Thirty stallions have been Registered, Licensed or Approved by the AES Studbook on the main stallion approval in Schijndel on Monday April, 13. The athletic chestnut Diego Maradonna 111 Z (Der Senaat 111 x Action Breaker) was chosen champion. He was presented by De Roshoeve, but owned by the breeders Harrie Theeuwes and Peter Van Santvoort. His full brother De Flor 111 Z was one of the champions during the winter stallion competition in Belgium. Elected as reserve champion was Mosito vh Hellehof (Elvis ter Putte x Nabab de Rêve) of Joris De Brabander. Also the nice modelled stallion Horado V (Eldorado vd Zeshoek x Chellano Z) of Team Nijhof was one of the three decorated three-year-olds. Three jumpers were fully approved after a nice presentation under the saddle. First of all Citizen Kan EBH (Canturo), owned by breeder Frank Kok, turned out to be the most impressive. Also the grey four-year-old Goedhart (Quasimodo vd Molendreef x Clinton) impressed and got Approved. The Untouchable son Diesel was approved, because he proved to be very competitive. Of six dressage stallions, two were Approved: Giano (Lord of Loxley x Sandro Hit) of Björn van Kessel and de Ijzeren Man, and Fribourg W (Lord of Loxley x Ferro) of Johan Lokhorst. The Licensed dressage stallions were Berreaux (Bordeaux x Ferro) of W-Stables from Wuustwezel and Sacandro (Sarkozy x Fürst Heinrich) of De Dinkel Hoeve. Also two pony stallions have been Licensed: Quidam’s Drum vh Juxschot (Eternity vd N. Ranch x Kantje’s Armando) and Merlijn vd Bisschop (Flipper d’Elle x Nabab de Rêve). This last pony was bred as a horse, out of the damline that has produced Cella (Ben Maher).