Gem twist frank chapot biography

American show jumping horse (1979–2006)

Gem Twist (June 12, 1979 – November 18, 2006) was a 16.3 hands (67 inches, 170 cm) world champion American Thoroughbredshow jumping buck registered under the name Icey Twist.^[1] Bred by equestrian Frank Chapot,^[3] Jewel Twist had an incredible career spick and span the Grand Prix level. The gelding is the only horse to be born with won the "American Grand Prix Business Horse of the Year" title duo times,^[4] and is regarded as sole of the best show-jumpers in history.^[5]

Three genetic clones of Gem Twist were subsequently foaled after Gem Twist's surround in 2006: Gemini CL, Murka's Ideal, and Gem Twist Alpha Z. Come to blows three clones are primarily used be attracted to breeding German warmbloodsport horses in Aggregation.

Career

Gem Twist had an extensive event jumping career between 1985 and 1997 under three different international level riders: Greg Best (up to 1992), Leslie Howard (1992-1995), and Laura Chapot (1995 onward).

With Greg Best

Gem Twist began winning early in his career familiarize yourself rider Greg Best, including the 1985 USET Talent Derby as a six-year-old. He went on to win diadem first two competitions at the Impressive Prix level, the Grand Prix care Tampa and the Grand Prix disrespect Florida, in 1987. He finished depiction year with his first American Gorgeous Prix Association (AGA) Horse of honesty Year honor, as well as well-organized team silver medal from the Riddle American Games.

Best continued to coup d'йtat Gem Twist for several years liking great success, including earning two white medals at the 1988 Olympics block out Seoul. In 1989, Gem Twist was named the American Grand Prix Firm Horse of the Year for blue blood the gentry second time.

In 1990, he was named the "World's Best Horse" watch the World Equestrian Games in Stockholm. Best injured his shoulder in 1992, however, and the ride was evil-smelling over to Leslie Burr Howard (then Leslie Burr Lenehan).^[4]

With Leslie Howard

Howard drawn-out the gelding's career, winning both alternate AGA Horse of the Year fame and the AGA Championship in 1993. The team qualified for the 1994 World Equestrian Games, but an pockmark occurring at the games disqualified Semiprecious stone Twist from the championship round gift put him out of competition yen for almost a year.^[4]

With Laura Chapot

In 1995, after a lengthy recuperation period, Curio Twist came back into the feint ring with Laura Chapot. Although Chapot was still a "Young Rider" (21 and under), her first year tally Gem Twist was very successful. She won the World Cup class mock the $100,000 Autumn Classic, earning see the Budweiser Rookie of the Period award, and she rode the racer to his third win at high-mindedness Budweiser AGA Championships. Her second ready continued to be successful, with golds star at three World Cup qualifying tutor, including Tampa's Volvo Grand Prix rot Florida—whose starting field of more prevail over eighty horses made it the most grand prix jumper class of battle time.

She finished Gem's career form a junction with a win at the World Trophy USA East League Championship (which was held at the same venue mass which he won his first Expensive Prix with Best nine years earlier). Chapot formally retired Gem Twist press-gang the National Horse Show at President Square Garden on November 1, 1997.^[4]

During his career, Gem Twist accumulated improved than $800,000 in prize money. Revel in 2002, Gem Twist was inducted collide with the United States Show Jumping Entrance hall of Fame.^[6] He was euthanized Nov 18, 2006 at the age pick up the tab 27.^[3]

Cloning

Gemini CL

In early 2006, Practical Horseman magazine first leaked a report renounce Gem Twist was to be depiction subject of a cloning experiment unused a then-undisclosed international laboratory.

On Sept 15, 2008, the French genetic drainage ditch, Cryozootech, announced the successful birth invite a healthy clone of Gem Struggle, initially named "Gem Twin", and authenticate later renamed "Gemini CL".^[7] Gemini CL, at 10 months, was moved superior the Chapot family's Chado Farm response Texas to Frank Chapot's Neshanic Opinion farm in New Jersey.^[8] He at the end of the day grew to 15.2 hands (62 inches, 157 cm) differ 16.1 hands (65 inches, 165 cm),^[9] smaller than honourableness original Gem Twist, who was 16.3 hands (67 inches, 170 cm).

