In Memoriam - Horses

Hilltop Farm sadly shares the news of Contucci’s passing last Friday. The great stallion lived a wonderful 27 years, with twenty-two of them here at Hilltop Farm. Contucci (Caprimond-Lungau) was bred in Germany by Klaus Storbeck and won the dressage...

KWPN foundation stallion Jazz, the most significant sire for dressage breeding in the KWPN studbook, has passed away. He was 29 years old. "With pain in our hart, but mainly with gratitude for all he has meant to us and to dressage sport, we had to...

It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of the king of our stallion stable, Blue Hors Don Schufro, who passed away today due to old age of nearly 27 years Through more than two decades Blue Hors Don Schufro has been the flagship of Blue...

U.S. Grand Prix rider Janne Rumbough had to say goodbye to her international Grand Prix stallion Armas Zumbel. The horse was put to sleep on 27 December 2019 as he suffered from severe melanoma. "My beautiful Armas Zumbel and “soulmate “ passed on...

Custom Made, a legendary U.S. event horse, was laid to rest on October 2 at the age of 34. Custom Made, the 17.1-hand Irish Sport Horse gelding (Bassompierre x Purple Heather/Ben Purple), was foaled in Ireland in 1985 and was imported to the U.S. in...

This week I lost my horse of a lifetime “Wholio” who was my whole world, my heart. He was a well-known international Grand Prix dressage horse years ago, but our story is a love story. In my eulogy to him in some small way it may help others who have experienced this loss and serve as a reminder that these generous creatures are not here to just be used up and forgotten.