Capital Holley is a proven mare, dam of Capital Cipriana (1.30m) and Capital Reese (currently 1.10m), from a damline the stud’s own records trace to the family of Nabab de Reve, one of the most significant breeding stallions of the modern era.

Her sire, Capital Hitoshi, is by Winningmood, a Darco son who competed at the highest international level with Luciana Diniz. Darco is among the most influential jumping sires of the modern era, and Hitoshi’s damline runs through Sioux de Baugy to Grand Veneur, the French sire behind more than 300 showjumping winners and 74 licensed sons. Her damsire, Cascavelle, is a proven producer of showjumpers, stallions and top-class mares.

She is in foal to Capital’s Castello Z. Castello Z is by Chacco-Blue out of a Darco mare, and Holley is by a Darco grandson, so the resulting foal is linebred to Darco on both sides. This kind of duplication is used deliberately, to fix the scope, bravery and competitive will Darco is known for, while Chacco-Blue supplies the modern type, temperament and carefulness the sport now demands. For a buyer who thinks in terms of concentrating desirable blood rather than simply combining good names, Holley’s foal is shaped for the big time.