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Bon Balou is a modern framed horse with outstanding jumping ability combined with excellent, active paces. He has won and placed in young horse classes in 2009 and will be competing in four year old jumping classes in 2010. His four year old full sister, St Pr A Baquita, was Champion showjumping mare at the 2009 Herwart von der Decken-Schau. Bon Balou's sire, Balou du Rouet, first showed his promise on his 30 day test where he gained a score of 9.2 for jumping. In 2005 scored the highest mark of 9.2 at the National Championships, making him one of Germany's top four licensed stallions. He is now competing at 1.50m and is the sire10 licensed sons to date. Baloubet du Rouet wrote sporting history winning the World Cup finals three times in a row & was the individual Olympic Gold Medalist in 2004 as well as winning team Bronze in Sydney. Bon Balou's damsire is the legendary Argentinus (1980-2007), who was the youngest millionaire among Germany`s top sires and currently third ranked German stallion by the WBFSH. His progeny are successful in both jumping and dressage & incude Arko III, Air Jordan, Amsterdam, Armitage, August der Starke, A Jungle Prince, Albano, Anka & Aleppo. Bon Balou's grand dam, Larika, has also produced a  full brother to La Belle,  Air Force One (Argentinus), who is  jumping 1.40m as a 7 yr old, as well as a licensed Oldenburg stallion Albatros (Acord II). His grandsire sire, Landadel, (1982-1996), is regarded as the most outstanding son of the legendary Landgraf I and carries a double dose of the great stallion Ladykiller. He is known as an outstanding producer of top performing offspring in dressage and jumping. In the 2001 World Cups, Landadel was unique in producing representatives in both the dressage and jumping finals, with the exquisite Leondardo da Vinci in the dressage (Gonnelien Rothenberger), and in the jumping, Little Gun (Helena Weinberg). He is the sire of over 66 licensed sons including Landor S and among others he is the grandsire of Dressage Grand Prix and performance test winner August der Starke (Argentinus) and Stedinger. Great grand dam Morika produced the licensed brothers Quinnus I & II by Quidams Rubin.