Breeding

Billy Um Bongo is by The Billy Stud’s homebred international show jumper Billy Congo now proving himself to be a producer of top class competition horses. Billy Congo's sire is Vechta, the AES and Irish Horse Board approved stallion, a talented show jumper and consistent winner at International and Grand Prix level. In 2011 he was consistently placed at International Grand Prix level. Billy Congo achieved Gold British Show Jumping Elite stallion status in 2010 and was a regular selection for the British Nations Cup Team ridden by William Funnell. He was part of the Nations Cup winning team at Hickstead, jumping a double clear round and was selected for the British Team squad for Dublin. In 2010 he also won the International Bunn Leisure Tankard at Hickstead and was 2nd in the Derby Trial.

The dam of Billy Um Bongo is Oranka Van Het Berkenhof, her sire is Feinschnitt and her dam is Dorien by G Ramiro Z. She competed successfully under the show name Orange Juice with Peter Charles winning 200k in her show jumping career and was the winner of several Grand Prix.

Performance

In 2011 Billy Um Bongo in his first year of competition was the joint winner of the 4 Year Old Show Jumping Championships at Addington alongside Billy Dinero, the Billy Stud's young stallion by Cevin Z.