New London Olympic Hopeful for Beresford

Australian Olympic and WEG team rider Hayley Beresford's sponsor has acquired the 2001 born Oldenburg licensed stallion Sun and Fun as a new London Olympic hopeful.

Sun and Fun (pictured) is an Oldenburg stallion by Sunny Boy out of Anna Karinina (by Azarro x Löwen As). He was bred and owned by Heinz-Dieter Blumhoff. At the Stallion Performance Test he was praised for his trot and canter. His walk scored 8.5 and his rideability 8.0. For character and willingness to work he received scores ranging from 8.0 to 9.0. Sun and Fun was previously trained and competed by the 30-year old Finnish Grand Prix rider Ville Palomäki.

Beresford has recently relocated from Switzerland back to Germany and has formed a partnership with the Elmerhaus family and based herself at Zuchthof Schmidt in Lippetal-Lippborg. She also got the rides on their stallions Furst Grandios and Blickpunkt while her Olympic and WEG Grand Prix horse Relampago do Retiro sustained an injury at the WEG in Kentucky but continues to make progress in his recovery and will hopefully be back in work in February next year. The dark bay Lusitano stallion, owned by Eduardo Fisher, is currently at his owner's place in Brazil to breed.

Source: eurodressage.com