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  Himalaya v/d Bosbeek E.T.

Himalaya's sire Argentinus is also the father of Arko III ( Nick Skelton), Adlantus As ( Lars Nieberg), Air Jordan ( Eduard Mathé), Armitage ( Marcus Ehning), enz. Other well-known offspring of Argentinus are Anka (Marcus Ehning), Annabella ( Cian O'Connor), Anastasia III ( Billy Twomey) en Acajou ( Toni Hassmann). His willingness to perform that is probably the most significant trait of this impressive sire. Classic Hanoverian performance lines are the backbone of his pedigree. Just the names of all the riders who have an Argentinus offspring under saddle reads like Who is Who of elite German riders. By his performances in the sport and breeding received Argentinus in 2005, the title “Stallion of the year” from the Hanover studbook.
Argentinus stands at the top on 3th place in the rankings of the WBSH breeding stallions ( 2008) together with Darco, Quidam de Revel, Concorde and Nabab de Rêve.

Mother Elle Rêve v/d Bosbeek is a daughter of the stallion Nabab de Rêve, son of the famous Quidam de Revel, was a very successful showjumper with rider Phillippe Lejeune. In his top year 2002 Nabab stood on the 15th place on the FEI World Ranking List. Some of his offspring performing at GP level are: Vigo d’Arsouilles, Kashmir v/h Schuttershof, Le Rêve de Nabab, Freestyle, Paradigm, Valentina van 't Heike , Nabab’s Son, Surrealist v/h Paradijs, etc. Robijn VDBH Z the mother of Elle Rêve won a lot of international victories under the saddle of Philippe Lejeune, later she won the World Cup in Manila and the golden (team) & silver medal in 2005, under Toni Leviste during the South East Asian Games, she had been even selected for the World Cup Final in 2006, and died some days before.