Meet Anthony Condon’s thrilling stallion Excessive Offley The Color Of Cash

Setting the showjumping world alight proper now could be the hanging six-year-old stallion Excessive Offley The Color Of Cash.

Owned and bred by Pat and Alan Morris on the Excessive Offley Stud, and now being impeccably produced by Eire’s Anthony Condon, “Monty” is catching the attention within the ring for his expertise in addition to his gorgeous piebald marking.

“Each present we go to, folks cease and stare and touch upon how lovely he’s,” says rider Anthony of the son of Excessive Offley Fernando (Kannan) x Arab Van Het Molenhof. From the motherline of Fernando is KWPN stallion Samber, who’s recognised as a vastly influential colored stallion.

Excessive Offley The Color Of Cash was produced in his early days by Paul Sims, most notably ending runner-up within the four-year-old championship at Bolesworth in 2023.

Anthony then took the reins for his five-year-old yr, the place his consistency shone with clear spherical after clear spherical, together with on the WBFSH Studbooks Leaping World Champions Trophy in Valkenswaard.

Excessive Offley The Color Of Cash is “ultra-consistent”

Stepping as much as additional worldwide competitions this yr, Anthony and Excessive Offley The Color Of Cash have simply returned from the CSIO3* Nations Cup present in Drammen, Norway, the place the duo posted a hat-trick of double clears within the younger horse courses, ending seventh within the high-calibre last received by Norway’s Benedikte Serigstad Endresen using Obarla T.

“That was his first time travelling such a great distance and he was unbelievable,” says Anthony, who additionally jumped double clear for Eire within the present’s Nations Cup using Lisa Hales’ 11-year-old stallion Oviedo S.

“Monty was so constant there, however he’s at all times been ultra-consistent, that’s simply him. He loves his job.”

Maybe surprisingly, colored horses stay one thing of a rarity in high stage showjumping, however the good ones at all times flip heads.

“Monty is an uncommon color however he’s additionally extraordinarily proficient; he’s a flashy, scopey man and actually cautious, so even when he wasn’t colored, folks would touch upon him for the very fact he seems excellent on the bottom then when he jumps it’s simply ‘wow’,” says Anthony.

“His markings are superb although, they add to the entire story and he actually does stand out within the crowd. It’s beautiful to have a handsome horse that catches the attention.”

A stallion going locations

The breeding stallion went to his first mares final yr and he has produced an thrilling first crop of foals.

“All his foals have been colored thus far, so he clearly has a really robust gene”, says Anthony Condon. “He’s been very busy with stud duties once more this yr, so we have now to tie all that in along with his competing, too, however he does so extraordinarily nicely.

“He’s solely six so he’s nonetheless studying his commerce, however each query I ask of him he’s answered it,” he says.

“He jumped clear every single day within the five-year-old championship at Valkenswaard final yr and to tick alongside in six-year-old courses is the purpose for this yr. We’re not going to attempt to break any information in the meanwhile although as a result of I believe there’s an enormous future within the horse – hopefully grands prix and the odd Nations Cup.

“We have now massive expectations for him and all credit score to his breeders.”

Watch this area, Excessive Offley The Color Of Cash is certainly a younger horse to maintain in your radar.

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Jennifer is passionate at showjumping and her function as H&H’s showjumping editor has taken her world wide reporting from exhibits and interviewing riders, connections and people concerned behind the scenes. Since becoming a member of H&H from BBC Sport in 2005, she has written on each topic throughout the equestrian sphere — from turnout rugs to steady administration — and has interviewed gold medallists, world champions and winners galore. She additionally has first-hand expertise of working within the equestrian trade as a using teacher and yard supervisor.