Spanish Team Pony Dies in Traffic Accident en Route to 2023 CDI Ornago

Tragedy for Spanish pony rider Itziar Alonso Fuentes. Her pony Groeze's Rakker had to be euthanized following a traffic accident en route to the 2023 CDI Ornago in Italy.

Groeze's Rakker was a 10-year old Dutch Welsh pony by Oosting Amigo out of Groeze's Dora (by Wengelo's Ricardo).

Spanish Team Pony

Under the 16-year old Itziar Alonso Fuente, Rakker made his national show debut in Spain in 2019 and his international show debut at the CDI Camarma de Esteruelas in May 2021.

A year later they returned to the CDI Le Mans and clinched Spanish team selection for the 2022 European Pony Championships in Strzegom based on national and CDI results. At the Europeans they posted 66.029% in the team test (56th) and 65.216% in the Individual test (53rd).

The pair became reserve Spanish pony champion and captured bronze at the Catalonian regional championships.

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