Nabab de Reve heads final qualifier in Sires of the World series

The last qualifying heat for the finals of the TNT Sires of the World took place in the Nekkerhal in Mechelen, Belgium on 29 December 2000.

From a strong field of 38 stallions Lucien Somers’s course produced seven finalists for the jump off, with Belgium’s Phillipe Lejeune and Nabab de Reve (Quidam de Revel x Artichaut) the eventual winners.

The 10-year-old, Belgium-bred Nabab de Reve is by Quidam de Revel, who scored highly at the Olympic Games in Barcelona. Nabab’s dam is a daughter of the stallion Artichaut.

Nabab’s greatest rival in the jump off was TNT Caretano Z (Caretino x Reichsgraf) who is leading in the intermediate heats.

Ridden by Jos Lansink, the careful Caretano Z produced a faultless round, but just could not beat the winner’s time.

Third place went to the 12-year-old Belgian-bred Leader M Van De Zuuthoeve who jumped the only other double clear for Joris Vergauwen.

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