The internationally renowned Trakehner stallion TCN Partout has passed away at age 21. The stallion died in the morning of June 28, 2008, of heart failure while breeding at Stallion Station van Uytert in Heerewaarden, The Netherlands.
Partout was bred by Toni Elsner in Germany and owned by the Trakehner Contact Netherlands' (TCN) Partout Syndicate. The dark bay stallion was by Arogno out of Pedola (Donauwind x Altan).
He was licensed for the Trakehner and Oldenburg society and for Label Dressage France. He produced six licensed offspring with the Trakehner verband: Goodwood, Halbgott, Maserati, Monteverdi, Sarasani, and Seeräuber. One son, Parlando, is licensed with the NRPS society.
The stallion gained international fame as a dressage horse under Anky van Grunsven. They won the 1995 Dutch small tour Championships. He won at shows such as 's Hertogenbosch, Paris, Amsterdam, Berlin, Bremen, Stuttgart and Mechelen. In 1998, he was proclaimed Trakehner Sport Horse of the Year.
His most famous offspring at the moment is the Dutch warmblood mare Nadine, who won team gold at the 2007 European Dressage Championships and who is now member of the 2008 Dutch Olympic team under Hans Peter Minderhoud.
Photos copyrighted: Dirk Caremans
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