Breeders Club – Page 19 – The Horse Magazine

Jan Pedersen – the hands on President

October 1st, 2019
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)

September 6th, 2019
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

Aachen and Ermelo – the Breeding De-Brief

August 15th, 2019
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?

July 31st, 2019
Gemma Alexander asks the question - are the best showjumpers bluebloods or bastards?? Read Article Comments Off

Isabell’s stars, meet the Breeders

July 19th, 2019
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

Thoroughbred Blood – is it still needed in 2019?

July 1st, 2019
Gemma Alexander and Christopher Hector analyse today's top Sporthorses to find out if Thoroughbred blood is still needed? Read Article Comments Off

Breeding News Stallion Rankings

May 1st, 2019
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

April 1st, 2019
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 »

WFFS sweeps the breeding world…

March 30th, 2019
WFFS - how big a problem is it? What studbooks have reacted and how? What do the stallion owners think? This and much much more in our special survey Read Article 2 Comments »

Ludger Beerbaum on Big Shows v Little Shows, WFFS and Jumper Breeding…

March 15th, 2019
Showjumping ace, Ludger Beerbaum discusses some of the issues facing the sport - big shows v little shows, the effect of hind boots, which way in jumping breeding, in this exclusive interview with Christopher Hector Read Article Comments Off