Andrew Nicholson and the horses of Ramon and Ana Beca
Eventing rider, Andrew Nicholson talks about the Spanish breeding program that keeps producing top horses for him to ride... Read Article 1 Comment »
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Eventing rider, Andrew Nicholson talks about the Spanish breeding program that keeps producing top horses for him to ride... Read Article 1 Comment »
Ludwig Christmann – What’s hot in Hanover?
German breeding expert, Ludwig Christmann looks at some to the top stallions... Read Article Comments Off on Ludwig Christmann – What’s hot in Hanover?
Danish Warmbloods
Danish Warmblood breeding is relatively recent, with the establishment of the Dansk Varmbloed Avlsforbund (DVA) in 1962. Originally there was no Danish riding horse. The two main Danish breeds, the Knappstrupper and the Fredriksborg, were driving horses, and riding horses had to be imported... Read Article Comments Off on Danish Warmbloods
Esben Møller and the Blue Hors Stud
Esben Møller is the manager of the Blue Hors Stud the leading private stud in Denmark, and one of the leading private studs in the world... Read Article Comments Off on Esben Møller and the Blue Hors Stud
Friedrich Butt – Breeding Eventers
Friedrich Butt started breeding Hanoverians to race on the sand but ended up establishing the world's most successful eventing breeding program... Read Article Comments Off on Friedrich Butt – Breeding Eventers
Harli Seifert
The Oldenburg breeder established three successful mare lines with her eventer, Chico... Read Article Comments Off on Harli Seifert
How the Warmblood conquered the English Speaking world…
Once upon a time, each nation provided its own style of jumping rider, and jumping horse - now they all seem to be Warmbloods... Read Article Comments Off on How the Warmblood conquered the English Speaking world…
KWPN: The development of the Dutch Warmblood
The Dutch have always been traders, quick to spot a new market, quick to find the goods in demand, and faster to establish themselves in the marketplace. When they turned to sport horse breeding, they brought this same drive and flexibility. When the other European books were still proclaiming the goal of an ‘all-round athlete’ […] Read Article 1 Comment »
Opening up the French Studbook
Once the most closed of the European studbooks, now the French horse is a cosmopolitan mix from all over Europe... Read Article Comments Off on Opening up the French Studbook
The Two Great Thoroughbred Performance lines…
…Precipitation and Bay Ronald When we look at the antecedents of the modern Sporthorse, there are two names that crop up over and over again, the two Thoroughbreds, Precipitation and Bay Ronald. Precipitation Precipitation has had an enormous influence not just on jumping breeding but also on dressage mainly through his son, the French Thoroughbred, […] Read Article 1 Comment »