Brazilian millionaire and dressage fanatic Dr Jorge de la Rocha has set his sights on the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens and Laudatio is the horse that needs to offer him this ticket.
The 8-year-old licensed stallion of Gestut Albfuhren in Germany was sold to Dr Jorge de la Rocha mid October 2002. Laudatio (Landadel x Trajan x Abhang III) made a rapid sports career under Swiss Françoise Cantamessa who recently took him to the 2002 World Equestrian Games in Spain.
De la Rocha only started riding seven years ago but already competed at the Olympic Games of 2000. In 2000, he scheduled to hold the World Cup Finals in Sao Paulo, Brazil, but couldn't get enough money on the table for the event to actually take place. The finals moved to 's Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands, and were won by Anky van Grunsven.