FALCAO OLD

I have so much to thank him for, my dear Falcao OLD. Actually he was only purchased to help me get through my junior years. No one ever dreamed that in the end he would not only take silver twice and bronze four times in the EC for junior riders but also participate in two Olympic Games, the World Championships, two European Championships and win five State Champion titles. He’s been phenomenal and I don’t think that any other couple has ever managed to achieve so much.

My mother and I discovered this master mover in 1995 at the Elite Auction in Vechta/GER. Three years old at that time, he was initially sold to Silke Schaerffer and a year later she rode Falcao to victory in the Bundeschampionat in the class for riding horses. Even though I was only eleven years old, I tried him out – and had a great feeling on him right away.

Because of Falcao‘s passion for moving forward and his fighting spirit we gave him the nickname "Ferrari". He’s also terribly ticklish – I had to pin the tails of my coat up when I rode him and he also hates flies and other insects. But he loves to have his head rubbed with a towel when he’s sweaty.

Thanks to my father's training, we won silver twice and bronze four times at the European Championships in the class for juniors.

Falcao and I took fourth place in our very first international Grand Prix in Berlin in 2003. A year later we finished 20^th overall at our first Olympic Games in Athens/GRE and 21st a year later at the European Championships in Hagen a.T.W./GER. We finished our first World Equestrian Games in Aachen/GER on 19th place in the Grand Prix and 29^th overall. Our best championship result was at the 2007 EC in Italy when we finished 14^th in the free-style final. Four State Champion titles in a row were added with Falcao OLD who also belongs to the sport team sponsored by the Oldenburg Verband.

Meanwhile "Falki" has been retired and he certainly deserved that although he is still regularly ridden because he wants to be with us and likes being ridden.

FALCAO OLD
PEDIGREE
ORIGIN
ACHIEVEMENTS

FALCAO OLD

My Ferrari

Oldenburg
Bay gelding, born March 6, 1992
Breeder: Jutta Torhost, Butjadingen/GER

PEDIGREE

Feiner Stern

Freiherr

Goldblatt

Furioso

Almentanne

Goldstern

Ramona

St.Pr.St. Odienne

Figaro

El.St. Odessa

Futuro

Veilchenate

Kronprinz xx

Ostora II

ORIGIN

His sire Feiner Stern won the Oldenburg main premium in 1987. Because of his double talent he was not only a highly profiled sire but also one of the most popular sires of his day. He was later sold to the US where he continued his career in breeding.

His dam St.Pr.St. Odienne is also the dam of a medium (M) level show jumper named Askari (by Akzentus). The granddam El.St. Odessa produced several successful horses: Lamarc WRT (by Leggiero) who was successfully ridden in World Cup Free-Styles by Sabine Becker, a medium (M) level dressage horse named Forrest Gump Go (by Figaro), St.Pr.St. Odienne (by Figaro) and St.Pr.St. Okanja (by Waikato), the latter of which produced three medium (M) level dressage horses. The great granddam Ostora II produced a licensed stallion named Lac Lemon by Landadel as well as eleven other sport horses.

ACHIEVEMENTS

2009
6 x 1^st place Grand Prix and Grand Prix Free-Style in Stadl Paura (71.91, 77.00), Achleiten (70.72, 76.75), Fritzens (70.00, 77.40)/AUT
2^nd place Grand Prix in Dortmund/GER (68.97)
3^rd place Grand Prix Free-Style in Dortmund/GER (71.15)
3^rd place Grand Prix Special in Munich/GER (69.37)
4^th place Grand Prix Free-Style in Aachen/GER (73.50)
4^th place Grand Prix Free-Style in Bremen/GER (69.35)
5^th place Grand Prix in Munich/GER (68.89)
5^th place Grand Prix in Aachen/GER (69.02)
7^th place Grand Prix in Bremen/GER (64.38)
14^th place Grand Prix in Stuttgart /GER (66.17)

2008
2^nd place Grand Prix Special in Dortmund/GER (69.76)
2^nd place Grand Prix in Stadl-Paura/AUT (70.91)
2^nd place Grand Prix Special in Stadl-Paura/AUT (70.08)
2^nd place Grand Prix in Munich/GER (71.25)
2^nd place Grand Prix Free-Style in Munich/GER (73.00)
3^rd place Grand Prix in Dortmund/GER (67.66)
3^rd place Grand Prix in Fritzens/AUT(69.37)
5^th place Grand Prix Special in Stuttgart/GER (69.92)
7^th place Grand Prix in Stuttgart/GER (67.87)
9^th place Grand Prix in Frankfurt/GER (68.16)
10^th place Grand Prix Free-Style in Frankfurt/GER (71.00)
27^th place Grand Prix Olympic Games in Hong Kong (65.33)

2007
6 x 1^st place Grand Prix and Grand Prix Free-Style (CDI Munich/GER, CDI Achleiten, CDI Fritzens-Wattens)
2 x 1^st place Grand Prix and Grand Prix Free-Style (State Championships Achleiten)
2 x 2^nd place Grand Prix and Grand Prix Free-Style (CDI Dortmund/GER)
3^rd place Grand Prix (CDI Stuttgart/GER)
4^th place Grand Prix Free-Style (CDI Stuttgart/GER)
2 x 10^th place Grand Prix Special and Grand Prix Free-Style (CHIO Aachen/GER)
14^th place Grand Prix (CHIO Aachen/GER)
2 x 12^th place Grand Prix Special and Grand Prix Free-Style (EM Turin/ITA)
16^th place Grand Prix (EM Turin/ITA)

2006
2 x 1^st place Grand Prix and Grand Prix free-style (Kreuttal and Achleiten)
1^st place Grand Prix free-style (Munich/GER and Fritzens-Wattens)
3^rd place Grand Prix (Dortmund/GER)
7^th place Grand Prix Special (Dortmund/GER)
7^th place Grand Prix (Stuttgart/GER)
10^th place Grand prix free-style (Stuttgart/GER)
19^th place Grand Prix (WEG Aachen)
29^th place Grand Prix Special (WEG Aachen)

2005
1^stplace Grand Prix, Grand Prix Special and Grand Prix free-style (Himberg)
1^stplace Grand Prix and Grand Prix Special (Achleiten)
1^stplace Grand Prix and Grand Prix free-style (Fritzens-Wattens)
4^th place Grand Prix Special (München/GER)
5^th place Grand Prix (München/GER)
6^th place Grand Prix Special (Dortmund/GER)
20^th place Grand Prix European Championships (Hagen a.T.W./GER)
21^st place Grand Prix Special European Championships
(Hagen a.T.W./GER)

2004
1^stplace Grand Prix, Grand Prix Special and Grand Prix Freestyle (Fernitz-Auhof)
2^nd place Grand Prix (Achleiten)
3^rd place Grand Prix (Fritzens-Wattens)
4^th place Grand Prix Freestyle (Fritzens-Wattens)
4^th place Grand Prix Special (Achleiten)
6^th place Grand Prix Special (Munich/GER)
7^th place Grand Prix (Munich/GER)
9^th place Grand Prix (Dortmund)
10^th place Grand Prix and Grand Prix-Kür (Aachen/GER)
19^th place Grand Prix Special Olympic Games (Athen/GRE)
20^th place Grand Prix Olympic Games (Athen/GRE)

2003
4thplace Grand Prix (Berlin)

2002
Team Silver Medal at EJC (Pratoni del Vivaro/ITA), Individual Silver Medal at EJC

2001
Team Bronze Medal at EJC (Iserlohn/GER), Individual Bronze Medal at EJC

2000
Team Bronze Medal at EJC (Lipica/SLO), Individual Bronze Medal at EJC