Performance horse studbooks – Page 5

The breeders of Westfalia

December 3rd, 2014
Warendorf, the centre of Westfalien breeding, has a history of Warmblood breeding that goes back to 1826, when 13 East Prussian stallions were made available to the local breeders. By 1830, thirty stallions stood at Warendorf. The decline of the cavalry, once again swung the balance in the direction of the heavier farm […] Read Article Comments Off

The Hanoverians

The Hanoverian At the heart of Hanoverian breeding is Germany’s most influential state owned stud, Landgestüt Celle, and the largest Warmblood breeding association, the Hanoverian Verband at Verden. A stallion display at Celle… Stallion licensing at Verden, 1968… Hanover has played a major role in the shaping of the modern Warmblood – particularly the […] Read Article Comments Off

The Holsteiner

The power house of showjumping breeding, Holstein supplies jumping genes to every stud book in the world... Read Article Comments Off

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

The Oldenburger

Oldenburg - a powerhouse of breeding and always prepared to innovate, to take in new blood in the search for the ultimate performance horse... Read Article 1 Comment »

The Studbook Zangersheide

One man's dream... Leon Melchior set out to breed the world's best jumping horses and the in the process created Zangersheide, and now he has handed the reins to his daughter... Read Article Comments Off

The Swedish Warmblood

Flyinge was one of Europe's oldest breeding centres, and for many years lead they way, particularly with dressage horses, but now Flyinge is closed... Read Article Comments Off

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

The Springpferdezuchtverband Oldenburg-International (OS)

November 25th, 2014
The name is so long - but we can just call it Oldenburg Jumping, the brain child of jumping wheeler and dealer, Paul Schockemöhle... Read Article Comments Off

Werner Schade – Hanoverians in the Brave New World…

August 19th, 2014
It’s been seven years since my last interview with the director of the Hanoverian Verband, Werner Schade in 2007. In that time, so many dramatic changes have occurred in the world of Warmblood breeding, changes that neither of us could have predicted seven years ago. Who would have thought that the whole French National Stud […] Read Article 2 Comments »