Lemir was born in 1999. His sire is Ali Mabrouk (Ali Zafir x Bint Mabrouk by Mabrouk), a stallion of Egyptian origin, born in the USA in 1990 and died in 2008 at our stud due to cancer. We bought Ali Mabrouk in 1996 mainly because of his perfect appearance, he was not without faults, but he was complementary to our other two stallions NA Colt and Vladimir de Falgas.
Lemir’s dam, Emira de Gargassan, was born at the stud in 1992. She is also the dam of Sheyk, Vizir and Roumba de Gargassan. The sire of Emira, NA Colt (Warandes Plakat x Hamira), was born in Belgium in 1986. He was our first stallion and became Vice World Champion at the age of only two years. His strong points: bone structure and conformation but above all a movement which is a typical characteristic of Gargassan today. His son, Cérès de Lafon is the basic stallion of the stud “l’élevage d’endurance de Suleiman“, which is specialized in endurance horses. NA Colt was of Russian and Hungarian descent (Babolna, cradle of Shagya). In 2010 he died with at the age of 30 years.
The dam of Emira, Durra (Saher x Hamdi by Halef), was born in Germany in 1974 at the National Stud Marbach. She was one of the three foundation mares of Gargassan. She is also the dam of Azziz de Gargassan, our very first foal.
Nicolas Ballarin & Lemir de Gargassan (2007-2016)
- 4058km distance of recognized races
- 37 participations
- 35 Placements
- 13 CEI*** competitions and 160km at the World Equestrian Games Sartilly
- 14 podium places, thereof 7 at CEI*** and four times 4th place at CEI***
- 4 times Montcuq: 13th place in 2009, 47th in 2011, 2nd place in 2012 and 2013
- 4 times Florac: 8th place in 2009 at 130km and at 160km: 6th place in 2010, 2nd place in 2013 and 4th in 2015
- 2014 Best European endurance horse
- 2014 in France elected to the ‘horse of the year’
- 1 silver medal at the 2014 World Equestrian Games
Other endurance horses of our breed are Tooyou, Jazzy, Nanty, Iff… de Gargassan,
as well as Ratoon de Gargassan and Tonik de Gargassan, members of the endurance team of Monaco,
Roman de Gargassan (Rajas) won the presticious H.H.Sh.Mohammed Al Maktoum Endurance Cup 2017.
2019 Florac CEI** 3rd place Wasaby de Gargassan and Anais Noailles
2018 Florac CEI** 15th place Wasaby de Gargassan and Anais Noailles
2018 Florac 160km 3rd place Tooyou de Gargassan and Nicolas Ballarin (for Tooyou the first 160km!)
2019 Henry-David Guedj and Tonik de Gargassan reach the finish line in Compiègne after 160km in second postition, and thus occupy 8th place in the world rankings in endurance sport!