Wendy | Wendy

چهار نعل: Wendy | Wendy

Amid the morning mist of Europe’s arenas, a black mare named Wendy walks, as if she had stepped out of a Danish dream; a horse that was born in 2014 in Denmark…

Wendy was born in 2014 in Denmark at Kurt Gosmer’s farm, out of a sire named Sezuan and a dam named Skovens Vanilla, who herself was by Blue Hors Soprano. She was not yet three years old when she was selected as the golden mare, or Brilliantring, at the Danish Warmblood Elite Mare Show in Vilhelmsborg; the first clear sign of the exceptional quality hidden within her.

At the age of five, in 2019, Wendy won bronze at the World Championships for Young Horses in Ermelo and shortly afterward became champion at the Danish Warmblood Young Horse Championships with a score of 974.000; a number that remained in the memory of the dressage world for years. These years turned Wendy from a young talent into a horse that drew everyone’s attention.

Wendy’s path later led her into the ownership of Château de Fontaine; an entity formed with the involvement of Madeleine Winter-Schulze, the long-standing German supporter and owner of dressage horses, and it was this connection that added the suffix “de Fontaine” to Wendy’s name. Her early development took place under Danish circles associated with Andreas Helgstrand and Helgstrand Dressage, before a new chapter in her life began.

In January 2024, Isabell Werth — the eight-time Olympic champion and the most decorated Olympic rider in history — took the reins of Wendy. This new pairing quickly flourished; just a few months later, in the summer of that same year, the two won the Grand Prix Freestyle at CHIO Aachen at CDIO5* level, paving the way for a historic appearance at the Olympic Games.

At Paris 2024, Wendy and Isabell Werth were the backbone of Germany’s dressage team; with a score of 79.894% in the Grand Prix Special, they posted the highest score of the opening round and, alongside their teammates, won the team gold medal. Four days later, in the individual Grand Prix Freestyle final, the ten-year-old mare whom the media had called “the surprise sensation of the Games” delivered a memorable performance and a personal-best score of 89.614% to claim the individual silver medal; a performance that, with Isabell Werth singing along to “Stumblin' In” and a reworked version of “Mandy” called “Oh, Wendy,” became one of the enduring images of Paris 2024. This was Werth’s fourteenth Olympic medal.

Wendy’s brilliance continued after Paris as well: she and Isabell Werth rose to the top of the FEI world rankings later that same year, won another team gold for Germany at the 2025 European Dressage Championships in Crozet, France, and in the summer of 2026, at the CDIO5*-NC Hagen, set a new personal best of 82.426% to win the Grand Prix Special at the FEI Nations Cup; only a few weeks before appearing on Germany’s team lineup for the 2026 World Championships in Aachen.

Wendy’s legacy is not limited to the competition arena. Alongside her competitive career, she has also been an influential broodmare and has produced eight foals, among them Sénégal de Fontaine, who is recognized as a licensed and approved stallion; a sign that Wendy has secured a lasting place in Danish Warmblood breeding not only as a champion, but also as a highly influential mother.

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