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WORLDWIDE SPORT HORSE STALLION DIRECTORY 7 Stallion Directory 2024 CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 9 FOREWORD 11 WHO’S WHO? Sires of Sires – Is Cornet Obolensky challenging Diamant? 13 Sires of Dams – Is Contender’s crown slipping?....................................................... 17 Leading Breeder – Paul Schockemöhle: No stopping a runaway train! ..... 21 LONGINES-WBFSH BREEDERS AWARDS 2022-2023.............................................. 25 Showjumping – Donatello d’Auge/Susana Epaillard Garcia Cereceda........... 27 Dressage – TSF Dalera BB/Silke Druckenmüller 29 Eventing – Galileo Nieuwmoed/J.W. and A.P. Jurrius 31 THE IMPORTANCE OF PERFORMANCE 33 Showjumping Stallion Ranking 37 Dressage Stallion Ranking 41 Eventing Stallion Ranking 45 SIRING THE STARS OF TOMORROW 47 SIRE RANKING BASED ON SIX BEST-PERFORMING OFFSPRING 49 STATISTICS......................................................................................................................................................... 53 AUCTIONS: THEIR DIVERSE POWER TO SEDUCE .................................................................. 57 EXPLANATORY NOTES................................................ ............................................................................... 61 WBFSH MEMBER STUDBOOKS..................................................................... .................................... 63 WBFSH – ABOUT US 78 LIST OF ADVERTISERS 82
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THE WORLD CONTINUES TO TURN...
It’s ironic that this time last year this editorial page appeared under the title ‘Breeding returns to a ‘near normal’ season’... Today, one year later, although we are well beyond the Covid era, who would have imagined that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine would now be entering its third year, and that serious conflicts in the Middle East would once again be hitting the headlines in a major way.
The world is perhaps now witnessing the sort of lifestyle upheavals that haven’t been experienced for several decades, even without considering the possible fall-out of the November 2024 presidential election in the USA.
Global events may appear far removed from the world of sport horse breeding. Foals are still being born (by a variety of methods, some controversial), young horses are being prepared, competition horses continue to accumulate the miles by air and by road to attend major events. Little has changed in that respect.
Just 10 years ago, auctions that were seasonally organized by the majority of studbooks have now become monthly fixtures on their event calendars. Economically, maintaining the Covid-prompted adjustment to online and/or hybrid auctions, as well as those that have popped up to meet the demands of private owners, have changed the landscape. What was seen previously as an unprecedented upswing in the marketing of frozen embryos now seems to be a ‘new norm’. What this means for the history of sport horse breeding as a whole has yet to unfold. If embryos can safely remain frozen indefinitely, how will this impact genetic diversity in the decades to come.
As always, welfare is uppermost in peoples’ minds, and ‘license to operate’ has become a well-used phrase. However, it should be said that horse people who are quoted as saying ‘non horse people just don’t understand’ cer-
tainly doesn’t help the narrative. There is no doubt that the horse industry must be more responsible, and develop better transparency and accountability if it’s to survive unscathed.
Despite the issues facing sport horse breeders aroung the world, we hope you will see this BREEDING NEWS WORLDWIDE SPORT HORSE STALLION DIRECTORY, as a familiar and honest friend that continues to be an invaluable addition to every breeders’ toolbox.
This is the sixth year – our 20th anniversary edition – that we have published this directory exclusively online and now completely free of charge! It represents the only ‘global’ database uniquely for stallions that is ‘live’ 365 days a year. As always, it offers self management of entries by stallion owners and representatives who can independently add/update information, making it even more accurate and efficient.
Year after year we present information from the stallion databases developed by member studbooks of the WBFSH: From 4,000 stallions recorded in the Directory’s first year, to over 10,000 curated entries in 2024. We strive to continuously improve to better inform you, the breeders. This is why, for the 15th year in a row, the WBFSH is supporting our initiative. This renowned Federation’s logo on our front cover is our motivation, our encouragement.
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This20th edition of the BREEDING NEWS WORLDWIDE SPORT HORSE STALLION DIRECTORY once again reflects consistent improvement and is maintained year-round to reflect the upto-date information provided to us by studbooks, stud farms, and individual breeders. We extend our thanks to them for their involvement and continued support. This year, the stallions and contacts appear online as a unique interactive database, where owners can self manage their stallions, adding and updating information. A major step forward for breeding in a world where technology is an essential tool.
PART I: THE STALLION LIST
• Life number: While some studbooks have embraced the UELN concept, there are others who have yet to adopt this universal numbering system for birth registrations. A pity, since registration numbers are essential for accurately tracking horses whose names may change several times during their sporting careers.
