Juan Matute Guimon Retires Don Diego from Sport

At the 2021 CDI Madrid on 22 - 24 October 2021, Spanish Grand Prix rider Juan Matute Guimon rode his career starting horse Don Diego for the last time down the centerline. After a ten-year career as an internationally competed dressage horse, the 18-year old Hanoverian has been retired from sport.

Don Diego is by Don Frederico out of Wie Platine (by Wolkenstein II x Matcho AA). He is bred by Claus Schütt in Hemmoor, Germany.

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Don Diego was discovered by Juan Matute Azpitarte at the 2007 Hanoverian Spring Elite auction in Verden. The Matute family was based in Wellington, Florida, at the time, but Juan kept the 4-year old Don Diego in training in Spain.

In 2008 the tall black gelding made his debut on the national circuit ridden by Enrique Brewah Granados. He competed him through 2009 in the five and six-year old young horse tests.

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