{"id":90488,"date":"2022-07-11T09:52:18","date_gmt":"2022-07-11T07:52:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antares-sellier.com\/?p=90488"},"modified":"2022-07-12T09:00:59","modified_gmt":"2022-07-12T07:00:59","slug":"baloubet-du-rouet-an-unconventional-star","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antares-sellier.com\/en\/2022\/07\/11\/baloubet-du-rouet-an-unconventional-star\/","title":{"rendered":"Baloubet du Rouet: an unconventional star"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
“Few people had high hopes for him… He didn’t have the right look<\/em>“. Baloubet du Rouet<\/strong> was 3 years old in 1992 and hadn’t (yet) swept people off their feet. As Yannick Fardin, grandson of Louis Fardin (who bred Baloubet) explains, the lofty colt with his head held high, didn’t have the chance to shine in stallion events. Yet, just a few years later, he was to become one of the most prominent Selle Fran\u00e7ais horses in the history of show jumping and more generally, equestrian sport. He was the only horse to have won the World Cup Finals 3-times <\/strong>running, ridden by Rodrigo Pessoa<\/strong>. So, let’s have a look back at the story of this sturdy, tenacious chestnut coated legend.<\/p>\n\n\n