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14 May 2023 Don Diego is by Don Frederico out of Wie Platine (by Wolkenstein II x Matcho AA) Don Diego was discovered by Juan Matute Azpitarte at the 2007 Hanoverian Spring Elite auction in Verden but Juan kept the 4-year old Don Diego in training in Spain In 2008 the tall black gelding made his debut on the national circuit ridden by Enrique Brewah Granados In 2011 José Antonio García Mena took over the reins and showed Don Diego in the international small tour classes at the Sunshine tour in Vejer de la Frontera They won silver medal at the 2011 Spanish Small Tour Championships With Jose Mena at the 2011 Sunshine TourIn the winter of 2011-2012 Don Diego joined the Matutes in Wellington where he became Juan Matute junior's career starting horse taking him from junior level to Grand Prix The pair made its international show debut at junior level at the 2012 CDI West Palm Beach They competed extensively in Florida that winter with twelve competition starts of which eleven were winning ones The gelding took Juan to his first European Championships where they were 25th in the individual test In 2013 the pair finished fourth at 2013 European Junior Riders Championships In 2014 they competed in the senior small tour in Wellington and finished the season there with their first Under 25 CDI start In 2015 the duo rode in its first World Cup qualifiers in Wellington In 2016 they achieved the apex in their career together representing Spain at the inaugural European under 25 championships in Hagen where they won short Grand Prix test bronze Bronze at the 2016 Under 25 EurosAs of 2017 Matute's younger horse Quantico took over the number one spot in the barn while Don Diego continued to compete non stop in the Under 25 as well as the senior Grand Prix divisions In 2017 they became Spanish Under 25 Champions in Segovia In 2018 Don Diego went full throttle with a full Wellington season followed by CDI Segovia and CDIO-U25 Aachen He then got a long break and returned to the arena at the 2019 CDI Doha In the 2020-2021 corona years the aging Don Diego was able to shift down a gear and only did two shows in Wellington 2020 and then was off from CDI competition for fifteen months as Juan suffered a life-threatening brain bleed in May 2020 from which he has fully recovered In 2021 Don Diego returned to the CDI stage at Camarma de Esteruela In October 2021 it was announced that Don Diego would be officially retired from sport after 11 years competing internationally of which eight were at Grand Prix level The gelding went down his final centerline at the CDI4* Madrid the now 20-year old black Hanoverian has returned to the international arena under Luxembourg's Céline Wagner Celine and Juan Matute Guimon"I am currently a student at IE University (in Madrid) where I am doing a dual degree in Business and International Relations," said Wagner "I have always been a very passionate horse rider thus I reached out to the Matute Family They have been very generous to me to offer Juan‘s super star At the 2023 CDI Camarma de Esteruela Wagner and Don Diego competed in the Young Riders' team test Wagner, who is not related to Luxembourg dressage Olympian Nicolas Wagner told Eurodressage that Don Diego was put back in work after he looked unhappy retired in the field he was not happy in the retirement," said Wagner So Juan decided to put him back to the barn He never lost his ambition to the training as a young rider I need much to learn and Don Diego is the best school master I could ask for." Celine and Don DiegoThe 21-year old Spanish based Wagner made her international show debut in 2019 at the CDI Leudelange aboard the 5-year old Soleil d'Amour (by San Amour x Dacaprio) Two years later she returned to the CDI ring in Cascais competing the now 9-year old Hanoverian Demian (by De Niro x Dimaggio) Céline showed the grey gelding in three CDI's: Cascais Celine plans to learn as much as she can from Don Diego this show season "We have only been training for a short period of time so there is a lot of room for improvement from my side," she explained "We are looking to compete in a few small shows for this season Juan‘s mother will further enjoy riding him later this year." 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