Big Star

Biography

Big Star and Nick were part of the Gold Medal team at the London 2012 Olympics. In 2016 they famously won Individual Gold at the Rio Olympics. Big Star jumped an outstanding 11 consecutive clears on Great Britain’s Nations Cup team. In 2013, Big Star won the Rolex Grand Prix 1.60 at Aachen jumping the only triple clear out of 40 starters. He has also won the CSI5* Piazza di Roma Grand Prix, CSI4* Antwerpen, and CSI5* Hamburg. In 2017, Big Star was awarded KWPN Stallion of the Year and made an ambassador of the BWP studbook. He was named KWPN Horse of the Year in 2012. Sire: Quick Star (No. 3 in the 2013 WBFSH sire rankings) ridden by Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum won the Grand Prix of Maastricht & Munich. Quick Star’s sire, Galoubet A is the leading sire of the French Studbook. He won 19 Grand Prix titles. Dam: Jolanda competed in ZZ-level show jumping. Her sire, Nimmerdor was the foundation sire of the VDL Stud and gained “The Stallion of the Century” in 2000. He competed in World Cups, and the Los Angeles 1984 Olympics. Nimmerdor has 50 approved sons. Nick says Big Star ‘has everything you want in a stallion - temperament, looks, movement and ability.’ This Olympic stallion has amazing international show jumping results, an outstanding pedigree and an impeccable temperament.