Vale – Zucchero

February 25th, 2020
Meet the family who bred the World Champion Young Dressage horse, Zucchero, and many many more horses. Breeding is generations - not luck... Read Article 1 Comment »
 

Blue Hors Romanov Dead

February 21st, 2020
One of the more successful dressage stallions of modern times, Romanov has died as a result of the effects of Cushings Disease. He was the product of Harli Seifert's breeding program which produced top jumpers and top dressage horses. Read Article Comments Off on Blue Hors Romanov Dead
 

DRESSAGE at the KWPN stallion show

February 3rd, 2020
What an amazing collection of beautiful horses! Christopher Hector delights in the dressage stallion selection at the KWPN show - lots of fabulous photos... Read Article 2 Comments »
 

Jumping Breeding in Holland: KWPN stallion show

January 31st, 2020
The Dutch are masters of jumping horse breeding - join us at the KWPN show as the young stallions come before the Selection Commission - who will be selected to go on to the performance test? Read Article Comments Off on Jumping Breeding in Holland: KWPN stallion show
 

Kannan Dead – Warning on fraudulent semen!

January 26th, 2020
Kannan is dead - and the France Elevage Group warns that frozen semen straws being sold may well be fraudulent... Read Article Comments Off on Kannan Dead – Warning on fraudulent semen!
 

Breeding at the Burg-Pokal 2019

December 19th, 2019
The young horses in this year's Nürnberger Burg-Pokal, see just how specialised dressage breeding has become in the past ten or fifteen years. Right now the lesson is, dressage breeds dressage... Read Article Comments Off on Breeding at the Burg-Pokal 2019
 

WBFSH Eventing Sires 2019

December 6th, 2019
The World Breeding Federation rankings of Eventing Sires has been released. Gemma Alexander and Christopher Hector analyse the state of play... Read Article Comments Off on WBFSH Eventing Sires 2019
 

WBFSH Dressage Sires 2019

December 4th, 2019
Who were the top dressage sires in the world over the past 12 months? Gemma Alexander and Christopher Hector investigate... Read Article Comments Off on WBFSH Dressage Sires 2019
 

Joris de Brabander – Number one breeder of brood mares!

November 12th, 2019
Christopher Hector examines a surprising result… The website hippomundo.com is a treasure trove of information about Sporthorses and Sporthorse breeding. They have recently analysed the top broodmares (maximum 25 years old) with black type offspring and amazingly the top two mares are both owned by the Belgian Master Breeder, Joris de Brabander. Cordula de Laubry […] Read Article Comments Off on Joris de Brabander – Number one breeder of brood mares!