Hello Sanctos | |
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Hello Sanctos at CHIO Aachen, 2015. | |
Sex | Gelding |
Foaled | 2002 |
Country | Belgium |
Colour | Bay |
Hello Sanctos (born Sanctos Van Het Gravenhof the 2002/05/13) is a bay gelding. He is listed in stud-book sBs and ridden in show jumping. From 2014[1] to 2015,[2] he was the best show jumping horse in the world. His rider was Scott Brash. He is the only horse in the world to complete a Grand Slam of Show Jumping. He stopped due to an injury in December 2015. The horse returned in February 2017.
He was born on 2002-05-13[3] at Willy Taets stud, Lembeke, Belgium,[4] and named Sanctos van het Gravenhof. Peter Wylde was the first to ride him.[5] After a year, Sanctos was exported to Ukraine for Katharina Offel.[5] Hello Sanctos was noticed by Lord Kirkham and Lord Harris[5] who bought him for Scott Brash, for the London Olympic games in 2012.[5]