Loro Piana Tomboy: Another great Irish Sport Horse 3/4 Thoroughbred.
By the Thoroughbred stallion Coevers xx (1965) who also produced the International showjumpers Leapy Lad (1976), Inish Mac Nevin xx (1983), Salmon Shore (1982) and the Olympic Eventer On a Mission (1982) out of a mare by Arctic Que xx (1968) and International Eventer Gold Eagle (1983) to name a few.
When he was jumping he was considered by many as the most powerful showjumper ever!
The immensely powerful Loro Piana Tomboy ridden by Rodrigo Pessoa secured the first ever Olympic medal in Equestrian for the nation of Brazil. In a heartbreaker of a round that can be seen in the movie this magnificent horse also went clear in the final individual round of the competition, but missed the jumpoff for the medals by a single second (time fault):
This horse's characteristic "dangling", and thus his need to add impressive amounts of "air" between himself and the fences to ensure clearance for his front legs-- have earned for him, by many, the title of "World's Most Powerful ShowJumper"...
Team Bronze OG 1996 Atlanta - rider: Nelson & Rodrigo Pessoa - died Oktober 2014
Tomboy, 1983, Irish Sport Horse
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Loro Piana Tomboy: Another great Irish Sport Horse 3/4 Thoroughbred.
By the Thoroughbred stallion Coevers xx (1965) who also produced the International showjumpers Leapy Lad (1976), Inish Mac Nevin xx (1983), Salmon Shore (1982) and the Olympic Eventer On a Mission (1982) out of a mare by Arctic Que xx (1968) and International Eventer Gold Eagle (1983) to name a few.
When he was jumping he was considered by many as the most powerful showjumper ever!
The immensely powerful Loro Piana Tomboy ridden by Rodrigo Pessoa secured the first ever Olympic medal in Equestrian for the nation of Brazil. In a heartbreaker of a round that can be seen in the movie this magnificent horse also went clear in the final individual round of the competition, but missed the jumpoff for the medals by a single second (time fault):
This horse's characteristic "dangling", and thus his need to add impressive amounts of "air" between himself and the fences to ensure clearance for his front legs-- have earned for him, by many, the title of "World's Most Powerful ShowJumper"...
Team Bronze OG 1996 Atlanta - rider: Nelson & Rodrigo Pessoa - died Oktober 2014
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