Brentina was an Olympic-level dressage horse ridden by Debbie McDonald.
11 Facts About Brentina
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Brentina was by Brentano II, who was Hanoverian stallion of the year in 2003 and was second at his stallion testing.
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Brentina has produced several impressive offspring, such as Barclay and Barclay II, Bone Dea II, and he is the dam-sire of Poetin.
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Brentina was sold to Peggy Thomas for 150,000 Deutsch Marks at the 1994 October Elite Auction in Verden.
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Brentina was originally intended as a mount for Peggy, but as a young horse, Brentina threw Mrs Thomas off and McDonald kept her as a ride.
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Brentina was named to the 2006 World Equestrian Games team.
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Brentina completed the team competition, finishing with a very good score and helping the Americans to a bronze medal.
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Brentina is expected to fully recover and return to work.
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Brentina was retired from competition on April 17 at the Las Vegas 2009 World Cup.
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Brentina was officially retired from competitions in 2009 to become a broodmare.
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In 2011, Brentina was bred to the Dutch Warmblood stallion Totilas using frozen semen, but both embryo transfers failed to take.