Rhodium Passed Away

The KWPN licensed stallion Rhodium passed away in Sweden on Monday morning 11 February 2019. He was 21 years old.

Rhodium was by Ferro out of Larcona (by G Ramiro Z) and bred by J. Klompers in The Netherlands.

The black stallion began his competition career under Hans Peter Minderhoud. They finished 6th at the 2005 World Young Horse Championships in Verden and won the 2005 KWPN Stallion Competition. Diederik van Silfhout then briefly rode him at small tour level.

In 2013 he was leased to Dutch junior Rachell Fokker but after one year the stallion was leased by Ben Wentink in Scotland. Initially the lease was for one year but the stallion ended up staying in Scotland for four years. He returned to Holland in January 2018 and sold to Marcel van Bruggen.

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