The Big Issues – Page 8 – The Horse Magazine

What made German Dressage Great? Part 8

July 20th, 2018
The final part in the THM exclusive analysis of the factors that have made German Dressage great - we talk with current shapers of the sport, Christoph Hess, Monica Theodorescu, Dietrich Plewa and Hubertus Schmidt... Read Article Comments Off

What makes a great broodmare?

July 19th, 2018
Christopher Hector tries to find out what makes a great showjumping broodmare... Read Article 2 Comments »

French Eventing – What made France great? Part One: The Breeders

July 10th, 2018
The French Eventing Team won the Gold Medal in Rio in spectacular style. A tough, coordinated team effort that kept pushing right to the line, right to the showjumping where they snatched a gold medal. Read Article Comments Off

Young Jumping Horse classes: What can they tell us?

June 8th, 2018
Young Jumping Horse classes - do they find the stars? Which is best: World Champs in Zangersheide, Bundeschampionate in Warendorf, or Young Horse Champs at Fontainebleau??? Read Article Comments Off

Young horse stars or Grand Prix stars? That’s the question…

March 28th, 2018
Do young dressage class horses go on to become Grand Prix competitors - Chris Hector finds that quite a few do... Read Article 2 Comments »

Breeding Values – Do they stand the test of time?

March 12th, 2018
Have the German and Dutch breeding values stood the test of time? Gemma Alexander and Christopher Hector take a look at 'the numbers'.... Read Article 2 Comments »

German Breeding Values 2018

January 11th, 2018
Christopher Hector analyses the latest German FN breeding values for jumping and dressage sires... Read Article Comments Off

Roland Ramsauer and the Oldenburg Horse

December 5th, 2017
Roland Ramsauer is THE authority on the Oldenburg Breed, in this exclusive interview he talks about the past, and future, of Sporthorse breeding in Germany... Read Article Comments Off

WBFSH studbook and breeders rankings 2017

October 18th, 2017
Christopher Hector looks at the latest WBFSH stud book rankings... Read Article Comments Off

Breeding for Amateurs or Breeding for Professionals?

June 27th, 2017
Horses for Pros or Horses for Ammies? That is the question. Or is it - new French research suggests otherwise... Read Article 3 Comments »