{"id":69272,"date":"2025-11-04T11:41:23","date_gmt":"2025-11-04T00:41:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/?p=69272"},"modified":"2025-11-05T10:38:11","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T23:38:11","slug":"which-studbook-comes-out-on-top","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/2025\/11\/which-studbook-comes-out-on-top\/","title":{"rendered":"Which studbook comes out on top?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-69274\" src=\"https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Screenshot-2025-10-31-at-11.30.23-AM-1024x406.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"254\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Screenshot-2025-10-31-at-11.30.23-AM-1024x406.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Screenshot-2025-10-31-at-11.30.23-AM-300x119.png 300w, https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Screenshot-2025-10-31-at-11.30.23-AM-768x305.png 768w, https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Screenshot-2025-10-31-at-11.30.23-AM-1536x610.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Screenshot-2025-10-31-at-11.30.23-AM.png 1890w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: center;\">Christopher Hector takes a look at the WBFSH 2025 studbook rankings<\/h3>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: center;\"><strong>DRESSAGE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yet again the Dutch breeders dominate the dressage studbook rankings, and this year the rankings are also a triumph for the Trakehner who came to The Netherlands from Germany, Gribaldi.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-44481\" src=\"https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Gribaldi-HERO.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Gribaldi-HERO.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Gribaldi-HERO-300x218.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Gribaldi-HERO-413x300.jpg 413w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Gribaldi<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The success of the \u00a0black Trakehner is closely followed by that of the Dutch bred Bordeaux who is by one of the stars of Dutch breeding, United, but out of a mare by Gribaldi. There\u2019s even a touch, on Bordeaux\u2019s mare line, of the great Donnerhall who dominated these rankings for so many years, now just a shadow of his former glory.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-68673\" src=\"https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Bordeaux-1024x863.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"568\" height=\"478\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Bordeaux-1024x863.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Bordeaux-300x253.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Bordeaux-768x647.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Bordeaux.jpg 1282w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 568px) 100vw, 568px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Bordeaux<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Gribaldi son Totilas is the sire of Gotilas du Feuillard (Ferro), holding sixth place in the Dutch team.While Bordeaux is the sire of Carl Hester\u2019s Fame (Rhodium), the third highest ranked of the Dutch contingent.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-69291\" src=\"https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/famebetterleanjo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"694\" height=\"463\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/famebetterleanjo.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/famebetterleanjo-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/famebetterleanjo-768x513.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 694px) 100vw, 694px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Fame (FEI &#8211; Leanjo de Koster)<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">British dressage star Carl Hester is full of praise for the chestnut stallion, he told <em>Horse &amp; Hounds <\/em>\u201cBordeaux almost has a Guinness Book of World Records appeal for the number of Grand Prix horses he\u2019s produced \u2013 from a range of mares. What it all boils down to is one thing: that he\u2019s given them all a work ethic to be Grand Prix, whatever their shape and size. My Grand Prix horse Fame\u2019s best quality is his Duracell battery work ethic, which I see when I look at the others by Bordeaux.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-64044\" src=\"https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/glamourdale.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/glamourdale.jpg 799w, https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/glamourdale-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/glamourdale-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/glamourdale-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Glamourdale (Rebecca Ashton)<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Not surprisingly the number one in the KWPN team is Glamourdale, by the Rheinlander Lord Leatherdale, but out of the solidly Dutch, Thuja by Negro out of an Ahorn mare.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-68546\" src=\"https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Wandres-F-Bluetooth-1024x683-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"445\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Wandres-F-Bluetooth-1024x683-1.jpg 840w, https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Wandres-F-Bluetooth-1024x683-1-300x223.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Wandres-F-Bluetooth-1024x683-1-768x570.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Bluetooth (Rebecca Ashton)<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Oldenburg book takes out second place, with their team headed up by the Bordeaux son, Bluetooth. Bluetooth is out of one of Paul Schockem\u00f6hle\u2019s celebrated broodmares, Loreana, who is by Don Schufro out of Loretta (Ramino\/Welt As) the dam of the Hit brothers, Sandro and Diamond Hit.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-69292\" src=\"https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/totalhopebetter.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"662\" height=\"442\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/totalhopebetter.