Sporthorse Breeding – Page 10 – The Horse Magazine

Breeding Eventers – Blood will out

October 1st, 2013
Eventing – blood will out! I suspect that it is one of the most persistent myths of equestrian sport, that eventers are freaks, accidents – that you cannot breed to produce eventing horses. As I see it, this is just plain wrong. The limited number of people who have tried to breed for eventing have […] Read Article 5 Comments »

Breeding Analysis by Chris Hector following the 2011 European Championships

October 25th, 2011
Christopher Hector examines the bloodlines of the contestants at the 2011 European champs... Read Article 1 Comment »

Is Zangersheide really number one?

May 23rd, 2011
Chris Hector looks at the current controversy over the WBFSH studbook rankings, and finds something amiss in the new version which has Zangersheide number one Read Article 1 Comment »

Breeding Analysis – the horses at the WEG from 1990 to 2010

November 29th, 2010
Christopher Hector looks at the bloodlines of the horses competing at the 2010 WEG in Kentucky and compares them to the horses that competed at the first WEG in Stockholm in 1990... Read Article 1 Comment »

Do we still need Thoroughbred blood to breed Performance horses…

November 24th, 2010
Chris Hector looks at the role of the Thoroughbred in producing the modern sporthorse, and finds some surprising statistics... Read Article 1 Comment »