U.S. Dressage Crew Multi-Medalist Suppenkasper Retired

Woodside, Calif. — Akiko Yamazaki and 4 Winds Farm have launched the retirement of Suppenkasper, a staple of the U.S. Dressage Crew for the earlier six years. Ridden by six-time Olympian Steffen Peters, Suppenkasper represented the U.S. Dressage Crew at two World Championships, two Olympics, an FEI Dressage World Cup Final, and fairly a couple of Nations Cup competitions.

Suppenkasper, acknowledged adoringly throughout the barn as Mopsie, is doubtless one of the crucial worthwhile horses in U.S. Dressage historic previous, incomes every Olympic and World Championship medals (Tryon 2018, Tokyo 2020), and made an look on the 2023 FEI Dressage World Cup Finals in Omaha, Neb., whereas incomes the viral moniker of “Rave Horse” for his well-liked freestyle from the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Video video games, becoming a highlight for viewers tuning into the Video video games. In full, Suppenkasper competed in further than 80 worldwide competitions with Peters throughout the irons and earned 59 victories in Grand Prix CDI rivals all by means of their occupation collectively.

“Instantly, I look out my window to catch Ravel and Mopsie basking throughout the photo voltaic, the large crowds and prolonged airplane rides now a distant memory. As we mark 20 years collectively as a crew, the time has come to complete this excellent journey and it is with deep gratitude to Steffen, the horses and everyone that has been part of this journey that we now end this glorious journey and prolonged journey with this crew,” talked about Akiko Yamazaki. “With Steffen as our rider, and with various horses, along with Lombardi, Ravel, Legolas, Rosamunde, and Suppenkasper, our crew has traveled all around the world and had the glory of representing the USA in a lot of worldwide championships and events.”

By the use of their partnership with Peters, Yamazaki and 4 Wind Farms have represented the U.S. on the world stage for better than 20 years, along with at 5 Olympic Video video games (2008, 2012, 2016, 2020, 2024), 4 FEI World Championships (2010, 2014, 2018, 2022), a Pan American Video video games (2019), and 5 FEI Dressage World Cup Finals, along with a historic win aboard Ravel in 2009 in Las Vegas, N.V., whereas persevering with to characterize the USA at prestigious Nations Cup events, like CHIO Aachen and CHIO Rotterdam.

“What an actual honor it has been to be a part of Mopsie’s occupation and life. It’s exhausting to elucidate how quite a bit appreciation I’ve for Akiko for getting him eight years previously after which supporting us to compete all around the world collectively. The historic silver medal in Tokyo was, in any case, the highlight of our occupation collectively,” talked about Peters. “For me, it ought to on a regular basis be certainly one of many proudest moments of our partnership – to have Mopsie ship for our crew that night time time in Tokyo. The individual victories had been excellent, nevertheless I on a regular basis felt the proudest delivering for our crew, and it meant the world as soon as we achieved that in Tokyo. Mopsie turned the ‘Rave Horse’, that’s nonetheless explicit to me on account of he associated so many people. They acknowledge him and his accomplishments, and there’s truly no trigger to say my determine, nevertheless it’s Mopsie’s character and vitality which made people gravitate to him. The journey we’ve shared collectively is type of exhausting to put into phrases, nevertheless concepts of gratitude, thankfulness, and friendship come to ideas, every for Mopsie and Akiko, and I’m so privileged to have been a part of this journey with them.

“We now have been fortunate to be part of so many teams with good riders, horses and householders by means of the years, and as anyone is conscious of, there are quite a few hours of labor and a lot of reveals to get to these culminating events and it truly takes a village to make points happen. We now have had the excellent help of USEF staff, along with Gil Merrick, Jim Wolf, Jenny van Wieren, Will Connell, Hallye Griffin, and Laura Roberts and educated Chef d’Equipes Klaus Balkenhol, Anne Gribbons, Robert Dover, Debbie McDonald, and Christine Traurig all by means of the years, along with the nice dedication of the crew’s veterinarians Dr. Rick Mitchell, Dr. Cricket Rusillo, Dr. Paul McClellan, and Dr. Laura Faulkner and proficient staff help,” added Yamazaki. “We’ve been lucky to have so many advantageous horses come by way of the U.S. Dressage Program, and we actually really feel indebted with the deepest gratitude to the USET Foundation, led by Bonnie Jenkins, the rivals organizers, and all of the great service suppliers, along with Dutta Corp, Klatte, JetPets, and Rockridge, amongst others, who’ve overseen the care and transportation of Mopsie and our completely different horses all by means of their careers.”

4 Winds Farm and Yamazaki’s help of U.S. Dressage has produced nice worldwide success by means of the years, with the highlight of the crew silver medal from the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Video video games, by means of which Suppenkasper and Peters carried out a giant place in serving to to secure. Suppenkasper will now spend his days at 4 Winds Farm in Woodside, California.

“Mopsie’s occupation would not have been attainable with out the help and dedication of our dwelling crew, which includes Dr. Rodrigo Vazquez and physiotherapist Tom Meyers who every have been on this journey with us as a crew for better than 20 years; Suppenkasper’s groom Eddie Garcia, and our completely different staff and helps Rafael Hernandez, Dawn White O’Connor and Haley Smith; our farriers Jim Carr, Stephan Tournier, Chuck Mundo; and the assorted staff at Arroyo Del Mar who’ve been a part of caring for our horses, along with my unbelievable staff at 4 Winds Farm, Merced Huerta, Humberto Bejinez, Bryant Cruz and Artemio Cruz who deal with and love our horses as quickly as they’re retired on the farm, along with Alyson Hamilton, Greg Hardester, and CFM for all of their behind the scenes work. Alongside Steffen and myself, Shannon, Jerry, Miki, and Emi have traveled the world collectively and shared the deep emotions that embrace the highs and lows of being part of one factor so extraordinary,” concluded Yamazaki.

US Equestrian wants Mopsie the simplest in his well-deserved retirement!

— Edited Press Launch | US Equestrian