2021 German FN jumping breeding values

December 22nd, 2021
Christopher Hector analyses the latest collection of numbers, Gemma Alexander constructed the graphs… While the FN breeding values for young horse dressage sires produced a somewhat eccentric collection of stallions, many destined to sink without trace, there is a real similarity in the jumping list between the young horse chart and the HEK and competition […] Read Article Comments Off on 2021 German FN jumping breeding values
 

The 2021 WBFSH Breeders Standings

November 22nd, 2021
We look behind the scene to find the people who make horse sport happen - the breeders. Who were the most successful in dressage, jumping and eventing in the past twelve months - and which studbooks came out on top... Read Article Comments Off on The 2021 WBFSH Breeders Standings
 

Dressage with George Morris…

October 18th, 2021
In his youth George Morris contemplated a career in the movies, and he is a natural entertainer. To make his point about how the horse’s body changes shape when it becomes active in the hind legs, he is meowing like a cat… Read Article Comments Off on Dressage with George Morris…
 

George Morris Exercise of the Day

September 10th, 2021
The American system of jumping has often been associated with the crest release system, and while George’s system has a place for the crest release – ‘good technique, but over done’ – he is more interested in the more sophisticated automatic release. So as the group of riders approached the rails with alternate ends down, […] Read Article Comments Off on George Morris Exercise of the Day
 

George Morris Top Tip


 George Morris tells jumping riders: “Dressage is seat riding, in jumping the stirrup is the basis of the building. Don’t ride with your seat, your calf should just cling and give straightness and impulsion, not a knee/upper leg grip.” “Riders are forgetting what Caprilli taught us, and going back to the old English hunting seat […] Read Article Comments Off on George Morris Top Tip
 

Euro Showjumping Champs – looking at the bloodlines

September 8th, 2021
Which stallions bred the winners? Which studbooks came out on top? Christopher Hector analyses the blood of the jumpers at the European Showjumping Championships.... Read Article Comments Off on Euro Showjumping Champs – looking at the bloodlines
 

Daniel Deusser and Killer Queen Vdm – last best in 1.55m Audi Prix

August 28th, 2021
BRUSSELS press release – Taking home the win is something Daniel Deusser did literally and figuratively at the Brussel Stephex Masters. With his top mount Killer Queen Vdm the German rider for the Stephex Stables was the last to go in the 1.55m jump-off and killed it for the home team. Beating Martin Fuchs by […] Read Article Comments Off on Daniel Deusser and Killer Queen Vdm – last best in 1.55m Audi Prix
 

Carambole makes Willem Greve’s life easy at the Brussels Stephex Masters

August 27th, 2021
Press Release – BRUSSELS: Dutchman Willem Greve had a textbook first jumping day at the Brussels Stephex Masters. The Olympic rider triumphed in the 1.50m class with Carambole and finished as the runner up in the 1.45m class with Highway TN. “Both stallions jumped amazing today, maybe I should just go home now, because I […] Read Article Comments Off on Carambole makes Willem Greve’s life easy at the Brussels Stephex Masters
 

The first great American showjumping teacher: Gordon Wright

August 18th, 2021
In many ways he was the first of the great American professional jumping coaches… the rodeo cowboy who turned jumper… or was he? This article looks at another of the great American jumping coaches, Gordon Wright Read Article Comments Off on The first great American showjumping teacher: Gordon Wright
 

SHOWJUMPING MASTERS: William Steinkraus

August 13th, 2021
Bill Steinkraus ‘the man who epitomised style on horseback’ . Timeless words of wisdom from one of the greatest horsemen and jumping riders of all time... Read Article 2 Comments »