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Touching videos on Valegro’s retirement
I bet the biggest news for equestrians in 2016 is Valegro’s official retirement from competition. Having won four Olympic gold medals for Britain and loads in top European and world shows with his rider, Charlotte Dujardin, the legendary gelding was decided to be withdrawn from competition at the very peak of his international dressage career. Valegro, a KWPN foaled in the Netherlands in 2002 and shipped to Britain as a three-year-old to Carl Hester’s yard, did not look very promising at the beginning, due to his small height and over-active motion, making Hester unsuccessfully pursue his sale. In the end, Valegro was proven to be a big star, as he…
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Tottilas retires from competition
It is now official that Tottilas is not going to return to dressage championships. His team made the following statement on Facebook, in English and German: “Official statement – Offizielles Statement (für deutsche Version bitte runterscrollen) After the last week and the now circulating speculations about Totilas’ future, we – as a family – would like to take a stand on this matter: How much the international dressage sport owes to this horse is almost impossible to put into words. Never before has a dressage horse moved and thrilled these masses – no matter if horse-enthusiast or not, young or old. As already known from various sources, the examination last…