DENVER DE TALMA, on his way to the top!

He is born in 2013, from the corssing of VIGO CECE and VENDETTA DE TALMA (x Canturo). From his early age, he always shown an exceptionnal power and energy. With the aquisition of the "Elevage du Vieux Noyer" (bloodlines "de Toscane" and "Andalouse"), we had to downsize and hold a special auction in 2016 in partnership with FENCES agency. DENVER was part of the selection presented on this Sunday in Bois le Roi. That's how he met Mrs BONNAFOUS in September 2016, who gave him the opportunity to grow and get an excellent training from young horses classes to the top sport's doors. 

Started by Mathilde LOCKWOOD, he then joined Olivier GUILLON's then Penelope LEPREVOST's stables before getting back with Mathilde on the other side of the Atlantic. Together again, they quickly stand out with rankings on 1.45m and 1.50m classes. This is in Molly ASHE's stable, where Mathilde works, that Lorenzo DE LUCA discovers this horse soon to be one of the best he rode in his life. 

This new couple led by the Italian rider is fastly efficient and get its first ranking in CSI 5* in the very begining of their story (3rd in a 1.50m class at CSI 5*W of Oslo). Several rankings follow through the 2024 season, gathering more than half a million in prize money. They both are more and more at ease on the highest level. Together, they are: 

• Winner of GP LGCT 5* in Valkenswaard
• 2^nd of GP 5* in Aachen
• 2^nd of GP 5* in Geneva
• 3^rd of the opening class in GCL 5* Finale in Riyadh
• 4^th of GP 5* in CSIO 5* Brussels
• 5^th of GP 5* in Dinard
• 5^th of LGCT Super Grand Prix in Riyadh

This season, DENVER took part in 17 1.60m GP. Over them, he's 12 times clear, 11 times in the ranking including 4 podiums!  

The online media Studforlife dedicated a series on him: 

• Part 1: Avec Denver de Talma, tous les rêves sont permis (1/3)
• Part 2: “Lorsque j’ai trouvé le contrôle, je me suis vraiment rendu compte que Denver n’était pas un cheval comme les autres”, Mathilde Lockwood (2/3)
• Part 3: “Dans ma vie, je n’ai jamais monté un cheval comme Denver de Talma”, Lorenzo de Luca (3/3)

(Re)live some of his best achievements this year in video: 

credits : Tiffany Van Halle / VYGO