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German Breeding Values 2012 – what do they mean?

January 24th, 2013
The German Breeding Values are supposed to be a guide to the top Sporthorse stalliions - but are they? Looking at this year's top ranking there are a few very undistinguished horses in the list... Read Article 1 Comment »

Breeding Values Ten Years On…

July 16th, 2012
The German FN breeding values have been in operation in their current form for just on a decade – perhaps now we can look back at the sires’ rankings and see just how useful they have been in pointing us in the direction of stallions likely to produce superior progeny... Read Article 2 Comments »

Thoroughbreds – how lucky we are!

August 3rd, 2011
Chris Hector looks at the way the Australian Thoroughbred industry provides Australian eventing riders with such wonderful horses... Read Article Comments Off

Is Zangersheide really number one?

May 23rd, 2011
Chris Hector looks at the current controversy over the WBFSH studbook rankings, and finds something amiss in the new version which has Zangersheide number one Read Article 1 Comment »