Eric Lamaze Is New Rider of Wang Chung m2s

Eric is the reigning Olympic champion, having won the Individual Gold Medal and Team Silver Medal at the 2008 Olympics on the KWPN stallion Hickstead, a grand-son of Morningside Stud's deceased stallion Ekstein. Eric is currently the world's top-ranked international showjumping rider.

Wang Chung m2s (Royal Bravour – ster pref prest Harnita x Ahorn x Erdball xx x Marco Polo) is a 2003 KWPN stallion owned and bred by Morningside Stud. As a 4- and 5-year-old the chestnut stallion was ridden by Eddie Brinkman of the Netherlands and the pair won the Future Stallion Championship at the CSI2* Zwolle show.

From January 2009 until this week Wang Chung m2s was ridden by Felix Hassmann of Germany, who carefully developed the horse and achieved many excellent results including winning five German Grand Prix, winning the Bronze Medal in the German Championat der Landesmeiste, and winning 13 international showjumping classes. Currently Wang Chung m2s is ranked 539 in the world and he is the third most highly ranked 2003 stallion in international showjumping.

“I am very grateful for the excellent job Felix and his team did with Wang Chung,” stated Dr. Thomas Reed, the founder and owner of Morningside Stud. “Felix produced the stallion slowly and with a great deal of care and attention. They developed him from being an inexperienced 6-year-old to being Felix's top-ranked international showjumper and one of the world's best 8-year-old international showjumpers. I could not be happier with the job they did with the stallion.”

The plan is for Eric to take Wang Chung m2s to their first competition in two weeks, the CSIO5* in Barcelona.