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<\/a><\/p>\n\u201cNegro has been the big thing behind our success, he made us\u2026 Negro himself, then with his breeding, with the sons and also with the broodmares. And of course his most famous son, Valegro. Negro is fantastic the way he is stamping his progeny. He is a once-in-a-lifetime horse. We are very lucky to have him.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n A young Negro – Jacob Melissen image<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cI bought Valegro from his breeder as a foal, he came in when he was four-months-old. We took him to the stallion licensing, and they didn\u2019t want him as a stallion. We gelded him and sold him to Carl Hester, and after that, the successful story started. The Licensing Commission didn\u2019t want him, but okay Negro was not so well known, and Valegro is not the most modern type\u2026 if you knew what was going to happen, you wouldn\u2019t have gelded him, but that\u2019s how things go. If he\u2019d been a stallion then probably he wouldn\u2019t have had the chance to go so far in the sport.\u201d<\/p>\n Negro is by Coby van Baalen’s star Ferro<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n Everdale, is now competing Grand Prix with Charlotte Fry<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Van Olst Horses \u2013 Breeding, Riding, Training, Selling<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n