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Jumping Breeding in Holland: KWPN stallion show

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 Article Comments Off

Louisdor Final – Shit Happens

December 23rd, 2019
It was a Louisdor final with a difference when some of the favourites fell in a heap, but Senta Kirchoff overcame a disastrous first round to take the prize... Read Article 1 Comment »

Day 3 Frankfurt: Burg-Pokal Final

December 22nd, 2019
Day three at Frankfurt, and the final of the big one, the Burg Pokal, stunning young horses, brilliant riding - and great photos... Read Article Comments Off

Dietrich Plewa – leaving on his own terms…

December 20th, 2019
Dr Dietrich Plewa explains his decision to retire from international five star judging, looks back on a life with horses, and talks about the finalists in this year's Nürberger Burg-Pokal... Read Article Comments Off

First round Burg-Pokal: What a class!

December 19th, 2019
Round one of the most prestigious competition for young Small Tour horses in the world, the Burg-Pokal, and Christopher Hector is ringside to catch the action... Read Article Comments Off

Breeding at the Burg-Pokal 2019

The young horses in this year's Nürnberger Burg-Pokal, see just how specialised dressage breeding has become in the past ten or fifteen years. Right now the lesson is, dressage breeds dressage... Read Article Comments Off

WBFSH Eventing Sires 2019

December 6th, 2019
The World Breeding Federation rankings of Eventing Sires has been released. Gemma Alexander and Christopher Hector analyse the state of play... Read Article Comments Off

WBFSH Jumping Sires 2019

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 Article 1 Comment »

Riding as Art: A history of Dressage: Part one – Antiquity

October 9th, 2019
This is the first of a series of articles that looks at the development of the Classical Principles of Dressage. We start with Xenophon and Greek Horsemanship, and find that the popular conception of his teachings and place in dressage is quite wrong… Read Article 7 Comments »

Jan Pedersen – the hands on President

October 1st, 2019
Jan Pedersen has been the president of the World Breeding Federation for Sport Horses for 20 years. In this wide-ranging interview with Christopher Hector, he looks at the challenges facing sport horse breeders today... Read Article 1 Comment »