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<\/a><\/p>\nCheering from the stands, not long until he was out there himself…<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n \u201cI was 18 when I first started in the WEG at Stockholm (1990). Thanks to my father, I owe everything to him. I had a dream start, because I could start from an already existing, well organized structure, I was given the right coaching early and the right horses at the right time and off I went.\u201d<\/p>\n Special Envoy \u2013 \u201ca very forgiving and generous horse.\u201dhere at a\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>ceremony to mark his retirement. He was Irish bred by King of Diamonds<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n Rodrigo and Baloubet – three World Cups in a row, the third in 2000, making the combination hot tips for the 2000 Games in Sydney\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Riding Baloubet, Rodrigo won three World Cup finals in a row: 1998, 1999 and 2000, making him the first rider to claim victory at the event three times consecutively with the same horse.<\/p>\n Read more about Rodrigo\u2019s star, Baloubet du Rouet, who died in 2017, and what Rodrigo thought when he first saw the stallion:<\/p>\n https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/2010\/08\/baloubet-de-rouet\/<\/a><\/p>\n The Sydney Games were not a success story for Rodrigo and Baloubet, the pair were leading going into the Final…<\/strong><\/p>\n Baloubet had a stop<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n The pair next went to the 2002 WEG in Jerez<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n The Las Vegas World Cup in 2004<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Looking stylish at Aachen, also in 2004<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Aachen again in 2005, and Rodrigo joining the traditional Aachen Farewell Hanky waving<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n In the Final Four at the 2010 WEG in Kentucky with Rebozo<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a>
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