Breeding – Page 3 – The Horse Magazine

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 »

2015 WBFSH World Stallion Rankings Analysed…

December 18th, 2015
Christopher Hector analyses the WBFSH stallion breeding rankings for 2016…. Read Article 2 Comments »

Travelling through Oldenburg

November 20th, 2015
Oldenburg has always prided itself on its flexibility and openness to new ideas, and each year invites breeding enthusiasts from all over the world to visit and learn about the studbook and its horses... Read Article Comments Off

Bundeschampionate 2014 – Looking at the Bloodlines…

September 18th, 2014
Words by Christopher Hector & Photos by Kiki Beelitz and Roslyn Neave Alas, this year as the Bundeschampionate clashed with the WEG, I was not there to see the action, but I hope this little analysis of the breeding of the finalists is of use to the serious breeder and all the other pedigree freaks out […] Read Article 2 Comments »

Werner Schade – Hanoverians in the Brave New World…

August 19th, 2014
It’s been seven years since my last interview with the director of the Hanoverian Verband, Werner Schade in 2007. In that time, so many dramatic changes have occurred in the world of Warmblood breeding, changes that neither of us could have predicted seven years ago. Who would have thought that the whole French National Stud […] Read Article 2 Comments »

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

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