Pepel (horse)

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Pepel, Russian Пепел
Trojekurovo cemetery grave Petushkowa.jpg
Grave sculpture with Pepel under Petushkowa in the Trojekurovo cemetery in Moscow
Race: Trakehner
Father: Pilgrim
Mother: Polyn 118
Mother, father: Creon
Gender: stallion
Year of birth: 1956
Year of death: 1981
Country: Soviet Union
Colour: black-brown
Stick measure: 163 cm
Equestrian: Yelena Petushkova

Pepel ( Russian Пепел , born March 21, 1956 , † 1981 ) was a Trakehner stallion who was Olympic champion in dressage with the team at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich under Jelena Petuschkowa .

ancestry

The father of Pepel (Russian for "ash") was Pilgrim, a descendant of the famous Trakehner stallion Pythagoras, his mother Polyn 118 came from Creon, whose father was also Pythagoras, in both ancestral lines was Ararad. These horses founded the so-called Russian Trakehner line, as they came to a stud in Kirow in the Soviet Union as a result of the Second World War . With a height of 163 cm, Pepel was initially considered a horse for eventing tests , but developed into a dressage horse with a natural charisma.

The beginning under "Mrs. Pepel"

The stallion was considered a difficult, hardly rideable horse, the then Soviet national trainer Grigori Anastasjew selected Jelena Petuschkowa as the rider for the sensitive, but also stubborn stallion. It took a long time for Pepel to get used to his partner, she remained Pepel's only rider until the end of his career. The horse was considered light-footed with natural movements, corrections it accepted only with resistance, but then permanently. Saddled in the dressage arena, his movements could hardly be distinguished from his movements in the paddock. Pepel's rider Jelena Petuschkowa was nicknamed "Frau Pepel" ( Russian Фрау Пепел ) after the horse . The couple competed internationally for the first time at the European Dressage Championships in Copenhagen in 1965 and rode to numerous successes in the following ten years.

successes

The greatest success of Pepels was the Olympic victory with the team at the Olympic Games in Munich , the couple Pepel / Petuschkowa also secured the silver medal in the individual at these games. They had also won a silver medal with the team at the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico , where they finished sixth in the individual competition. Other significant successes were winning the 1970 World Cup in Aachen , both individually and with the team. At the 1966 World Championships , Pepel had already finished third under his rider, and in 1974 he came in second in the individual and with the team. At European Championships , the two were second with the team four times (1967, 1971, 1973, 1975) and twice third (1965, 1969). They won the only individual medal at a European championship in 1973 when they came second behind Reiner Klimke on Mehmed and ahead of Iwan Kalita with tariff.

Breeding stallion and death

Pepel competed under his only female rider in 1977 for his last competition, the national Soviet championships, in which the couple had been successful a total of thirteen times. He was taken to his home stud in Kirow and became a successful breeding stallion. He sired Salph, an outstanding show jumping horse, and Gipjur, who looked like Pepel. Gipjur was also ridden by Petuschkowa in competitions, because of a groin injury his career ended prematurely. In 1980 Pepel fathered Sapros, who was sold to the Vogelsangshof stud farm in Kevelaer and was his last direct descendant. Pepel died of natural causes in 1981 at the age of 25.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Pepel. LV digital GmbH, Hülsebrockstr. 2–8, 48165 Münster, accessed on August 21, 2018 .
  2. ↑ a b Пепел, жеребец, 1956 г.р. РГАУ-МСХА. им. К.А.Тимирязева, accessed August 21, 2018 (Russian).
  3. ↑ a b c d e Pepel, A True Legend of Russian Dressage. www.eurodressage.com, October 20, 2009, accessed on August 21, 2018 .
  4. ↑ Elena Petuschkova - World Dressage Champion. The Horse Magazine, November 17, 2014, accessed August 21, 2018 .