Breeding insights with Arnaud Evain

September 28th, 2016
It is a stimulating experience every time I catch up with the French breeding expert, Arnaud Evain. Each time he seems to have a new project and a head full of new insights into the business of breeding jumping horses. I’m lucky, Arnaud’s daughter and grand-children live in my home city of Melbourne, and that makes him a regular visit.. Read Article 1 Comment »
 

Who’s going to Rio? The Breeders: Margareta Algotsson

July 27th, 2016
There can be little doubt that Margareta Algotsson has been the most successful breeder of Olympic Eventing horses, EVER! Read Article Comments Off on Who’s going to Rio? The Breeders: Margareta Algotsson
 

Who’s going to the GAMES?

July 4th, 2016
Christopher Hector analyses the breeding of the horses entered for the Rio Olympic Games... Read Article 2 Comments »
 

Ralf Blüggel – breeder of Corbinian

June 23rd, 2016
Chris Hector interviews Ralf Blüggel the breeder of World Cup champion, Corbinian... Read Article Comments Off on Ralf Blüggel – breeder of Corbinian
 

Dutch Breeding Values

June 22nd, 2016
Christopher Hector looks at this year's KWPN breeding and OCD values - and finds out which are the most popular stallions in Holland... Read Article Comments Off on Dutch Breeding Values
 

Has dressage breeding ‘gone wrong’?

June 20th, 2016
Chris Hector discusses in which the way of dressage breeding may be heading... Read Article 17 Comments »
 

BWP Resurgent – From Strength to Strength

May 20th, 2016
If there were an award – and no doubt there should be – for the leading breeder of showjumpers at the European championships, there is no doubt that the award would go to the Belgian breeder, Herman de Brabander... Read Article Comments Off on BWP Resurgent – From Strength to Strength
 

Breeding Values – a tour through Europe


There has been no breeding district in Europe where the issue of BLUP (Best Linear Unbiased Predictor) and breeding values has aroused more heated controversy than France, the first country to use the formula for horse breeding... Read Article Comments Off on Breeding Values – a tour through Europe