- Warmblood
- Chestnut
- Mare
- 14 years
- 16hh / 163cm
- Outstanding show jumping breeding with World class pedigree. A proven broodmare & fantastic mother
- Superb temperament, easy to get in foal, kind, affectionate & easy to handle at all times
- In foal to Graded perlino leopard spot stallion GFS Fire and Ice for guaranteed quality dilute foal
Angel is by the incredible Olympic show jumper Arko III and out of a mare by Calvados who competed at 1.60. She had competed to Novice under the name of Double M Tarko with 124 points before being sold to an amateur home and then to ourselves. Her jumping pedigree is impeccable with Grand Prix and 1.60 jumpers featuring on virtually every line of both her dam and sires pedigree.
This mare stands at 16hh, she is glamorous, talented and such a wonderful character. Miss personality plus, she is a born show off, a tremendous mover, vice free, incredibly loving and the kindest natured horse. She is 13 years old, a proven broodmare who is easy to get in foal, easy to foal down and a sensational mother. She is in foal to the leopard spot AES Graded stallion GFS Fire and Ice for a guaranteed dilute foal with a 50% chance of a spotted coat pattern in 2026. She had an outstanding colt by Ahorn in 2024 who can be viewed here and seen on our website, he is also for sale.
Her sire Arko III represented Great Britain at the 2004 Athens Olympics which tops the lengthy list of outstanding International wins including the richest competition in the world, the Calgary CN Grand Prix 2008.
Arko's earning to date are over 1 million pounds and he was number one horse in Europe for three consecutive years. His breeding is impeccable with both dam and sire being of prodigious talent and bred from a long line of incredible performance ancestry and progenitors of the same.
Angels dam sire Calvados was bred from the best French performance bloodlines. Renowned as a leading sire of show jumpers as well as eventers and dressage horses. A Grand Prix show jumper himself, his sire the Selle Francais Uriel was leading French sire for many years with a breeding index of 211 (the highest figure ever in France). Although he was bred on a limited scale, he has numerous international offspring jumping at Grand Prix level.
This is a mare with a very talented family tree and some very big names for her offspring to live up to! She is in foal to GFS Fire and Ice for 2027, he is a perlino leopard spot stallion who has had much success at stud and has produced youngstock who have sold internationally for a variety of disciplines and are prized for their fantastic temperaments and willingness under saddle.
GFS Fire and Ice is a Graded stallion whose Graded sire was a wonderful cross of the unique Danish Knabstrupper, a breed steeped in history and legendary for their extreme trainability and versatility and the rare, highly prized Kinsky Warmblood.
The Kinsky's are renowned for their great natures and ability to turn a hoof to virtually any discipline. Throughout their history this is a breed who has excelled in all sport from Steeplechasing (this was a breed that dominated the famed Grand Pardubice ('the Devils race' in the now Czech Republic. This was a death defying race notorious for its vast obstacles and stamina sapping ploughed fields. It is a breed known for it's exceptional versatility and has seen them compete with great success in the fields of showjumping, dressage, endurance, carriage driving and eventing. They are the ultimate all rounder. In addition to their famed ability to tackle any job asked of them, huge hearts and talent under saddle, these rare horses have coats that positively shimmer with an ethereal looking 'metallic' sheen to them.
His dam was by the late great Rock King leading sire of event horses Rock King. Himself the sire of the Olympic eventer Rock Model. He also sired four competitors at the 2008 CCI **** at Luhmuhlen.
Rock King was renowned for his fantastic temperament, excellent paces and superb jumping technique. As a four year old Rock King won the Stoneways Potential Show jumper and was in the final twelve for the Young Event Horse Class. From there his career sky rocketed. Sadly, his career was tragically cut short whilst competing at Tweeseldown Horse Trials in 2000 where he sustained a fatal injury. He was at that time already Advanced, accruing over 200 BE points during his short career which would otherwise undoubtedly have seen him feature in many major horse trials.
He was sired by, Just a Monarch. A stallion that has produced many superb competition stock over the years. Many of his proven progeny including the International Event Horses, Kings Jester, Just an Ace and Midnight Monarch, as well as point-to-pointer Mark Methane who has won over 30 races.
Rock Kings' dam, Rockys Double and Grand dam, Farley Mount were both prolific producers of CCI **** Eventers, including; Double Trust, Alfresco, Trust in me and Kilcashel.
Folly's Rock damsire is none other than the legendary Bohemond, HIS Premium stallion and sire of double Olympic event mare Withcote Nellie and dam sire of NZ WEG Team horse Classic Moet, who contested WEG 2014 and 2016, who was 3rd and Burghley and competed at Badminton three times, winning in 2018.
This incredible package of mare and 2027 foal is only for sale due to retirement.
All information can be found on our website www.gfssporthorses.co.uk