The chestnut Hanoverian licensed stallion Tiamo Trocadero (by Trapper x Darling) has passed away at Ken Borden's Little Bit Farm in Illinois at age 23. The impressive stallion died of natural cause as he was turned out for some exercise.
Bred by Siebert Siers in Germany, Tiamp Trocadero was by Trapper out of Diana (by Darling x Traumgeist xx). The stallion made his mark in the show ring as an international Grand Prix dressage horse for over 10 years, starting his FEI career under Rudolf Zeilinger.
In 1999 Hubertus Schmidt won the German Championships for Professional Dressage Riders in Bad Honnef with the stallion. Afterwards the chestnut was sold to Great Britain and ridden by British Emile Faurie who became the alternate for the British team that competed at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney. In the early 2000s American Karin Offield-Reid acquired the stallion and competed him in the U.S.A. Together they garnered five USDF All-Breeds awards at Prix St. Georges and Intermediare I and won two Regional Championships before successfully moving up to Grand Prix competitions.
"Tiamo was an amazing stallion to get to know, both as a riding horse and as a breeding stallion," said Offield. "He loved to work and had an amazing capacity to please the rider. He was not an easy horse to ride correctly, but I did not care - he was a gifted teacher and when he was brilliant - he was remarkable."
Photo © Terri Miller
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