Destacado FRH sold

Till now owned by Gestüt Schafhof, Destacado FRH, ridden by Matthias Alexander Rath, will now be ridden by a german young rider.

Born and raised at Heinrich Gießelmann's farm, the father of international rider Jan-Dirk Gießelmann, who presented him for Hanoverian studbook approval in 2015, this son of Desperados FRH and Londonderry was then acquired by Gestüt Schafhof. Ridden by Matthias Alexander Rath since the summer of 2017, he represented Germany at the World Championships for Young Horses in the 5-year-old category, where he took second place, then the fourth the following year in the 6-year-old. Winner of Nurnberger Burgpokal final circuit in 2020, Destacado made his Grand Prix debut at the age of 8.

Since 2021, Matthias Alexander Rath and Destacado FRH have represented Germany at the Compiègne Nations Cup and at the 2024 World Cup Final in Riyadh, where they finished 4th. They also achieved victories in the CDI at Ornago, Le Mans, Stuttgart, Frankfurt, Aachen, Crozet, Wroclaw, and Madrid.

Destacado FRH has now been sold as a schoolmaster. Matthias Alexander Rath explained yesterday to Dressursportkim, "I had never really considered selling him, but at the end of last year, Destacado's co-owners, Friederike Lohse and Jürgen Fitsch, contacted me – and that's when we started thinking about it. As everyone knows, we have continued to develop our competition side, notably with the recent organization of the Vienna dressage competition. In addition, I train several student riders, I still ride myself, of course, and I have a family. It's important to understand that you can't compete at the highest level at the same time. Destacado is now 13 years old and is an excellent teacher. I think he is ideal for a female rider, even though he is a stallion. He has never behaved like one, and he is an incredibly kind horse."

source : dressusport.kim - crédit photo : FEI/Stefan Lafrentz