Stephan Borgmann – Breeding with the Horseman’s Eye
Westfalien breeder, Stephan Borgmann follows his own instincts when it comes to blood and breeds... Read Article Comments Off on Stephan Borgmann – Breeding with the Horseman’s Eye
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Westfalien breeder, Stephan Borgmann follows his own instincts when it comes to blood and breeds... Read Article Comments Off on Stephan Borgmann – Breeding with the Horseman’s Eye
Danish Warmbloods
Danish Warmblood breeding is relatively recent, with the establishment of the Dansk Varmbloed Avlsforbund (DVA) in 1962. Originally there was no Danish riding horse. The two main Danish breeds, the Knappstrupper and the Fredriksborg, were driving horses, and riding horses had to be imported... Read Article Comments Off on Danish Warmbloods
The breeders of Westfalia
Warendorf, the centre of Westfalien breeding, has a history of Warmblood breeding that goes back to 1826, when 13 East Prussian stallions were made available to the local breeders. By 1830, thirty stallions stood at Warendorf. The decline of the cavalry, once again swung the balance in the direction of the heavier farm […] Read Article Comments Off on The breeders of Westfalia
The Hanoverians
The Hanoverian At the heart of Hanoverian breeding is Germany’s most influential state owned stud, Landgestüt Celle, and the largest Warmblood breeding association, the Hanoverian Verband at Verden. A stallion display at Celle… Stallion licensing at Verden, 1968… Hanover has played a major role in the shaping of the modern Warmblood – particularly the […] Read Article Comments Off on The Hanoverians
The Irish Horse
The Irish Horse - is it a Warmblood or is it not? Certainly Ireland continues to produce some of the world's top eveners... Read Article Comments Off on The Irish Horse
The Trakehner
One of the oldest riding breeds of Warmbloods - the Trakehner has had its ups and downs, and now is enjoying a revival... Read Article Comments Off on The Trakehner
Paul Schockemöhle and the future of sport horse breeding
The PSI empire started in 1974 when the brothers Alwin, Paul and Werner decided to purchase stallions to stand at their parents’ farm in Mühlen. Breeding has always been a tradition with the Schockemöhle family... Read Article Comments Off on Paul Schockemöhle and the future of sport horse breeding
Breeding Eventers – Blood will out
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
Christopher Hector examines the bloodlines of the contestants at the 2011 European champs... Read Article 1 Comment »