The Irish Horse
The Irish Horse - is it a Warmblood or is it not? Certainly Ireland continues to produce some of the world's top eveners... Read Article Comments Off on The Irish Horse
Tag: Sporthorse Breeding
The Irish Horse - is it a Warmblood or is it not? Certainly Ireland continues to produce some of the world's top eveners... Read Article Comments Off on The Irish Horse
The Trakehner
One of the oldest riding breeds of Warmbloods - the Trakehner has had its ups and downs, and now is enjoying a revival... Read Article Comments Off on The Trakehner
Paul Schockemöhle and the future of sport horse breeding
The PSI empire started in 1974 when the brothers Alwin, Paul and Werner decided to purchase stallions to stand at their parents’ farm in Mühlen. Breeding has always been a tradition with the Schockemöhle family... Read Article Comments Off on Paul Schockemöhle and the future of sport horse breeding
Breeding Eventers – Blood will out
Eventing – blood will out! I suspect that it is one of the most persistent myths of equestrian sport, that eventers are freaks, accidents – that you cannot breed to produce eventing horses. As I see it, this is just plain wrong. The limited number of people who have tried to breed for eventing have […] Read Article 5 Comments »
Breeding Analysis by Chris Hector following the 2011 European Championships
Christopher Hector examines the bloodlines of the contestants at the 2011 European champs... Read Article 1 Comment »
Is Zangersheide really number one?
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 »
Breeding Analysis – the horses at the WEG from 1990 to 2010
Christopher Hector looks at the bloodlines of the horses competing at the 2010 WEG in Kentucky and compares them to the horses that competed at the first WEG in Stockholm in 1990... Read Article 1 Comment »
Do we still need Thoroughbred blood to breed Performance horses…
Chris Hector looks at the role of the Thoroughbred in producing the modern sporthorse, and finds some surprising statistics... Read Article 1 Comment »