Globe-trotting horse on second passport
He’s travelled thence much inwards recent months that he had to run a novel passport. We’re non talking virtually a globe-trotting businessman, but an elite contest athlete – together with a four-legged 1 at that.
Dressage superstar Donnerbube 2’s FEI passport was so stuffed with stamps that his rider, Italy’s Silvia Rizzo, had to procure a novel passport for him.
Rizzo and her Oldenburg stallion, nicknamed “Bubi,” have been delighting dressage audiences or thence the world. Most recently, inwards belatedly March, the duo returned from a successful outing at the Chi Al Shaqab festival’s CDI4* in Doha, Qatar. The invitation-only trial featured accomplished dressage riders from or thence the basis together with took house with top-class endurance together with demonstrate jumping competitions.
“To go invited to Doha for their showtime CDI4* was a huge laurels for me!” Rizzo said. “It was a totally novel experience. We went to a solid reason that I didn’t know, that has huge evolution together with is rattling focused on bringing dressage there.”
Rizzo appreciated the demonstrate organizers’ generosity: locomote expenses for horses together with riders were covered every bit role of the invitation. She enjoyed her remain inwards a five-star hotel together with spent fourth dimension visiting the metropolis together with local attractions.
“The metropolis inwards the black is completely transformed, with a 1 1000 m lights that you lot tin run into from far away,” she said. “So Bubi during his ‘evening walk’ was astonished past times all these incredible lights!”
Rizzo described the facility in Doha as “totally novel together with actually modern, with perfect facilities together with organization.”
The Doha CDI came non long subsequently the pair completed a one-month tour inwards South Florida inwards February. While inwards Florida, Rizzo, who rides for Italy but lives inwards Germany, visited Walt Disney World together with had her photograph taken with Mickey Mouse, but there only wasn’t room inwards the machine for the horse. Instead, Bubi and Rizzo competed in a busy schedule of shows, including the prestigious World Dressage Masters Palm Beach CDI5*.
Before Christmas, the 2 competed in a World Cup qualifier in Stockholm, Sweden, together with inwards Nov they went downwards centerline in a CDI4* in Wien Stadthalle, Austria. Earlier that month, they competed inwards Lyon, French Republic together with inwards September they traveled to Vienna, Austria, and Wroclaw, Poland. In July, they piaffed in Falsterbo, Sweden, at the CDI5* World Dressage Masters and in Feb together with March they braved the mutual depression temperature inwards Wroclaw, Poland. And that was only 2012 together with the showtime few months of 2013.
“Bubi and I competed actually all over the world,” Rizzo said. “Italy, Poland, Spain, France, Luxembourg, Portugal, USA, Qatar, Czech Republic, Slovenia, UK, Denmark, Sweden, Belgium, Deutschland and Holland. Three continents!”
Rizzo together with her Equus caballus are currently 18th on the Western European League World Cup Ranking together with minute reserve inwards line to participate in the 2013 Reem Acra World Cup Dressage Finals to go held in Gothenburg, Sweden, at the destination of April. The combination’s outstanding results inwards 2012 together with 2013 enabled a giant saltation on the 2013 WBFSH Dressage Horse Ranking. Donnerbube is straight off ranked 49th overall together with contributes to the Oldenburg breed’s 5th house on the ranking list.
Rizzo said she is thrilled to go traveling the basis with Bubi. “I am already a rattling active individual and, of course, he is rattling active too,” she said. “I don’t actually know if I infected him or he infected me with the locomote bug, but nosotros dearest travel! We love visiting new places together with having novel adventures. Everything you lot produce with Bubi is a existent adventure!”
“I am thence lucky to cause got a locomote companion like Bubi, who allowed me to attend the biggest shows all over the world,” she added. “I cause got thence much pleasance riding amongst the top riders of the world. Thank you, Bubi.”
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