Breeders Club – Page 2 – The Horse Magazine

Great Stallions: Krack C

November 1st, 2023
1992 Brown 1.69 m The story of Krack C is important because he marked the real beginning of dressage specialised breeding in Holland, but also because it highlights the role Holsteiner stallions played in the development of the modern Dutch dressage horse. Krack C was presented to the KWPN stallion committee in 1996, one of the […] Read Article Comments Off

WBFSH rankings under the microscope

October 30th, 2023
The new World Breeding Federation rankings ae published. Christopher Hector analyses just which stallions are excelling in the business of breeding international sporthorses... Read Article 1 Comment »

The Trakehners Strike Back: Part 1

October 27th, 2023
Trakehners are starring right now. Jan Tönjes one of the experts on the breed, in this first of a three part series, outlines the breeding program that is bearing fruit at the highest levels right now! Read Article 3 Comments »

New blood at the European Dressage Championships

September 28th, 2023
There was a radical changing of the guard at this year's European Dressage championships. Christopher Hector looks at the new bloodlines in international dressage breeding... Read Article Comments Off

Is WFFS the secret ingredient for dressage success?

September 23rd, 2023
Christopher Hector looks at the breeding of the horses in the Special at Aachen… Photos – Rebecca Ashton and Roslyn Neave WFFS = dressage ability? Well it might look that way when you consider the 36 horses who made it to one of the world’s prestige classes, the 2023 Aachen Grand Prix Special. Don Frederico […] Read Article Comments Off

Wolfram Wittig -The Dressage Breeding Formula

June 27th, 2023
"For me the main target is keep the horses healthy, I'm not focused on low, deep and round or anything like that, keep the horses healthy and make sure you have a happy athlete." Read Article 6 Comments »

Do dressage horses need jumping blood? An interview with Dr Lehmann

June 5th, 2023
We celebrate the ninetieth birthday of one of the great breeding administrators, Dr Gerd Lehmann.The former director of the Westfalien State Stud argued that the Performance horse stallion must be able to jump even if the aim was to breed a dressage horse... Read Article 2 Comments »

Dressage Breeding Today with Bert Rutten

May 20th, 2023
Bert Rutten is stepping down at head of the Dutch Stallion commission - his insight will be missed, he is one of the world's great authorities on dressage breeding, as you will find in this exclusive interview... Read Article Comments Off