British Breeder Magazine, February 2021

Feature - Stallion Spotlight
Golden Hawk
It’s a little wonder that
Golden Hawk believes and
feels he is the king of the yard
at Breen Equestrian, he is the
most senior stallion there and
one of Shane Breen’s
favourite horses ever.
Golden as he is known at
home, has much to be proud
of. He has won approx.
£350k in prize money and
has jumped the biggest
classes in showjumping all
over the world.
Purchased as a six year from Jos Lansik
by Old Lodge Stud and Breen
Equestrian, he quickly showed his talent
and ability. As a 7 year old, he
contested young horse classes both
nationally and internationally with great
success. When he was only 8 years old
he jumped his first Grand Prix at
Lummen where he was second. In 2014,
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he jumped his first King George V Gold
cup at Hickstead double clear to gain
5th place. After Hickstead he enjoyed
many good placings on the 5*
winter show circuit at Oslo, Stuttgart and
Helsinki. In 2015, he continued his good
form and made his Nations Cup debut at
La Baule in France. In 2016 he was
second in the 1.60m Grand Prix of
Dublin as well as clear rounds in 5*
Nations cups at Hickstead and
Barcelona. He soon became a Nations
Cup regular for the Irish team, helping
them be in the prize money with fantastic
clears at La Baule and Rome. In 2018
he was a winner at Oslo 5*, London
Olympia 5* show and finished the year
with a super win at the Liverpool 4*
Grand Prix.
In 2019 saw his first attempt at the
famous Hickstead Derby where he
achieved a foot perfect clear round and
finished in 3rd place. He also won the
Derby Trial too and finished the year with
a big win at 4* show Valence in France.
Covid 19 stopped play in 2020 and he
only competed at one show in Vilamoura
where he won the World Ranking class.
This year he will jump some international
classes early spring, then concentrate
on his breeding work before returning to
competition later in the year.
Golden is 168cm high and was born
and bred at Stal de Muze in Belgium.
He is bred in the purple with
outstanding sire and dam bloodlines with
top performance results. He is a Gold BS
Stallion and is graded Elite by the Anglo
European studbook and Breeders Elite
studbook. His sire is Vigo d’Arsouilles
who in 2010 with Philippe le Jeune won
the gold medal at the World Equestrian
Games in Kentucky. Vigo d’Arsouilles’
sire Nabab de Rêve also ridden by
Philippe le Jeune was a member of the
Belgian bronze medal winning team at
the 2002 WEG in Spain. A
well-developed horse out of a strong
dam-line, Vigo d’Arsouilles is
SBS-approved and KWPNrecognized.
As well as Golden Hawk,
Vigo is also the sire of Super Trooper de
Ness (ridden by McLain Ward), Ego van
Oti (ridden by Edwina Tops