Christopher Hector, of The Horse Magazine, Australia, devotes a new article to the breeding of Glamourdale, who won the recent FEI Dressage World Championship under Charlotte Fry. Their Individual Grand Continue Reading →
A debate has been gathering steam in European breeding over the past couple of decades, on the topic Do we still need Thoroughbred blood? Christopher Hector, Australian publisher of The Continue Reading →
Corrado combines the blood of the two great Cs – Cor de la Bryère and Capitol, with a healthy dose of Thoroughbred on the dam line through Maestose xx and Continue Reading →
Lugano van la Roche has been one of the pillars of Belgian breeding, bringing the rich legacy of Hannover with him.His sire, Lugano I, was an extremely successful sire in Continue Reading →
Furioso was described as “well balanced but with slightly knock-kneed forelegs and tight hocks.” He was also rich in Thoroughbred jumping blood, being by Precipitation out of a mare by Continue Reading →
Like so many of the great stallions, Jalisco was not an immediate star. As a five year old, he finished a respectable 8th at the French championships, the following year, Continue Reading →
Every World Cup, Christopher Hector of The Horse Magazine publishes an analysis of the bloodlines of the competing horses. In recent years he has been joined by Gemma Alexander, who Continue Reading →
In 2004, Quidam de Revel topped the World Breeding Championships Jumping Stallion ratings for the second year running, establishing himself as the pre-eminent – and most expensive – living sire Continue Reading →
Christopher Hector, writer and owner of HorseMagazine.com, puts forward the argument that Willeke Bos might the the most successful dressage breeder in the world. Dutch breeder Willeke Bos is not Continue Reading →
