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Selle Francais

Candy de Nantuel

$1395
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Candy de Nantuel is a prototype of the modern sports stallion. He has a stunning gallop, a strong explosiveness with elasticity and an enormous respect for the obstacle. His serenity, his blood, his flexibility and his desired pedigree have paved way for an exceptional career in the sport and breeding. 

At age seven, he was successful with rider Thomas Rousseau with a 2nd place GP CSI3* Knokke, 5th place GP CSI3* Mons and 25th place in the final of the World Breeding Championships for Young Horses. As a four-year-old, he was a finalist in the French championship for four-year-olds, winner of the master of the Selle Français stallions for 5-year-olds and finished fourth in the same year at the French championship in Fontainebleau. He was also ninth in the French championship for six-year-olds in 2018, then finalist in the World Championships for seven-year-olds in Lanaken despite a serious fall two months earlier.

Sired by Luidam, Candy de Nantuel is out of one of the best Selle Français dam combined with the genes of Diamant de Semilly, Quidam de Revel and top Anglo-Arabians. Luidam, is a son of Guidam, sire of 35 Grand Prix and International Showjumpers including Authentic, Olympic Gold Medalist in Beijing and Bronze medal into individual with B. Madden when Ninja la Silla was Silver medal into individual at the Olympic games in Beijing with R.G. Bengtsson. In London Olympic Games, Vindicat ridden by Peter Charles won the gold medal.

His mother, Thara Nantuel, is jumping at 1m45 under the saddle of Arthur Deuquet and her full sister, Oceane de Nantuel, jumped 1m60 under the saddle of Michel Hecart and Alexandra Paillot. Eventually Candy’s motherline traces back to a Thoroughbred mareline, TB-5. He is now nine and has moved to the stables of Pénélope Leprévost. The motherline of Candy de Nantuel descends from three generations of Selle Français registered Warmbloods. His fourth generation, Alikamé x (Alize x - Kambas xx x Basil xx, breeder: S.C.E.A. Du Bois du Cher) is Anglo Arab, while the fifth generation is Thoroughbred. According to the IFCE (French institute for horses and riding), Kambas xx (Basil xx - Kamakias xx x King Legend xx, bred by Mrs. I.M.A. Todd) was born in Ireland.
Alikamé is the full sister of the maternal grandmother of the excellent Tatchou AA (Faristan - Taizka de Jurigny X x Ela Aid X, bred by Peter Fehlmann), who has an outstanding evaluated index of ICC 183. Winner of the world championship for seven year olds at the eventing WBCYH in Le Lion d'Angers, Tatchou finished second in the CCI 5*-L in Pau in 2008 under the saddle of Nicolas Touzaint.
The foundation of Thoroughbred mareline 5 is also interesting. I quote from page 22 of the book Genetic Heritage, written by Ken McLean: “Massy’s Black Barb mare, by Massy’s Black Barb from an Arabian mare imported from Egypt, is believed to be almost pure Arabian and is sometimes referred to as the Massey Mare. She produced Old Ebony (by Bastro) which produced Ebony (by Flying Childers).” On the website Thoroughbred Heritage the line can be traced from the foundation mare up to the mare Trieste (Plum Pudding) born in 1868. Old Ebony was born in 1714, and is the foundation of Candy de Nantuel’s mareline.
This line has a great many branches, but what we know s that the legendary Thoroughbred Djebel xx, bred by Marcel Boussac, also came from this family, just like Sadler’s Wells xx, Seabiscuit xx, and Son-in-Law xx.

The mareline is Anglo-Arabic which comes from an old Limousin strain with a lot of blood. My father has always favored blood in his crosses and has always had great success with Quidam de Revel and his sons, which is why he has used him a lot. He wanted to bring strength back to his broodmares which were very close to the blood by choosing Diamant de Semilly. The Diamant de Semilly/Quidam de Revel cross has worked well at the Nantuel stud but also at other studs.
“Karma de Nantuel also proved to be an excellent broodmare. The dam of only three horses, all of them are by the legendary stallion Diamant de Semilly. These horses were born with the help of embryo transfer. Her daughter, Océane de Nantuel had an excellent career in sport. She was purchased as a two-year-old filly by the Hécart family who own the breeding and sport stable Haras de la Roque. She started her career under the saddle of Michel Hecart, and has since jumped 1m60 under the saddle of Conor Swail and Alexandre Paillot. She was an exceptional mare to jump at high level with different riders.
“As a broodmare she produced some very interesting offspring for Haras de la Roque. These include Uthope de la Roque who jumped at 1m50, Viceversa de la Roque who jumped at 1m60 under the saddle of Roberto Previtali, and Atlantic de la Roque who jumped at 1m45. Both Océane and Thara de Nantuel were good mares in sport. They really got these characteristics from the motherline.
“Thara de Nantuel was a really good mare, who was excellent in jumping. She was very reactive and has a lot of energy. She did not have great scope, but a lot of energy. Candy de Nantuel is not as hot as his mother. His mother was always very hot when she entered the ring to start jumping. She competed at 1m40 with my husband Christophe, who passed away, and at 1m50 with my son Arthur. My father used Luidam (Guidam - Eljenhoeve x Akteur) because he is a son of Guidam who is again a son of Quidam de Revel. We’d already had very good results with Quidam de Revel blood.
“Candy de Nantuel is cooler and is also more flexible with his body. He has a very good character and a good canter that is also very supple. He is a very modern stallion. So far we are very happy with Candy de Nantuel’s offspring, which look very promising.
“I think it is a good thing for Candy de Nantuel to continue his career under the saddle of Pénélope Leprévost. He will follow the footsteps from many of his family members who have jumped at high level, they are all good competitors.

Candy de Nantuel was the highlight of the Fences Elite Auction in 2015 and rightly so.  He has improved in sport and technique every day since and truly appears to have what it takes to compete at the highest levels. He is a superb jumper and received 19/20 at his approval.  He jumped stellar which went right along all his good jumping season. He was so convincing that he was the fourth most used stallion in France in 2016--  just behind Diamant de Semilly and Kannan. He easily won the Selle Français Stallion Masters in early February of 2017 and is a rising star for the Selle Francais breed and sport.

It is really rare to see a horse so elastic; really supple in his body, and so elastic in his hindquarters. Candy de Nantuel is a really modern type of stallion, uses his hindleg very well in movement, and has a lot of elasticity in his topline. When we are looking for a stallion we look for no major conformation faults but one who has strong qualities. An average horse or a good sport horse doesn’t mean he will be a good horse for breeding. A top horse for breeding needs strong characteristics and verification that his pedigree has these strong characteristics, which is exactly what Candy de Nantuel has. He transmits blood, flexibility, elegance, a super jumping ability and elasticity to his offspring. They have developed natural musculature and very flexible and balanced locomotion. His first offspring are turning three and appearing in the stallion shows. Candy produces best with mares with size and frame.


Stallion Details

Price
$1395
Born
2012
Color
Chestnut
Height
16.2 hands
Approved For
Selle Francais, Oldenburg, Danish, Zangersheide
Status
In-Stock, Jumper
WFFS Status: tested negative (N/N)

Candy de Nantuel : PEDIGREE

Luidam Adagio IV Quidam de Revel
Fougere
Eljenojve Akteur
Poline
Thara Nantuel Diamant de Semilly Le Tot de Semilly
Venise des Cresles
Karma de Nantuel Quidam de Revel
Royaltie III

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