Euclides MOR (by Riopelé x Ruca) turns heads wherever he appears; people watch him and even though he is not that tall, he’s got looks. Just two years ago he entered the stable of Spanish Olympian Juan Antonio Jiménez Cobo and now Juan Antonio is returning to the international competition stage with this talented 10-year-old Lusitano stallion.
The pair has begun its tour through the north of Europe in their very first Grand Prix season together. Their first competition outside Spain will take them to Luxembourg to the CDI4* Leudelange at Dressage Grand Ducal. Other events they have planned to attend in August will be the shows in Cappeln and Donaueschingen in Germany, if everything goes as hoped the coming month.
Euclides MOR is owned by Las Morerías, a stud farm that breeds and competes Iberian horses in Monterey, Mexico. Juan Antonio is their rider and advisor for dressage and their representative in Europe.
The combination won the Criterium at the National Spanish Dressage Championships, at the Masters (for 7 to 9 year olds) at the Spanish National Young Horse Dressage Championships and at the King’s Cup in Madrid at the end of the year; they took them all.
They debuted this year at Grand Prix level with a good start at their first CDI3* in Segovia, achieving 70% in their first Grand Prix Special ever.
Dressage fans will remember Juan Antonio with Guizo, another Lusitano stallion. This pairing represented Spain for a decade and was part of the first Spanish medal winning team at the 2002 World Equestrian Games in Jerez at 2003 European Championships in Hickstead, as well as in Aachen and at the 2004 Olympics in Athens.After Sydney they achieved numerous placements and team medals at the most important international Dressage events.