Baloubet du Rouet

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Olympic medal record
Equestrian
Gold 2004 Athens Show jumping individual
Bronze 2000 Sydney Show jumping Team

Baloubet du Rouet is a horse ridden by the Brazilian show jumper Rodrigo Pessoa. He has won many international titles.

Born in 1989, Baloubet du Rouet has won many of the greatest international show jumping competitions, including several world cup titles and two Olympic medals with the Brazilian team. In 1999, he won the World Cup Final in Gothenburg for the second time running, a feat that had only been done by 3 horses since the start of the World Cup competitions. At the World Cup Finals in 2000, he won for a record third time. He was quite successful at a young age, when ridden by Nelson Pessoa on the French circuit, including winning the 7 year old stallion test at Fontainebleau. However, the stallion became most competitive when he became the mount of Nelson's son, Rodrigo, as a nine-year-old.

Baloubet du Rouet is currently also used as a breeding stallion, as well as an active competitor in the show arena. Having been at stud since 1993, he has sired several nice horses including Gitane du Brumans II, Gatsby Vandrin, Gonzague du Rouet, Gershwin de Reis, Balou Grande Z (winner of the 30-day stallion test in 2002 at Neustadt/Dosse) and Balou du Rouet. He is especially popular in Germany, Belgium, and Holland.

[edit] Breeding of Baloubet du Rouet

His sire, Galoubet A, was also an impressive show jumper. Ridden by the French rider Gilles-Bertran de Ballanda, he won 19 International Grand Prix's and was on the French Gold Medal winning team at the 1982 Show Jumping World Championships in Dublin, Ireland.

Baloubet's dam, Mesange du Rouet, was out of the mare Bardine and by the well-known broodmare-sire Starter. She was therefore linebred to the great Thoroughbred Rantzau. She won 8 of 13 competitions at age four, and 5 wins out of 12 at age five, before becoming a broodmare and producing 5 foals. Mesange du Rouet was also the dam of the impressive Unadore de Rouet (sired by J’T’Adore), who attained a jumping index of 171, and went on to compete under Jean-Marc Nicolas and Olivier Guillon.

Pedigree of Baloubet du Rouet
Sire
Galoubet A
b. 1972
Almé Z
br. 1966
Ibrahim
br. 1952
The Last Orange
Vaillante
Girondine
br. 1950
Ultimate
Jvins Mars
Viti
ch. 1965
Nystag
b. 1957
Abner
Gustine
Ida de Bourgoin
ch. 1952
Boum II
Chouquette de Bourgoin
Dam
Mesange du Rouet
ch. 1978
Starter
ch. 1962
Rantzau
ch. 1946
Foxlight
Rancune
Kaironnaise
ch. 1954
Jus de Pomme
Tamise
Badine
ch. 1967
Bel Avenir
1945
Lavenir
Nicaella
Perle de Norval
ch. 1959
Rantzau
Hautesse


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