The famous person showjumping stallion and sire Je T’aime Flamenco has been put down elderly 24 after a cheerful retirement from pageant.
Stallion AI Services and products, the place “Doug” had stood since 2006, mentioned he “passed on to the great beyond peacefully” on Thursday (27 June) after a brief sickness.
A spokesperson for Stallion AI mentioned it were an “emotional good-bye” to the “loveable stallion with cheeky allure”.
The son of Flamenco De Semilly was once bred in Belgium via Michel Spaas and imported via Pennie Cornish as a five-year-old. He was once purchased for Irish Olympic rider Billy Twomey via the past due Eddie and Sue Davies, and become a celebrity.
“He was once all the time extraordinarily proficient; even if I first attempted him, I assumed he was once a grand prix horse within the making,” Billy instructed H&H. “From the instant I were given off, I used to be considering he may well be one thing particular.”
The pair have been positioned within the six- and seven-year-old championships at Horse of the 12 months Display (HOYS), and received the HOYS grand prix when Doug was once 8 – Billy described him as a “transparent spherical device”, who went directly to win seven global grands prix ahead of his retirement in 2013.
“He had all of the attributes; he was once cautious, scopey and really speedy,” Billy mentioned. “He was once extraordinarily courageous; now not a horse who began spooky or taking a look on the water, he was once very simple. He had a bent from time to time to leap an excessive amount of ahead however that was once the one factor that had to be progressed. Within the ring – indoor or out of doors, grass or sand – he was once all the time the similar.”
Billy mentioned Doug was once all the time a excitement to handle at the flooring; by no means tricky, and a horse whom someone may just take care of.
Doug’s host of top-class offspring comprises horses who’ve jumped in Countries Cups and at the International Champions Excursion. His sons Kimba Flamenco received the Liverpool grand prix with Billy, and Fellow Castlefield helped Australia qualify for the Paris Olympics.
“Being such a very simple horse, he often starred because the demo stallion in Stallion AI Services and products’ well-known webinars and was once the primary stallion to ever be proven doing a set live to tell the tale Fb streaming,” a spokesperson for Stallion AI Services and products mentioned. “He was once a loveable stallion with a cheeky allure and was once recognized to pop his head across the door of the administrative center for a sneaky deal with on his method to the paddock.
“Our ideas are along with his proprietor Janette Chinn and the fantastic individuals who have cherished and cared for him all through his existence.”
Stallion AI managing director Tullis Matson mentioned: “Stallions come and cross, however there is not any doubt about it, Je T’aime Flamenco is a reputation this is right here to stick, and it’s been an honour to have him with us and be a part of his adventure.”
Billy paid tribute to the existence Doug had at Stallion AI, including: “He loved his time there.”
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