Totilas
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Totilas (23 May 2000 – 14 December 2020), also known from 2006 to 2011 as Moorlands Totilas, and nicknamed "Toto", was a Dutch Warmblood stallion standing 17.1 hands (69 inches, 175 cm) high[1] who was considered to be one of the most outstanding competitive dressage horses in the world, the first horse to score above 90 in dressage competition,[2] and the former holder of the world record for the highest dressage score in Grand Prix Freestyle Dressage.
Totilas | |
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Breed | Dutch Warmblood (KWPN) |
Sire | Gribaldi (Trakehner) |
Dam | Lominka (KWPN) |
Maternal grandsire | Glendale (KWPN) |
Sex | Stallion |
Foaled | May 23, 2000 |
Died | December 14, 2020(2020-12-14) (aged 20) |
Country | Netherlands |
Colour | Black |
Breeder | J.K.Schuil & A. Visser |
Owner | Paul Schockemöhle, Ann-Kathrin Linsenhoff |
Rider | Edward Gal, Matthias Alexander Rath |
Medal record | ||
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Equestrian | ||
Representing Netherlands | ||
World Championships | ||
2010 Lexington | Team Dressage | |
2010 Lexington | Special dressage | |
2010 Lexington | Freestyle dressage | |
European Championships | ||
2009 Windsor | Team Dressage | |
2009 Windsor | Freestyle dressage | |
2009 Windsor | Special dressage | |
Representing Germany | ||
European Championships | ||
2011 Rotterdam | Team Dressage | |
2015 Aachen | Team Dressage |
Going into the 2010 FEI World Equestrian Games (WEG), Moorlands Totilas and his rider, Edward Gal, had amassed multiple world-record scores in international competition, leading one American journalist to call them "rock stars in the horse world".[3] Totilas was retired from competition in August 2015 and died on 14 December 2020 due to complications from colic.