Who are Germany’s top dressage stallions?

December 8th, 2021
The new breeding values of the German FN have been released - we analyse this annual who's who of dressage breeding and find there are some new faces on the rankings.... Read Article Comments Off on Who are Germany’s top dressage stallions?
 

New Dutch Breeding Values – Breeding tight

March 30th, 2021
The new Dutch Breeding Values have been released - find out which stallions are coming out on top in that powerhouse of Warmblood breeding - The Netherlands Read Article Comments Off on New Dutch Breeding Values – Breeding tight
 

How German are the German FN rankings?

January 5th, 2021
The German Equestrian Federation's breeding values reflect the changing face of sporthorse breeding, we find that there are lots of stallions starring on the list that are not German... Read Article Comments Off on How German are the German FN rankings?
 

Breeding Values – Do they stand the test of time?

March 12th, 2018
Have the German and Dutch breeding values stood the test of time? Gemma Alexander and Christopher Hector take a look at 'the numbers'.... Read Article 2 Comments »
 

French and Dutch breeding values

February 14th, 2017
Christopher Hector tries to make sense of the 2016/17 breeding values in France and in Holland... Do you know how the BLUP works? Read Article Comments Off on French and Dutch breeding values
 

Breeding Values – something old but something is VERY NEW

January 30th, 2017
Christopher Hector tries to make sense of the new breeding values... Read Article Comments Off on Breeding Values – something old but something is VERY NEW
 

Dutch Breeding Values

June 22nd, 2016
Christopher Hector looks at this year's KWPN breeding and OCD values - and finds out which are the most popular stallions in Holland... Read Article Comments Off on Dutch Breeding Values
 

Breeding Values – a tour through Europe

May 20th, 2016
There has been no breeding district in Europe where the issue of BLUP (Best Linear Unbiased Predictor) and breeding values has aroused more heated controversy than France, the first country to use the formula for horse breeding... Read Article Comments Off on Breeding Values – a tour through Europe
 

Breeding Values – are they valuable?

April 20th, 2016
It’s time for my annual rant about breeding values… are they worth the paper they are written on? Read Article 2 Comments »
 

2015 WBFSH World Stallion Rankings Analysed…

December 18th, 2015
Christopher Hector analyses the WBFSH stallion breeding rankings for 2016…. Read Article 2 Comments »