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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 25^th 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 2^nd 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 :

•  ALDO DU PLESSIS (m.b., 2010) CSI05* under the saddle of A. Deroubaix, 3rd of the GP 1,50 – 1,60 m of the CSI3* of Cabourg
• AIE TEK DE LALEUE (f.b., 2010) CSI3* with M. Pellegrin
• BLOOM DU PLESSIS (f.b., 2011) CSIO3* with Z. Hoffman, 2nd of the GP 1,50 – 1,60 m of the CSI3* of Vejer de la Frontera
• GLOBAL EXPRESS VDL (m.b., 2011) Champion of the 5 year olds and 7th of the 6 year olds in the final of the Dutch Championship
• BE EXPRESS*HDC (m.al., 2011) SF & Z approved stallion
• CASH DU PLESSIS (m.b., 2012) CSI05* ridden by L. De Luca, 2nd in the GP 1.60 m of the CSI5* in Valkenswaard
• CALL ME EXPRESS*HDC (f.al., 2012) Finalist at 6 & 7 years old, Best mare at 7 years old, Elite, CSI4*, ridden by R. Angot
• DIVINE EXPRESS*HDC (f.al., 2013) Vice-Champion of France at 6 years, Elite ISO 144
• ICARE EXPRESS*HDC (m.b., 2018) SF approved stallion, finalist at 4 years old
• ITHAC EXPRESS (m.b., 2018) Top Price of the Fences Elite sales, approved AES stallion
• JALOU B D’ARGANCE (m.b., 2019) SFO approved stallion, winner of the l’Eperon masters in 2023
• JUSTMY EXPRESS*HDC (m.b., 2019) Approved stallion SF, French 4-year-old Champion
• JAGGER EXPRESS (g.ch., 2019) Vice-Champion of France for 4-year-olds

Of the only 13 foals aged 7 and over, 7 are already performing at a high level

ZIGI NLG Z (f.b., born in 2016) : Daughter of QUAMIKASE DES FORETS alias ZIROCCO BLUE, Selle Français stallion, very good winner in CSI05* with Jür Vrieling, notably Gold Medal in team and 5th in individual at the European Championships in Aachen, World Cup finalist, winner of the GP CSI-W in Oslo… Sire of EDDIE BLUE, Gold Medal at the JEM in Tryon.

Dam of :

• MARIE EXPRESS HDC (f.b., ORIENT EXPRESS*HDC, 2022)
• ORIZON EXPRESS HDC (m.b., ICARE EXPRESS HDC, 2024)

COMTESSE Z (f.b., born in 2008) : Daughter of CHELLANO Z, Holsteiner stallion, ranked in the top ten at the World Championship for young horses at 6 and 7 years old before having a very good international career under the saddle of Jos Lansink. Sire among others of CHELLO Z, CYRANO DU RUISSEAU Z, CHOPIN, CONGO Z…

Dam among others of :

• CAMPARI VD HEFFINCK Z (m.b., COOPER VAN DE HEFFINCK, 2013) Approved stallion

HOLIVEA VAN COSTERSVELD (f.b., born in 1991) : Daughter of RANDEL Z, Z stallion, « stallion of the year» at 7YO with Ludo Phillippaerts. Sire among others of CORTES C (WEG with Beezie Madden), QUEBEC, ROMINO INFANTE D’O2, TSARINA, NABY OM…

Dam among others of :

• RABANNA VAN COSTERSVELD (f.b., HEARTBREAKER, 1991) Dam among others of :
  • CORNET OBOLENSKY (m.gr., CLINTON, 1999) BWP Ambassador Stallion, World Top 5 for 7 consecutive years, very big international winner under the saddle of Mr. Kutscher.
• VIVALDO VAN HET COSTERSVELD (m.b., CLINTON, 1998) Stallion, very great international performer under the saddle of R.Y. Bost.

GUDULA O (f.b., born in 1988) : Daughter of BEAUJOLAIS, Dam of :

• QUERIDO VAN HET CLOSTERVELD (g.b., FEINSCHNITT I VAN DE RICHTER, 1993) CSI3* with T. Davin.