Abgar xx

born 1958 169 cm

Imported from France the grey Thoroughbred stallion was not initially very popular in Holland. He had been imported to Holland by Mr Burgers, a Thoroughbred and Shetland Pony breeder.

His bloodlines are the classic jumping recipe: Owen Tudor (Bay Ronald), Son-In-Law (Bay Ronald again) and on his dam’s side to Le Sancy xx who is also influential in the Ramzes family.
Abgar arrived as a 5 year old racehorse, and had one winning start before being sent to stud. In his first four years at stud, Abgar hardly covered any Warmblood mares. He moved to Brabant where he was slightly more popular, covering about 40 mares a season.
In 1976, he moved to the more high profile, Roelofs Stables in Den Ham. There covering only Warmblood mares, he became one half of the dynamic breeding duo of Abgar x Joost, or Joost x Abgar, the cross that made the name Roelofs famous. Not that the offspring were classically beautiful, they inherited their sire’s ‘crooked’ hindlegs and ewe neck - but it was their character that made them so sought after. He soon had national level showjumpers - Itturidu, Sapristie - and international representatives, Jabgar, Humphrey, Olympic Treffer and Valeur D.
Abgar died in 1984 at the age of 26, survived by stallion sons, Treffer, Pele, Pion, Transvaal, Bantry Khan and Abantos.