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/totalhopebetter-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/totalhopebetter-768x513.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 662px) 100vw, 662px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Total Hope<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Second highest point scorer is Total Hope, by Totilas out of the great Weihegold (Don Schufro \/ Sandro Hit). Total Hope is easily the best of the seventeen foals Isabell Werth\u2019s former superstar \u00a0has produced.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-69280\" src=\"https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/denoix.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"694\" height=\"463\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/denoix.jpg 799w, https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/denoix-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/denoix-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 694px) 100vw, 694px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Denoix <\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ranked third is Denoix, by Destano a son of Desperados. Denoix is out of a daughter of Pik Noir \u2013 now there\u2019s a blast from the past, Donnerhall over Pik Bube!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-69324\" src=\"https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/MaximaBellatu.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"456\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/MaximaBellatu.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/MaximaBellatu-300x228.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Maxima Bella (Photo &#8211; Rebecca Ashton)<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Number four in the Oldenburg team is Maxima Bella by Millennium by Easy Game by Gribaldi, out of a mare by Christ.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Both Bordeaux and Gribaldi were discovered by master breeder Joep van Uytert.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16498\" src=\"https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/van-Uytert-Joop.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/van-Uytert-Joop.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/van-Uytert-Joop-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/van-Uytert-Joop-144x144.jpg 144w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Joep says it was love at first sight . \u201cWhen I first saw Gribaldi, it was 25 years ago, he was two and a half years old, he was already a real stallion, a real stallion type, he was the winner at the Trakehner stallion show. We bought him there and then he came to Holland, he did a good performance test, then the first crop of his foals came one year later. At the time they said Trakehners were a bit normal, nice types but trouble with the canter and hind leg, but a lot of breeders were still interested in him and bred every year with him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-61017\" src=\"https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/EasyGame.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"555\" height=\"459\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/EasyGame.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/EasyGame-300x248.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/EasyGame-362x300.jpg 362w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 555px) 100vw, 555px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Easy Game<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThen his first horses came under the saddle and by the time they were six or seven, you saw that they had a lot of potential for the piaffe \/ passage, and that is the strong thing of Trakehner. You see a lot of Trakehner horses who have a bit normal movement, but when they come back they have a really good cadence in piaffe \/ passage, and that\u2019s the highlight of the breeding of Gribaldi \u2013 and also,\u00a0of course, his son, Easy Game.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bordeaux has a wonderfully balanced pedigree. He is by United who combines the blood of two of Anky van Grunsven\u2019s Grand Prix stars, Krack C and Partout, with(more!) Gribaldi. Bordeaux\u2019s dam line takes us across the border to Germany, introducing the blood of the great Donnerhall, while the bottom line takes us to Adone, the dam of Nicole Uphoff\u2019s wonderful Rembrandt.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Again, Joep was immediately smitten: \u201cThe first moment I saw Bordeaux in the paddock as a foal, he was a horse that packaged his stride so effortlessly and had a smooth flowing topline, showing ample technique and interconnection between his forehand and hindquarters, which also emerged in training.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-64563\" src=\"https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/totoJRTrot.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"658\" height=\"527\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/totoJRTrot.jpg 658w, https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/totoJRTrot-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/totoJRTrot-375x300.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 658px) 100vw, 658px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Toto Junior<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The once mighty Hanoverian book has slipped to third, with the help of a couple of descendants of Gribaldi. Their second highest representative is Toto Junior who was born in Holland, out of a mare by the De Niro son, Desperados who died at the age of nineteen, and we can only ponder just how influential the black stallion might have been had he not died so young. Third in their team is the Toto Junior son, Taminiau out of a daughter of Sandro Hit another stallion who has slipped from sight. The Hanoverian grouping also highlights another fading line, the Westfalien F line. The top Hanoverian is the mighty Freestyle by Fidermark out of a Donnerhall mare while their group is rounded up by First Class, by the Florestan grandson F\u00fcrstenball.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-69278\" src=\"https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Freestyle.