Tiamo was licensed by the Hanoverian Verband and completed his stallion performance test at Munster-Handorf. He did not stand at stud as a young stallion but was sold to Dr. Wilfried Bechtolsheimer of England as a competition horse.

Tiamo spent several years under Emile Faurie, developing to Grand Prix and campaigning as one of Emile’s international horses. With performances earning over 70% at top CDI’s, Tiamo demonstrated his true international quality as a Grand Prix dressage horse. With Emile, Tiamo was selected as the reserve horse for Great Britain at the 2000 Sydney Olympics. Tiamo later came under Germany’s Hubertus Schmidt, who furthered his international career and increased his list of wins to include Hamburg, Munster-Handorf, and Munich. Tiamo was then sold to Karin Offield of Offield Farms. He educated Karin through the levels, teaching her the FEI movements and building her confidence in the competition arena. Together, they won multiple USDF year-end awards at the FEI levels.

Photo ©Terri Miller

Photo ©Terri Miller

Tiamo is by Trapper, a Celle State Stud stallion known for producing big, floating trots and very good rideability. His daughters have become especially noteworthy as excellent producers, often producing outstanding quality of movement and rideability. Trapper descends from the Trakhener influence of Trautmann, whose ancestry includes Aventin xx, sire of Marcio xx, one of the influential improvement sires who gave the Hanoverian breed such notable stallions as Matrose and Maat I.

Tiamo’s dam Diana is by Darling, a respected producer of dressage horses in Germany.  Darling’s well known son Dynasty, ridden by Cindy Ishoy, won the prestigious Dressage at Devon CDI Grand Prix multiple times and represented Canada in international competition.

Darling’s sire is Duft II, the stand-out descendant of Duellant, a famous D-line stallion who stood from 1946-1965 and who reliably produced good conformation and movement, with special talent for dressage. Duellant was by Dolman, one of the original descendants of the Hanoverian breed’s D-line progenitor, the Thoroughbred stallion Devil’s Own xx. 

Traumgeist xx, Tiamo’s granddamsire, stood at the Rantzau breeding station in the reconstruction period for the Trakehner breed after World War II and is considered a first-class progenitor of the Trakehner breed. He had a very balanced, candenced way of going in all three paces and had an excellent temperament. He provided the Trakehner breed 50 Studbook registered daughters and seven valuable sons. His son Hirtentraum later became a dressage horse under Germany’s Uwe Sauer, with top placings at the Hamburg Derby. 

Breeders who value such foundational bloodlines won’t want to miss the opportunity to access  them through Tiamo Trocadero.

“Tiamo exhibits both the extreme beauty and exquisite gaits which made his father a legend. His excellent temperament and trainability account for Tiamo's rise to success in the international Grand Prix ring where he remained for over a decade as a top competitor.” Robert Dover, Karin Offield’s Coach & Trainer