The Big Issues – Page 9 – The Horse Magazine

French Eventing: Part Two – The Anglo-Arab

January 7th, 2017
It is something of a tragedy, that right at the time eventing riders are discovering that a good dollop of French Anglo blood is just the thing to produce an international eventer - the breed is in danger of disappearing! Read Article 1 Comment »

Who’s who in the dressage classes at the Bundeschampionate?

October 5th, 2016
Christopher Hector analyses the breeding at the Bundeschampionate... Read Article 1 Comment »

Breeding insights with Arnaud Evain

September 28th, 2016
It is a stimulating experience every time I catch up with the French breeding expert, Arnaud Evain. Each time he seems to have a new project and a head full of new insights into the business of breeding jumping horses. I’m lucky, Arnaud’s daughter and grand-children live in my home city of Melbourne, and that makes him a regular visit.. Read Article 1 Comment »

Dutch Breeding Values

June 22nd, 2016
Christopher Hector looks at this year's KWPN breeding and OCD values - and finds out which are the most popular stallions in Holland... Read Article Comments Off

Has dressage breeding ‘gone wrong’?

June 20th, 2016
Chris Hector discusses in which the way of dressage breeding may be heading... Read Article 17 Comments »

Breeding Values – a tour through Europe

May 20th, 2016
There has been no breeding district in Europe where the issue of BLUP (Best Linear Unbiased Predictor) and breeding values has aroused more heated controversy than France, the first country to use the formula for horse breeding... Read Article Comments Off

Bloodlines at the European Champs – Breeding for dressage – is it random?

April 29th, 2016
Christopher Hector analyses bloodlines at the 2009 European Championships... Read Article Comments Off

Breeding Values – are they valuable?

April 20th, 2016
It’s time for my annual rant about breeding values… are they worth the paper they are written on? Read Article 2 Comments »

FEI World Breeding Young Eventing Championships 2015

January 15th, 2016
Alas I was not able to get to Lion d’Angers for this year’s Young Eventing horse championships, but even from the other side of the world it is possible to see some interesting developments in the breeding of horses for eventing. Read Article Comments Off

Frozen Semen: Why is it different?

January 12th, 2016
Historically, the insemination of mares with frozen stallion semen often resulted in disappointing results and high veterinary bills. There have been considerable advances in recent years in how stallion semen is frozen and how mares bred with frozen semen are managed in order to achieve good pregnancy rates... Read Article 1 Comment »