The Breeders – The Horse Magazine

Geldings and Ghosts – the sires of the future?

June 30th, 2024
Smart mare owners follow the competition results to find a likely sire for their next foal. Well right now there are some likely options that thanks to the magic of frozen semen, and the whims of their owners, are either geldings, or long dead! Read Article Comments Off

Do dressage horses need jumping blood? An interview with Dr Lehmann

June 5th, 2023
We celebrate the ninetieth birthday of one of the great breeding administrators, Dr Gerd Lehmann.The former director of the Westfalien State Stud argued that the Performance horse stallion must be able to jump even if the aim was to breed a dressage horse... Read Article 2 Comments »

Horse Breeding Wisdom, with Ingo Pape

August 3rd, 2022
Ingo Pape has always been at the cutting edge of Warmblood breeding. In this exclusive interview with Christopher Hector, he discusses the rise of the Dutch influence, WFFS, and the future for Sporthorse breeding... Read Article Comments Off

Grow your own… Grassroots eventing breeding

May 17th, 2022
The number of star eventing horses bred for someone in the family to ride is simply amazing. Christopher Hector profiles some of the great eventing breeders... Read Article Comments Off

Who is the most successful dressage breeder in the World?

February 18th, 2022
Would you say Dutch woman, Willeke Bos, is the most successful dressage breeder of them all? Don't answer that question until you have read this story... And meet a woman who has bred some stunning horses, lots of them... Read Article Comments Off

Where did the €700,000 colt come from?

November 9th, 2021
We look at the breeding of the young stallion that sold at Verden for €700,000 and find that his pedigree is a virtual history of the development of the modern dressage horse... Read Article Comments Off

Volker Steinkraus – carrying on the Butts’ legacy

August 24th, 2021
It was a victory for Volker Steinkraus in the great mare show at Verden with his half-blood mare - but it was also a triumph for one of the first, and most successful, breeders of eventers, Friedrich Butt... Read Article 1 Comment »