Two top riders announce the retirement of one horse for each, Andrea of KSA’s Abdullah Al Sharbatly is the first and Kismet 50 of the USA’s Candice King is the second.
Andrea, the 15 – year old mare by Marome NW has won with Al Sharbatly 7 Ranking Classes and top 5 placings in another 9 classes after she was ridden by Dutch Champion Gert- Jan Bruggink who won classes all around including Salzburg, Rotterdam, Amsterdam, Balve and more.
Candice King also retires Kismet 50, who is now 15- years old and by Kannan. Last year was their peak as they jumped the Nations Cup and won the CSIO4* at WEF and the CSIO4* at Coapexpan in April.
Originally produced by Meredith Michaels Beerbaum and sold to the Bellissimo family, the mare will be used for breeding at Spy Coast Farm in Kentucky and will be consulted to breed by the famous Paul Hendrix to choose her match.
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