World Cup record
Baloubet du Rouet
Baloubet du Rouet won the FEI Jumping World Cup Finals of 1998, 1999 and 2000 in a row with Rodrigo Pessoa; the FEI describes the run as unmatched.
Exceptional horse performances
Financial records, unique championship feats and outstanding sporting performances, only where there is a clear superlative or a striking story. Estimated amounts stay visible as estimates.
World Cup record
Bonfire
Bonfire won five FEI Dressage World Cup Finals in six seasons with Anky van Grunsven between 1995 and 2000; the FEI calls him the most successful horse in the history of this final.
Reported sale price
Fusaichi Pegasus
Fusaichi Pegasus was reportedly sold to Coolmore in 2000 for more than 70 million US dollars; this is a reported, estimated private sale price.
Racing record
Kincsem
Kincsem won all 54 races she started between 1876 and 1879, the longest unbeaten run from the start of a career.
Championship feat
La Biosthetique Sam FBW
La Biosthetique Sam FBW and Michael Jung were the first eventing pair to hold all three titles at once, after world gold in 2010, European gold in 2011 and Olympic gold in 2012; the exact studbook link for the site is still being determined.
Olympic feat
Rembrandt
Rembrandt won individual and team dressage gold with Nicole Uphoff at both the 1988 and 1992 Olympic Games; the Westphalian breed does not yet have its own breed page.
Auction record
The Green Monkey
The Green Monkey sold for 16 million US dollars in 2006, at the time a world record at a public horse auction.
Famous horseOlympic feat
Gigolo FRH
Gigolo FRH, with Isabell Werth, was one of the most successful Hanoverian dressage horses; together they won four gold and two silver Olympic medals between 1992 and 2000.
Famous horseLong-distance expedition
Mancha en Gato
Mancha and Gato were two Criollos who travelled with Aime Tschiffely about 16,000 kilometres from Argentina toward North America between 1925 and 1928.
Famous horseWorld record
Valegro
Valegro is one of the most famous dressage horses ever and is in the KWPN Hall of Fame; with Charlotte Dujardin he scored 93.4 percent in the Grand Prix Freestyle in 2014, listed by the FEI as the highest ever.