Aachen, February 2nd 2006

For Pleasure - Farewell in Aachen
Freddi to say "goodbye" to top sport at the CHIO in May

(Borken) - The veteran among the German show-jumping horses, the 20-year-old chestnut Hanoverian stallion, For Pleasure, will be the star guest on the Sunday of the CHIO at the Aachen Soers. Known as "Freddi" for short, the elegant chestnut horse is still fit and frisky and will able to say "goodbye" to top international sport at the famous show-ground on May 21st.

The outstanding stallion is going into retirement after having delivered excellent sporting performances. For Pleasure by Furioso II - Grannus won gold at two Olympic Games, in Atlanta in 1996 and in Sydney in 2000, was a safe candidate for medals at the World and European Championships as well as notching up numerous victories and placements in Grand Prix competitions. Having fully recovered from the injury he sustained at the CSI Arezzo in 2005, the stallion is in excellent health. For Pleasure will carry on his duties as a stud stallion.
Frank Kemperman, General Manager of the Aachen-Laurensberger Rennverein e.V, the show's organiser, was also pleased that the CHIO has been chosen to host the event: "We are of course delighted that "Four Pleasure" will be saying farewell at the official German tournament. He was always one of the public's favourites."

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