Sporthorse Breeding – Page 4 – The Horse Magazine

Salon de Refusés – the stallions that almost weren’t

October 14th, 2022
Vitalis is one of the most successful dressage sires in the world, but he was rejected by the KWPN licensing commission - like some of the greatest stallions in the history of Sporthorse breeding.... Read Article 4 Comments »

Horse Breeding Wisdom, with Ingo Pape

August 3rd, 2022
Ingo Pape has always been at the cutting edge of Warmblood breeding. In this exclusive interview with Christopher Hector, he discusses the rise of the Dutch influence, WFFS, and the future for Sporthorse breeding... Read Article Comments Off

Thoroughbred Blood – The individual counts

July 28th, 2022
It's an ongoing debate in the world of sporthorse breeding. We know the Thoroughbred was crucial in shaping the modern Warmblood, but do we need Thoroughbred blood today... Read Article Comments Off

Eugène Reesink, the father of the V line

July 17th, 2022
Eugène Reesink is a truly amazing man, the list of dressage horses he has either bred, or discovered, reads like a who's who of modern dressage, and he more than anyone, is responsible for the emergence of the new 'V' line.... Read Article 3 Comments »

Grow your own… Grassroots eventing breeding

May 17th, 2022
The number of star eventing horses bred for someone in the family to ride is simply amazing. Christopher Hector profiles some of the great eventing breeders... Read Article Comments Off

Clones – success or failure?

May 16th, 2022
Clones were going to revolutionise the world of Warmblood breeding? Did they? Christopher Hector sets out to find the answer... Read Article 3 Comments »

Start of great careers

March 25th, 2022
It's been running for twenty five years and the Hannoveraner freejumping program continues to identify world class stars that go on to the big sport... Read Article Comments Off

Most Popular Hanoverian Stallions

March 17th, 2022
Christopher Hector looks at the most popular stallions with the Hanoverian breeders, and finds that it is fusion, fusion, fusion... Read Article Comments Off

Specialist or All-Rounder? Dressage or Jumping??

February 18th, 2022
Hanoverian breeding is changing. Where once the aim was an 'all-round horse', last year for the first time there were two separate stallion licensings, one for dressage, one for jumping. Christopher Hector outlines the changes with some great photos from the first dressage licensing... 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