2026 · Filly
Dorée du Val Soleil
by Tiger van 't Ruytershof × My Way B.&V.
Half-sister to the 1.60m Grand Prix horse Qannando B.&V.
We breed performance sport horses from proven Grand Prix bloodlines.
We breed performance sport horses from proven Grand Prix bloodlines.
By the Olympic stallion Emerald, out of Incroyable de Muze — dam of the 1.60m Qannando B.&V.
1.60m KWPN mare & 2025 World Cup Finalist — sister to multiple 1.60m horses.
A promising young stallion by Catoki (2018) — already a winner at 1.40m and moving up the levels, with top sport ahead of him.
By the Olympic and World Cup winner Emerald van 't Ruytershof out of Incroyable de Muze (by Nabab de Reve) — competed internationally to 1.50m with Michael G. Duffy. She unites two of show jumping's defining lines: Diamant de Semilly through her sire, and the incomparable de Muze family through her dam. She has already produced three Black Type horses of her own — among them the 1.60m Grand Prix stallion Qannando B.&V. — making her the cornerstone of our breeding programme.
2012 · BWP · by Emerald · 1.50m
2008 · BWP · by Nabab de Reve
2004 · BWP · by For Pleasure
1997 · sBs · by Darco · 1.60m
by Tinka's Boy · CSIO5* Athens
by Elvis ter Putte · €471,387
by El Torreo de Muze · €347,834
by Vigo d'Arsouilles · €42,100
My Way's first major produce is already a 1.60m Grand Prix horse and an approved stallion — proof, in the ring, of what this mare transmits. Jumping at the highest level with Alessandra Volpi (USA), Qannando is the reference for every full and half-sibling that follows.
The heart of Du Val Soleil. Each year a small number of foals are born to our mares — full and half-siblings to the 1.60m Grand Prix stallion Qannando B.&V., bred to follow him into the ring.
Half-sister to the 1.60m Grand Prix horse Qannando B.&V.
Half-brother to the 1.60m Grand Prix horse Qannando B.&V.
A small number of implanted embryos from My Way B.&V. by Kannan — the exact cross behind the 1.60m Grand Prix stallion Qannando B.&V., now in foal.
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A 1.60m KWPN mare and 2025 World Cup Finalist (Basel), a sister to multiple 1.60m horses — campaigned at the top by Alise Oken Crooks (USA). Twelve placings at 1.60m including 3rd CSI5*-W Williamsburg and 4th CSIO5* Rome. Her dam, Wunderfull Vera, is herself dam of four Black Type and a full sister to the five-star winner Van Gogh. Gelvera's own first foal, Apart, is already Black Type — jumping 1.45m.
by Numero Uno · 5* Grand Prix winner
by Harley VDL · €70,497
by Lord Z · CSI4*-W Poznan
by Apple Juice · Gelvera's first foal
A chestnut Selle Français stallion (2018) by the 1.60m Holsteiner Catoki, out of Beaute De Rouet. Already a winner at 1.40m with Lauren Crooks Brennan in the United States, he shows tremendous promise for top sport — with proven offspring already on the ground in France. Frozen semen available in Europe, by enquiry only.
Sean Crooks has spent a lifetime working with sport horses. As a rider, trainer and coach, he has developed horses from their earliest years through to Grand Prix competition and has worked with some of the sport's most influential bloodlines.
His career has taken him to Olympic Games, World Championships and European Championships as a coach, helping athletes and horses perform on the sport's biggest stages. Along the way, he has been involved with exceptional horses including Gelvera, Levis de Muze and Heroine de Muze, several of which run through these very pages, gaining firsthand insight into the qualities and families that consistently produce top sport horses.
Years spent riding, training, buying and selling elite sport horses shaped a deep appreciation for the families behind them. Today, that passion is focused on identifying and securing exceptional broodmare lines with the potential to influence future generations.
That pursuit is Du Val Soleil.
Du Val Soleil breeds performance jumpers through carefully selected mares. We don't breed for volume — we breed for quality. Inquire about foals, mares, embryos, or breeding partnerships.