| Darco
Darco's list of acheivements as a jumping stallion is testimony to his dream-like career and that of his rider Ludo Philippaerts who credits the stallion with getting him in to the international show jumping circuit.
As a sire, Darco, who was described by his rider as an extremely honesty and intelligent horse was never known to produce offspring that fell short of excellence and was alwayson top of the list for breeders from all over the world. Mares produced by him are highly coverted as brood maresand often sell for astronomical prices, while many of his male offspring have gone on to become highly successful themselves: Parco (by Darco x Attack Z) was 9th on the World Rankings List in 2001, while King Darco competed at the Atlanta Olympics with Philippaerts.
After his retirement from show jumping, Darco became one of the World's best breeding stallions for show jumpers and has remained so until his death in June 2006. |