Interational is his pedigree and so was his style to take part in the World Breed Championship at Zangersheide. Elan D'Espoir impressed at his perfomance test with a jumping index of 130. In 2000 he had successes in open jumper classes; in 2001 he was 2nd in the Jumping Championship of Rheinland-Pfalz. He is a big-lined expressive type with a marvelous interior and so is his offspring. In 2001 he was father of the champion of the stallion licensing at Zweibrücken.
In his pedigree you find the successful dam line of Venue du Tot. She is dam by the international jumping horse Mon Tot and by the sire Le Tot de Semilly. She is Grand dam of the stallions Le Plantero and Perle de Plantro.
Double Espoir ist one of the most famous Selle Francais. He decends from Ibrahim, who is also in the pedigree of Galoubet A, Jalisco B and the Hannoverian Alexis Z.