Lord Fauntleroy

With the arrival of Lord Fauntleroy, Team Nijhof adds a particularly interesting foundation stallion to its breeding stock. Lord Fauntleroy not only jumps at top level himself, but also has offspring in the heaviest work and brings with him an exclusive gene pool. Saddled by Gilbert Böckmann and Markus Brinkmann, Lord Fauntleroy himself jumped up to 1.60m level, notable for his scope and good jumping style.

Especially his offspring put Lord Fauntleroy on the map in recent years. Despite a very limited number of offspring, we already see well-known horses at the highest level such as Let’s Go FZ by Giacomo Casadei, Ride Smart Legend of Life by Andreas Schou Lord Heinrich by Jörne Sprehe and perhaps the most famous, Looping Luna by Steve Guerdat. In 2024 alone, Looping Luna won the CSI Twente Grand Prix under the top Swiss rider, two CSI5* 1.55m classes in both London and Windsor, two 1.50m classes in Fontainebleau and Geesteren and two 1.45m classes in Gorla Minore. Furthermore, Looping Luna was second with Guerdat in a 1.50m class at Spruce Meadows, Calgary and third in a 1.50m class at Bordeaux in 2024.

Lord Fauntleroy’s breeding power is easily explained given his blood structure. Sire Lord Pezi was also a sparsely used stallion, but today is considered one of the most successful stallions in the L-dynasty in recent decades. Indeed, almost 10 per cent of his offspring jumped at 1.60m level, including Lord Pezi Junior (Pedro Veniss), Little Pezi (Mario Stevens) and Lord Pepsi (Paul Estermann). Dam’s sire Contendro I in turn also produced a legion of successful showjumpers and further back can be relied on the mainstay Argentinus

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