CE D’Acampo’s Joy

CE D’Acampo’s Joy is a homebred filly by CE Jetialo IS out of Jolien MC, by Alexandro P out of a Zichem mare. Her pedigree brings together some particularly interesting Dutch dressage bloodlines, while Joy herself has developed into exactly the sort of individual we value — physically strong and substantial, but with a wonderfully kind, quiet and easy-going temperament.

Joy’s sire, CE Jetialo IS, was one of the stallions used during the earlier development of our breeding programme. He is by the international Grand Prix stallion Apache out of an Edison mare, giving Joy considerable depth of Dutch dressage breeding through her sire.

Apache, by UB40, developed into an international Grand Prix horse with Emmelie Scholtens and represented the Netherlands at the 2018 World Equestrian Games. He subsequently became an important breeding stallion, with his influence continuing through successful offspring. Through Apache, Joy therefore carries the UB40 line that also features elsewhere within our breeding programme.

The dam of CE Jetialo IS was by Edison, adding another branch to his pedigree and giving Jetialo depth beyond his direct Apache sire line. This was important to us when incorporating him into our breeding programme and means Joy carries established Dutch breeding through both sides of her sire’s pedigree.

Joy’s dam, Jolien MC, adds another particularly interesting influence through Alexandro P. By Koss out of a Satelliet mare, Alexandro P comes from traditional Gelderlander breeding but has established a significant reputation within dressage breeding. He has been awarded the KWPN Preferent predicate, recognising the quality and achievements of his offspring.

Alexandro P also demonstrated ridden ability himself, progressing to Z level dressage, but his contribution as a breeding stallion has become particularly significant. His offspring include numerous successful dressage horses, with several progressing to Prix St Georges and Intermediate I level.

Among his best-known offspring is the approved stallion Henkie, ridden by Adelinde Cornelissen. Henkie represented the Netherlands at the World Championships for Young Dressage Horses as a five-, six- and seven-year-old, finishing within the top eight on each occasion. His results provide a particularly good example of Alexandro P’s ability to produce horses capable of succeeding within specialist dressage sport.

Alexandro P is also increasingly interesting as a broodmare sire, with successful sport horses being produced from his daughters. For Joy, having him directly as the sire of Jolien therefore gives considerable strength to her maternal pedigree rather than the performance influence coming predominantly from Jetialo.

Behind Alexandro P sits Koss, while his dam line carries Satelliet, Uriant and Hoogheid, giving him a strongly established Gelderlander maternal family. Joy therefore carries a slightly different branch of Dutch breeding through Jolien than the Apache–UB40 blood found through her sire.

Jolien’s dam is by Zichem, adding another generation to this maternal family and further strengthening the Dutch foundation behind Joy.

Joy therefore combines Apache, UB40 and Edison through CE Jetialo IS with Alexandro P, Koss and Zichem through Jolien MC. It is a pedigree that brings together modern international dressage performance with more traditional Dutch breeding, something we find particularly interesting within her.

As an individual, Joy has always been a physically strong and substantial filly. What makes her particularly likeable, however, is that this strength comes with an exceptionally kind and quiet demeanour. She has an easy nature and has always been a straightforward young horse to have around.

For us, those qualities matter enormously. We want to breed horses with the physical ability and pedigree for sport, but equally horses with the temperament to form enjoyable partnerships with their riders.

Joy has now been sold to a young rider, and we feel her combination of physical strength, quality and naturally kind temperament makes this a particularly lovely match. We are delighted to follow their partnership and look forward to seeing how they develop together in the future.