FA Monaco 2014, chestnut gelding. (M.M. Sergio / Princess Odessa). Breeder: Flaxman Arabians. Owner: Lotte Lenaerts. Strain: Not recorded (Secretaria, 1935)
BAPS are delighted to have awarded the 2024 WAHO Trophy to the deserving gelding FA Monaco.
FA Monaco and Lotte Lenaerts
Citation from his owner, Lotte Lenaerts
FA Monaco came to me, Lotte Lenaerts at the age of 3.5 years as a small, fine and very insecure horse. We took it easy for the first 3 years and only participated in DAP competitions. Yearly he would rise one level and at each level he won the title of Belgian Champion twice.
FA Monaco & Lotte competing in dressage
After 3 years we felt it was time to expand and in addition to the DAP competitions (where he continually won Belgian titles), we took part in competitions against other breeds like warmbloods. Here too, we have had the title to our name for 3 years and we now compete at PSG level.
In 2022 we participated in the European Championships in Austria for the first time. He we won the title of Newcomer Champion Classic Pleasure and reserve Newcomer Dressage champion.
FA MOnaco & Lotte in costume
In 2023 we participated in the AIW cup in Denmark, where we won all dressage tests with flying colours and achieved 2nd place in the AIW cup. At the European Championships in 2023 we were crowned European Dressage Champions.
2024 has been our top year. We became double Belgian champions in level 3 at the DAP. Then at the European Championships in Austria we achieved the following results:
- Newcomer champion Arabian native costume
- Master champion dressage
- Vice master champion hunter pleasure
- Master champion classic pleasure
- Vice master champion Arabian native costume
- European champion dressage
- Vice European champion hunter pleasure
FA Monaco & Lotte in a prize giving
To end our season we took part in the All Nations Cup in Aachen, where FA Monaco achieved these fantastic results:
– 1st master dressage
– 1st master hunter pleasure
– 2nd Arabian native costume
1st master classic pleasure
Soon there will be the honouring of the UDR champions, where we will ride among the warmbloods. Here we achieved Champion M10 and Champion PSG.
In the meantime, FA Monaco has grown into a beautiful, self-confident and willing to work horse. FA Monaco is not always the easiest, he is very knowledgeable and loves to play the clown of the stables, but that is precisely why I think he is so great. I cannot be prouder of FA Monaco. We continue to train quietly because FA Monaco still has so much margin and I hope that 2025 will be just as successful.
