Randel Z (v. Ramiro – Alme) passed away at the age of 31. He had been a successful jumper competitor with Ludo Philippaerts (Belgium). Two of his descendants belong to the world’s best jumpers, Cortes C placed third at the World Equestrian Games in Normandy with Beezie Madden.
Nector v.h. Carelshof won the World Cup freestyle in Berlin and placed well in the final in ‘s-Hertogenbosch with Ingrid Klimke. Further more, Randel Z is the grandsire of the dam of jumper producer Cornet Obolensky.
Randel Z himself did not do badly in the sport, either. In 1989 he jumped ten clear rounds out of twelve in the Belgian cycle for 5-yr-olds and finished in fifth place. That year he also finished fourth in the finals of the BC in Gesves.
Two years later he won the finals for 6- and 7-yr-olds in Bavikhove and also that year’s stallion competition of Jumping Mechelen. Then he moved for a year to the showjumping stables of Ludo Philippaerts. There he won in short time, in Belgian competitions alone, more than 100,000 Belgian francs under Ludo and Danny Verheyen.
