Capital Clarinda carries one of the most productive jumping damlines in the sale. Her granddam, Larobi, is the dam of Nepos van Limbo (1.60m), Kick-Off AG (1.50m), Quinta (1.40m) the stallion Belmondo and Easy AG Z. Clarinda’s dam, Quinta, produced Equifox Sting (1.40m).

Clarinda’s damsire is Heartbreaker, one of the great transmitters of technique and carefulness in modern jumping breeding. Her sire, Capital Capriccio, is a Holsteiner by Cor de la Bryère, the foundation sire who revolutionised Holstein breeding and produced Corrado, Corland and Calypso II. Through his damsire Capitol I, Capriccio carries blood that produces both sporthorses and stallions, and his damline, 18b1, is among the best in the world. He was brave, careful, and quick, with tight front-leg technique.

She has already bred Capital Lagitha and is in foal to Capital’s Castello Z. Castello Z is by Chacco-Blue, the most influential sire in modern sporthorse breeding, out of a Darco mare with Heartbreaker underneath. Clarinda’s own damsire is Heartbreaker, so the foal is linebred to Heartbreaker on both sides, deliberately concentrating the technique and carefulness that stallion is known for, while Chacco-Blue supplies modern type and temperament and Darco brings bravery and competitive will. Setting that against a dam line responsible for a 1.60m horse and a 1.50m horse makes this one of the most carefully constructed matings in the sale. For a buyer who values the dam line above all else, Clarinda’s page is among the strongest in the catalogue.