Trakehner Grand Prix Horse Brancusi TSF Moves to Austria

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Germany

Brancusi, a Trakehner gelding who has briefly been competed internationally by Beatrice Hoffrogge, has moved to Austria. The bay gelding will continue his sport career under Austrian team rider Florian Bacher.

Brancusi is a 14-year old Trakehner by Kaiserdom out of Baranya (by Cupric xx x Consul x Anduc). He is bred and owned by Roland Mittermayer.

Monika Mittermayer

The bay gelding was first competed by Monika Mittermayer as a 3-year old in 2012. They won the Trakehner Championships in the 3-year old division that summer.

Monika produced him up the levels, reclaimed the title at the 2013 Trakehner Championships and this time made it to the Bundeschampionate, where they scored silver.

By 2015 she had the gelding at M-level and tried for the German team for the World Young Horse Championships, but were named third reserve. In 2018 she rode him in his first S-level test.

Beatrice Hoffrogge

The ride was handed over to Beatrice Hoffrogge, who debuted Brancusi at S*** level/Medium tour level in August 2019 in Euskirchen. The pair did its first classic Grand Prix test at Hof Bettenrode in July 2020.

Their international show debut at Grand Prix leel followed in September 2020 at the CDI Hagen, where they posted 71.848% in the Grand Prix and 71.064% in the Special. Hagen ended up being the horse's first and only CDI, so far.

Austria

Brancusi has not competed since Hagen in September 2020 and three years later the now 14-year old Trakehner gelding resurfaced in Austria.

Roland Mittermayer has allocated the ride to Austrian team rider Florian Bacher.

"Exciting times ahead," Bacher took to Instagram about his new sports partner. To Eurodressage he explained his plans with Brancusi: "Get to now each other strength work and competitions next year."