The winners of the 2011 Bundeschampionate, Anna Sophie Fiebelkorn and Callaho's Benicio, are no longer a combination. Fiebelkorn quit being responsible for the training of the chestnut Hanoverian licensing stallion.
Owned by the South African Callaho stud, Benicio (by Belissimo M x Velten Third) won the Bundeschampionate with a whopping 9.4 score, beating Uta Gräf and Damon Jerome. Their victory created such a hype amongst breeders that the coloured chestnut stallion was one of the top breeding stallions in 2012. Unfortunately this hype proved to be a flash in the pan as the horse never produced any competition results since the Bundeschampionate and has bred less in 2013.
In 2012 Benicio was too busy with his breeding career and training was put on the back burner. For 2013, however, Callaho wanted to reverse those roles and no longer stood the stallion at stud and had him train more. Nothing came of it as Benicio never appeared back in the show ring. His last results dated back to the Bundeschampionate in September 2011.
Fiebelkorn stated that "I want to let everyone know that the stallion Callaho's Benicio is back at Gestut Famos. I wish him all the best in the future and am very grateful for the successes and beautiful time I spent with this heart breaker."
Source: ST.GEORG
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