April 7th, 2024
The 2024 BN eventing stallions rankings have been released, and this time there are some really interesting stallions on the list, stallions you might want to send your mare to...
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March 29th, 2023
The WBFSH sires rankings tell us which are the world's best stallions - or do they? Christopher Hector examines the results, and he is not so sure...
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August 28th, 2022
The Cooley stud has been a powerhouse producer of world class eventers, yet it is a stud without a breeding program, find out more...
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May 17th, 2022
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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August 24th, 2021
It was a victory for Volker Steinkraus in the great mare show at Verden with his half-blood mare - but it was also a triumph for one of the first, and most successful, breeders of eventers, Friedrich Butt... Read Article1 Comment »
August 4th, 2021
Christopher Hector looks at the breeding of the eventers at Tokyo, and finds French domination, and a Trakehner stallion that competed at a Games, and has now sired two Games eventers....
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October 30th, 2020
Christopher Hector analyses the breeding at Le Lion d’Angers far from the venue, locked down in his home in Australia… Given the very challenging coronavirus situation that has resulted in the cancellation of virtually all equestrian sport during the past summer season, it was with exceptional motivation that the organizers of the annual Mondial du […] Read Article1 Comment »