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Eventing at Tokyo – a triumph for French breeding

August 4th, 2021
Christopher Hector looks at the breeding of the eventers at Tokyo, and finds French domination, and a Trakehner stallion that competed at a Games, and has now sired two Games eventers.... Read Article 1 Comment »

Do young horse stars go Grand Prix?

May 28th, 2021
Do young dressage horse stars go on to be Grand Prix stars? We go right back to the very first WBFSH World Young Horse Champs to answer that question. Great new article - amazing photos... Read Article 2 Comments »

Who are the great mares?

April 28th, 2021
A recent survey set out to find this year's most successful dams of jumping horses, but all it really proved was that the stats from this covid season are very very dodgy - find out why... Read Article Comments Off

New Dutch Breeding Values – Breeding tight

March 30th, 2021
The new Dutch Breeding Values have been released - find out which stallions are coming out on top in that powerhouse of Warmblood breeding - The Netherlands Read Article Comments Off

The KWPN Stallion Show – the dressage horses

March 3rd, 2021
Even though there was no audience, there was a stunning collection of dressage colts at the KWPN Stallion Show. Christopher Hector analyses the bloodlines and talks to the breeders... Read Article Comments Off

2021 Hanoverian Breeding Values

February 28th, 2021
With the help of Hanoverian breeding expert, Dr Ludwig Christmann, we ask - what dressage stallions are hot right now? Who is producing the young horse winners? Who sires the Grand Prix stars.... Read Article 1 Comment »

What made German Dressage Great? Part one

February 9th, 2021
Part 1 of an in-depth survey of what has made German dressage so successful. In this first part, we look at two influences, the Cavalry, and horse breeding with a new updated version of Ludwig Christmann's famous Bloodlines of the Hanoverian... Read Article 2 Comments »

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