Greatest jumping sires of all time...

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O.k, just a random opinion post, out of sheer curiosity, who do you experts consider to be the greatest jumping sires of all time? They can be dead or alive. You can have a top three as it's hard to choose
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You see all these adverts advertising foals by different stallions, but which are the best ones? I want to know, don't ask me why!
 
If you're talking real greats.....................

Ramiro Z
Almé Z
Capitol I
Landgraf


as foundation sires...................

Ladykiller xx
Sacramento Song xx
Cottage Son xx
Ibrahim
Cor de la Bryere
Furioso xx
Furioso II

as modern legends

Jalisco B
Galoubet A
Quidam de Revel
Darco
Carthago Z
Contender
Cassini I
Corrado I
Caretino
Le Tot de Semilly
Nimmerdor
Polydor
Narcos II
Lord
The Caletto brothers
The Calypso brothers
Cantus
Papillon Rouge
The Calando brothers
Uriel
Libero H
Argentinus
Voltaire
Accord II

More current.............

Heartbreaker
Concorde
Indoctro
Corofino
Guidam
Diamant de Semilly
Baloubet du Rouet
Calvaro Z
Cento
Calido I

That should do it.
 
What's your opinion on Pilot? He may not have sired as many as some of the above, but there's always been something I've liked about his offspring and he seems to be in a fair few pedigrees here...
 
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If you're talking real greats.....................

Ramiro Z
Almé Z
Capitol I
Landgraf


as foundation sires...................

Ladykiller xx
Sacramento Song xx
Cottage Son xx
Ibrahim
Cor de la Bryere
Furioso xx
Furioso II

as modern legends

Jalisco B
Galoubet A
Quidam de Revel
Darco
Carthago Z
Contender
Cassini I
Corrado I
Caretino
Le Tot de Semilly
Nimmerdor
Polydor
Narcos II
Lord
The Caletto brothers
The Calypso brothers
Cantus
Papillon Rouge
The Calando brothers
Uriel
Libero H
Argentinus
Voltaire
Accord II

More current.............

Heartbreaker
Concorde
Indoctro
Corofino
Guidam
Diamant de Semilly
Baloubet du Rouet
Calvaro Z
Cento
Calido I

That should do it.

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Arhhhh, maybe my filly is more fashionably bred than I thought
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Her grandsire is Caletto I
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Deep Run - so if anyone knows of any of his mares still alive - pass them our way PLEASE! (Bet most of you have never heard of him have you?)

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There are still quite a few of his older mares about arent there? Of course we have heard of him, he has sired so many horses, how many Deep Run X supreme Leader horses are there ?!!
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Arko III is a great jumper, but he is still almost totally unproven as a sire. That may well change in the future as he goes into retirement and starts selling a lot of coverings in Europe, where he'll get some superb mares.
 
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If you're talking real greats.....................

Ramiro Z
Almé Z
Capitol I
Landgraf


as foundation sires...................

Ladykiller xx
Sacramento Song xx
Cottage Son xx
Ibrahim
Cor de la Bryere
Furioso xx
Furioso II

as modern legends

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Have to agree completely with Ken -- all the others really come from them, and if any of you have read The International Warmblood Horse you would see how often those names came up across all breeds whilst we were writing it.

I also could not believe that:

1 Anyone would put anything other than Ramiro Z,and Alme at the top of the list
2 Marius would even be mentioned (where on earth did that come from?)

Or perhaps let's not even get into that argument :-)
 
I am no expert but over here

How could we not mention the great King of Diamonds, Cavalier Royale and Clover Hill - I love Clover Hill horses as they have a look about them.
 
It's funny, those Irish sires do get forgotten, I guess that's how far from current thinking they are. The Irish have lost their way dreadfully in the last twenty years.

I think Cavalier Royale has a place in modern legends, but you were never really sure that the offspring were really his as there was also a Cavalier standing at the same time.

The problem with the other two is that they haven't created a dynasty in the same way as a number of those listed above. By that I mean, where are the truly great breeding offspring from them?
 
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Arko III is a great jumper, but he is still almost totally unproven as a sire. That may well change in the future as he goes into retirement and starts selling a lot of coverings in Europe, where he'll get some superb mares.

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Oh I hope so
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Mine are four year olds now
 
I would have to point out that you have forgotten the great Grannus one of my all time favourites and no one has mentioned him
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I also would include :-

Ramiro Z
Alme Z
Gotthard
Wendekreis
Cor De La Bryere
Furioso
Capitol I
Landgraf

Love them all
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Edited to add Marco Polo, he really deserves a mention
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Deep Run - so if anyone knows of any of his mares still alive - pass them our way PLEASE! (Bet most of you have never heard of him have you?)

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There are still quite a few of his older mares about arent there? Of course we have heard of him, he has sired so many horses, how many Deep Run X supreme Leader horses are there ?!!
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Well if anyone has a Deep Run mare of a viable breeding age, do let us know.
 
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