March 4th, 2020
The Netherlands are breeding some of the world's best jumpers, find out where jumping breeding is going at the KWPN stallion show... Read Article1 Comment »
February 19th, 2020
Jeremy Steinberg’s US Equestrian sport year-in-review column: What impact did 2019 have on me as a person, or those around me? I came up with three things I will be remembering and trying to justify in my mind for years to come…
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January 31st, 2020
The Dutch are masters of jumping horse breeding - join us at the KWPN show as the young stallions come before the Selection Commission - who will be selected to go on to the performance test? Read ArticleComments Off on Jumping Breeding in Holland: KWPN stallion show
December 10th, 2019
Simone Blum is one of the new faces of showjumping, she talks to Rebecca Ashton about the pressures of winning a world championship... Read ArticleComments Off on Meet the World Champion of Showjumping – Simone Blum
December 2nd, 2019
It's that time of the year again, when the World Breeding Federation releases the latest sires rankings - Gemma Alexander and Christopher Hector analyse the latest jumping standings... Read Article1 Comment »
November 30th, 2019
Happy retirement to Hello Sanctos, meet the Taets family who bred him, the matriarch of their line was a Lipizzaner... Read ArticleComments Off on Hello Sanctos retires, meet the breeders.
November 19th, 2019
Right now the equestrian world is very much aware of the issue of re-training Thoroughbreds. Join Vicki Roycroft as she adds her knowledge to the topic... Read ArticleComments Off on Re-Training the Thoroughbred – contd.
November 12th, 2019
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 ArticleComments Off on Joris de Brabander – Number one breeder of brood mares!
September 6th, 2019
Riding courses is still all about finding the canter. Every jump in every situation has a canter that is perfect for that jump. Whether it is a very flimsy looking stile, or very strong looking oxer, off a short turn, away from the entrance gate into a double... Read ArticleComments Off on Jump by Jump with George Sanna – Riding a course
September 2nd, 2019
Rebecca also took the stunning photos It was a case of the youngsters taking over in the European Championships at Rotterdam. The individual final was won by 27 year old Swiss rider Martin Fuchs on his grey powerhouse Clooney. It’s been a rocky road to this point with the pair, who share a special relationship […] Read ArticleComments Off on The Jumping De-brief: Rebecca Ashton at the Euros