Clones – success or failure?

May 16th, 2022
Clones were going to revolutionise the world of Warmblood breeding? Did they? Christopher Hector sets out to find the answer... Read Article 3 Comments »
 

Breeding at the World Cup Jumping Final 2022

April 21st, 2022
It was great for the World Cup Final to get back on track, but this year's finalists had the pedigree buffs wondering. Gemma Alexander and Christopher Hector analyse the breeding... Read Article Comments Off on Breeding at the World Cup Jumping Final 2022
 

Diacontinus wins Grande Prize

March 20th, 2022
The grey jumping star, Diacontinus is this year's top Hanoverian Stallion - taking out the prestigious Grande Prize... Read Article Comments Off on Diacontinus wins Grande Prize
 

Beezie Madden into the Hall of Fame

February 23rd, 2022
Lexington, KY – February 21, 2022 Olympic veteran Beezie Madden has been elected for induction into the Show Jumping Hall of Fame. She will be honored, together with Olympic rider Margie Engle and McLain Ward’s two-time gold medal Olympic mount, Sapphire, during the Hall of Fame’s induction dinner on Sunday evening, March 6 at the Wanderers Club […] Read Article Comments Off on Beezie Madden into the Hall of Fame
 

2021 German FN jumping breeding values

December 22nd, 2021
Christopher Hector analyses the latest collection of numbers, Gemma Alexander constructed the graphs… While the FN breeding values for young horse dressage sires produced a somewhat eccentric collection of stallions, many destined to sink without trace, there is a real similarity in the jumping list between the young horse chart and the HEK and competition […] Read Article Comments Off on 2021 German FN jumping breeding values
 

The 2021 WBFSH Breeders Standings

November 22nd, 2021
We look behind the scene to find the people who make horse sport happen - the breeders. Who were the most successful in dressage, jumping and eventing in the past twelve months - and which studbooks came out on top... Read Article Comments Off on The 2021 WBFSH Breeders Standings
 

Dressage with George Morris…

October 18th, 2021
In his youth George Morris contemplated a career in the movies, and he is a natural entertainer. To make his point about how the horse’s body changes shape when it becomes active in the hind legs, he is meowing like a cat… Read Article Comments Off on Dressage with George Morris…
 

George Morris Exercise of the Day

September 10th, 2021
The American system of jumping has often been associated with the crest release system, and while George’s system has a place for the crest release – ‘good technique, but over done’ – he is more interested in the more sophisticated automatic release. So as the group of riders approached the rails with alternate ends down, […] Read Article Comments Off on George Morris Exercise of the Day
 

George Morris Top Tip


 George Morris tells jumping riders: “Dressage is seat riding, in jumping the stirrup is the basis of the building. Don’t ride with your seat, your calf should just cling and give straightness and impulsion, not a knee/upper leg grip.” “Riders are forgetting what Caprilli taught us, and going back to the old English hunting seat […] Read Article Comments Off on George Morris Top Tip