Laura Tomlinson's Unique to Become a Broodmare

Wed, 04/01/2020 - 10:40
Great Britain
Laura Tomlinson and Unique at the 2015 CDI Wellington :: Photo © Astrid Appels

Laura Tomlinson has announced that her former international Grand Prix horse Unique has become a broodmare. She will produce her first foal this summer. 

Unique is a 16-year old Holsteiner mare by Carpaccio out of Grana (by Lord x Landgraf I). She is bred by Adolf Theede and was initially owned by Dorothee Gänshirt.

The bay mare was first competed in 2007 by Wenke Kraus but from 2008 till 2011 Roland Metzler took over the training and showing of the mare.

Unique sold to the Bechtolsheimer family in 2013 as the successor for their Olympic medal winning Mistral Hojris. 

Laura made her show debut at small tour level at the CDI Hickstead in August 2013, winning the Prix St Georges and Intermediaire.

In the winter of 2014 Unique the Bechtolsheimers decided to snow bird in Florida and moved their horses to Wellington for the season, where Laura made her Grand Prix debut on Unique at the 2015 CDI Wellington. In 2015 she campaigned her in Hagen, Perl, Le Mans and in 2016 they went back to Wellington. The pair's scores in the Grand Prix ranged from 62.180 to 69.100%. 

Unique disappeared from the show scene for almost a year and half until Laura's assistant Lara Butler-Griffith showed her once at the 2017 CDI Hartpury with a 66.960% in the Grand Prix and 71.725% in the freestyle.

This was Unique's last international.

Laura revealed that Unique will become a first time mom in April. She is in foal to the Oldenburg stallion Total Hope (by Totilas). 

The 14-year old home bred Oldenburg mare Pamina (by Polarion x Landadel), who was only shown nationally in the U.K., is also expecting. She's in foal to the Bechtolsheimer's KWPN stallion Capri Sonne JR (by Rhodium x San Remo)

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