Zonik Plus

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About - With Justin Verboomen at the reins, Zonik Plus and Justin became the new stars of dressage at the 2025 CHIO Aachen. They came within a fraction of 90% to claim the CDIO5* Grand Prix Freestyle. Justin and the Hanoverian stallion had been competing at Big Tour for only seven months, before being awarded 89.400% with three judges scoring at least 90%, one at 88.275% and the fifth at 86.800. At only 9-years-old Zonik Plus is truly something special, currently ranking 5th on the FEI World Rankings. He is an elegant modern stallion and performs with such natural ability and boast an impressive walk.

Sire - His sire Glock’s Zonik N. O. P., who unites the most influential stallions of the Danish breeding with Zack, Romanov and Don Schufro,  won team silver with Edward Gal/NED at the European Championships in Rotterdam/NED and took eighth and sixth places in the Special and Freestyle. With Zucchero Gold (sport name Zucchero OLD), he sired the current World Champion of young dressage horses and last year‘s German Champion and, with Zum Glück RS2 OLD, the newly crowned German Champion.

Damline - Zonik Plus's dam Heideblume, is the daughter of Trakehner stallion Hohenstein I. In 2002, Hohenstein I was Trakehner Stallion of the Year; he was the Vice-Champion of the 1994 Stallion Performance Test and he went on to compete at the Grand Prix level.

More Details

Chilled/Frozen	Chilled
Stud	E.R.C. De Morette
Approved For	AES KWPN
WFFS Status	Carrier
Studbook	Rhein
Year of Birth	2016
Colour	Black
Height	170cm
% Thoroughbred	26.76

Videos

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