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"799\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Freestyle.jpg 799w, https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Freestyle-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Freestyle-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 799px) 100vw, 799px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Freestyle (FEI\/Pernilla H\u00e4gg)<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: center;\"><strong>SHOWJUMPING<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Twenty years ago when the free trade rules of the European Common Market, forced French breeding authorities to open the studbook, there were howls of outrage from the traditionalists, the noble French horse was doomed, yet two decades later, a period that also saw the disappearance of the once all-powerful state studs, the Selle Fran\u00e7ais book seems to be surviving quite well. They are once again the champion jumping studbook, with traditional rivals Holstein and the Dutch in second and third. Even more amazing in this day and age, the six horses whose points ensured the French victory, are, with one exception, recognizably French.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-69282\" src=\"https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/donatello.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"799\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/donatello.jpg 799w, https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/donatello-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/donatello-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 799px) 100vw, 799px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Donatello d\u2019Auge (FEI\/Benjamin Clark)<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Leading the charge is Donatello d\u2019Auge an international superstar with Julien Epaillard, their best this year was a prize of \u20ac172,500 for a first at Basel. Donatello d\u2019Auge\u2019s breeding even celebrates one of the neglected streams of French breeding, the Anglo-Arab, through his sire, Jarnac by Ryan d\u2019Anzex aa. The dam line is equally Gallic with two crosses of the great Alm\u00e9 through Olisco and Galoubet A.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The gelding was homebred by Julien\u2019s wife Susana, out of Tequila d\u2019Auge, who after injuring herself became a broodmare, her sire Hello Pierville was campaigned to five star level by Susana.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-69284\" src=\"https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/jamesbondFEIKim-C-Lundin.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"799\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/jamesbondFEIKim-C-Lundin.jpg 799w, https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/jamesbondFEIKim-C-Lundin-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/jamesbondFEIKim-C-Lundin-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 799px) 100vw, 799px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Bond Jamesbond de Hay (FEI_Kim C Lundin)<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If the leading horse in the SF team is a \u2018blue blood\u2019 the second, Bond Jamesbond de Hay (breeder, Jean-Luc \u2018Helgouarc\u2019h) is very much a \u2018bastard\u2019 to use the terminology of French breeding expert Arnaud Evain. His top line through the stallion that dominates the SF team, Diamant de S\u00e9milly, is solidly French while his dam combines Hanover and Holland, through Kannan, with Holstein thanks to Capitol II. Ridden by Belgian, Gregory Wathelet, the stallion\u2019s best result this year was \u20ac125,000 for a win at Windsor.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-31947\" src=\"https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/DiamantDeSemilly16.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/DiamantDeSemilly16.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/DiamantDeSemilly16-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/DiamantDeSemilly16-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Diamant de Semilly<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The third ranked in the SF team is Dexter de Kerglenn by French star, Mylord Carthago who is by the great Holsteiner, Carthago, out of a mare who is arguably the greatest jumping broodmare of all time, Fragance de Chalus (Jalisco\/Fury de la Cense) though it must be noted that Fragance has the great advantage of the unique skill set of her owner Joris de Brabander. The Belgian vet was one of the pioneers of embryo transfer, and his uncanny ability to pick the right \u2018cross\u2019, combined that with Joris\u2019 passion for harness racing generating an endless supply of roomy recipient mares, has produced a string of international jumping stars. Fragance is the dam of 34 foals, including two French top ten stallions, Mylord and the Centro son, Nortond\u2019Eole and five and six star competitors too numerous to mention.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-69297\" src=\"https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/DexterFEILeanjo-de-Koster-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"799\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/DexterFEILeanjo-de-Koster-1.jpg 799w, https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/DexterFEILeanjo-de-Koster-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/DexterFEILeanjo-de-Koster-1-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 799px) 100vw, 799px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Dexter (FEI\/Leanjo de Koster)<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dexter\u2019s dam Shana de Kerglenn carries some of the finest French jumping blood, she\u2019s by Diamant de S\u00e9milly out of a mare by world champion, Quito de Baussy. Dexter\u2019s full brother, Darius, is a 1.60 jumper, while his sister, Dana, competes 1.55.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-69289\" src=\"https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/ErmitagebetterFEIBenjamin-Clark.