• Year of birth and pedigree: Virtually 100%
• Size and colour: Included in the database where provided by studbooks.
• Breeder, studbook of origin: It continues to be frustrating that some studbooks and independent breeders often fail to acknowledge or publish this information – which is somewhat schocking when they would undoubtedly wish this for themselves. So, dear breeders, please take pride in your role and honour the accomplishments of others by sharing this information with us and the rest of the world. Breeders are the most important component in this project, alongside the stallions themselves.
• Approval studbooks: A unique aspect of our Directory, as an increasing number of ‘star’ stallions are regularly approved by more than one studbook, even if they are not recognized by their own birth studbook. Ironic!
PART II: CONTACTS
We continue to strive for alphabetical integrity by using primary names to better facilitate the search process and, hopefully, avoid any foreign language confusion.
The breeder who owns one stallion is as important as one who owns 20 or more. By cross-referencing every stallion entry (where the owner is known), our Directory database has become a valuable ‘interactive’ source. This is why it is unique, and why the searchable online database provides the ability to sort stallions by specified criteria. Power at your fingertips, although when contact information is minimal or unrecorded so a vital link is lost.
AND EDITORIAL CONTENT
Yes, once again, we have gathered together tables and ranking lists in one valuable volume:
• Who is the Sire of Sires?
• Who is the leading Dam’s Sire?
• The most influential bloodlines according to the entries and recognition of new stallions?
• The leading breeder according to the number of approved stallions produced?
• The leaders in the sport horse family?
• The LONGINES-WBFSH Breeders Awards?
• The best performance stallions?
• Which studbook is dominating the scene? How?
• Auctions – unique information, herein and online every month throughout the year
Our commitment to you the breeder is in continuing to provide invaluable information and interesting statistics that will hopefully impact and enhance your success. ■
(*Our Directory is reserved exclusively for living stallions that are approved/licensed by member studbooks of the WBFSH.)
11 Stallion Directory 2024 FOREWORD
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IS CORNET OBOLENSKY CHALLENGING DIAMANT?
Ifit wasn’t for two highly visible changes at the top of this sire of sires ranking, you might be forgiven for thinking we’d published last year’s table by mistake. However, while the Selle Français Diamant de Semilly (Le Tot de Semilly - Venise des Cresles x Elf III) added two new approved sons to his resumé and holds his lead, Cornet Obolensky –equal second last year alongside the legendary Quidam de Revel – has seen a meteroric rise with no fewer than 16 additional approved sons.
There is little doubt that this can be attributed to a two-fold annihilation of the opposition: the popularity among studbooks for Cornet’s young offspring at licensings, as well as the retroactive approval of his sporting sons. And, given the volume of foals and coverings in Cornet’s name over the past couple of years, it’s highly likely that within the next two or three years he could overtake the long-time leading sire Diamant de Semilly.
The first name that can be found as a newcomer, rather than an old-timer whose numbers are waning, is the Rheinlander bred by Hermann Schult, Fidertanz (27).
But, perhaps more importantly, there are an increasing number of new, albeit well-known names that are now appearing in the low 20s, and who should not be overlooked in terms of challenging some of the best-known sires of past years, including Vitalis (2007/KWPN VivaldiTolivia x D-Day), Ugano Sitte (2004/SBS Clinton - Ialta Sitte x Avontuur), Mylord Carthago (2000/ SF Carthago - Fragance de Chalus x Jalisco B), Stakkato Gold (2001/ Hann StakkatoWertherröschen x Werther), Totilas (2000/ KWPN GribaldiLominka x Glendale), and Vigo d’Arsouilles (1998/BWP Nabab de Reve - Illico d’Arsouilles x Fleuri du Manoir).
Cornet’s eight-year-younger age gap to his peer also cannot be ignored, as well as the latest reproductive technology (whether you agree with it or not), which is is extending and expanding the breeding career’s of today’s popular sires.
Without labouring the very few losses and gains of virtually every other sire on this table, it would seem more interesting to view those names that don’t yet appear, but have been gradually moving up the rankings in recent years.
Some of these names represent sires that have appeard in our table for many years, but as we hear of reductions in foal registrations and more economic considerations, will breeders in the future look to younger, cheaper sires in making their breeding decisions, or continue to support the old guard? ■
It should be remembered that although you may see discrepancies between our table and other online databases, the Stallion Directory only includes ‘living’ sires, and those that are licensed/approved by member studbooks of the WBFSH.
