By José Luis Fernández Cuervo
Photography: José Luis Fernández Cuervo
During the recent 2025 European Championships in showjumping which took place in La Coruña, Spain, the most represented sire was the inimitable Chacco-Blue, with no fewer than four offspring in the entry list.
Chacco-Blue’s four offspring are as follows:
• Rain Man (2010/OS/g: out of Pretty Woman x Pilot), ridden by Iván Serrano Sáez (ESP), bred by Sigrid Schmid
• Charino PS (2015/OS/st: out of Pagarina x Norit Larino), ridde by Zascha Nygaard Lill (DEN), bred by Paul Schockemöhle/Gestüt Lewitz
• Mezohegyes Chabala (2010/OS/m: out of Calvaria x Balou du Rouet), ridden by Gábor Szabó Jr., (HUN), bred by Paul Schockemöhle/Gestüt Lewitz
• Chad Blue PS (2015/OS/st: out of Sancenta x Sandro Boy), ridden by Alexia Stanis (CYP), bred by Paul Schockemöhle/Gestüt Lewitz.
Chacco-Blue (Chambertin - Contara x Contender) is currently ranked second in the World Breeding Federation for Sport Horses sire rankings. He held the top spot for six consecutive years, from 2017 to 2022, and has ranked second for the past two seasons.
Interestingly, five stallions each had three offspring in this European Championship:
• Cardento (Capitol I - B-Estelle x Lord)
C Vier 2
Obora’s Crunchy Nut
Katanga vh Dingeshof
• Carrera VDL (Cardento - Vantiels Esprit x Baloubet du Rouet) Jup
Krachtpatser
Carabella vd Neyen Z
• Comme il faut 5 (Cornet Obolensky - Ratina Z x Ramiro Z) Cazan Z
I. Comme Tessa VHL
Cuma 5
• Cornet Obolensky (Clinton - Rabana van Costersveld x Heartbreaker)
Millfield Collette
Casual DV Z
Capsones W
• Harley VDL (Heartbreaker - Larthago x Carthago)
Karonia L
Fuzhou
Kalahari Rock
Half a dozen stallions had two offspring apiece, while 58 sires were represented by a single son or daughter.
As paternal grandsires, Diamant de Semilly stood out with six descendants through his sons: Diarado (2), Emerald (2), Pacino (1), and Elvis Ter Putte (1).
Heartbreaker also had five descendants through Harley VDL (3) and Toulon (2), as did Clinton, through Cornet Obolensky (3), Eldorado van de Zeshoek (1), and President (1)...
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