horsemagazine – Page 129 – The Horse Magazine

WEG 2014 competitors – A Breeding Analysis

September 5th, 2014
Christopher Hector looks at the bloodlines on show at Caen D is for Dressage – D is for Donnerhall When we look at the start list for the dressage at the WEG, the first thing we need to observe – yet again – is the outright dominance of the Donnerhall line. He, himself, is represented […] Read Article Comments Off

2014 Dutch Breeding Values… What’s New?

August 26th, 2014
Story by Christopher Hector Photos by Roz Neave & Jacob Melissen The latest KWPN breeding values have been released, and once again, Jazz (Cocktail / Ulster) heads the dressage standings for stallions with a reliability index of 90% or better. Jazz has a breeding value of 196 and a reliability of 97%. Once again, Jazz […] Read Article Comments Off

Werner Schade – Hanoverians in the Brave New World…

August 19th, 2014
It’s been seven years since my last interview with the director of the Hanoverian Verband, Werner Schade in 2007. In that time, so many dramatic changes have occurred in the world of Warmblood breeding, changes that neither of us could have predicted seven years ago. Who would have thought that the whole French National Stud […] Read Article 2 Comments »

Gary’s Toolbox – Dressage Training with Gary Lung

August 14th, 2014
The forecast predicts one of the hottest days on record for Victoria; temperatures of up to 43 degrees. What a lovely day for a dressage clinic – not! So I am making my way to Yarra Junction to Adam Wootten’s Australian Sporting Equine Academy, very early in the morning. Most lessons are scheduled before lunchtime, […] Read Article 1 Comment »

Shane Rose and CP Qualified – Training for the WEG

August 8th, 2014
It was a great opportunity to catch up with Shane Rose a couple of weeks after his 2014 Sydney CCI*** Star triumph, and talk about what it takes to train a 4-star star… Shane and “Darcy”, showing collected work Qualified came to you as a failed showjumper from a pretty professional showjumping stable, how do […] Read Article Comments Off

Monica Theodorescu and the Future of German Dressage…

August 7th, 2014
I’m not sure when we first started visiting Gestüt Lindenhof, but it has long been one of our favorite spots in Germany. This time it was the first time we’d been there since Georg Theodorescu died, but there was still the same calm, civilized feel to the establishment – but of course, since Georg’s daughter, […] Read Article Comments Off

Kevin Staut – A showjumper who cares…

Just getting to meet up with Kevin Staut was exciting enough. For some reason our normally trusty GPS refused to admit that the road where the training centre is based actually existed. Our phone rang, it was Kevin on the line. “Weren’t we supposed to meet half an hour ago…” “We certainly were but our […] Read Article Comments Off

Dr Thomas Nissen: The Holstein Future

August 6th, 2014
An interview with Christopher Hector Dr Thomas Nissen became the breeding director of the Holsteiner Association in 1989. He joined the Holsteiner Association in 1988 after completing his Agriculture degree at Kiel – the appointment was a logical next step since his thesis topic was The mare performance test and fertility of the Holsteiner horse. […] Read Article 2 Comments »

Dressage Stallions at the 2014 KWPN stallion show

February 9th, 2014
The decision in the dressage section of the KWPN stallion show went right down to the wire. Even the chairman of the dressage panel, Wim Ermes admitted that right until the final third round, he expected the son of Totilas out of the full-sister to Parzival would win but he looked a bit flat on […] Read Article Comments Off

Jumping Stallions at the 2014 KWPN stallion show

February 8th, 2014
It is as usual a feast of fine horse flesh, and the Dutch breeders prove again that they are the masters of getting the ‘mix’ right, of picking where the action is and taking the best-of-the-best into their breeding ranks. On the first day of viewing the jumping colts, there are four stallions each with […] Read Article Comments Off