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"799\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/ErmitagebetterFEIBenjamin-Clark.jpg 799w, https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/ErmitagebetterFEIBenjamin-Clark-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/ErmitagebetterFEIBenjamin-Clark-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 799px) 100vw, 799px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Ermitage Kalone (FEI\/Benjamin Clarke)<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The fourth ranked Ermitage Kalone was bred in France but has been claimed by the Belgians and proclaimed a BWP Ambassadeur. He is by the Holsteiner, Catoki, a grandson of the great Caletto I, out of Bellaventure Kalone by Kannan, out of an Anglo Arab mare by Veloce de Favi.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The next Selle Fran\u00e7ais representative, Dynastie de Beaufour reminds us of two things, the first is the crucial role of her sire Diamant de S\u00e9milly in modern French jumping breeding, indeed the mare was bred by Eric Levallois whose name is inextricably intertwined with the career of the great stallion. It also suggests that those Brussels bureaucrats might have done the French breeders a favour back in 1994 when they opened the breeding borders, since the mare is out of a Holstein bred mare by Cassini I, with a Calvados II dam.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-22873\" src=\"https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Kannan.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Kannan.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Kannan-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Kannan-423x300.jpg 423w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Kannan<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rounding out the French contingent w have Vitalhorse Fleur d\u2019Oz \u00a0by the Kannan son, Olimbus Merze out of a mare by Papillon Rouge.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Holstein Book takes second spot on this year\u2019s rankings, this is another breeding association that had to be dragged kicking and screaming into a world of cross border fertilization, but once again, the result would seem to justify the move. Their number one is Bull Run\u2019s Jireh, by the Dutch stallion Uriko who is by Untouchable by Hors la Loi II the French stallion that proves Joep van Uytert has an eye for jumping horses as well as the dressage ones, since he spotted Hors la Loi II at the age of three and a half and installed him in his stud. Jireh is out of a mare of exemplary Holsteiner breeding, Colman over Contender.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-69286 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/monacoTU.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"799\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/monacoTU.jpg 799w, https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/monacoTU-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/monacoTU-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 799px) 100vw, 799px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Monaco NOP \u00a9FEI\/Lukasz Kowalski<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The second ranked Holsteiner is Harrie Smolders\u2019 jumping machine, Monaco . The gelding is by Cassini II out of a Contender mare whose dam was by the great Thoroughbred, Heraldik who is better known as a sire of eventers.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Monaco was bred by Ralf Luetje, a second generation Holsteiner breeder and breeder of the year in 2023, who is a little amazed to find himself the\u00a0 breeder of an international superstar. \u201cOver the years, our family has bred a number of foals and most of them have become breeding horses or high-end leisure partners. In view of this, it is really special for one of our horses to be so successful at international level. Whenever I see Monaco on the telly, my palms get sweaty.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Third to Conor Swail\u2019s gelding Casturano (Castelan I \/ Canturo)\u00a0 a nicely balanced mix of the Cs the made Holstein famous, the power of Capitol and the cleverness of Cor de la Bryere, and in the last line, one of the greats of yesteryear, Landgraf.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-44876\" src=\"https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/ForPleasureStallion-Nov10.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/ForPleasureStallion-Nov10.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/ForPleasureStallion-Nov10-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/ForPleasureStallion-Nov10-500x300.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>For Pleasure<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fourth to For Gold by For Fashion a son of the great Hanoverian jumper and sire, For Pleasure, out of an Heraldik xx mare.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With our fifth Holsteiner representative, Lyjanair we are well and truly back in the Schleswig-Holstein Marshes with a pedigree that features most of the Holsteiner greats. The gelding\u2019s sire Lyjanero is a grandson of Lord, out of a Casall mare, Lyjanair\u2019s dam, Villa, combines Coriano and Contender.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sixth in the Holstein team is My Lady Lavista by Mylord Carthago, who we have already met, out of the Holsteiner mare Tina II by Levisto, with a pedigree that features a trio of the greats \u2013 Landgraf, Caletto I, Corrado.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">EVENTING<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The old myth that you can\u2019t breed eventers has been well and truly put to rest, and looking at the world\u2019s top horse trials right now you see in the winner\u2019s circle a series of purpose-bred and wonderful eventers, and the eventer who heads the winning Holstein team, is London, the world\u2019s number one eventer, a megastar with Britain\u2019s Laura Collett.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-61583\" src=\"https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/LondonLauraCollett.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"467\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/LondonLauraCollett.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/LondonLauraCollett-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/LondonLauraCollett-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>London<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">London is by Landos, a son of the half-blood Lord, out of a mare by Calypso I (Cor de la Bryere).