Breeding – 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

Shivers – The disease that threatens Sporthorse Breeding

December 26th, 2023
There is a disease that right now poses a far greater threat to the future of sporthorse breeding than WFFS ever did. Read Article 1 Comment »

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 »

Conformation and the Sport Horse

July 1st, 2021
What is 'good' conformation, and why do so many dressage and showjumping stars have 'poor' conformation? Christopher Hector asks the questions and finds some experts with answers... Read Article 6 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

Georg Sieverding – Oldenburg Master breeder

May 19th, 2018
We pay tribute to the late Georg Sieverding, one of the great breeders of the modern era... 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 at Rio: Updated

November 21st, 2017
It's rankings time again, but first let's look at which stallions shone at the big one - the Olympic Games last year... Read Article Comments Off

Breeding Values – something old but something is VERY NEW

January 30th, 2017
Christopher Hector tries to make sense of the new breeding values... Read Article Comments Off

French Eventing: Part Two – The Anglo-Arab

January 7th, 2017
It is something of a tragedy, that right at the time eventing riders are discovering that a good dollop of French Anglo blood is just the thing to produce an international eventer - the breed is in danger of disappearing! Read Article 1 Comment »