Last week, Stoeterij Duyselshof announced the retirement of Leopold van Asten's VDL Groep Zidane (Heartbreaker x Calando I).
Together, Van Asten and the now 16-year-old gelding won the CSI5* Rolex Grand Prix in Den Bosch in 2017, the CSI5* and CSI4* Grand Prix classes in La Coruna in 2014 as well as the CSI2* Grand Prix classes in Lier in 2017 and in Lanaken in 2019. The pair was also a part of the winning Dutch teams in the CSIO5* Nations Cup in Falsterbo in 2015 and in La Baule in 2016.
VDL Groep Zidane will enjoy the rest of his life in the fields at Stoeterij Duyselshof.
With this dive into our photo archives, we wish Zidane a happy retirement!
All photos © Jenny Abrahamsson for World of Showjumping.