horsemagazine – Page 114 – The Horse Magazine

The Hanoverians

December 3rd, 2014
The Hanoverian At the heart of Hanoverian breeding is Germany’s most influential state owned stud, Landgestüt Celle, and the largest Warmblood breeding association, the Hanoverian Verband at Verden. A stallion display at Celle… Stallion licensing at Verden, 1968… Hanover has played a major role in the shaping of the modern Warmblood – particularly the […] Read Article Comments Off

The Holsteiner

The power house of showjumping breeding, Holstein supplies jumping genes to every stud book in the world... Read Article Comments Off

The Myth of the ‘Good Old Farmer Breeders’

Many people lament the passing of the 'good old breeder farmers', Chris Hector wonders if this wasn't a myth... Read Article Comments Off

The Irish Horse

The Irish Horse - is it a Warmblood or is it not? Certainly Ireland continues to produce some of the world's top eveners... Read Article Comments Off

The Oldenburger

Oldenburg - a powerhouse of breeding and always prepared to innovate, to take in new blood in the search for the ultimate performance horse... Read Article 1 Comment »

The Studbook Zangersheide

One man's dream... Leon Melchior set out to breed the world's best jumping horses and the in the process created Zangersheide, and now he has handed the reins to his daughter... Read Article Comments Off

The Swedish Warmblood

Flyinge was one of Europe's oldest breeding centres, and for many years lead they way, particularly with dressage horses, but now Flyinge is closed... Read Article Comments Off

The Trakehner

One of the oldest riding breeds of Warmbloods - the Trakehner has had its ups and downs, and now is enjoying a revival... Read Article Comments Off

The Horse Breeders of France

There has been no breed in Europe more rigorously and bureaucratically supervised than the French horse. In the seventeenth century, the Service de Haras was established to administer the breeding of six breeds of blood horses, nine cold bloods and thirteen varieties of pony. Like most of the breeds in Europe, the Selle Français […] Read Article 1 Comment »

The Education of Waca: Starting the young horse – Part 1

“I don’t use any fancy gadgets, or gear, or running lines, ropes – none of that. With a good horse that has been handled properly as a foal, I don’t believe there is any need for such measures. My biggest rule is that they are forward and straight and not in a rush... Read Article Comments Off