Premium stallion, record stallion performance test winner and four-year-old World Champion
"A very nice performance by an extremely talented horse," was the jury's opening comment on Proud James' victory in the four-year-old competition at the World Championships for young dressage horses in Ermelo/NED. The trot is active and with a high degree of swing (8.8), the canter energetically uphill (8.7), the walk in a clear four-beat (8.3), rideability 8.5 and general impression 8.8. With a score of 86.200 percent with Maxi Kira von Platen/GER, victory was his for the taking. Proud James thus confirmed his record stallion performance test victory in the Netherlands, in which he scored 91 points. The walk, trot, canter, rideability and potential were each awarded a 9.0, while the self-carriage and suppleness received a dream score of 10.

Proud James passes on his beautiful type and elegance of movement to his foals.

Proud James is out of the first crop of foals of the stallion Jameson RS2, who came eighth at the World Championships for young dressage horses as a five-year-old and who was again successful in the seven-year-old class in 2021 with Marieke van der Putten/NED. The pair has now achieved international placings in the small tour. Jameson RS2 won his stallion performance test in the Netherlands, as well as the Pavo-Cup and twice the stallion final in s’Hertogenbosch/NED (10 for canter). Several sons from his first crops have been licensed.

When bred to Everdale, his dam elite, prok Cyraniek, already produced the KWPN licensed stallion W-Horseland Inverness/Brecht D'Hoore/NED, who was victorious in international Small Tour in Aachen. Her half sister keur, pref, prest Niniek STV (by Jazz) was placed in Grand Prix and produced the licensed stallion Beukenvallei’s Iconic B (by Bon Bravour), who was placed in Inter I, as well as the two Inter I horses Up Seven and Chopard B (both by OO Seven). Cyraniek’s half brother Omar STV (by Gregor) was successful in 1.30m show jumping competitions.

His dam's sire Johnson has led the WBFSH ranking of the best dressage sires in the world since 2022. He himself was one of the most successful Grand Prix horses of his time with Hans Peter Minderhoud/NED, winning team bronze at the WEG in Caen/FRA in 2014, team gold and individual bronze at the European Championships in Aachen in 2015 and taking ninth place in the individual ranking at the Olympic Games in Rio/BRA in 2016.



From the first crop of foals of the stallion Jameson RS2