By Jean Llewellyn / press release
Photography: Hanoverian Verband/Lafrentz

The Hannoveraner Verband has been awarding the Grande Prize to a young stallion between the ages of 10 and 12 since 2009. It is associated with the hope that the prizewinner will have a lasting positive influence on Hannoveraner breeding.
The career of Destacado FRH by Desperados x Londonderry began in 2015 in the hand of Jan-Dirk Gießelmann on the triangular course at the Verden licensing. Destacado FRH, a young stallion with flawless conformation, thrilled the licensing commission, the spectators, and the buyers alike with his movement potential. As a premium stallion, he found a new owner at the stallion sales at his breeding home of Gestüt Schafhof in Kronberg. Less than 12 months later, Destacado FRH was back in the spotlight in Verden. Under the saddle of Pascal Kandziora, he became vice champion of three-year-old stallions in the Hannoveraner Riding Horse Championships. They also remained unbeaten in Warendorf, securing the title of Bundeschampion.
In the summer of 2017, when Destacado FRH was four years old, Matthias Alexander Rath took over the reins, and has not let go since then. The transition from one rider to the next went smoothly. At the age of five, Matthias Alexander Rath and Destacado FRH represented the Hannoveraner colours at the dressage World Breeding Championships for Young Horses in Ermelo, easily reaching the final and become vice world champions. The judge Maria Colliander called the final round ‘poetry in motion’. One year later, the path led to the final again at the same place, resulting in an ‘ungrateful’, but still excellent fourth place...

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