\u00a0 Calypso I was never as famous as his brother Calypso II\u00a0 who introduced Holsteiner blood to Hanover, but unusually for Holsteiners both produced more dressage horses than jumpers \u2013 the older brother sired six Grand Prix jumpers but twelve dressage horses who went on the Grand Prix.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">London is out of Vernante by Quinar by the great Selle Fran\u00e7ais sire Quidam de Revel (by the Alme son Jalisco B). Quinar is out of Adele, a grand-daughter of Alme, and hello, there is another cross of Calypso I on the mare line. Vernante\u2019s dam, Legende VII is by Cassini I out of a Sacramento Song xx mare.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-59987\" src=\"https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Ladykiller.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"364\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Ladykiller.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Ladykiller-300x218.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Ladykiller-412x300.jpg 412w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Ladykiller<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It would seem the Holstein breeders are drawing on the legacy of that group of Thoroughbreds \u2013 Ladykiller, Cottage Son, Sacramento Song \u2013 that helped transform the Holsteiner from a workhorse to a modern sporthorse. All those stallions feature on London\u2019s pedigree\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">London was bred by Ocke Riewerts, a small family breeder based on the island of F\u00f6hr. He has won the WBFSH eventing breeder of the year award,twice, in 2021 and again this year.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-68571\" src=\"https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/JL-Dublin-1024x665.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"416\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>JL Dublin<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Next in the Holstein team, another of the world\u2019s best, Tom McEwan\u2019s JL Dublin. The gelding is by Diarado, who has had something of a chequered career. He was initially hailed as the ultimate fusion combining the best of the French with the best of Holstein, by Diamant de S\u00e9milly out of a Corrado mare.. The stallion was given a dream start, jointly promoted by the Holstein Verband, Joep van Eytert and Paul Schockem\u00f6hle to a huge book of quality mares. Diarado was not a success in the competition ring, and while he has produced a couple of showjumping frontliners, the result was somewhat underwhelming, though he now seems to have found his niche as an eventing sire.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">JL Dublin is out of Zarinna by the 1.60 jumper, Canto out of a mare by the Landgraf son, Lombard.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-69303\" src=\"https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Carlitos-Quidditch-K.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"799\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Carlitos-Quidditch-K.jpg 799w, https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Carlitos-Quidditch-K-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Carlitos-Quidditch-K-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 799px) 100vw, 799px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Carlitos Quidditch and Malin Hansen-Hotoop (FEI &#8211; Benjamin Clark)<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Third ranked Holsteiner is Carlitos Quidditch K, by Quiwi Dream, another fusion, by Quidam de Revel out of a Contender mare. Carlitos is out of a mare by Cassini I.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Number four is Vitali by the great Contender (Calypso II\/Ramiro) out of an Heraldik xx mare<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Next, Commando 3, by the Casall son, Connor. Commando is out of the Holsteiner mare R-Adelgunde by the Thoroughbred Amigo.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Laura Collett rounds out the Holstein team, this time riding Dacapo, another son of Diarado out of a Canturo mare.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Irish Studbook is second on this year\u2019s rankings with an interesting mix of traditional Irish blood and the imports that rescued the Irish horse from the closed studbook induced doldrums.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-69309\" src=\"https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Brookfieldquality.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"880\" height=\"587\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Brookfieldquality.jpg 880w, https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Brookfieldquality-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Brookfieldquality-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 880px) 100vw, 880px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Brookfield Quality (Libby Law)<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Number one in their team is another Tom McEwan ride, Brookfield Quality, by the son of French jumping star,Quick Star, Obos Quality who has been oh so influential in shaping modern Irish sporthorses. Brookfield Quality\u00a0 is out of a mare by another stallion who has produced scores of top eventers, Cavalier Royale, a Holstein import by Cor de la Bryere.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-56397\" src=\"https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/CooleyRosalent.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"799\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/CooleyRosalent.jpg 799w, https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/CooleyRosalent-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/CooleyRosalent-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/CooleyRosalent-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 799px) 100vw, 799px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Cooley Rosalent,<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The second highest ranked Irish horse is Cooley Rosalent, but here a word of caution, you might, seeing the prefix Cooley over and over in eventing results, imagine that there is a stud called Cooley with the most amazingly successful breeding program. Wrong, the talented duo behind Cooley, Richard Sheane and Georgina Phillips breed no horses at all, finding talented future eventers all over Ireland. Their operation started in 2004 and now their client base reads like a who\u2019s who of international eventing.