The Big Issues – Page 5 – The Horse Magazine

Eventing at Tokyo – a triumph for French breeding

August 4th, 2021
Christopher Hector looks at the breeding of the eventers at Tokyo, and finds French domination, and a Trakehner stallion that competed at a Games, and has now sired two Games eventers.... Read Article 1 Comment »

Do young horse stars go Grand Prix?

May 28th, 2021
Do young dressage horse stars go on to be Grand Prix stars? We go right back to the very first WBFSH World Young Horse Champs to answer that question. Great new article - amazing photos... Read Article 2 Comments »

How does the KWPN dressage horse compare to the German horses?

May 10th, 2021
German or Dutch - that's the question for the breeders of dressage horses... or is it, is the way forward a fusion? German breeding expert, Dr Ludwig Christmann looks at the differences and strengths of the two... Read Article 1 Comment »

What made German Dressage Great? Part one

February 9th, 2021
Part 1 of an in-depth survey of what has made German dressage so successful. In this first part, we look at two influences, the Cavalry, and horse breeding with a new updated version of Ludwig Christmann's famous Bloodlines of the Hanoverian... Read Article 2 Comments »

Breeding Dressage Horses – A Global Perspective

January 22nd, 2021
Christopher Hector looks at the past and future of dressage horse breeding - a global view... Read Article 4 Comments »

The WBFSH Young Eventing Horse Championships – the show DOES go on…

October 30th, 2020
Christopher Hector analyses the breeding at Le Lion d’Angers far from the venue, locked down in his home in Australia… Given the very challenging coronavirus situation that has resulted in the cancellation of virtually all equestrian sport during the past summer season, it was with exceptional motivation that the organizers of the annual Mondial du […] Read Article 1 Comment »

Donnerhall – a Tribute

September 30th, 2020
Donnerhall - the greatest dressage sire of the all? We pay tribute to this extraordinary stallion... Read Article Comments Off

Dressage breeding at the 2020 Bundeschampionate

September 10th, 2020
Even though there were no spectators at this year's Bundeschampionate, the dressage classes were a fascinating insight into where dressage breeding is right now... Read Article 4 Comments »