Desperados, Hanoverian Stallion of the Year 2016

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The 15-year old Olympic team gold and kur bronze medal winning Desperados FRH has been proclaimed the Hanoverian Stallion of the Year 2016 during the Hanoverian stallion licensing in Verden, Germany, on Saturday 29 October 2016.

Bred by Herbert Schütt, Desperados is by De Niro x Wolkenstein II. He is owned by Gestut Sprehe, which has now won the Hanoverian Stallion fo the Year title two years in a row. Sprehe's Stakkato Gold was the recipient of the honour in 2015.

Under Kristina Bröring-Sprehe, Desperados won team gold and kur bronze at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and is currently the FEI/WBFSH World Dressage Breeding number 1 ranked dressage horse.

Desperados FRH is born on 2 June 2001 at Herbert Schütt's yard in Hemmoor, Germany. Two years later he presented the black colt for licensed, but was rejected. He became the most expensive, non-licensed stallion at auction and sold to Gestut Sprehe at the time. One year later Desperados was licensed at the approval under saddle in November 2004. He also received a premium then. He completed his 70-day performance test in Schlieckau. Desperados went on to win the 2004 Bundeschampionate as a 3-year old and got bronze at the 2005 Bunderschampionate. Trained and competed by Falk Rosenbauer, he moved up to Grand Prix level and won the 2010 Hamburg Dressage Derby. In 2011 Kristina Sprehe took over the ride and they became the Otto Lorke Prize recipients. They won medals at the 2012 London Olympics, 2014 World Equestrian Games and 2013 and 2015 European Championships.

As a breeding stallion Desperados received the Grande Prize in 2012. Desperados' son Destacado won the 2016 Bundeschampionate for 3-year old stallions. Desperados has sired 8 licensed sons so far of which five were Hanoverian premium stallions. Daughter Doris Day was the 2010 Hanoverian Mare Champion and Bundeschampion winner in the 3-year old mare class.

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