Thank you, Petey, thank you for everything.
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17th July 2011 - CHIO Aachen
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I tried to translate it... but my english isn't perfect ;)
0:04 stadium commentator C. Graf zu Plettenberg: "But, dear visitors, looking on all of the pairings here, in the ROLEX Grand Prix, you might have missed one couple this year, which enthused us throughout the past 8 years. They're coming now... "
0:29 TV commentator: "[...] You can enjoy one other pair now, don't worry, they won't ride this course, the winners of 2005, no, now something very special will follow [...]" [i only translated the important part, before and afterwards he just said goodbye to the people at home ;) ]
01:00 stadium commentator: "Shutterfly came to Meredith when he was seven, at first named "Struwwelpeter". Somehow they already knew he would become one of the very greatest, his name would be written on the great winner boards, "Shutterfly" fits better. This is his eleventh time in Aachen - 10 times at the CHIO, once at the World Equestrian games, of course, with his rider Meredith Michaels, in the year 2006. He celebrated his greatest successes in Aachen, winning the Grand Prix in 2005. 2004, 2006, 2007 and 2008 he won the Nations CUp with the german team - without a single fence down. Furthermore he won two bronze medalls at the WEG in 2006 - individual and team ranking - individual gold and team silver followed at the European Championships in Mannheim, they finished fourth in the individual rankings at the Olympics in Hongkong 2008. Three times they won the World Cup, in his whole career he won not less than 3.5 million euros with his rider Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum."
03:12 "And along the way he won five Mercedes Benz cars for Meredith - in a row. The onliest thing they always hoped for but never achieved is winning the fitting garage. And this year once again as a highlight, here in Aachen, he showed his younger competitors what's REALLY good, the eighteen-year-old, the excellent one, as he won the Prize of Europe - Shutterfly."
04:15 "Let's enjoy some of the great moments of this pairing..."
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05:40 "You can surely imagine what a difficult question it is for a rider, when to retire a awesome horse like this one, especially looking at a horse still that healthy, fit and competitive. When should this moment be? The charm to continue is without a doubt huge. If there wasn't beating a huge heart in a petite young woman with the name Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum."
6:30 Meredith: "Thank you. You can all believe what a dificult day this is for me, today, what a difficult decision, to retire the best horse of the world. But this morning I woke up and asked myself: "What does Shutterfly deserve? What can I do for him?" And then I thought: "The best I can do is to retire him here, at the best horse show of the world, in front of the best public of the world, the best horse of the world." Thank you so much, Shutterfly, that's the best I can say today, thank you so, so much, Shutterfly"
07:25 stadium commentator: "Shutterfly, ladies and gentlemen, is saying goodbye among his family. There's Markus Beerbaum, Meredith' husband, who's equally essential, if we think of all the achievements of this pair. And - there's Anu, Shutterflys friend, in whose care he has been from the first day on and who was there for him day and night and will be in the future as well, because Shutterfly is standing at the threshold of a second, beautiful chapter of life, at home on the pastures in Thedinghausen, well-groomed and loved by the whole family, as he always was. The guard of honour is formed by Otto Becker and Frank Kempermann, they're all here to see this wonderful horse once again, to bid farewell, to grant him all the ovations of the people he is used to get, on a last, on a enormous lap of honour, full of ovations. Ladies and gentlemen, that was Shutterfly in the sport, ridden by Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum."
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