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The Greatest Showjumping Mares

November 3rd, 2021
Is this the longest breeding article EVER??? Christopher Hector goes in search of the greatest jumping mares in history, with the assistance of four experts: Ludwig Christmann, Egbert Schep, Thomas Nissen and Arnaud Evain... Read Article Comments Off

The greatest showjumping mares – the view from Holland

October 7th, 2021
I set out to find the greatest mares in showjumping history with the aid of four acknowledged experts, Ludwig Christmann, Thomas Nissen, Egbert Schep and Arnaud Evain. Here is the view from Holland… (you can find the first two parts of this four part feature with Ludwig Christmann and Thomas Nissen HERE) Egbert Schep Egbert […] Read Article Comments Off

Dressage Breeding at the Euros…

September 10th, 2021
There was a fascinating mix of bloodlines in the horses that are competing in the European Dressage Championships - Christopher Hector has the story... Read Article Comments Off

Euro Showjumping Champs – looking at the bloodlines

September 8th, 2021
Which stallions bred the winners? Which studbooks came out on top? Christopher Hector analyses the blood of the jumpers at the European Showjumping Championships.... Read Article Comments Off

The search for a Grand Prix horse…

August 30th, 2021
Christopher Hector looks at the long standing debate - are we breeding for that elegant modern type or the strength to handle the most difficult dressage movements? Or is a synthesis just around the corner? Read Article Comments Off

Showjumping breeding at Tokyo

August 6th, 2021
Who bred the stars of the showjumping at the Tokyo Olympic Games? Christopher Hector analyses the bloodlines that came to the top... Read Article Comments Off

Eventing at Tokyo – a triumph for French breeding

August 4th, 2021
Christopher Hector looks at the breeding of the eventers at Tokyo, and finds French domination, and a Trakehner stallion that competed at a Games, and has now sired two Games eventers.... Read Article 1 Comment »

Do young horse stars go Grand Prix?

May 28th, 2021
Do young dressage horse stars go on to be Grand Prix stars? We go right back to the very first WBFSH World Young Horse Champs to answer that question. Great new article - amazing photos... Read Article 2 Comments »

Who are the great mares?

April 28th, 2021
A recent survey set out to find this year's most successful dams of jumping horses, but all it really proved was that the stats from this covid season are very very dodgy - find out why... Read Article Comments Off

New Dutch Breeding Values – Breeding tight

March 30th, 2021
The new Dutch Breeding Values have been released - find out which stallions are coming out on top in that powerhouse of Warmblood breeding - The Netherlands Read Article Comments Off