Helen Langehanenberg's Grand Prix ride Hollywood Passed Away

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Germany

Helen Langehanenberg has lost her developing Grand Prix horse Hollywood to colic. The horse was 14 years old.

Hollywood was a Hanoverian gelding by Herzensdieb out of Wunsch Dir Was (by Worldly x Laptop x Matcho AA).

He was bred by Americans Louise and the late Doug Leatherdale out of Wunsch Dir Was, which the couple had purchased as a foal at the Verden Elite Foal Auction. Hollywood was born at Jens Meyer's farm in Dorum, Germany

German Start

Hollywood started his competition career in 2013 as a 5-year old in Germany under Steffen Frahm. He competed at local shows in north Germany that year and won the Bundeschampionate qualifier in Elmlohe, but did not go to Warendorf. In 2014 he did just one show.

As Frahm let Jens Meyer's stallion station, where the Leatherdale rear their horses, Philipp Paradiso took over the ride and made his show debut at M-level in August 2016. He rode him until the spring of 2017

Hollywood moved to Helen Langehanenberg's barn where Nico Kapche took over the ride. He first showed the horse in April 2018 at M-level.

Helen and Hollywood

In the autumn of 2018 Langehanenberg took over the reins. In February 2019 the pair rode its first Intermediaire II test in Ankum and in May their first classic Grand Prix level test.

Their international show debut was at the 2019 CDIO Compiegne, but the horse was not very settled there in the Grand Prix work. A month later they rode at the CDI Exloo and their score rose by 5% to 70%.

In the 2020 covid year they did CDN Riesenbeck and the CDI Mariakalnok in May 2020, where they scored 69.891% in the Grand Prix and 67.723% in the Special. It was their last international show together. They last competed nationally in August 2020.

The horse sustained an injury and was not competed in 2021.

Early Demise

Unfortunately, Hollywood did not survive a severe bout of colic.

"After a severe colic and subsequent surgery, the colon stopped working," Jens Meyer explained. "The sudden colic with a twisted colon now dashed our hopes (for Hollywood to make a come back to sport) and with a heavy heart we had to let Hollywood go."

"Hollywood had the potential to be just what his name implied….a star. In training he impressed with outstanding piaffe and passage reprises," Meyer added. "We were hoping to be able to present him at tournaments again next year."