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The French champion now heading to Brazil\u2019s camp<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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In the international sport horse market, good stories often come with a very short expiration date. This one is no exception.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Only a few weeks after the national title, Hard'Rock Queen HJD has already changed ownership. An ultra-fast exit that mainly confirms one thing: the market never sleeps, even while the championship celebrations are still echoing through the stables.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But this time, the horse is not leaving to teach a billionaire teenager how to ride a triple combination. The destination is Rodrigo Pessoa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Et l\u00e0, le d\u00e9cor change imm\u00e9diatement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Rodrigo Pessoa, collector of superstars<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Because we are talking about a rider whose r\u00e9sum\u00e9 reads like a show jumping encyclopedia: Olympic champion, world champion, three-time World Cup winner, multiple medallist and one of the defining figures of the sport for more than three decades.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At 9 years old, Hard'Rock Queen HJD is joining a stable where experience at the very highest level is certainly not lacking. The Brazilian continues strengthening a string already built around the sport\u2019s biggest international targets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n The pattern has almost become routine: a horse explodes onto the sport scene, instantly gains massive value and changes camps before the public even has time to get attached.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Except here, the timing gives the story a particular flavour. Hard'Rock Queen HJD barely had time to establish himself in the French landscape after his Fontainebleau title. As if that gold medal was both an achievement\u2026 and the ultimate sales showcase.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Julien \u00c9paillard, meanwhile, knows the rules of the game perfectly well. For years, the French rider has navigated a market where top horses sometimes disappear faster than a jump-off ridden at 400 metres per minute.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n (Photos cover \u00a9 LPSE\/PSV)<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Il aura travers\u00e9 le printemps fran\u00e7ais comme une m\u00e9t\u00e9orite sur l\u2019A13. Arriv\u00e9 sous la selle de Julien \u00c9paillard \u00e0 la fin janvier, Hard’Rock Queen HJD aura eu le temps de gagner un Grand Prix 3* \u00e0 Oliva, d\u2019empiler les sans-faute et surtout d\u2019offrir au Normand un nouveau titre de champion de France \u00e0 Fontainebleau. Quatre […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":49343,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1046,229,104],"class_list":["post-49340","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-hardrock-queen-hjd","tag-julien-epaillard","tag-rodrigo-pessoa"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n![\"Julien](\"https:\/\/www.sohorse.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/cover-So-Horse-27-2.jpg\")
A sale that also tells the story of modern show jumping<\/h2>\n\n\n\n