Figaro B has shown enormous talent in the hunter ring. He made his Pre-Green Hunter debut with Rick Harris of Hunter's Bluff Farm in the fall of 2009 at the Texas Rose Classic which was the beginning of his string of successes. Figaro B was High Pre-Green circuit champion at Gulfport in 2010 with Holly Shepherd. In 2011, Figaro B and Holly made their First Year Green Hunter debut, bringing home multiple Reserve Champion and Champion ribbons. Figaro B consistently won the Hunter Classic at Gulfport and also placed extremely well in his first Hunter Derby. Placing 2nd in his first round, Figaro B finished in 6th place out of 50 entries. We plan on focusing on Hunter Derbies in the future.
Figaro's foals all exhibit their sire's floaty movement and share his good looks. He seems to be reliably producing hunter type offpring.
Figaro B's sire, Pavarotti vd Helle has consistently produced offspring at the highest levels of both dressage and jumping competition including Quintus who placed 10th at the Beijing Olympic Games in showjumping.. Pavarotti himself was the reserve champion of the jumping test for Rheinland and Westfalen as well as the BWP. Following a trailer accident, Pavarotti became a champion dressage performer. The descendants of Pavarotti are notable for their good looks. As well, they combine super movement with excellent jumping technique. Figaro B's grandsire, Pilot is without doubt the best Westphalian producer of jumpers. Pilot has produced about thirty Grand Prix horses including Priamos, Bugatti Pedro, Piro, and Panama. Damsire Wellington was reserve champion of the stallion testing in 1983 and went on to place 3rd in the National stallion competition in 1985, 2nd in the 1987 competition, and 1st in the stallion competition category C. He also starred in dressage at Z-level and jumped nationally. He earned his "keur" predicate by siring many "ster" and "keur" mares, and approved stallions like Emilion, Farrington, and Glennridge. He has also sired many international show jumpers like VDL Jupiter, Jerome, SP Deka and What a Game. Wellington has also sired top dressage horses like Bolvorms Ceylon and Luxaflex.
