Sporthorse Breeding – Page 9 – The Horse Magazine

Danish Warmbloods

December 3rd, 2014
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

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

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

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

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

Paul Schockemöhle and the future of sport horse breeding

September 25th, 2014
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

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 »