Breeding Values – Poor value for the breeder?

January 18th, 2015
Chris Hector looks at the 2014 Breeding Values - Ludwig Christmann comments on the new Hanoverian and German FN values... Read Article Comments Off on Breeding Values – Poor value for the breeder?
 

Breeding by numbers German style…

November 14th, 2014
Numbers and breeding are all the craze - 'breed values' - but what do they mean, and how do they work? Read Article Comments Off on Breeding by numbers German style…
 

German Breeding Values 2012 – what do they mean?

January 24th, 2013
The German Breeding Values are supposed to be a guide to the top Sporthorse stalliions - but are they? Looking at this year's top ranking there are a few very undistinguished horses in the list... Read Article 1 Comment »
 

Breeding Values Ten Years On…

July 16th, 2012
The German FN breeding values have been in operation in their current form for just on a decade – perhaps now we can look back at the sires’ rankings and see just how useful they have been in pointing us in the direction of stallions likely to produce superior progeny... Read Article 2 Comments »
 

Breeding Values – a survey of the major stud books

March 22nd, 2011
Chris Hector looks at Warmblood Stallion breeding rankings across Europe... Read Article 3 Comments »