Category: Breeders Club

Australian Warmblood History – Part 7

July 1st, 2010
Frozen Semen – the next breakthrough! The pioneers were Eilbert Kingma and Glenis Dyason, who as International Horse Breeders were established in 1989 with aim of importing frozen semen from the Celle State Stud. In the 1994, Frozen Semen special in THM, Glenis describes the process: “The idea came about seven or eight years ago. […] Read Article 2 Comments »

Australian Warmblood History – Part 6

Yet MORE Australian Warmblood Studbooks! In 2002, a bitter factional war erupted in the Hanoverian Society, and when Holger Schmorl was narrowly defeated in an election for President, he showed just how assimilated he had become to the ‘Aussie’ way of doing things, and left to found his own studbook, Studbook Kinnordy – named after […] Read Article Comments Off on Australian Warmblood History – Part 6

Australian Warmblood History Part 5

The AWHA – boom and bust! For a while, the AWHA was easily the number one studbook in Australia. It had the most members, the highest media profile and an active promotion program with well-attended Gala days right around Australia. The annual AWHA Breed Special in the September issue of THM, was a major event […] Read Article Comments Off on Australian Warmblood History Part 5