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1 Diamant de Semilly Selle Français 149 151 2 2ex Cornet Obolensky BWP 110 127 3 2ex Quidam de Revel Selle Français 110 110 4 4 Sandro Hit Oldenburg 99 98
5 Kannan KWPN 91 92
6 Casall/Casall Ask Holstein 77 79 7 7 Baloubet du Rouet Selle Français 74 76 8 8 Contender Holstein 72 72 9 9 Darco BWP 70 70 10 10 Cassini/Cassini I Holstein 65 65 11 13ex Balou du Rouet Selle Français 59 62 12ex 11ex Carthago/Carthago Z Holstein 60 60 12ex 11ex For Pleasure Hanoverian 60 60 14 13ex Heartbreaker KWPN 59 59 15 15 C-Indoctro Holstein 57 57 16ex 16ex Stakkato Hanoverian 56 56 16es 16ex Quick Star Selle Français 56 56 18 18 De Niro Hanoverian 51 52 19 19 Sir Donnerhall I Oldenburg 49 49 20 20 Diarado Holstein 47 47 21 21 Contendro/Contendro I Holstein 44 45 22 22 Voltaire Hanoverian 43 43 23 23 Caretino Holstein 42 42 24 24 Donnerhall Oldenburg 40 40 25ex 25ex Cassini II Holstein 38 38 25ex 25ex Clinton Holstein 38 38 27 27 Calvaro/Calvaro Z Holstein 37 37 28ex 28ex Numero Uno BWP 36 36 28ex 28ex Nabab de Reve BWP 36 36 30ex 30ex Gribaldi Trakehner 35 35 30ex 30ex Fürstenball Oldenburg 35 35 32ex 32ex Le Tot de Semilly Selle Français 34 34 32ex 32ex Chacco-Blue Meckl 34 34 34 34 Florestan/Florestan I Rheinland 33 33 35ex 35 Canturo Holstein 32 32 35ex 36ex Toulon BWP 31 32 37ex 36ex Ampere KWPN 31 31 37ex 41ex Catoki Holstein 29 31 38ex 38ex Concorde KWPN 30 30 38ex 38ex Jazz KWPN 30 30 38ex 38ex Quaterback DSP 30 30 42ex 41ex Diamond Hit Oldenburg 29 29 42ex 41ex Lordanos Westfalian 29 29 44ex 44ex Mr. Blue KWPN 28 28 44ex 44ex Colman Holstein 28 28 With 27 approved
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IS CONTENDER’S CROWN SLIPPING?
Witha substantial buffer of 26 mares, it’s highly unlikely that Contender will lose his crown within the next year or two without a major challenge from one of his nearest rivals.
Of course, with modern reproductive technology now creating numerous embryos from a few highly decorated mares due to the golden success of their competitive offspring, perhaps we are entering a new era that will show more noticeable changes than the +1s and +2s on this table.
Still making an above-average name for himself following his skyward trend in 2022, Diamant de Semilly has added another three mares to his resumé. Kannan, sitting in 37th place last year, now occupies 30th with five additional mares alongside another upwardly mobile sire, Cornet Obolensky. The latter’s rise has been stratospheric in adding 10 mares to his running total, and given the enormous popularity and prices his voluminous embryos were fetching at auction in 2023, it will be hardly surprising if we see another huge leap up the sires of dams table in 2025.
(Jalanda x Latus I), descends from one of Paul Schockemöhle’s marelines and is mother to the stallion Conthargos (Converter I), the 1m60 jumping mare Chacandra (ChaccoBlue), plus 10 other offspring with sport results.
Despite being long-deceased, Quidam de Revel retains his third place, and having had 88 daughters for three years in a row, 2020, 2021 and 2022, has now added two more and now sits with 90.
The first dressage-bred stallion in the top 10 is Donnerhall, who moved up from sixth to fifth place in 2022 with 75 daughters has dropped once again (-1). His Oldenburger-bred daughter Arkona (Arwaldis x Walldorf I) produced two Grand Prix horses: Florimax and Flirt, both by Florencio I, plus four other good competitors.
Looking at some interesting history, Carthago continues to old steady in second place (+1 mare in 2023) thanks to the popularity of his daughters in Belgium. Zangersheide-bred mare Cadence du Ruisseau Z has produced two 1m60 jumpers: Cadet du Ruisseau and Cirus du Ruisseau, both by Chellano Z. Another Zangersheide-bred mare Cajandra Z
Weltmeyer, the only other dressage stallion in the top 10, has plateaued with 66 daughters. His Hanoverian-bred daughter Welfenkrone (Gondola x Graphit) is mother to three approved stallions: Sherwood and Sherwood Forest (Sherlock Holmes), and Don Corazon (Don Frederico), plus GP dressage horse Dai Jin (Don Frederico) and four additional sport horses.
