Spanish Olympian Jose Antonio Garcia Mena has welcomed a new horse in his barn, the 9-year old KWPN stallion Jumeaux.
Jumeaux is a 2014 born Dutch warmblood by De Niro out of Evique (by Vivaldi x Contango). He is bred by Esther de Graaf.
Jordi Domingo
The stallion was presented at the pre-selection for the 2017 KWPN Stallion Licensing but he was not selected for the next phase.
He sold as a young dressage prospect to Spaniard Jordi Domingo.
The horse made its show debut in Spain in the 4-year old classes in 2018 under Alvaro Gomez. At the Spanish Young Horse championships they were 32nd in the preliminary test that year, but won bronze at the Catalunya regional championships.
Jumeaux stayed hom from competitions for almost three years to be produced to small tour level, making his come back in May 2021 and winning the 7-year old "Masters" class in June 2021.
In 2022 the pair continued to compete at small tour level and were fourth at the 2022 Spanish Small Tour Championships in Barcelona.
Jose Antonio Garcia Mena
The new pair made its show debut last week at the national show in Los Albardones in Medina Sidonia, Spain. They scored 73.186% in the Prix St Georges.
The owner of the horse is Miguel Noguera Henriquez' Barcelona based company Panogoma S.L. which also owns Mena's young horse Furst Benno (by Furst Belissaro x Worldly).
Photos © Lily Forado
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