Sterrehof’s Opium

After all these years, Sterrehof’s Opium is still our stud’s figurehead. The Westphalian stallion, born in 1996, can boast a long career characterised by willingness to fight, attitude and soundness. His performance at the 2008 Hong Kong Olympic Games was truly a highlight. They had made it to the Dutch selection quite late in the process and surprised everyone by competing for the individual medals right to the last pole, resulting in a magnificent seventh place at the world’s highest level in equestrian sports.

Our KWPN approved stallion continued to make a long career for himself afterwards. From 2009 to 2014, Opium competed at CHIO Aachen six years in a row. At the age of eighteen, he finished fifth in the CHIO Rotterdam Grand Prix. At the start of 2015, nineteen-year-old Opium said goodbye to his audience at Jumping Amsterdam.

2009

• 1e Nations Cup Calgary
• 2e Nations Cup CHIO Aachen
• 3e Grand Prix CHIO Rotterdam
• 3e Nations Cup CHIO Rotterdam

2008

• 2e Grand Prix Dresden
• 3e Nations Cup Barcelona
• 2e Grand Prix Chantilly
• 7e Olympic Games individual, Hong Kong
• 4e Olympische Games team, Hong Kong

2006

• 1e Grand Prix Donauschingen
• 1e Grand Prix München
• 2e Grand Prix Zuidlaren