The Young Dressage Horses of the future…

December 27th, 2021
Who are the exciting young dressage horses coming on the German competition scene? Where do they come from - and what's their breeding? Christopher Hector looks at this year's Burg-Pokal and Louisdor championships... Read Article Comments Off on The Young Dressage Horses of the future…
 

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
 

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?
 

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
 

WBFSH Jumping Sires Rankings 2021

November 12th, 2021
(1st) Chacco-Blue (Chambertin / Contender)  (2nd) Diamant de Sémilly (Le Tot de Sémilly / Elf III) (5th) Casall (Caretino / Lavall I) (4th) Mylord Carthago (Carthago / Jalisco B) (8th) Cardento (Capitol / Lord) (3rd) Toulon (Heartbreaker / Jokinal de Bornival) (9th) Nabab de Rêve (Quidam de Revel / Artichaut) (11th) Cornet Obolensky (Clinton / Hearbreaker) […] Read Article Comments Off on WBFSH Jumping Sires Rankings 2021
 

WBFSH top ten dressage sires – 2021

November 11th, 2021
The World Breeding Federation for Sport Horses has released the 2021 dressage sires rankings... and this year there are really some changes at the top... Read Article Comments Off on WBFSH top ten dressage sires – 2021
 

Where did the €700,000 colt come from?

November 9th, 2021
We look at the breeding of the young stallion that sold at Verden for €700,000 and find that his pedigree is a virtual history of the development of the modern dressage horse... Read Article Comments Off on Where did the €700,000 colt come from?
 

The Greatest Showjumping Mares

November 3rd, 2021
Is this the longest breeding article EVER??? Christopher Hector goes in search of the greatest jumping mares in history, with the assistance of four experts: Ludwig Christmann, Egbert Schep, Thomas Nissen and Arnaud Evain... Read Article Comments Off on The Greatest Showjumping Mares