The Olympic bronze medal winning Hanoverian Grand Prix horse Jonggor's Weyden has been retired from competition. Gonnelien Rothenberger-Gordijn showed the liver chestnut stallion one last time
at a Dutch national competition last weekend. Owned by Mr Gordijn, chairman of Jonggor's construction company and of stallion station De Ijzeren Man in Weert, The Netherlands, Jonggor's Weyden is by Western Star x Grande and aged 17.
Weyden's most important achievement in his competition career was winning the individual bronze and team silver medal at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta under Sven Rothenberger. In 1997, the pair finished second in the World Cup Finals. Gonnelien Rothenberger took over the ride in 2000, when husband Sven suffered from severe back problems. Gonnelien and Weyden won the 2001 Dutch national dressage Championships and finished 14th at the 2002 World Equestrian Games in Jerez de la Frontera.
Jonggor's Weyden was the most expensive horse sold after the 1988 Hanoverian Stallion Licensing in Verden, Germany. Sven Rothenberger discovered Weyden in Germany in August 1995 at a local horse show, where the stallion was ridden by Mr Stahlecker's daughter. Weyden is licensed for the Hanoverian, KWPN, Oldenburg and Hessian studbook and will from now on be solely concentrated on his breeding career at De Ijzeren Man.
Image copyrighted: Arnd Bronkhorst
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