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cooley Rosalent is no exception to the duo\u2019s program. He was bred by J. W. Rosbothan in Armagh and is by the imported Dutch stallion, Valent (Hors la Loi \/ Lux Z) out of a Thoroughbred mare. Rosalent has had a sensational career with Ollie Townhend, with last year\u2019s highlight her win at Lexington 5*.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Next to Jack of Diamonds\u00a0 by the Swedish stallion Irco Mena\u00a0 out of a mare that combines two of the legendary sires of eventers, Imperius xx and King of Diamonds.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-69307\" src=\"https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/CooleySnapchatLibbyLaw.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"799\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/CooleySnapchatLibbyLaw.jpg 799w, https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/CooleySnapchatLibbyLaw-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/CooleySnapchatLibbyLaw-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 799px) 100vw, 799px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Cooley Snapchat (FEI-Libby Law)<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The next three horses in the Irish team show the crucial role of \u2018foreign\u2019 stallions. Cooley Snapchat (Kannan \/ Arkansas VDL), CSF Mr Kroon (Kroongraaf KWPN\/ Cavalier Royale) out of an Obos Quality mare, and finally Black Ice who is by a Dutch stallion Vechta (Voltaire) out of Brookhall Lady by the Galoubet A son, Touchdown.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Britain is spiritual home of eventing, and right from a start there were a few brave breeders who deliberately bred for the discipline rather than relying on luck. It\u2019s no surprise then that the Sporthorse Breeding of Great Britain book takes third place, though unlike the pioneers of British eventing breeding like Sam Barr, this time the breeders have relied heavily on blood from continental Europe.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-69310\" src=\"https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/LordshipsLibbyLaw.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"799\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/LordshipsLibbyLaw.jpg 799w, https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/LordshipsLibbyLaw-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/LordshipsLibbyLaw-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 799px) 100vw, 799px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Lordships Graffalo (FEI- Libby Law)<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Number one in the SHBSB team is another superstar in the mighty British team, Ros Canter\u2019s Lordships Graffalo who is by the\u00a0 Trakehner stallion who evented three star with Michi Jung, Grafenstolz (Polarion TSF \/ Camelot) but out of a mare whose breeding features two of the early British British eventing stallions, Ben Faerie xx and Just A Monarch xx.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-28049\" src=\"https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Jaguar-Mail-webTUheader.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"470\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Jaguar-Mail-webTUheader.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Jaguar-Mail-webTUheader-300x217.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Jaguar-Mail-webTUheader-415x300.jpg 415w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Jaguar Mail<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The second ranked eventer is Colorado Blue, who like the fifth, Treworra, is by Jaguar Mail, an enormously successful sire of eventers. I am sure that Bernard le Courtois was aiming for a showjumper when he bred Jaguar Mail, an indeed the stallion was a member of the Swedish Olympic showjumping team, but looking at his pedigree he would seem ideal as a sire of eventers. Jaguar Mail is 7\/8ths Thoroughbred. His Thoroughbred sire, Hand in Glove was a 1.60 jumper and competed Prix St Georges dressage. The dam sire is the last European Thoroughbred Grand Prix showjumping star, Laudanum, bred to a mare that combines two jumping immortals, Alm\u00e9 and Gotthard.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Add to that another of Laura Collett\u2019s frontliners, Bling by Kannan (it seems no ranking is complete without a Kannan somewhere) and let\u2019s end on a cutting edge note.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-69311\" src=\"https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ChilliMorningIV.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"799\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ChilliMorningIV.jpg 799w, https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ChilliMorningIV-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ChilliMorningIV-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 799px) 100vw, 799px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Chilli Morning IV (FEI-Ecary)<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The final member of the SHGB team is a clone, Gemma Stevens\u2019 up and coming, Chilli Morning IV who like her famous sire? brother? is by Phantomic xx out of a Kolibri mare. There are four Chilli Morning clones, and unlike previous attempts at cloning, they all look promising\u2026<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_68678\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-68678\" style=\"width: 750px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-68678\" src=\"https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/HeroesADros-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/HeroesADros-copy.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/HeroesADros-copy-300x180.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-68678\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Screenshot<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Which studbook comes out on top in dressage, jumping and eventing? 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