Gemma Alexander – The Horse Magazine

Breeding at the World Cup Jumping Final 2022

April 21st, 2022
It was great for the World Cup Final to get back on track, but this year's finalists had the pedigree buffs wondering. Gemma Alexander and Christopher Hector analyse the breeding... Read Article Comments Off

2021 German FN jumping breeding values

December 22nd, 2021
Christopher Hector analyses the latest collection of numbers, Gemma Alexander constructed the graphs… While the FN breeding values for young horse dressage sires produced a somewhat eccentric collection of stallions, many destined to sink without trace, there is a real similarity in the jumping list between the young horse chart and the HEK and competition […] 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

How German are the German FN rankings?

January 5th, 2021
The German Equestrian Federation's breeding values reflect the changing face of sporthorse breeding, we find that there are lots of stallions starring on the list that are not German... Read Article Comments Off

The 2020 WBFSH sires rankings

November 29th, 2020
The Who's Who of Sporthorse breeding - the annual WBFSH sires rankings are analysed by Christopher Hector and Gemma Alexander... Read Article Comments Off

The modern influence of two great – and ‘ancient’ – Thoroughbreds….

September 1st, 2020
We look at the extraordinary influence of two Thoroughbred stallions, Bay Ronald and Precipitation, on today's jumping and dressage horses... Read Article 3 Comments »

Jumping Breeding and the Future

March 4th, 2020
The Netherlands are breeding some of the world's best jumpers, find out where jumping breeding is going at the KWPN stallion show... Read Article 1 Comment »

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 »

Bastards or Bluebloods in 2019?

July 31st, 2019
Gemma Alexander asks the question - are the best showjumpers bluebloods or bastards?? Read Article Comments Off