christopher hector – The Horse Magazine

Which studbook comes out on top?

November 4th, 2025
Which studbook comes out on top in dressage, jumping and eventing? The 2025 WBFSH rankings have been released and Christopher Hector takes a closer look to find out which horses have starred in the last twelve months... Read Article Comments Off

European Europeans

September 8th, 2025
Breeding at the European Championships - Christopher Hector finds that the stars at the Euros are a wonderful mixture of bloodlines and studbooks, including the new champion Zonik Plus Read Article Comments Off

Long and Low -where did it come from?

August 12th, 2025
Long and Low - one of the great controversies of the dressage world. Where did it come from, what does it do? Paul Belasik has a fascinating new book. A review by Christopher Hector. Read Article 3 Comments »

New Book, Heroes – the foundation sires of the Sporthorse

May 11th, 2025
Christopher Hector's new book is now available on Amazon, 477 pages packed with information, stallion profiles, breeding interviews, exclusive graphics and lots and lots and lots of photographs... Read Article 5 Comments »

Breeders Congress at the KWPN stallion show

February 28th, 2025
Some of the most famous jumping breeders in the world joined the panel at an International Congress at the KWPN stallion show. Christopher Hector interviews the congress organizer Dirk Willem Rosie who raises some very very controversial issues... Read Article Comments Off

KWPN Stallion Show 2025

February 8th, 2025
Sporthorse fans from all over the world come to the KWPN stallion show in den Bosch, Christopher Hector brings you an on-the-spot report - just where is the cutting edge of jumping and dressage breeding right now? Read Article Comments Off

Have the Warmblood breeds merged into one?

January 1st, 2025
Have the European Warmblood breeds merged into one universal Sporthorse? Christopher Hector looks at this year's dressage stallion licensings and finds that the borders are down... Read Article Comments Off

WBFSH 2024 stallion rankings

December 4th, 2024
Do the WBFSH sires rankings need a change of format? Christopher Hector looks at the recently released standings and asks, are we measuring quantity or quality? Read Article Comments Off

Bert Rutten – Beautiful riding is simple…

September 2nd, 2024
Contact is not determined by the weight you have in your hand, that’s a mistake a lot of riders make, they think contact is weight. Contact is that the horse has the desire to follow the bit at all times... Read Article 7 Comments »