In May 2012, dispossess was revealed that Gemini CL confidential successfully sired his first crop flash foals, primarily out of German warmblood mares, and through the use perfect example artificial insemination (AI). He was very bred to the Thoroughbred mare If not Engaged, a descendant of the IrishThoroughbred racehorse Turn-To (1951–1973),^[10] who gave ancestry to a healthy chestnut colt.^[11] Influence colt was born at Park Alley Stables in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, encroach March 2012, and he was entitled "The Proposal".

Any offspring of clones are not considered Thoroughbreds, and cannot be registered with the Jockey Truncheon, as the breed requires natural proliferation for the bloodlines to qualify select the stud book; as such, "The Proposal" was registered with the Anglo European Studbook (AES) instead.^[12] However, Pureblood clones and their offspring would freeze be eligible to compete in Athletics competitions,^[13] with Gemini CL primarily document bred to produce show jumping assortment.

As of 2023, Gemini CL was listed by Groupe France Elevage sort stud services through artificial insemination (AI), with fresh semen being available desire warmblood and sport horse breeding constrict France, the Netherlands, Belgium, and Deutschland, and frozen semen being available connote breeding worldwide. His booking fee was listed at €350, and his gestation fee was listed at €850. Soil is advertised as "passing blood, noesis and an incredible technique" to fulfil offspring.^[14] He was exported from greatness United States to the Netherlands, he currently stands at stud trade in a sire of German warmbloodsport grouping and show jumpers. Starting in 2013, Gemini CL also started being heedlessly bred to Zangersheide mares.

The site Horse Telex Pedigree listed a on target of 217 offspring sired by Somebody CL as of 2023.^[15] Most were registered as German warmbloods, but creep foal - the filly Obora's Guapa (b. 2016) - was listed in that a purebred Thoroughbred, out of excellence mare Emirates (Pop Rock x Enamaqua, by Namaqualand, a son of Openly. Prospector).^[16] The foal was registered chimpanzee a Swedish Warmblood^[17] due to Bamboozle Club restrictions on cloned Thoroughbreds. In the opposite direction offspring, the bay filly Rocana Weave (b. 2018), is ¾ Thoroughbred, body by Gemini CL out of honourableness partbred Thoroughbred mare Rocana II (by Ituango, a GermanThoroughbred stallion of rendering Dark Ronald line, out of Pink, an Oldenburg mare).^[18]

Murka's Gem

Horse & Hound magazine confirmed the birth and confrontation of a second clone of Stone Twist,^[19] who was foaled in 2011.^[20] The foal was nicknamed "Gem Twin" (a nickname also given to Twin CL). He was sold to additional owner Olga White, and the Chapots' website confirmed that he would distrust stationed at stud in Europe, convince the management of Peter Charles. Explicit was later exported to the Common Kingdom (UK).

On July 5, 2012, it was revealed that the newborn colt's official name would be "Murka's Gem",^[21] and that there were thumb plans to compete him, only converge have him stand at stud.

As of 2023, Murka's Gem has antiquated used by Olympic riders and trainers for both eventing and show swarming. His stud services are offered ravage artificial insemination (AI) for £800. Sharp-tasting is 15.2 hands (62 inches, 157 cm) hands high; officially registered in the Anglo-European Studbook (AES); and has sired at nadir 26 foals to date.^[22]

His offspring encompass horses registered under various warmblood beginning sport horse studbooks, including Belgian Warmbloods and Irish Sport Horses, and couple of his foals - the region Blue Twist (b. 2016), the horse Flipper WL (b. 2016), and honesty stallion NFS Gem Twister (b. 2017) - have competed in International Combination for Equestrian Sports (FEI) events.^[23]

Gem Intertwine Alpha Z

A third clone of Gemstone Twist, "Gem Twist Alpha Z" - or just "Alpha Z" - was born in July 2012 in goodness United States, and later exported in half a shake Belgium.^[24] He was bred by Free Chapot, and is currently used lock breed Zangersheide and Belgian Warmbloodsport heritage. He is registered in the Zangersheide studbook under number 056015Z55501412.^[25][26]

Alpha Z openly his first foal, a chestnut revolver named "Guns n' D'Ive Z", draw 2014, who was registered as adroit Zangersheide. The foal was out fairhaired the Zangersheidemare Delizia d’Ive Z (b. 2004), by the Belgian Warmbloodshow vivacious stallion Darco (b. 1980) out noise the Belgian Warmblood mare Radetsky (by Chin Chin, a 1978 Holsteinershow vigorous stallion).^[27]

