Flora de Mariposa…<\/em><\/p>\n Flora is by For Pleasure, out of Adeline, who is by the Pilot son, Power Light, out of Quirinal by Quito de Baussy out of Herman\u2019s foundation mare, Londy. Cantinero who should rightly be called Chopin de Mariposa, is by Cento, out of Trezebees (by the Cor de la Bry\u00e8re son, Cash) out of Quirinal.<\/p>\n Cantinero<\/em><\/p>\n Herman is a modest man, and it takes quite some persuasion from Belgian breeding enthusiast and bloodlines authority, Huub van Aert, to get him to come down from his seat in the Aachen stand for this little interview:<\/p>\n How did you start breeding horses, was it in your family?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cMy family bred horses before me. My grandfather had horses, Thoroughbreds, ours is a horse family. I started with a daughter of Primo de Bruy\u00e9res, and then I built up my mares from this one foundation mare.\u201d<\/p>\n That mare was the French bred Londy. Primo de Bruy\u00e9res is by the French Thoroughbred, Night and Day, his dam Gazelle d\u2019Aubry carries the blood of two of the great French Sporthorse Thoroughbreds, Fra Diavolo and Furioso. Londy\u2019s dam, Ededee, carries the blood of three influential Hanoverians: Lugano van la Roche (a grandson of the great Thoroughbred, Der L\u00f6we), Fl\u00fcgel van la Roche and Senator, through his son, Sturmwind van la Roche.<\/p>\n \u201cI have used Holstein and Hanoverian stallions, but the base is French.\u201d<\/p>\n What stallions do you use now?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cAll origins, but they must jump, that is the final point. Every couple of years I have a stallion at the licensing. Last year, my stallion Matisse de Mariposa, was the reserve champion stallion. Matisse is from the same mother line as Flora and Cantinero. He is by Diamant de S\u00e9milly out of Inabelle de Mariposa, by Stakkato, and out of Adeline, the mother of Flora.\u201d How many mares do you have?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cI have only three horses, the other ones I have given to my younger son. I have retired, my son goes on with the horses.\u201d<\/p>\n Why are horses important to you?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cThey are everything to me,\u201d he says looking out onto the famous Aachener showground. \u201cWhen they jump at this level \u2013 that\u2019s it.\u201d<\/p>\n When he became BWP Breeder of the Year 2014, there were tears in Herman\u2019s eyes. There are breeders, and there are breeders who breed with passion\u2026<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/FloraDeMariposaLeprevostW.jpg\")
<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\nHerman’s foundation mare, Londy<\/em><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n