Championships in La Coruña. In 2026, he once again achieved one success after another: winner of the World Cup class in Basel, the 5* GP of ‘s-Hertogenbosch and the prestigious Grand Prix of Aachen.

The dam of the embryo, Julia VD Donkhoeve, previously produced Impress-K van ’t Kattenheye Z, with whom Thibeau Spits won team gold at the European Championship in La Coruña and claimed victory in the 5* Grands Prix of Riesenbeck and Fontainebleau. Julia is a granddaughter of the famous 5* Grand Prix and Nations Cup mare Utopia van de Donkhoeve, in turn dam of the outstanding 5* showjumpers Allegro and Farao van de Donkhoeve. Don Juan van de Donkhoeve, with whom Jessica Springsteen won team silver at the Olympic Games in Tokyo, also belongs to this BWP lineage 61.