Valentina Truppa has decided to retire her number one Grand Prix horse, the 20-year old Danish warmblood gelding Chablis, from sport. A retirement ceremony will take place in the autumn of 2017 in Verona, Italy.
Chablis is a Danish warmblood gelding bred by Morten Thomsen in Denmark. He is by Castro out of Fauna (by Leonardo II).
Chablis was instrumental in Valentina Truppa's professional dressage career as he took her from young riders to Grand Prix.
The pair won the 2005 and 2006 Young Riders World Cup Final held in Frankfurt, and then went on to win individual gold at the 2006 European Young Riders Championships in Stadl Paura and individual bronze at the 2007 European Young Riders Championships in Nussloch, Germany.
In 2008 Truppa made her debut at international Grand Prix level with him. The pair competed extensively at Grand Prix level from 2008 till 2016. Highlights include winning the world dressage masters at the 2012 CDI Munich and 2015 CDI Vidauban, winning the 2010 and 2014 Italian Grand Prix Championships
For his last competition the 19-year old Chablis went to the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, However the sympathetic chestnut could no longer hide his age nor mileage, barely making it through the horse inspection. He then finished 52nd in the Grand Prix.
Chablis will now be retired from sport and honoured in a special retirement ceremony during a dressage demo held at the the international show jumping competition in Verona, Italy, on 26 - 29 October 2017.
Photos © Astrid Appels
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