Jack Of Diamonds has our famous old Irish pedigree that we thought we would never have the opportunity to bring back into our bloodlines again. He is by the legendary sire, Irco Mena, who is the leading sire of showjumpers in Sweden. Now deceased, he still considered the Number 1 Sire.

Irco Mena is by Irco Mena out of the dam Ballymena Park who in turn is by our famous thoroughbred Menelek xx, and then relates back to Battleburn and King Of Spades. Battleburn was the sire of our Irish showjumping legend Boomerang who won the Hickstead Derby 4 times in a row with rider Eddie Macken. Menelek xx was a half brother to Bahrain xx.

Jack Of Diamonds sire Irco Mena was an International Grand Prix and World Cup Showjumper ridden by Royne Zetterman for Sweden. He represented Sweden on Nations Cup teams on numerous occasions together with his full sister Marcoville. They both competed on the Nations Cup team together when Sweden won the Nations Cup for the first time in 45 years. The second time they went on the team together, they repeated the victory!

Jack Of Diamonds' full brother is none other than the most famous showjumper in USA history:

“Quote about Nick of Diamonds - full brother to Jack of Diamonds”

Leslie Howard speaks after winning the Washington International Horse Show on Nick of Diamonds: “Winning last night leaves me with little else to say. He’s a great, great horse. I was really proud of him to come back so level tonight after being so fast last night. It just shows what a great horse he is.”

Nick Of Diamonds was an International Showjumper in America ridden by Leslie Howard. He won numerous Grand Prixs, Nations Cups and World Cups with Leslie, until a fatal accident ended his career.

Their dam is Shamsong who is by Imperious out of a King Of Diamonds mare that was sold to Sweden less than 20 years ago from Ireland. She jumped successfully, and went on to breed numerous Grand Prix showjumpers including Nick Of Diamonds.

This stallion gives us an opportunity to bring back all those old bloodlines again, combining the bloodlines of top showjumpers like Boomerang (Eddie Macken), MILTON (John Whitaker) (grand sire of Milton was Marco Polo) and so on. 

Jack of Diamonds is fully approved with the Horse Sport Ireland.