Breeders Club – Page 13 – The Horse Magazine

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

Meet Belissimo M and his most famous daughter

April 5th, 2021
Belissimo has certainly been a major player in the revival of the ‘B’ line in German dressage breeding. In 2021 Belissimo is recorded with 1063 progeny in competition for winnings of €1,106,878. Eight have won more than €10,000, with Isabell Werth’s recently retired superstar, Bella Rose way out in front with €299,035. He has produced […] Read Article Comments Off

The Numbers… One of the big questions of Warmblood breeding…

April 3rd, 2021
The facts and figures of jumping breeding by Christopher Hector and Gemma Alexander I find it intriguing and disturbing that even recent history can just ‘disappear’. Right now I cannot find out just when the first WBFSH sires rankings appeared. The earliest I can find in my personal library is the 1993 / 94 WBFSH […] Read Article Comments Off

Celle state stud stallion Stanley awarded Grande Prize

March 31st, 2021
This year's winner of the prestigious Grande award is the Stakkato son, Stanley - a stallion who was largely forgotten after injury cut short his competition career, but now his offspring are making breeders take a second look... 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

Stars of the Day

March 18th, 2021
Fasine (Fürst Romancier / Sir Donnerhall I) and Isabel Bache. Winners of the Six-Year-Old Finals at the 2015 Bundeschampionships. Fasine is an example of the new breed of Warmblood – the modern young horse specialist. Her sire, Fürst Romancier’s career peaked as a five-year-old, with fourths at the World Young Horse Champs and the […] Read Article Comments Off

Happy Birthday Poesie – Great Mare!

March 16th, 2021
Let us celebrate one of the greatest mares in modern dressage breeding history - Poesie. But her success and the success of the 'P' line is also the story of one of the great visionaries of the breeding world, Dr Jürgen Müller. Read Article Comments Off

The KWPN Stallion Show – the dressage horses

March 3rd, 2021
Even though there was no audience, there was a stunning collection of dressage colts at the KWPN Stallion Show. Christopher Hector analyses the bloodlines and talks to the breeders... Read Article Comments Off