It seems that generational advantages for many of these legendary names will remain strong, especially when one coonsiders that Ramiro (ranked 5th) was born 57 years ago! ■
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SIRES OF DAMS 2023 2022 NAME STUDBOOK 2022 2023 1 1 Contender Holstein 118 118 2 2 Carthago/Carthago Z Holstein 92 93 3 3 Quidam de Revel Selle Français 88 90 4 4 Cassini/Cassini I Holstein 79 80 5 6 Ramiro/Ramiro Z Holstein 74 75
5 Donnerhall Oldenburg 75 74
7 Darco BWP 66 66 7ex 8 Weltmeyer Hanoverian 66 66 9 9 Heartbreaker KWPN 65 65 10 10 Voltaire Hanoverian 64 64 11ex 11 Sandro Hit Oldenburg 61 62 11ex 13 De Niro Westfalian 60 62 13ex 12 Landgraf/Landgraf I Holstein 60 60 13ex 15 Diamant de Semilly Selle Français 57 60 15 14 Landadel Holstein 58 58 16 16 Caretino Holstein 56 56 17 17 Pilot Westfalian 54 54 18 18 Sir Donnerhall I Oldenburg 50 50 19ex 19 Jalisco B Selle Français 49 49 19ex 21 Corrado/Corrado I Holstein 47 49 21ex 20 Argentinus Hanoverian 48 48 21ex 22 Calido/Calido I Holstein 47 48 21ex 26 Stakkato Hanoverian 46 48 24 23 C-Indoctro/Indoctro Holstein 47 47 25ex 24 Rubinstein/Rubinstein I Westfalian 46 46 25ex 25 Nimmerdor KWPN 46 46 27ex 27 Cor de la Bryère Selle Français 44 44 27ex 28 Jazz KWPN 44 44 29 29 Grannus-Granit Hanoverian 43 43 30ex 37 Kannan KWPN 37 42 30ex n/a Cornet Obolensky BWP 32 42 32ex 30 Calypso II Holstein 41 41 32ex 31 Le Tot de Semilly Selle Français 41 41 34ex 32 Lauries Crusador xx Thoroughbred 40 40 34ex 33 Chin Chin Holstein 40 40 36ex 34 Burggraaf Holstein 38 39 36ex 36 For Pleasure Hanoverian 38 39 38 35 Lord/Lord Z Holstein 38 38 39ex 38 Capitol I Holstein 36 36 39ex 39 Laudanum xx Thoroughbred 36 36 39ex 40 Narcos II Selle Français 36 36
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PAUL SCHOCKEMÖHLE: NO STOPPING A RUNAWAY TRAIN!
Last year’s leading breeder editorial opened with the line: “There’s a remarkable irony in the fact that the breeder who has won our Stallion Directory crown since 2015 has himself never been awarded as the leading breeder in any discipline on the WBFSH rankings.” This fact still holds true.
Last year we also announced his partnership with Danish dressage supremo Andreas Helgstrand, and their jointly bred Torveslettens Titanium RS2 (Totilas x Stedinger) appeared in the WBFSH dressage rankings for the first time in 39th place. After a great year with several top placings under the saddle of Dutch team member Marieke van der Putten, this gelding is now on an upward trajectory sitting in 19th.
As showjumping was Schockemöhle’s first foray into both sport and breeding, it was somewhat surprising that in the 2022 rankings his name didn’t appear in the top 40 of WBFSH breeders. However, in 2023, his own-bred Dialou Blue PS (Diarado’s Boy x Chacco-Blue) ranked 31st under the saddle of 2016 Olympic team champion Kevin Staut (FRA). As this year will see the Olympic Games in Paris, with the highest number of ranking points on the table, it’s highly possible that this 10-year-old mare could be the cream that rises to the top.
land (15th) from 11 to 16 stallions, and Michel Guiot/Haras de Tamerville (23rd) from nine to 13. It’s entirely possible that this has occurred with older stallions that have been approved/licensed retroactively, either based on their own sporting results, or those of their offspring rather than youngsters.
Overall, given Paul Schockemöhle’s massive margin, it’s the breeders with 20+ stallions who are consistently vying for promotion, but as our database perpetually updates by removing deceased and/or castrated stallions (when known), a breeder’s individual ranking can be impacted by both successes and deaths.
Certainly, French breeder Richard Levallois’ unique grasp on second place is now being shared by Belgian Joris de Brabander, with Wiepke van de Lageweg holding steady in fourth place.
