Jessica von Bredow-Werndl confirmed that TSF Dalera BB will retire quickly, following her second Olympic particular person gold medal this afternoon at Paris 2024.
“I hope Dalera can have a child in the future,” mentioned the German rider on the post-medal ceremony press convention at the moment. “So subsequent yr we’ll attempt to get her pregnant. This yr it’s too late anyway.
“I mentioned I couldn’t deal with the feelings that that is her final dance, so possibly we’ll do two or three extra exhibits and hopefully she generally is a mum after that.”
Jessica confirmed the 17-year-old mare will certainly not go to the European Championships subsequent yr, so at the moment was her last championship look.
TSF Dalera BB to retire as Olympic champion
Dalera is a Trakehner by Straightforward Sport, out of a mare known as Darkish Magic by Handryk. She belongs to Béatrice A. Buerchler-Keller and Micaela Werndl.
With Jessica, she has received 4 Olympic gold medals – particular person and staff in Tokyo in 2021 and right here in Paris – in addition to world staff gold in 2018 in Tryon, 4 particular person European Championships gold medals (particular and freestyle in each 2021 in Hagen and 2023 in Herning), European staff gold in 2021 and 2019 and European staff silver in 2019 in Rotterdam.
The mare didn’t contest the 2022 World Championships as a result of Jessica gave beginning to her second youngster Ella Marie that week – and watched her brother Benjamin end fourth within the freestyle in Herning from the supply room on the hospital.
Jessica and TSF Dalera BB scored 90.09% within the freestyle in Paris at the moment, the one pair to crack the 90% barrier within the dressage at these Video games. They have been unbeaten of their previous 36 worldwide exams till the particular yesterday in Paris, which was received individually by Denmark’s Cathrine Laudrup-Dufour on Freestyle.
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