Florencio (horse)

Florencio (1999 - 2016) was a horse that won the 2004 World Championships for Young Dressage Horses in the five-year-old division. He was the only horse to receive a mark of "10" in the 2004 competition, and he received the highest marks total ever given to a combination at the World Championship for Young Horses. He stood at 16.2 hh (1.68m) and was registered in the following stud books: Westfalen, Oldenburg, NRPS, Hannover, AES, Sweden.

As a foal, Florencio was bought from Frank Van Dijck of Belgium, by Eugene Reesink. Henk Nijhoff partnered in the young stallion, and Florencio was sent into training as a dressage horse with rider Simon Dropp. With Dropp, he was Reserve Champion of Germany in the prestigious 2003 "Bundeschampionaat" and was Overall Champion of the 4-year-olds in Westphalia.

Minderhoud took Florencio as a comunt in 2004. He also began his breeding career during this time. By 2004, he had covered more than 500 mares across Europe, mostly through artificial insemination provided by the Kathmann Stud in Vechta, Germany. That year, Florencio had a breeding accident and required several weeks of recovery.

In 2005, Florencio came back EVA (Equine viral arteritis) positive.

In 2008 and 2009, Florencio won the VHO Trophy at the KWPN Stallion Licensing in 's Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands. He attempted, but never successfully competed at Grand Prix.

In 2013, Florencio had surgery to repair a inguinal hernia.

On 5 May 2016, Florencio died suddenly from cardiac arrest.