It should also be noted that in the WBFSH breeder rankings, which includes over 6,000 horses, Schockemöhle’s Lewitz studfarm is represented by 5% of showjumping horses competing around the world. A remarkable achievement that is unlikely to ever be surpassed by any other breeder.
While the great majority of breeders in our database of approved stallions have minimally increased or decreased, two are notable for substantial rises: Mickaël Varliaud’s SCEA River-
The only notable relegation occurred with Tjark and Ute Witt/Witt Pferdezucht dropping from 15th to 28thex. In some cases, this can be attributable to the breeding torch being passed from one generation to the next, which is highly likely as the Witt family has been breeding Holstein horses for many generations and is now being managed by Tjark, Marten, and Alexandra Witt. ■
Notes:
• Column two shows the previous year’s ranking position, while column four shows the number of approved/licensed stallions attributed to each breeder as at the end of 2023.
• There is a negative impact on breeder rankings when stallions have died, been castrated, or had their approval/licensing revoked and prompted their removal from the Directory database.
• ‘ex’ = ex aecquo = equality in the volume of stallions.
LEADING BREEDERS 21 Stallion Directory 2024
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(ACCORDING TO THE NUMBER OF APPROVED STALLIONS AT THE END OF 2023) 2023 2022 Name 2022 2023 1 1 Paul Schockemöhle/Gestüt Lewitz 101 109 2ex 2 Richard Levallois/Haras de Semilly 33 34 2ex 3 Joris de Brabander/Stal de Muze 33 34 4 4 Wiepke van de Lageweg/VDL 31 30 5ex 5 Alfonso Romo/La Silla 26 27 5ex 6 Heinrich Ramsbrock/Ramsbrock Stall 26 27 7 7 Alexis Pignolet/Haras d'Elle 25 26 8ex 8 León Melchior Family/Studbook Zangersheide 23 24 8ex 9 Haras Agromen 23 24 8ex 10 Albert and Paul Sprehe/Gestüt Sprehe 23 24 11 11 Manfred von Allwörden 21 22 12 14 Herman Roelofs/Stal Roelofs 19 20 13 12 Gerd Sosath/Hof Sosath 20 19 14 13 Fabrice and Guy Paris 20 18 15ex 16 Bernard Le Courtois/Haras de Brullemail 16 16 15ex 33 Mickaël Varliaud/SCEA Riverland 11 16 17 18 Daniel & Christelle Boudrenghien/Horse of Belgium 15 15 18ex 17 Christian Bihl/Haras du Reverdy 16 14 18ex 19 Kai Gerken/Zuchstation Kai Gerken 14 14 18ex 21 Reimer-Detlef Hennings/Hennings & Hennings 14 14 18ex 22 Denis Brohier/Haras de Tamerville 13 14 18ex 32 Xavier Marie/Haras de Hus 11 14 23ex 20 Geert Baertsoen/Haras de la Pomme 14 13 23ex 23 Yannick Fardin/Elevage du Rouet 13 13 23ex 25 Alfons Baumann 13 13 23ex 29 Sven and Lothar Völz/Hengststation Völz 12 13 23ex 43 Michel Guiot/Haras de Tamerville 9 13 28ex 15 Tjark and Ute Witt/Witt Pferdezucht 17 12 28ex 24 Hubert Hamerlinck/Van de Heffinck 13 12 28ex 26 Dr. Fleming/Yeguada Campos 12 12 28ex 27 Denis Musterd/Stoeterij Musterd 12 12 28ex 28 Haras Método 12 12 28ex 30 Yves Chauvin/Elevage Courcelle 12 12 34 31 EARL Trihan-Lamotte 12 11 35ex 34 Norbert Borgmann/Hof Borgmann 10 10 35ex 36 Gilbert Böckmann/Deckstation Böckmann 9 10 35ex 35 Raymond & Adeline Lefevre/Elevage de Ste-Hermelle 10 10
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Stallion Collection 2024
LONGINES-WBFSH BREEDERS AWARDS OF THE YEAR 2021-2022
The 2024 Longines-WBFSH Breeders Awards for 2022-2023 were presented to the worthy winners during Jumping Amsterdam in the Netherlands, which ran from January 25-28, 2024.
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE WINNERS, AND TO BREEDERS EVERYWHERE
“To accomplish great things we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.”
Anatole France (1844-1924)
1: Armand Pette (SF Board member), Julien Epaillard (Susana’s husband) with Donatello d’Auge, Judith Mennen (Longines Netherlands Brand Manager), Jan Pedersen (WBFSH President)
2: Jan Pedersen, Andries van Daalen (KWPN), Andre Jurrius (breeder of Galileo Nieuwmoed), Judith Mennen
3: Jan Pedersen, Thorsten Druckenmüller (widower of Silke Druckenmüller), Judith Mennen, Norbert Camp (Trakehner).
