Breeding Values – Poor value for the breeder?
Chris Hector looks at the 2014 Breeding Values - Ludwig Christmann comments on the new Hanoverian and German FN values... Read Article Comments Off on Breeding Values – Poor value for the breeder?
Category: The Big Issues
Chris Hector looks at the 2014 Breeding Values - Ludwig Christmann comments on the new Hanoverian and German FN values... Read Article Comments Off on Breeding Values – Poor value for the breeder?
Silly Season at the Licensings?
Christopher Hector looks at the German licensing champions in 2014, and finds some left field selections... Read Article Comments Off on Silly Season at the Licensings?
Ludwig Christmann – What’s hot in Hanover?
German breeding expert, Ludwig Christmann looks at some to the top stallions... Read Article Comments Off on Ludwig Christmann – What’s hot in Hanover?
Danish Warmbloods
Danish Warmblood breeding is relatively recent, with the establishment of the Dansk Varmbloed Avlsforbund (DVA) in 1962. Originally there was no Danish riding horse. The two main Danish breeds, the Knappstrupper and the Fredriksborg, were driving horses, and riding horses had to be imported... Read Article Comments Off on Danish Warmbloods
How the Warmblood conquered the English Speaking world…
Once upon a time, each nation provided its own style of jumping rider, and jumping horse - now they all seem to be Warmbloods... Read Article Comments Off on How the Warmblood conquered the English Speaking world…
KWPN: The development of the Dutch Warmblood
The Dutch have always been traders, quick to spot a new market, quick to find the goods in demand, and faster to establish themselves in the marketplace. When they turned to sport horse breeding, they brought this same drive and flexibility. When the other European books were still proclaiming the goal of an ‘all-round athlete’ […] Read Article 1 Comment »
Opening up the French Studbook
Once the most closed of the European studbooks, now the French horse is a cosmopolitan mix from all over Europe... Read Article Comments Off on Opening up the French Studbook
The Two Great Thoroughbred Performance lines…
…Precipitation and Bay Ronald When we look at the antecedents of the modern Sporthorse, there are two names that crop up over and over again, the two Thoroughbreds, Precipitation and Bay Ronald. Precipitation Precipitation has had an enormous influence not just on jumping breeding but also on dressage mainly through his son, the French Thoroughbred, […] Read Article 1 Comment »
Sires’ rankings Up to 2008 – 2009
The WBFSH stallion rankings have always caused debate, this article examines how they have changed over the years, and how they compare with some of the other rankings…. Read Article Comments Off on Sires’ rankings Up to 2008 – 2009
The Bundeschampionate 2007
As we took our place in the dressage arena grandstand for the first class at 9.30, our neighbours pulled out mini champagne bottles, popped the corks and toasted ‘Bundeschampionate 2007’ – it’s that kind of show... Read Article Comments Off on The Bundeschampionate 2007