Eventing breeding – The Horse Magazine

Eventers breeding eventers

July 26th, 2024
When Lara Liedekerke-Meier won Luhmühlen Five Star with Hooney d’Arville, she did it with a horse she had made herself, the product of a cutting edge eventing breeding program... Yes, you can breed eventers! Read Article Comments Off

Ollie and Cooley – a winning combination

May 29th, 2024
Oliver Townend and the Cooley horses... we know it is a winning combination but what makes the Cooley horses so successful as top class eventers? Read Article Comments Off

Eventing Stallions the BN rankings

April 7th, 2024
The 2024 BN eventing stallions rankings have been released, and this time there are some really interesting stallions on the list, stallions you might want to send your mare to... Read Article Comments Off

The WBFSH Stallion Rankings re-considered…

March 29th, 2023
The WBFSH sires rankings tell us which are the world's best stallions - or do they? Christopher Hector examines the results, and he is not so sure... Read Article Comments Off

Cooley – a stud that doesn’t breed horses…

August 28th, 2022
The Cooley stud has been a powerhouse producer of world class eventers, yet it is a stud without a breeding program, find out more... Read Article Comments Off

Grow your own… Grassroots eventing breeding

May 17th, 2022
The number of star eventing horses bred for someone in the family to ride is simply amazing. Christopher Hector profiles some of the great eventing breeders... Read Article Comments Off

Volker Steinkraus – carrying on the Butts’ legacy

August 24th, 2021
It was a victory for Volker Steinkraus in the great mare show at Verden with his half-blood mare - but it was also a triumph for one of the first, and most successful, breeders of eventers, Friedrich Butt... Read Article 1 Comment »

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 »

The WBFSH Young Eventing Horse Championships – the show DOES go on…

October 30th, 2020
Christopher Hector analyses the breeding at Le Lion d’Angers far from the venue, locked down in his home in Australia… Given the very challenging coronavirus situation that has resulted in the cancellation of virtually all equestrian sport during the past summer season, it was with exceptional motivation that the organizers of the annual Mondial du […] Read Article 1 Comment »