Finally the moment has come for the official retirement of Trakehner breeding stallion Gestion TCN Partout (by Arogno). The last three years the bay stallion only made one show appearance a year, for instance at the CDI Paris, but every time after a long recovery from severe leg injuries.
Anky never lost hope in the recovery of the stallion, but Gestion TCN Partout never danced like his stall mate Gestion Bonfire. Although Partout was a freestyle specialist, especially when riding the James Bond kur and the Flamenco freestyle, but the horse never really had that extra little bit to take in Bonfire's number one role. At the Zwolle International Stallion Show, February 19 to 23, 2003, Gestion TCN Partout will receive a special retirement ceremony.
TCN Partout is owned by the Trakehner Contact Nederland, a society promoting the Trakehner horse in The Netherlands. They purchased Partout as a three-year old and immediately put him in training with Anky van Grunsven who guided him all the way to Grand Prix. Partout is a licensed breeding stallion and finally got acclaim as a sire when his son Monteverdi became the licensing Champion in Neumunster. Monteverdi is currently being owned by Gestut Wiesenhof and competed by Fie Skarsoe who showed him at the 2001 World Championships for Young Dressage Horses in Verden.
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