Cirano’s father is
Turbo van ‘t Gestelhof. At the age of six he
won the stallion contest at the Hasselt
Jumping show. As a 7-year old he won the
Masters National Jumping in Peer, Belgium
over a 1.50m course; and was 9th in the
Belgium Championships.
His mother Oreal comes from the famous
Blesse stock and is a proven breeder for
performance and beauty. Mother, grandmother
and great-grandmother were national mare
champions. A lot of good jumpers and
dressage horses come from this stock.
Oreal already
produced a lot of top jumpers and dressage
horses at a young age: Roxane (Ria Loots),
Sandro (Rita Philippaerts), Turbo (Philippaerts),
Vasco (Wilfried Mondelaers) and Warkant (Wilfied
Mondelaers).Turbo is Warkant van ‘t
Gestelhof’s half brother, a tested stallion
in Belgium (BWP) and Germany.
Turbo is by the
great Darco, who is THE name in breeding
showjumpers in this millennium. A prolific
winner in Grand Prix's and World Cups he
also gave Belgian rider Ludo Philippaerts
his 1992 Olympic ride. Indeed Ludo rode a
son of Darco at the Sydney Olympic Games in
2000 [Otterongo]; he also rides Parco a
winner of current world cups. Other Darco
progeny include King Darco, Nustria and
Jolly Boy to name just a few.
The great grand sire
is Lugano I whose best-known progeny are
Peter Charles' European Champion ride La Ina
and Jos Lansink's Egano. Darco's dam sire is
by Codex, a graded son of the Holstein
thoroughbred stallion Cottage Son xx.
Turbo was sold to the U.S.A. in the
autumn of 2004 , where he is ridden by
Candice King.
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