His foals have dominated the International Hunter Futurity on the west coast. His list of champions is too long to list in total. Among his current champions are January’s Best who was Circuit Champion at Indio and Palm Beach, Green Working Hunter Champion at Devon and Reserve Grand Hunter Champion at Devon. The Best Of Luck son, Stroke Of Luck, was Green Conformation Hunter Champion at Devon, South Salem and Capitol Challenge and Grand Hunter Champion at Capitol Challenge. I don’t think it has ever happened before that both young hunter champions at Devon were sired by the same stallion.
Hap Hansen’s colt by Best Of Luck was Reserve Champion at the West Coast Finals of the International Jumper Futurity in 1995. He won both jumping rounds and ended up reserve by three-tenths of a point. Helmsley, by Best Of Luck, won the West Coast International Hunter Futurity Championship in 1992 and is now a consistent champion in the Children’s Hunter division.
The Best Of Luck son, Surprise, was Circuit Champion Amateur Owner Jumper on the Arizona circuit before winning the Puissance at Montery, several Open Jumper Championships and Grand Prix victories including the LA National $50,000 World Cup Qualifier. The list of champions goes on and on. And the premier breeding son, the continuation of this noble heritage is Just The Best.
The dam of Just The Best, Timely Persuasion, has produced big, beautifully correct foals with excellent gaits and jumping style. They all have great dispositions, talent and trainability to go along with their beauty. She is registered with the Jockey Club and is a First Premium KWPN Dutch Accredited mare. She shows Nasrullah, Nearco, Bull Lea, and Hyperion in her pedigree. Because she was first bred at four and proved to be such a superior broodmare, she was not shown, even though she had shown great promise in her early training and possesses all the quality, talent and attitude to have been a champion in her own right.Just The Best is nominated to the International Hunter Futurity and the International Jumper Futurity so his foals are eligible for nomination in both futurities. He is also registered with the Performance Horse Registry, which is connected to the Jockey Club. Your foal would be eligible for registration with the Performance Horse Registry. They will record sport results and offer year-end awards.
The PHR will track bloodlines and results like the Jockey Club has always done for the Thoroughbreds. This important database of bloodlines and performance will provide breeders with the information they need to breed for sporthorse performance success just as the Europeans have done to establish their famous bloodlines.