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2022-2023
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WBFSH/FEI SHOWJUMPING RANKINGS YEAR-END SEPTEMBER 30, 2023
1 Donatello d'Auge (2013/SF/g Jarnac x Hello Pierville) Susana Epaillard Garcia Cereceda
2 Theo 160 (2012/Holst/g Christian 25 x Calandi IV) Jenny Abrahamsson
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Dexter Fontenis Z (2013/Z/g Diarado x Voltaire) SKY Horses SCRI
Pacino Amiro (2012/ISH/g Pacino x NC Amiro) Simon Scott
5 King Edward (2010/BWP/g Edward 28 x Feo) Wim Impens
6 Monaco NOP (2009/Holst/g Cassini II x Contender) Ralf Leutja
7 Landon/ex Crack de Nyze Z (2013/Z/g Comilfo Plus Z x Quadrillo) Nijs
8 Iliana (2013/KWPN/m Cardento 933 x Gentleman) J.A.M. Bocken
9 Donatello 141 (2011/Westf/g Diarado x Lamoureux I) Elke Schafers
10 My Prins van Dorperheide (2012/BWP/g Zilverstar T x Winningmood) Stoeterij Dorperheide
11 Legacy/ex Chavantele Z (2010/Z/m Chippendale Z x Bon Ami) Romain Rotty
12 James Kann Cruz (2012/ISH/g Kannan x Cruising) Patrick Connolly
13 Dzara Dorchival (2013/SF/m Classic Bois Margot x Raphael) Sebastien Fonck
14 Elysium/ex Ziroquado T (2012/Holst/g VDL Zirocco Blue x Coronado 3) Manfred Tummes
15 Dubai du Cedre (2013/SF/m Baloubet du Rouet x Diamant de Semilly) Sylvain Pitois
16 Caracole de La Roque (2012/SF/m Zandor Z x Kannan*GFE) Top Stallions Co.
17 Glamour Girl (2011/KWPN/m VDL Zirocco Blue x Caletto I) Stoeterij Gaesbeek
18 Uricas vd Kattevennen (2012/Holst/st Uriko x San Patrignano Cassini) Otto Boje Schoof
19 Dynamix de Belheme (2013/SF/m Snaike de Blondel x Cornet Obolensky) Frederic Aimez
20 Cepano Baloubet (2014/DSP:Bad-Wü/g Chaman x Stakkato's Highlight) Wolfgang Seemann
20 Highway M TN (2012/KWPN/st Eldorado vd Zeshoek x Chellano) P. Verdellen
22 Gakhir (2011/KWPN/g Spartacus TN x Labor's VDL Indorado) Mts. Van de Donk-Kooi
23 Markan Cosmopolit (2011/SWB/g Cohiba 1198 x Calido I) Sören Savgren
24 Beauville Z NOP (2010/Z/g Bustique x Jumpy des Fontaines) Pascal Habets
25 Kalinka van't Zorgvliet (2010/BWP/m Thunder vd Zuuthoeve x Flipper d'Elle)
André Braeckeveldt
26 Dallas Vegas Batilly (2013/SF/m Cap Kennedy x l'Arc de Triomphe Bois Margot) Jean-Claude Viollet
27 Gemma W (2011/KWPN/m Luidam x Unaniem) A. Waldman
28 Up Too Jacco Blue (2011/ISH/g Chacco-Blue x Ard VDL Douglas) Mark Sherry
29 Contago (2011/OS/g Cornet Obolensky x Cassini II) Wilfried Sandmann
30 Leone Jei/ex Hay El Desta Ali (2012/KWPN/g Baltic VDL x Corland)
G.M. van Mersbergen
31 Dialou Blue PS (2013/OS/m Diarado's Boy x Chacco-Blue) Paul Schockemöhle
32 Zaccorado Blue (2013/Holst/g VDL Zirocco Blue x Acorado) Tanja Schramm
33 Long John Silver 3 (2012/Holst/g Lasino x San Patrignano Corrado) Peter Burmeister
34 Count Me In (2007/Hann/g Count Grannus x Sherlock Holmes) Friedrich Lüessman
35 Equine America Valmy de La Lande/ex Valmy de La Lande (2009/SF/st Mylord Carthago*HN x Starter) Jerome & Angeline Leconte
36 Arkuga (2011/AES/st Arko III x Heartbreaker) Mr. & Mrs. J. Renwick
37 Brazyl du Mezel (2011/SF/g Haloubet de Gorze x Apache d'Adriers) Lucien Hecht
37 Major Tom/ex Nielsdaka vd Rhamdia Hoeve (2013/BWP/g Vagabond de la Pomme x Heartbreaker) Armand van Gijsel
39 Stargold (2011/Oldbg/st Stakkato Gold x Lord Weingard) Gestüt Sprehe
40 Dourados 2 (2013/Westf/g Diarado x Cornet Obolensky) Gretel Schulze-Buxloh
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DONATELLO D’AUGE (SF) (JARNAC X HELLO PIERVILLE)
BRED BY SUSANA EPAILLARD GARCIA CERECEDA
Donatello d’Auge jumped decisively into the history books during 2023 when he carried French international Julien Epaillard to a victorious season with a special twist, because the 2013-born gelding was bred by his wife, Susana Epaillard Garcia Cereceda.
