Swiss showjumper Romain Duguet announced the retirement of one of his top horses yesterday. The fourteen year old SF mare Quorida de Treho (Kannan x Tolbiac des Forets) will start a second life away from the ring. The combination jumped at the heighest level for over five years. In 2013 they started as a part of the Swiss showjumping team in several five star competitions. Soon they competed at the top taking home victory's in the Grand Prix of Saut Hermès in 2015 as well as the CSIO5* in Sankt Gallen. They were crowned two times winner of the Helsinki World Cup in 2015 and 2016 and became a strong part of the Nations Cup Team leading the team to victory in both Lummen (2014) and Sankt Gallen (2015). In 2015 the combination finished third during the European Championships in Aachen, while a year later they took part in the Olympics of Rio. At his facebook page Duguet states: "It is with a lot of emotions that we let her join her new life. Thanks to this fantastic mare we realized our dreams even the wildest. Quorida offered me my first wins in Grand Prix 5* at the Saut Hermès and in the Grand Prix of St Gallen in 2015. In the arena Coco always gave the best of herself as in Helsinki where we won twice the World Cup Grand Prix. Together we have been selected to take part in the most important events of our sport, such as the European Championships in Aachen in 2015, where we finished on the third step of the podium with the Swiss team, the Gothenburg World Cup final and the Olympic Games in Rio in 2016 where we did the individual final.
Swiss showjumper Romain Duguet announced the retirement of one of his top horses yesterday. The fourteen year old SF mare Quorida de Treho (Kannan x Tolbiac des Forets) will start a second life away from the ring. The combination jumped at the heighest level for over five years. In 2013 they started as a part of the Swiss showjumping team in several five star competitions. Soon they competed at the top taking home victory's in the Grand Prix of Saut Hermès in 2015 as well as the CSIO5* in Sankt Gallen. They were crowned two times winner of the Helsinki World Cup in 2015 and 2016 and became a strong part of the Nations Cup Team leading the team to victory in both Lummen (2014) and Sankt Gallen (2015). In 2015 the combination finished third during the European Championships in Aachen, while a year later they took part in the Olympics of Rio. At his facebook page Duguet states: "It is with a lot of emotions that we let her join her new life. Thanks to this fantastic mare we realized our dreams even the wildest. Quorida offered me my first wins in Grand Prix 5* at the Saut Hermès and in the Grand Prix of St Gallen in 2015. In the arena Coco always gave the best of herself as in Helsinki where we won twice the World Cup Grand Prix. Together we have been selected to take part in the most important events of our sport, such as the European Championships in Aachen in 2015, where we finished on the third step of the podium with the Swiss team, the Gothenburg World Cup final and the Olympic Games in Rio in 2016 where we did the individual final.