Mare by Orient Express*HDC and Elky Van Het Indihof*HDC
Mare by Orient Express*HDC and Elky Van Het Indihof*HDC
Selle Français stallion, ORIENT EXPRESS * HDC has an exceptional pedigree.
Son of QUICK STAR who, from his height of 1.59m, achieved a brilliant sporting career. Under the saddle of Nick Skelton first, then Meredith Michaels Beerbaum, the little horse accumulated more than €500,000 in earnings. Among his most beautiful victories let us recall that of Maastricht in 1992 and Mannheim in 1993. In his second career as a stallion, the son of GALOUBET A was approved in more than 20 different studbooks and boasts many world-famous offspring to date, including BIG STAR, Olympic Team Champion in London in 2012 and individually in Rio in 2016 with Nick Skelton; SPREHE STELLA, European Team Champion at Hickstead in 1999 with Meredith Michaels Beerbaum; QUICK STUDY, ridden by Lauren Hough and ranked 25th global performer in 2011, etc.
KAMTCHATKA, dam of ORIENT EXPRESS*HDC, is a daughter of LE TOT DE SEMILLY (ISO 177), the sire of many CSI5* winners headed by World champion DIAMANT DE SEMILLY and the great ITOT DU CHATEAU (ISO 197), winner at CSIO level with Edwina Tops Alexander.
His 2nd dam, LORIPIERRE (ISO 175) was an international winner and French champion with Gilles Bertran de Balanda. She has also produced DOLLAR DELA PIERRE, a private stallion and CSIO winner with Reynald Angot, World Champion in team in 2002.
ORIENT EXPRESS*HDC has had an impeccable sporting career with almost a million euros in earnings. He was the 6YO Champion in France, PRO 1 French Champion and a brilliant CSI-W / CSIO winner under Patrice Delaveau, including in the Nations Cup final in Barcelona, winner of many CSI5* Grand Prix and World Vice-Champion in team as well as individually in 2014.
He is now renowned as a stallion, sire among others of :
Of the only 13 foals aged 7 and over, 7 are already performing at a high level
ELKY VAN HET INFIHOF*HDC (f.b., born 2004) is a daughter of TOULON. A formidable competitor under the saddle of Kevin Staut (ISO 171), ELKY VAN HET INDIHOF*HDC has won nearly a dozen CSI5* events and over €320K in prize money.
Dam of:
BALADE VAN HET INDIHOF (f.b., born in 2001) Daughter of THUNDER VAN DE ZUUTHOEVE, good winner, under the saddle of Jos Lansink and sire among others of DEPARDIEU VAN’T KIEZELHOF and EUROCOMMERCE SEOUL, BALLADE VAN HET INDIHOF (ISO 171) was a very good winner, in CSI5* with the American rider Brianne Goudal.
UTTAH VAN HET INDIHOF (f.b., born in 1997) Good winner, with E.J. Slater, the daughter of HEARTBREAKER distinguished herself mainly as broodmare. In fact, her only two products, BALADE VAN HET INDIHOF and KIMBA FLAMENCO have reached the highest level.