WBFSH Dressage Sires 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
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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!
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!
Jan Pedersen – the hands on President
Jan Pedersen has been the president of the World Breeding Federation for Sport Horses for 20 years. In this wide-ranging interview with Christopher Hector, he looks at the challenges facing sport horse breeders today... Read Article 1 Comment »
The Visionary: Hans Joachim Köhler (1917 to 1997)
Hans Joachim Köhler was a crucial figure in the transformation of the Hanoverian horse from an all rounder to the dressage star that conquered the world... Read Article Comments Off on The Visionary: Hans Joachim Köhler (1917 to 1997)
Aachen and Ermelo – the Breeding De-Brief
by Christopher Hector Those two great pillars of Dutch dressage breeding, Jazz and Ferro, are in the twilight of their breeding careers – a polite way of saying they are dead. But they still feature when the wonderful roster of competition horses at this year’s Aachen CHIO is distilled down to the top fifteen who […] Read Article 2 Comments »
Bastards or Bluebloods in 2019?
Gemma Alexander asks the question - are the best showjumpers bluebloods or bastards?? Read Article Comments Off on Bastards or Bluebloods in 2019?
Isabell’s stars, meet the Breeders
Westfalien breeders, Heinrich and Wilhelm Strunk, produced two of Isabell Werth’s stars, the 2018 WBFSH third ranked Emilio (by Ehrenpreis out of a mare by the Anglo Arab, Cacir) AND the fourth ranked Bella Rose (Belissimo and out of another daughter of Cacir aa). Both these stars descend from the founding mare of the family’s […] Read Article Comments Off on Isabell’s stars, meet the Breeders
Thoroughbred Blood – is it still needed in 2019?
Gemma Alexander and Christopher Hector analyse today's top Sporthorses to find out if Thoroughbred blood is still needed? Read Article Comments Off on Thoroughbred Blood – is it still needed in 2019?
Breeding News Stallion Rankings
The Breeding News stallion rankings look at the top stallions competing in dressage, showjumping and eventing... Read Article 2 Comments »
Forty Years of World Cup Breeding
Forty years of World Cup finals, and Gemma Alexander and Christopher Hector analyse the jumping and dressage breeding over four decades... Read Article 1 Comment »