{"id":12556,"date":"2014-10-15T14:02:35","date_gmt":"2014-10-15T03:02:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/?p=12556"},"modified":"2021-04-20T10:35:35","modified_gmt":"2021-04-20T00:35:35","slug":"cumano","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/2014\/10\/cumano\/","title":{"rendered":"Cumano"},"content":{"rendered":"

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1993 178 cm Grey \u00a0<\/strong>Breeder: Willy L\u00fchrs\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Cassini I\u2019s 2006 WEG champion, Cumano is out of Chanell II who in turn is out of the Olympic showjumper, Casita, who went to the Athens Olympic Games with Saudi Arabia\u2019s Kamal Bahamdan. Casita is by Casino by Capitol \u2013 once again, those Holstein breeders are not afraid of breeding tight.<\/p>\n

After his licensing, Cumano sold at the Elite Auction in Neum\u00fcnster to the Belgian private stallion owner, Jean Verlinden.<\/p>\n

Ridden by Mark van Dijck, Cumano placed 12th<\/sup> at the World Championship of Young Jumping horses in 1998 and won Belgium\u2019s Lummen Grand Prix in 2002.<\/p>\n

In November 2002, Jos Lansink took over the ride \u2013 two years later they were an established combination.<\/p>\n

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In 2004 at Aachen<\/em><\/p>\n

In 2004, they finished sixth in the Belgian team at the Athens Games, later that year, they won the lucrative Spruce Meadows Grand Prix, and were third in the Stuttgart Grand Prix.<\/p>\n

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Third at Aachen in 2005<\/em><\/p>\n

The next year, they were third at Aachen in the Grand Prix and fourth at the European Championships.<\/p>\n

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Edwina looks tiny on Cumano in 2006 in the Final<\/em><\/p>\n

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The next year, they were set for the big one \u2013 the World Championship at Aachen. Lansink timed the run to perfection, and the big grey not only carried him to a World title, but gave each of Jos\u2019 three lady fellow finalists \u2013 Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum, Beezie Madden and Edwina Alexander \u2013 the sweetest of rides.<\/p>\n

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Carrying Jos, World Champion in 2006<\/em><\/p>\n

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He was retired with great ceremony at Aachen in 2011.<\/p>\n

Cumano\u2019s breeder, Willy L\u00fchrs was awarded the title \u2018Holstein Breeder of the Year\u2019 at the 2006 Holstein stallion licensing.<\/p>\n

Cumano spent one season in France in 2000 when he was seven years old and this was perhaps the most productive season of any stallion, anywhere, any time, in the world!<\/strong> He produced 61 foals that year out of fairly \u2018normal\u2019 mares, eleven of whom gained jumping indices of 150 or more, SIX of whom have won CSI classes.<\/p>\n

In the French magazine, Le Selle Fran\u00e7ais (No 16, 2013)\u00a0<\/em>Bernard le Courtois looked at the top fifteen jumpers by the percentage of winners to progeny between 1999 and 2003, and Cumano is way in the lead with a proportion of 9.83% of winners to foals \u2013 the next highest ranked stallion on this table is Timorraak des Isles (Double d\u2019Espoir) with two winners out of 42, or 4.76%.<\/p>\n

Cumano\u2019s crop of 2001 is truly extraordinary. On the SJA database he is listed with 60 competitors who have registered CSI placings, born between 1997 and 2005, and of these, 24 were born in 2001 and Selle Fran\u00e7ais registered. They include Steve Guerdat\u2019s Nasa (out of a mare by Prince d\u2019Elle) \u2013 2nd<\/sup> at Calgary in 2013; Nectar des Roches (Count Ivor xx) fourth at Vichy*** with Edouard Couperie; Nenuphar\u2019Jac (Pidayack), a consistent GP performer with Michel Robert, and with his retirement, with Penelope Provost; Neptune Brecourt (Kayack), 10th<\/sup> at the 2013 European Championships with Lucia Maria Moneta; Newton du Haut Bois (Quat\u2019Sous) 2nd<\/sup> in a 1.45 at Calgary with Cameron Handley. (Interesting: Pidayack and Quat\u2019Sous are both by Kayack \u2013 who is by Rakosi xx out of an Ibrahim \/ Ultimate xx mare.)<\/em> Then we have Noblesse des Tess (Irake) who was 4th<\/sup> at the London Games with Kamal Bahamdan, and Notre Moinerie (Qredo de Paulstra) double clear in the 2nd<\/sup> placed Swiss team at Lummen Nations Cup with Carlo Pfyffer.<\/p>\n

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Kamal Bahamdan and Nobless des Tess\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Cumano did not get along with his French riders, and returned to Belgium and Jos Lansink, and fame in the competition arena, even if fertility problems have limited his success as a breeding stallion.<\/p>\n

Cumano is 15th<\/sup> on the 2014 FN top 1%, with a breeding value of 156. He does not make the top list in 2015.<\/p>\n

He stood in 28h<\/sup> place on the 2014 WBFSH jumping stallion standings. On the 2015 WBFSH standings, Cumano has slipped to 46th, but incredibly, 7 out of his top ten points earners are all from the crop of Selle Fran\u00e7ais born in 2001.<\/p>\n

Cumano no longer makes it onto the WBFSH top 100, but that single season in France, and that amazing performance at the Aachen WEG, should ensure that his fame lives on. Cumano died in September 2018 at the age of 25. Jos Lansink farewelled him on his facebook page:<\/p>\n

“He was a horse who never gave up and never let me down. After his sporting career, he was enjoying his well deserved retirement in the fields at my stables in Meeuwen. He was in the field day in and day out. Even when he was enjoying his retirement, he always showed he was still the king. Thank you for everything buddy. You’re not with us anymore but you will live forever in our hearts.”<\/p>\n

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