The modest rider’s success continued into early 2024 in Bordeaux, when the pair carried home the coveted CSI5*-W 1m60 Audi Grand Prix on home soil. According to Epaillard; “It was nice to win here. Bordeaux is a special show with a long tradition in France.” Being first to go in the jump-off certainly posed some mind-bending questions, with the rider second-guessing his decision to ride Donatello at this show given that he’d already qualified for the World Cup final. “I was riding one of my best horses, and not all the riders have the luxury of having two such horses.”
With the 2022-23 leading breeder award season running from October 1 to September 30 each year, Donatello d’Auge’s journey began with a bang, scoring his first victory in the Nations Cup final in Barcelona on... October 1. It was followed just two weeks later with two class victories during the CSI4* in St. Tropez-Grimaud, and two further wins before the month had even ended during the CSI5*-W in Lyon.
A World Cup win in Amsterdam in January 2023 added to his everincreasing points tally that continued to rise throughout the summer season, with Grand Prix and Global Champions Tour wins in St. Tropez, Bourg-en-Bresse, Paris, Monte Carlo, and Rome.
Coincidentally, Donatello’s breeder had to say ‘goodbye’ to the gelding’s grandsire, Hello Pierville in early March 2024 at the age of 29. The stallion, who had enjoyed years of peaceful retirement at his owners’ farm, La Bosquetterie, had been both a loyal companion as well as a source of inspiration to Susana Epaillard through his genetic contribution to her successful breeding. His memory will now live on through his descendants and, in this Paris 2024 Olympic year, what better testament to Hello Pierville’s tranquil character than to have a grandson top the podium in the country of his and his rider’s birth. ■
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Donatello d’Auge and Julien Epaillard during the Longines-FEI World Cup Jumping Asterdam 2023 (Ph: FEI/Arnd Bronkhorst)
WBFSH/FEI DRESSAGE RANKINGS YEAR-END SEPTEMBER 30, 2023 ‘
1 TSF Dalera BB (2007/Trak/m Easy Game x Hendryk) Silke Fass-Druckenmüller
2 Glamourdale (2011/KWPN/st Lord Leatherdale x Negro) J.W. Rodenburg
3 Blue Hors Zepter (2008/Oldbg/g Blue Hors Zack x Wolkentanz II) Bernhard Sieverding
4 Imhotep (2013/KWPN/g Everdale x Vivaldi) T. Huizing
5 DSP Quantaz (2010/DSP/st Quaterback x Hohenstein 4) Kathrin Damm
6 Heiline's Danciera (2011/DWB/m Fürstenball OLD x De Niro) Stald Heiline
7 Emilio 107 (2006/Westf/g Ehrenpreis x Cacir AA) Heinrich and Wilhelm Strunk
8 Touchdown (2012/SWB/g Quaterback x Sack) Verbena Dressage
9 Bluetooth OLD (2010/Oldbg/g Bordeaux 28 x Riccione) Paul Schockemöhle/Gestüt Lewitz
10 Hermes (2012/KWPN/st Easy Game x Flemmingh) G. Gijsbers
11 Franziskus 15 (2008/Hann st Fidertanz x Alabaster) Elisabeth Albers
12 Dante Weltino OLD (2007/Oldbg/st Danone 4 x Welt Hit II) Olaf Bahls
13 Fame (2010/KWPN/st Bordeaux 28 x Rhodium) Gerritsen
14 Suppenkasper/ex Danny Boy (2008/KWPN/g Spielberg x Krack C) F. van de Poel
15 Classic Briolinca (2006/KWPN/m Trento B x Royal Dance) Van der Steen
16 Blue Hors St. Schufro (2011/Hann/st St. Moritz Junior x Blue Hors Don Schufro) Joachim Wahlers
17 Jovian (2014/KWPN/st Apache x Tango) E.T. Ten Bosch
18 Hartsuijker (2012/KWPN/g Johnson TN x Scandic) I.D. Wolfs & M. Wolfs-van den Berg
19 Torveslettens Titanium RS2 (2012/DWB/g Totilas x Stedinger) Helgstrand-Schockemöhle
20 Everdale (2009/KWPN/st Lord Leatherdale x Negro) P. Kluytmans
21 Forever Young HRH (2012/Westf/m Fürst Fugger x Don Bosco) Jörn Heinrich Hormann
