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Jumping stallions at den Bosch

Jumping stallions at den Bosch

An on-the-spot report from the KWPN stallion show. Christopher Hector looks at the jumping stallions that made the cut in 2024…

The Trakehners Strike Back: Part 1

The Trakehners Strike Back: Part 1

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!

KWPN dressage stallions DELIGHT!

KWPN dressage stallions DELIGHT!

Amazing, wonderful, fabulous, the KWPN stallion show was once again a triumph for Dutch dressage breeding, Christopher Hector has this exclusive on-the-spot report, just for you…

KWPN Stallion Show 2023: The Jumpers

KWPN Stallion Show 2023: The Jumpers

The KWPN stallion show is a feast for any fan of jumping horses and jumping horse breeding. An exclusive on-the-spot report from Christopher Hector…

 
 

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Great Stallions: Krack C

Great Stallions: Krack C

  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 […]

WBFSH rankings under the microscope

WBFSH rankings under the microscope

The new World Breeding Federation rankings ae published. Christopher Hector analyses just which stallions are excelling in the business of breeding international sporthorses…

New blood at the European Dressage Championships

New blood at the European Dressage Championships

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…

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

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

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…

 
 

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

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

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…

The immortal Almé – an adventure story with a happy ending….

The immortal Almé – an adventure story with a happy ending….

It took an equestrian journalist with passion in his heart to bring one of the most important jumping stallions back to his rightful home in France, and even today the blood of Almé continues to flow in the veins of the world’s top jumping horses…

Horse Breeding Wisdom, with Ingo Pape

Horse Breeding Wisdom, with Ingo Pape

Ingo Pape has always been at the cutting edge of Warmblood breeding. In this exclusive interview with Christopher Hector, he discusses the rise of the Dutch influence, WFFS, and the future for Sporthorse breeding…

Grow your own… Grassroots eventing breeding

Grow your own… Grassroots eventing breeding

The number of star eventing horses bred for someone in the family to ride is simply amazing. Christopher Hector profiles some of the great eventing breeders…

 

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Heraldik – Eventing’s Greatest Sire?

Heraldik – Eventing’s Greatest Sire?

They say you can’t breed eventers, well no-one told the great Thoroughbred stallion, Heraldik that – he went on to breed eventing star after eventing star. We examine the career of this horse that came from no-where…

Woermann – the first? dressage sire…

Woermann – the first? dressage sire…

Woermann was a sensation at his licensing, the Hanoverian world had never seen a trot like this before, and he went on to establish one of the most influential of dressage lines, the W line – but then, what happened?

Rubin-Royal

Rubin-Royal

Rubin-Royal has died at the age of 27. He has been the most important of Rubinstein’s male descendants, and is the product of the visionary breeding program of Harli Seifert…

Donnerhall – Founding sire of the modern dressage horse

Donnerhall – Founding sire of the modern dressage horse

Donnerhall more than any other sire, created the modern dressage horse, a great competitor himself, sire of wonderful competition horses, and sire of sires, we pay tribute to the great stallion…