Santos For A Star

2023 BWP/NAD Stallion & Breeding Guide

REGISTERED NAME: Son et Lumiere OBF

SHOW NAME: Roark OBF

BWP NUMBER: 056-002-U09707187

HEIGHT: 16.3 hh

DATE OF BIRTH: 05/02/2018

COUNTRY OF BIRTH: Canada

BREEDER: Old Bull Farms

YEAR LICENSED: 2021

STUD FEE: Private Treaty

BOOKING FEE: Contact Owner

SHIPPED SEMEN: Fresh

EVA STATUS: Negative

STANDING AT: Moore Equine Veterinary Centre

CONTACT: Jamie Lee

TELEPHONE NUMBER: 204-500-2276

FAX NUMBER: n/a

EMAIL: contact@jlequestrian.ca

WEBSITE: www.roarkobf.com

OWNER OF RECORD: Jamie Lee

BIO AND PERFORMANCE RECORD: Son et Lumiere OBF, now showing under the name Roark OBF, is a beautiful young stallion by Emerald van’t Ruytershof, out of Evita OBF (by Heartbreaker). He has a modern build and moves with a balanced, ground covering stride. He is easy to handle both on and off the ground due to his intelligence and easygoing nature. We have seen so far that he passes on his canter, height, and beauty to his foals.

Son et Lumiere OBF was presented to Belgian Warmblood for provisional approval in 2021, where he achieved a great score of 83 for overall impression and 87 for his loose jumping. Judge Boudewijn Schepers described him as a “complete jumper for the future”. He earned his full approval in early 2023 by completing his sport requirements, and will continue showing under Katie Laurie into the future.

His sire, Emerald, had countless victories at the highest level with Harrie Smolders, with wins in 2013 in the Nations Cup in both Aachen and Gijon. In 2015, they won the Nations Cup in Falsterbo and the World Cup leg in Washington.

In the World Cup final in Gothenburg of 2016, they were 2nd, after which they participated in the Olympic Games in Rio and won the Nations Cup in Rotterdam. In 2017, they won in the Chantilly GP, and placed 2nd in the Versailles GP. In 2018, they won in the Bordeaux GP and a 2nd place in the Cannes GP .

Various Emerald offspring are now successfully performing at the highest level. Among the list of his impressive list of top offspring include: Igor, Imerald van’t Voorhof, Ibbo Van’t Keldertje, I’m Special De Muze, Ilias Van’t Vlasmeer, Jeunesse Van’t Paradijs, Kasper Van’t Hellehof, and Escape Z.

Son et Lumiere OBF’s dam sire, Heartbreaker, was simply one of the greatest jumping sires, ever. Looking at the first two generations of the top 21 jumpers, Heartbreaker appears four times, Cassini I appears twice, Chin Chin and Numero Uno twice. The other remarkable feature of the stallion’s career is just how long he dominated the sport. Heartbreaker was originally approved by the BWP studbook and in 2007 Heartbreaker was declared a ‘Belgian Ambassador’ and not surprisingly given the success of his offspring.