The Trakehner in Dressage

Ultimo by Heros, black Trakehner gelding and leading German dressage horse in the 1970s. Ridden by Gabriela Grillo, this impressive horse won the team gold medal at the 1976 Olympic games in Bromont/Canada. He finished 4th individually. Additionally, he won the German championships in 1977 and the German Dressage Derby. He also won the team gold medal at the 1978 European Championships as well as the team gold medal at the World Championships in 1978 in Goodwood/GB. In 1980, Ultimo was once more the winner of the German Dressage Derby in Hamburg and the National Championships.

Fabian by Donauwind out of Fawiza by Maharadscha. This stunning grey stallion was owned and ridden by the legendary late Dr. Reiner Klimke. Fabian won his first S-level dressage at age 7 and moved on to Grand Prix in the blink of an eye. Even today, his picture is used when authors try to describe a "perfect piaffe". Fabian was the first Trakehner stallion who was approved for his success in the dressage ring. He later became a great sire and his influence can be seen even today. Interestingly, he was a 3/4 brother to show jumping legend Abdullah!

Hirtentraum by Traumgeist xx out of Herbstgold by Totilas. This once approved stallion turned out to be infertile and was gelded. He became a leading international Grand Prix horse under Germany's Uwe Sauer. Ultimo and Hirtentraum were team companions at several European and World Championships.

Peron TSF by Mahagoni out of Peru II by Cocktail. Bred and raised in Germany, sold to Canada, this bay approved stallion won under American flag. Ridden by Michele Gibson, he returned to Europe and was the shooting star of the European indoor season in 1995. He won the team bronze medal at the 1996 Atanta Olympics and finished 5th individually. He returned to Germany and was soon back winning Grand Prix under his former trainer Rudolf Zeilinger and his young student Katrin von Ehlen. Peron was sold to the South German stud farm Albführen in 1997, where he found a new rider, the Swiss Francoise Cantamessa, who again won at Grand Prix level and qualified with Peron for the European Championships in 1998. When Peron was loaded on the trailer to travel to France for the European Chamionships, a small injury and the resulting shot of antibiotics suddenly and very sadly ended a very special horse's life. He is dearly missed, as he was a true "worldwide" Trakehner.

TCN EH Partout by EH Arogno out of Pedola by Donauwind. This bay, approved elite stallion was bought by the gold medal winner of the Sydney Olympics, the Netherland's Anky van Grunsven, right after his approval as a 2 year old. Partout won several big international Grand Prixs, was a World Cup winner and came back in the spring of 2002 after a year's rest due to an injury. He was retired from his show career at the Neumünster stallion show in 2002. Partout is also tremendously successful in the breeding section. Several sons have been approved so far, among them the 1998 champion stallion EH Monteverdi TSF , who finished 8th at the FEI Young Horse World Championships in 2002 and is now an accomplished international Grand Prix dressage horse under Danish Fie Skarsoe. Partout's sons Masaerati and Halbgott have also reached FEI levels in their dressage careers.

 

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