BY JOSÉ LUIS FERNÁNDEZ CUERVO
PHOTOGRAPHY: JOSÉ LUIS FC

The Spanish Sport Horses (CDEs) Darko de Roanne JR, in the five-year-old category, and Valquiria de Capellán, in the seven-year-old category, won gold medals during the Spanish Young Horse Championships in showjumping

The Spanish Sport Horse (CDE) showcased its full potential at the Montenmedio facilities by claiming two of the three titles at stake at the jumping Spanish Young Horse Championships. The national breed proved highly competitive in an event that gathered 118 contenders (26.27% of which belonged to the domestic studbook) split across the five-, six-, and seven-year-old categories.
The first major triumph for the CDE came in the five-year-old division courtesy of Darko de Roanne JR. Bred by Juan Riva and ridden by young horse specialist Javier Gutiérrez Rilo, the horse took the victory as the only competitor capable of completing all three qualifying rounds clear. This promising youngster is by Darko out of Roanne de Mars, a Selle Français mare by Kannan who previously brought great international success to the Riva family...

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