Pedigree
COCONUT GROVE has attained an enviable show jumping record competing on a limited budget. Few horses will manage such a successful career in a lifetime. COCONUT GROVE descends from the BOLD RULER / DAMASCUS cross. Most notable because the cross in reverse, DAMASCUS / BOLD RULER, produced the famous Grand Prix Jumper and successful sire, NAPUR. A number of additional lines and crosses are common to both pedigrees. DAMASCUS blood is highly sought after, as it consistently produces supreme athletes.
By DARE TO PET (16.3H): This Colombian race horse sire is large and of substantial build. He descends from the sire line, DARE TO COMMAND thru BOLD COMMANDER, a track winner at 2, 3 & 4. BOLD COMMANDER is a 3/4 brother to MIGHTY RULER (a member of the US Equestrian Team ’74 & Grand Prix winner). BOLD COMMANDER descends from BOLD RULER, Second Leading Race Horse Sire of the Century. BOLD RULER is found in the pedigrees of such greats as ALLEGRO (member of the winning Prix de Nations and Nations Cup Teams) and PRESSURIZED (multiple Grand Prix winner). The great ALIBHAI, who sold for a world record price of $500,000 in 1948 and was on the Top Ten Leading Sire List for 9 consecutive years, is a sire line found in BRANCH COUNTY (Individual Silver Medal winner ’76) and THIRD MAN (winner of the American Invitational ’79). Stakes winner HYPERION, 6 times Leading Sire in England is found in the lineage of SECOND BALCONY (winner of the Invitational Jumping Derby ’78, Cleveland G.P. & Upperville G.P. ’79), SOUTHSIDE (winner of the American Invitational ’76, Delta Airlines G.P. ’77, Palm Beach G.P. ’79 & Mercedes Stakes – World Cup ’80) and NIGHT MURMUR (winner of the Puissance at 7′ at the Pennsylvania Nat’l ’73).
The male female family contains ROMAN, sire of the royal race horse HASTY ROAD, a winner of the Preakness, Derby Trials and the Washington, Arlington & Breeders Futurities. ROMAN is prolific for producing exceptional jumpers. He sired VOLUNTEER (winner of the Nations Cup ’80, team Canada Gold Medal winner in Holland ’80 & winner of the Bolton G.P. ’81) and DUTCH CROWN (Champion Jumper at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Nat’l & Toronto, 2nd in the American Gold Cup ’79 & winner of the Puissance at 6’10”). JOHN’S JOY, winner & Leading Sire of Stakes Winners in `61,`62 &`63, appears in JET RUN (winner of the Individual & Team Gold at the Pan Am. Games ’79, winner of the New York G.P. ’79 & ’80, winner of the FEI World Cup in England ’81 & listed in the Top 10 Jumpers in the World ’79).
The influential sire lines of: *BLEINHEIM (twice), FRENCH GREY, *ROCK SAND (4 times), TEDDY (3 times), DARK RONALD and NEARCO appear in the sire side of the pedigree. The notable sire line of HYPERION is also present in the male side of the pedigree.
Out of CORAL GABLES (16.1H): She is the dam of the mare SATRA (a Champion Jumper and a member of the winning Nat’l Show Jumping Team for Colombia). CORAL GABLES descends from the legendary racehorse sire, DAMASCUS, a winner of $1,176,781.00 on the track, 1967 Horse of the Year, Champion Three Year Old & Champion Handicap Horse. He is the sire of 415 winners of over $26,000,000.00. DAMASCUS produced the great show horse and jumper sire NAPUR (Best Am. Horse at the World Cup ’87 and many times Grand Prix winner). NAPUR is the sire of IHF, IJF winners and show champion hunters & jumpers including GET A CLUE (Individual Gold and Team Silver winner at the Young Riders of No. Am. Championships and winner of the Jr/Am Rider of the Year at Spruce Meadows ’98). The DAMASCUS son, MOKHEIBA (2nd Leading Sire of Point to Point Winners ’94 and a Leading Sire of Steeplechase Winners) sired many winning jumpers & event horses. DAMASCUS is out of KERALA, who is sired by *MY BABU, an extremely successful sire of sport horses. *MY BABU produced the outstanding thoroughbred jumper sire, THE HAMMER, producer of such greats as SYMPATICO (Leading Grand Prix Horse `72 -`75), GOLDEN GAVEL (US Equestrian Team member) & JACKSON COUNTY (Leading Jumper ’79). KERALA’S dam, BLADE OF TIME is found in Y HUGO (Champion Jumper at Warrenton & Washington Int’l.) TEDDY, one of the most influential hunter/jumper sire lines of all time, is heavily felt throughout the pedigree. Sire line MAN O’ WAR, is represented through WAR ADMIRAL, a line present in RAGS (winner of the Big Jump at Pennsylvania Nat’l ’78, Jumper Champ. at Washington Int’I & winner of the AHRC G.P. ’79) The blood of TOURBILLON, a dominate jumper sire line, is found in THE JONES BOY (Top 10 Jumpers of the World ’79) and LE DAUPHIN (Individual Bronze at the Pan Am Games & winner of the No. American G.P. ’71)
The female family contains UMIDWAR, present in SANDSABLAZE (winner of 6 Int’l classes including the Presidents Cup ’77, Team Gold Medal at the Pan. Am. Games ’79, winner of the Puissance at 7’1 1/2″, member of the Nation’s Cup Team in `78 &`79, US Equestrian Team member `76 & G.P. winner) and AUSTRALIS (winner of the Wembley Stakes at London, Harrisburg G.P., member of the Canadian Team `70, winner of the Points Comp. at Pennsylvania Nat`l & Overturn Stakes at the Nat’l Horse Show ’71). NASRULLAH, Leading Race Horse Sire & Sire of the Century, is present in both the sire and dam side of the pedigree. The list of Grand Prix jumpers descending from NASRULLAH and his sire, NEARCO is formidable : CHASE THE CLOUDS (G.P. winner & Top 10 Jumper in the World ’79), LEAPY LAD (7th Am. Grand Prix Assoc. Horse of the Year), LUCKY BOY (World Cup Winner & Am. Grand Prix Assoc`s All Time Money Winner & Top Jumping Horse Sire ’82) & JOHNNY’S POCKET (US Equestrian Team member ’79 & ’80). COLORADO KID is found in MEXTECO (member of Nation’s Cup Team ’68).
The influential sire lines of: *BLENHEIM (3 times), FRENCH GREY (3 times), *ROCK SAND (5 times), *TEDDY (5 times), DARK RONALD (2 times), NEARCO (2 times), MARCO and FRENCH DOLLAR (2 times) appear in the female side of the pedigrees.
The notable sire line of BLUE LARKSPUR is also present in the female side of the pedigree.
