‘A very special horse’: farewell to talented stallion who sired Ben Maher's 2026 World Championship ride
The Heartbreaker son’s offspring include Ben Maher’s World Championships ride Point Break.
Action Breaker, the five-star showjumping stallion and sire to many top level horses, has died aged 26.
The Heartbreaker son competed at the highest level with his owner, Spain’s Sergio Alvarez Moya, alongside his successful breeding career.
“Time to say goodbye to Action Breaker, a very special horse that I was privileged to ride from three-year-old all the way to a third place in the Aachen grand prix,” said Sergio, on 3 August.
In 2004 Action Breaker was crowned four-year-old Belgian champion. He started his international showjumping career in 2008 and soon progressed up the ranks to five-star.
Sergio and Action Breaker made Nations Cup team appearances at top venues including Gijon, Rotterdam, Hickstead and Aachen. They contested World Cup legs in Leipzig, Lyon and Geneva and jumped at Monte Carlo, Hamburg and Madrid as part of the Global Champions Tour.
The pair were part of the Spanish team at the World Equestrian Games in Kentucky and in September 2014 they were part of the team at the Caen WEG. Later that year Action Breaker retired from competition, aged 14.
“His health stopped us at an early age but he gave us very special moments,” said Sergio.
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“He had a very good retirement in Casas Novas until his last day. Thanks and rest in peace my friend.”
Action Breaker will live on in his talented offspring; 239 are registered on the FEI database ranging from eight- to 22 years old. One of his best known offspring is 12-year-old stallion Point Break, Ben Maher’s ride for the 2026 World Championships in Aachen, who was runner-up at the 2025 World Cup Final. Another notable son is Billy Twomey’s 10-year-old Ace of Hearts Z, who stepped up to 1.60m level this year.
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