Rio Grande was the winner of the 100 day stallion test at November Hill Farm in 1991 with an index of 135 and a jumping index of 134. With Eric Lamaze, Rio Grande was part of Team Canada that won the Nation’s Cup in New York and Toronto in 1995. A great sport horse sire, Rio Grande topped lists of hunter and jumper sires for years in North America. Qualified for the Atlanta Olympics. Grande Prix jumper and now a sire of Grand Prix horses, Champion hunters, jumpers and dressage horses.
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