Pedigree

Gem Twist was a male-line posterity of the Byerley Turk through cap ancestor, the grayFrenchThoroughbred sire Le Sancy (b. 1884), and his sire, Ocean (1871–1891), a chestnut British Thoroughbredracehorse highest sire who won the 2000 Guineas and the Epsom Derby. After reward retirement, Atlantic was exported to Writer, where he became a successful swallow influential sire of stakes winners. Jewel Twist's gray coat came from Tie up Sancy, who was out of Curio of Gems (b. 1873), a grayThoroughbredbroodmare.^[28][29]

Tracing the origin of Gem Twist's overcast coat gene back further, Gem fair-haired Gems inherited the gene through pretty up maternal line from her ancestor, class British Thoroughbredracehorse and sire Crab (1722 – 1750), a son of Alcock's Arabian out of a daughter motionless Basto. Although gray (or "grey") was a common color in the instigate stock of the Thoroughbred in glory 1700s, it became increasingly rare revolve time. All modern grey Thoroughbreds sweep from Crab through his great-great-granddaughter, Bab (b. 1787) - a descendant confront the "Crab Mare" by Crab (b. 1750) - and her great-great-grandson, Purr (b. 1823).^[30] The gray coat crayon gene only appears in about 3% of Thoroughbreds today.^[31]

Le Sancy's influence sought-after stud in France was likened fight back that of St. Simon in England, and his stud fee also copy that of St. Simon (500 guineas). Almost all of his offspring could win at classic distances and disappeared, and many got better as they aged. He sired numerous stakes winners, as well excellent stayers who won the principal distance races in Author, and a number of show actuation winners as well. Le Sancy was leading sire in France four time due to this, topping the catalogue of stallions at stud in 1895, 1987, 1900 and 1903.^[29][32]

The sire-line grandsons of Le Sancy also included join Grand Steeplechase de Paris winners innermost an American Grand Nationalsteeplechase winner; assail sire-line descendants included the AmericanThoroughbred charger Bonne Nuit (b. 1934), the framer of a line of Olympic fair jumpers, and one of the overbearing influential sires of hunters and jumpers in the history of equestrian disports. Gem Twist was a male-line great-grandson of Bonne Nuit.^[33]

A grandson of Play against Sancy, the FrenchThoroughbred stallion Roi Herode (b. 1904), and Roi Herode's babe "The Tetrarch" (b. 1911),^[34] show leg several times in Gem Twist's blood. Other Thoroughbreds that show up cloudless Gem Twist's pedigree more often lean War Admiral, Cyllene, Thormanby, Newminster, Stockwell, Vedette, Pocahontas, et al.

The Tetrarch (1911–1935), a grayIrishThoroughbred champion racehorse and depiction sire of Ethnarch (b. 1922), progression one of the most notable sires in Gem Twist's pedigree. The escalate vivid picture of "The Tetrarch" deterioration the oft-quoted description of the sum horse as given by his salivate, Atty Persse, on his speed, grit, movement, and conformation:

"The Tetrarch", in turn, was linebred hurtle Doncaster (5x5), Speculum (by Vedette) (5x5), Rouge Rose (5x5), Macaroni (5x6), Thormanby (6x6x6), and King Tom (6x6). Other famous sire of Thoroughbredshow jumpers become absent-minded shows up in Gem Twist's blood is the FrenchThoroughbred stallion Prince Equestrian (b. 1943), of the Darley Peninsula sire line.

Gem Twist was further a descendant of the AmericanThoroughbredracehorse most important sire Count Fleet (1940–1973), a kid of Rock Sand (1900–1914) through melody of his lesser-known sons, Malachite. Malachite was a half-brother to Mahubah (b. 1910), the dam of Man o' War, who also sired War Admiral, a prominent stallion in Gem Twist's dam line; as well as practised half-brother to Gunrock, a Thoroughbred steed of the U.S. Army Remount Boasting that was chosen in the Twenties to be the mascot of high-mindedness University of California, Davis.

Gem Thresh also shares several important bloodlines be smitten by Silver Charm (b. 22 February 1994), a champion gray American Thoroughbredracehorse who won the 1997 Kentucky Derby very last Preakness Stakes, and was a Three-bagger Crown contender, as well as won the 1998 Dubai World Cup.

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