Happy Birthday Poesie – Great Mare!

March 16th, 2021
Let us celebrate one of the greatest mares in modern dressage breeding history - Poesie. But her success and the success of the 'P' line is also the story of one of the great visionaries of the breeding world, Dr Jürgen Müller. Read Article Comments Off on Happy Birthday Poesie – Great Mare!
 

The KWPN Stallion Show – the dressage horses

March 3rd, 2021
Even though there was no audience, there was a stunning collection of dressage colts at the KWPN Stallion Show. Christopher Hector analyses the bloodlines and talks to the breeders... Read Article Comments Off on The KWPN Stallion Show – the dressage horses
 

2021 Hanoverian Breeding Values

February 28th, 2021
With the help of Hanoverian breeding expert, Dr Ludwig Christmann, we ask - what dressage stallions are hot right now? Who is producing the young horse winners? Who sires the Grand Prix stars.... Read Article 1 Comment »
 

 Hannover‘s best 

February 26th, 2021
Eight young stallions awarded Weltmeyer and Stakkato prizes  Press Release – Verden. For the tenth time, the Hannoveraner Verband has made the awards for the best young stallions after the successful passing of the  performance test. The breeders of three dressage stallions can be happy about the Weltmeyer-Prize. The Stakkato Prize for show jumping talents went […] Read Article Comments Off on  Hannover‘s best 
 

What made German Dressage Great? Part 3

February 15th, 2021
We profile the most important Dressage Stallions and discover how the jumping supremo, Paul Schockemöhle became Germany's largest dressage stallion keeper, thanks to the 'accidental' dressage stallion, Sandro Hit... Read Article Comments Off on What made German Dressage Great? Part 3
 

What made German dressage great? Part 2

February 12th, 2021
In this second part of our in-depth examination of dressage in Germany, we learn about that powerhouse of dressage breeding - the Hanoverians - and meet one of the visionaries who made it happen - Hans Joachim Köhler... Read Article 1 Comment »
 

What made German Dressage Great? Part one

February 9th, 2021
Part 1 of an in-depth survey of what has made German dressage so successful. In this first part, we look at two influences, the Cavalry, and horse breeding with a new updated version of Ludwig Christmann's famous Bloodlines of the Hanoverian... Read Article 2 Comments »
 

Was Apache the lost opportunity?

January 27th, 2021
Apache was a controversial stallion in his life - are we only now that he is dead, realising what the dressage breeding world has lost? Read Article 1 Comment »
 

Breeding Dressage Horses – A Global Perspective

January 22nd, 2021
Christopher Hector looks at the past and future of dressage horse breeding - a global view... Read Article 4 Comments »
 

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?