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The Greatest Showjumping Mares

November 3rd, 2021
Is this the longest breeding article EVER??? Christopher Hector goes in search of the greatest jumping mares in history, with the assistance of four experts: Ludwig Christmann, Egbert Schep, Thomas Nissen and Arnaud Evain... Read Article Comments Off

The greatest showjumping mares – the view from Holland

October 7th, 2021
I set out to find the greatest mares in showjumping history with the aid of four acknowledged experts, Ludwig Christmann, Thomas Nissen, Egbert Schep and Arnaud Evain. Here is the view from Holland… (you can find the first two parts of this four part feature with Ludwig Christmann and Thomas Nissen HERE) Egbert Schep Egbert […] Read Article Comments Off

“Reine Freude” (pure joy) in Verden

August 24th, 2021
The Herwart von der Decken show is THE show for the sporthorse connaisseur - an amazing gathering of the very best Hanoverian mares... Read Article Comments Off

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 »

How does the KWPN dressage horse compare to the German horses?

May 10th, 2021
German or Dutch - that's the question for the breeders of dressage horses... or is it, is the way forward a fusion? German breeding expert, Dr Ludwig Christmann looks at the differences and strengths of the two... Read Article 1 Comment »

“Colourful bird” Couleur Rubin celebrates 25th birthday

April 29th, 2021
The great jumping stallion, Couleur Rubin turns 25th - he is another of the triumphs of master breeder, Harli Seifert... Read Article Comments Off

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

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 »

How German are the German FN rankings?

January 5th, 2021
The German Equestrian Federation's breeding values reflect the changing face of sporthorse breeding, we find that there are lots of stallions starring on the list that are not German... Read Article Comments Off