analysis by Christopher Hector
I am indebted to my colleague Adriana van Tilburg for this analysis of the Sire lines…
Furioso II – 8 horses: Kannan – 3, For Pleasure – 3, For Feeling – 1, Oklund – 1
Ibrahim – 22: Double Espoir – 1 ; Almé – 21, Richebourg – 1; Quite Easy I – 1; Baloubet du Rouet – 3; Tangelo van de Zuuthoeve – 1; Jericho Pierreville – 1; Fuego du Prelet – 1; Galoubet – 1; Quantum -1; Quintero – 1; Acorado – 1; Jeff D’or – 1; Quidam de Revel – 1; Helios de la Cour II – 1; Quaprice Bois Margot – 1; Argeggio – 1; Kashmir van Schuttershof – 1; Quidam Junior I – 1; Nabab de Rêve – 1; Querlybet Hero – 1; Obos Quality – 1
Cor de la Bryère – 19: Carpaccio – 1; Casall – 1; Rash R – 1; Cornet Obolensky – 3; Casco – 1; Contender – 2; Con Air – 1; Up to Date – 1; Conterno Grande – 1; Calido – 1; Chacco-Blue – 4; Coriano – 1; Canturo – 1
Cottage Son xx – 16: Cardento; 3, Cassini I; 1, Cento Lano – 2; Centauer Z – 1; Cento – 1; Colman – 1; Berlin – 1; Cabrio van de Heffinck – 1; Ultimo van ter Moude – 1; Candidatus – 1; Clearway – 1; Napels – 1; Carthago -1
Ladykiller xx – 9: Numero Uno – 1; Burggraaf – 2; Lux – 1; L’Arc de Triomphe – 1; Levisto – 1; Sam R – 1; Lenardo – 1; Lord Liberty G – 1
Inschallah X – 1: Istafan – 1.
Ultimate xx – 3:
Farn – 4: Padinus – 1; Heartbreaker – 1; Toulon – 2
Abglanz – 2: Argentinus – 1; Thunder van de Zuuthoeve – 1
Abdullah – 1: Timpex Cabale – 1
Eisenherz – 1: El Bundy -1
Fra Diavolo xx – 1: Hugo Gesmeray – 1
Laudanum xx – 1: Carnute – 1
Semper Idem – 1: Satisfaction – I
Lugano – 2: Tornado; 1, Ogano Sitte; 1
Goldfisch – 1: Landeur – 1
Lucky Boy – 1: Mr Blue – 1
Courville xx – 1: Ginus – 1
Looking at the studbooks, ninety-four horses started in the first round speed class. There were 4 sBs, 5 Westfaliens, 7 from Oldenburg (plus one Oldenburg Jumping), 9 Selle Français, 13 Holsteiners, 12 KWPN, and a staggering 15 from the BWP in little Belgium, with just 3000 mares.
Going into the individual finals we have four from Holstein, four from the KWPN, three BWP, and three Selle Français.
Carlo
Number one going into the individual round is Carlo, 100% Holsteiner. Second, Vivant, 75% Selle Français, 25% Holsteiner. Third, Zenith, 62.5% Holsteiner, 25% Selle Français.
Quorida de Treho
Fourth – Quorida de Treho, 11/16ths Selle Français, with a dash of Hanover and a splash of Holstein. Flora de Mariposa in 5th, is by Voltaire, half Selle Français, half Hanoverian, out of a mare by the Westfalien bred, Power Light out of a mare by the Selle Français, Quito de Baussy, out of a Belgian mare of Thoroughbred and Hanoverian breeding on the basis of a few mares who worked the fields amongst the windmills.
Zirocco Blue
Sixth is Zirocco Blue, 3/8ths Dutch, one eighth Oldenburg (but by a French Anglo Arab), 3/8ths Selle Français.
Chiara
Seventh, Chiara, 100% Holsteiner; eighth, Utamaro d’Ecaussines, 75% Selle Français and ninth, Conrad de Hus, all Holsteiner with lots of the Thoroughbred blood that took the Holstein horse out of the shafts and into the jumping arena.
Diva
By the time we get to the tenth placed horse, Diva II, we see just how meaningless looking at the scars on their skin is. Diva is a classic example of what my friend Arnaud Evain would dub a ‘bastard’ as distinct from a ‘blue blood’ – which is apt, since she is by the current star of Arnaud’s stallion team, Kannan, who is a right mix of blood. Three-eighths Selle Français, quarter Hanoverian (albeit with a quarter of that Thoroughbred), one eighth Holsteiner, combined with some Gelderlander perfumed with the blood of Holstein and France. Diva’s dam line is equally heterodox: one quarter French Anglo Arab, one quarter ‘Dutch’ but by an Irish Thoroughbred, one quarter ‘Belgian’ but by a half-blood Holsteiner, one eighth Hanoverian, and an eighth Gelderlander. Not surprisingly Diva finds her home in the studbook that will take anything as long as the registration fee is paid, the AES. And why not? The traditional studbook is less and less a useful tool of analysis…