Full sister of Arko III at Haras de la Vie

Her name is Aka; 1m69, a real beauty and a pedigree to be stunned. She is no one less than the full sister of the famous international jumping stallion Arko III. Under the saddle of Nick Skelton, Arko III was the winner of the GP at Rome and Lucerne and the winner of the World Championship in Calgary and Leipzig. This successful combination took also a 10th place at the Olympic Games in Athens. Father Argentinus has proved himself as top-producer of international jumping horses with Anka, Air Jordan Z, Asti Spumante, Autogramm, Anastasia and Adlantus As. Mother Unika carries the first class blood of Nurzeus and Lucky Boy xx, through the stallion Beach Boy. The real power behind the success of Arko III is established in the lineage of the mother, namely mare lineage 002. This wide spread family is the base of a long list of international show jumpers: Now or Never (Piet Raymakers), Alanda (Pieter Kersten), Opium (Marcus Ehning), It’s the Business (Goeff Glazzard), Friso (Guido Dominici) and the legendary Darco. Ludo Phillipaerts and Darco took a 6th place at the World Championship in Stockholm (1990) and a 7th place at the Olympic Games in Barcelona (1992). More than 40 horses of Darco’s offspring are jumping at GP level. This makes Darco one of the stallions who have the most influence. Aka is only 6 years old and in foal of Lord Z for 2007.