The breeding adventure started from childhood. Brooke has always loved horses and has started riding at three. She developed her interest in breeding with her first pony, Foxy, at the age of six. At the age of ten, she discovered the Selle Français breed and became passionate and fascinated with the French standard of horses: robust, brave and true warriors. She rode the hunters throughout her childhood and progressively moved towards the jumper ring.
Following her passion for French horses, she moved to Paris after finishing high school for her undergraduate studies in International Relations, where she underwent her tests to obtain the French national competitor's licence at the National School of Veterinarian Studies of Paris. After finishing university, Brooke headed to the only suitable place to get to know the roots of the Selle Français breed she was passionate about: Normandy, birthplace and breeding grounds for the French sport horse. There, Brooke was lucky enough to ride with many world-renowned riders and trainers, from France's top young horse riders to Olympic medallists.
After living within the breeders' circles who created the Selle Français breed, Brooke took the initiative to start a lineage comparable to no other. Hired to work at a stud near Cherbourg, Brooke bred, raised, broke, trained and sold horses that today are competitors at the highest level, engaging all horses to compete in the hunter ring at four, five and six years old — creating a well-trained horse that is not overjumped, allowing the correct formation of its articulations, ligaments and joints.
Dada Sport Horses is a philosophy and theory that stems from the Dadaists, an art movement developed during World War One of naming objects as artworks, chosen by the artist. In the case of Brooke's artworks, the lineage is chosen by Brooke, and a living sculpture is created which can not only be considered a sport horse but also a living sculpture.
Horses that have excelled at this type of training include: Seringat (Jumping Index 180 — Winner, Nations Cup, World Cup placings, Hermès placings, ridden by Cian O'Connor and Eduardo Alvarez), Urzo d'Iso (150 GP with Steve Guerdat), Ultimate d'Iso (5-year-old French Champion hunters), Salvia (Jumping Index 136, now a broodmare for Dada Sport Horses), Deesse d'Iso (winner at European Championship tours, GP 145) and Dali d'Iso (numerous placings in France, GP 140), among others.
Today, Brooke has her own farm and has had the excellent opportunity to breed to top sires that have strengthened the breed by adding blood to the Selle Français lineage, which had stagnated toward the heavy horse since the late nineties. Stallions offered today by the Zangersheide studbook have proved to throw chic, bloody horses with courage and heart from the French lineages — with many products by her favorite Air Jordan Z, as well as Chellano Z and Columbus Z, offered to the most discerning of riders for the highest level of competition one can imagine.
