Rembrandt (horse)

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Rembrandt
Breed
Westphalian
SireRomadour II (Westphalian)
GrandsireRomulus I (Westphalian)
DamAdone (Westphalian)
Maternal grandsireAngelo (Thoroughbred)
SexGelding
Foaled1977
CountryGermany
ColourDark Bay
BreederHerbert de Baey
TrainerKlaus Balkenhol
Rembrandt
Medal record
Summer Olympics
Gold medal – first place 1988 Seoul Team dressage
Gold medal – first place 1988 Seoul Individual dressage
Gold medal – first place 1992 Barcelona Team dressage
Gold medal – first place 1992 Barcelona Individual dressage
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1990 Stockholm Individual dressage
Gold medal – first place 1990 Stockholm Team dressage
Gold medal – first place 1994 The Hague Team dressage
Silver medal – second place 1994 The Hague Individual dressage

Rembrandt (15 March 1977 – 30 October 2001) was a

World Equestrian Games
medals, and numerous other international championships. Although known as a sensitive horse prone to spookiness, Rembrandt's elegance and expression in the ring allowed him to become one of the top horses in the sport of dressage.

Early life

Rembrandt was foaled in 1977 by Herbert de Baey. His sire was Romadour II, a famous Westphalian stallion during the 1970s, and his dam was Adone, full sister to Ahlerich, a multiple Olympic medal winning dressage horse under German rider Reiner Klimke. Due to his Thoroughbred-like appearance, several riders passed over a chance to purchase the gelding as a youngster. In 1981, he was purchased by Nicole Uphoff's father, Jürgen Uphoff, as a mount for his then-14-year-old daughter. Rembrandt was too much for her, however, and he was sent to train with Klaus Balkenhol, a noted trainer who saw his potential and advised the Uphoffs to keep the horse, despite his spookiness and sensitivity.[1]

Competitive career

In 1985, Rembrandt and Uphoff began to compete at events for young riders, and in 1986, the pair began working with Uwe Schulten-Baumer, a well-known dressage coach. In 1987, the pair began to compete, and win, at the international level. They rose to the top of the dressage world with unheard-of speed, due to Rembrandt's elegance and expression in the ring. Their rise to fame resulted in a 1988 Olympic nomination. Uphoff switched trainers four months before the Games began, leaving Schulten-Baumer to work with Harry Boldt, the German national coach.[1]

Rembrandt and Uphoff were Olympic Champions twice, in 1988 in

1994 World Equestrian Games.[1] The German team, including Uphoff, again took gold.[3]

Rembrandt and Uphoff also competed at many other international-level events. In 1989, Rembrandt made his European Dressage Championships debut at

Grand Prix Special,[4] while again riding to gold as part of the German team.[5] The silver medal was the first defeat in three years for the pair, and was dealt by another Schulten-Baumer student, Isabell Werth on Gigolo FRH.[1] At the 1995 Championships, held in Mondorf, Luxembourg, Rembrandt again assisted the German team to a gold medal, while taking 5th individually.[5] The pair also won seven times at the Stuttgart German Masters international show, the last in 1995. This was a record number of wins until 2010, when Werth won for an eighth time, and Uphoff remains the only rider to have won seven masters titles on a single horse (Werth rode three different horses to her eight victories).[6]

Later life and legacy

In 1996, Rembrandt and Uphoff gave a farewell show at his official retirement at the Stuttgart Indoor Show. He spent the rest of his life at Uphoff's farm.

euthanized after his health deteriorated quickly and he was unable to rise.[7]

Rembrandt's transitions, particularly from

extended trot back to passage, have been called "unequalled". He was also known for his spookiness, however, to the point that crowds hushed themselves when he was performing.[8] He is known as a "legendary" dressage horse, and mounted upon Rembrandt, Nicole Uphoff pioneered an era of female-dominated dressage competitions.[7]

In 2009, Uphoff donated Rembrandt's saddle to the equestrian museum at CHIO Aachen in Germany.[9]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Nicole Uphoff's Rembrandt: A Living Work of Art". Eurodressage. October 2, 2009. Retrieved 2012-07-11.
  2. ^ a b "Nicole Uphoff-Becker". Sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2012-07-09.
  3. ^ "Dressage – Team Championships" (PDF). FEI. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-08-20. Retrieved 2012-07-11.
  4. ^ "FEI European Dressage Championship 2011 – Press Kit". Federation Equestre Internationale. pp. 22, 29. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-30. Retrieved 2012-07-09.
  5. ^ a b "History of the European Championships". Eurodressage. August 30, 2009. Retrieved 2012-07-09.
  6. ^ "Another 'Werthy' Triumph at the 2011 Stuttgart German Masters CDI". Eurodressage. November 27, 2011. Retrieved 2012-07-11.
  7. ^ a b "Legendary Rembrandt Passed Away". Eurodressage. October 30, 2009. Retrieved 2012-07-11.
  8. ^ "Angelika Fromming: Half a Century of Dressage". Eurodressage. May 6, 2012. Retrieved 2012-07-09.
  9. ^ "Aachen Renews Sponsor Deal with Deutsche Bank, Rejects FEI Drug Policy as Not Tough Enough". Dressage News. November 24, 2009. Retrieved 2012-07-09.
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