December 21, 2004 – Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic – International dressage competitor Yvonne Losos de Muñiz of the Dominican Republic, the 2003 Pan American Games Bronze Medallist, will be showing three exciting new mounts in 2005.

After being named the Leading Rider on the competitive 2004 Sunshine Tour in Spain, Losos de Muñiz will be returning to Wellington, FL, this winter with three new horses. Along with her Pan Am Bronze Medal partner, Inatana Las Marismas, a 14-year-old Dutch Warmblood mare by Latano, and her Grand Prix mount, Rittersport Las Marismas, an 11-year-old Westphalian gelding by Royal Angelo, Losos de Muñiz has three new European acquisitions to accompany her to the show ring.

Bernstein DVH 696 is an eight-year-old chestnut Hannoverian stallion by the Trakehner sire, Banditentraum, and out of a Hannoverian mare by Winterwald. Now standing 17hh, he was purchased at the Hannoverian stallion licensing, and was presented as a three-year-old at the Danish Warmblood studbook approval, where he received the highest scores ever awarded.

Bernstein has already accumulated an impressive competitive record under his previous co-owner, Morten Thomsen, a two-time Olympian for Denmark. At the 2002 Young Horse World Championships held in Verden, Germany, Bernstein placed seventh overall, receiving scores of 8’s and 9’s for his gaits and impression. In 2003, he won every dressage class he entered.

His offspring are also excelling in their own right, claiming the 2000 and 2002 Grand Champion Foal titles in Denmark. And there is surely more success to come as, in 2004 alone, Bernstein covered more than 100 mares.


“I feel that this is an outstanding horse with all the ability to do grand prix,” said Losos de Muñiz, who divides her time between training and competing in the Dominican Republic, North America and Europe. “He has outstanding gaits and is schooling passage and piaffe. Most importantly, he has a desire to work and a willingness to please.”

In addition to Bernstein DVH 696, Losos de Muñiz has also purchased two young horses that she plans to show in the FEI Five-Year-Old classes in 2005. Ambassador is a stunningly beautiful chestnut Westphalian gelding with three excellent gaits by the Oldenburg sire, Abanos, out of a Parademarsch dam.

The other, Dondolo, was purchased at the famed Blue Hors stud in Denmark and is a chestnut gelding by Blue Hors Don Schufro by Donnerhall out of a Blue Hors Romancier mare. In a recent clinic with former FEI Dressage Chair, Eric Lette, Dondolo received scores of 9 for his walk, 9 for the canter and 9.5 for his trot. Lette also noted the horse’s impressive quality and his outstanding potential for the Grand Prix.

Fans of Losos de Muñiz can look forward to seeing all three new horses on the Florida dressage circuit, as well as welcoming back Inatana Las Marismas who made such an impression with her bravery and elegance during the 2003 Pan American Games. Competing in Florida will be a ‘retirement tour’ of sorts for the mare, as she will begin a new career as a broodmare in Europe in the spring. Losos de Muñiz, 36, will also be travelling to Europe following the Florida circuit to continue training and competing.

Losos de Muñiz is a successful competitor in both the dressage and show jumping ring, and, in only three years of showing at the international level, qualified for the 2003 Pan American Games where she claimed the Individual Bronze Medal, the first ever in the sport of equestrian for the Dominican Republic, and led her team mates to a close fourth place finish.

A dual citizen of Canada and the Dominican Republic, Losos de Muñiz also has allegiances to Spain and the Andalusian horses. She and her husband, Eduardo Muñiz, operate the equestrian facility, Las Marismas, which specializes in breeding Andalusians and Dutch horses with branches in Canada and the Dominican Republic. For more information, please visit www.lasmarismas.com.