21 Annabelle 110 (2008/Holst/m Conteur x Unaro) Günther Fielmann
23 Zippo M.I. (2012/DWB/g Blue Hors Zack x Blue Hors Don Schufro) Steen Bo Larsen
24 Hexagon's Ich Weiss (2013/NRPS/st Hexagon's Rubiquil x Negro) Stal Hexagon van Liere
25 Total Hope OLD (2012/Oldbg/st Totilas x Blue Hors Don Schufro) Christine Arns-Krogman
26 Indian Rock/ex Igor (2013/KWPN/st Apache x Vivaldi) J. de Bruijn
26 Hababa Libre A (2012/KWPN/g Zizi Top x United) Ackermans
28 Vayron (2011/Westf/st Vitalis x Gloster) Heinrich Sterthoff
29 Blue Hors Don Olymbrio/ex Don Olymbrio (2008/KWPN/st Jazz x Olympic Ferro) J. Lamers
30 Greek Air (2011/ZfDP/st IPS Gribaldi x Florestan I) Gerd Küst
31 Jewel's Goldstrike/ex Gobarde-E (2011/KWPN/g Bretton Woods x Scandic) Mts. Van Esch
32 Habibi DVB (2012/KWPN/g Blue Hors Don Schufro x Johnson TN) Dresserstal Van Baalen
33 Lars van de Hoenderheide (2011/BWP/g Negro x Layout) Sips
34 FRH Davinia La Douce (2007/Hann/m Desperados x Royal Highness) Robert Kühn
35 Flambeau (2010/KWPN/g Ampere x Zeoliet) J. van Eijkelenburg
35 Duke of Britain FRH (2007/BHHS/g Dimaggio x Rubinstein) Sarah & Tony Pidgley
37 Foundation/ex Ferdinand (2010/KWPN/st United x Jazz) Naber
38 Westminster 71 (2005/Oldbg/g Weltissimo 3 x Davignon I) Helen Schaper
39 Destacado FRH/ex Destacado 16 (2013/Hann/st Desperados x Londonderry) Heinrich Giesselmann
40 Sir Donnerhall II OLD (2006/Oldbg/st Sandro Hit x Donnerhall II) Maik Kanitzky
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TSF
DALERA BB (TRAK)
(EASY GAME X HENDRYK)
BRED BY SILKE DRUCKENMÜLLER
TheLongines-WBFSH Breeder Awards was a bittersweet occasion for Silke Druckenmüller’s husband Thorsten, as his wife had sadly passed away in 2023, so he attended the ceremony in Amsterdam on her behalf. It would have been Silke’s third leading breeder win with TSF Dalera, so we take this opportunity to bring you her history and quotes posthumously.
Silke Druckenmüller had no background with horses, only finding her way to them through a riding school. She came to breeding by chance, becoming captivated by foals, and couldn’t escape once she started breeding, delightedly admitting that her success has essentially “been all luck.” It was through her connections and many years of friendship to the late breeder of Mon Clair de La Lune that she came to choose Easy Game for her Trakehner mare Dark Magic (Handryk x Hohenstein), Dalera’s dam, born in 2002. According to Silke: “I found Dark Magic on the internet and purchased her from the breeder as a riding horse. Dark Magic’s pedigree appealed to us, and because Handryk’s sire, Van Deyk, had some very good offspring here in the area at the time. Her motherline is very solid and comes from East Germany. This line is known for producing jumping horses, but it also gives hardness and willingness to perform.”.
Silke’s breeding goal had always been to produce a good riding horse, with the hope that it would also be a good sport horse – a horse with a good character and attitude, and a willingness to perform. And of course, a horse that is fun on a daily basis. To her, these traits were much more important than any other criteria, also at a high level of the sport.
As a foal Dalera was essentially just as one knows her today, “always rideable,” and how Jessica von Bredow-Werndl usually describes her. She was always even-tempered and drawn to people. According to Silke, “You could already see the quality of movement, always moving in the field in a loose and elastic manner. And she was simply uncomplicated.” When Dalera was sold at the age of four or five, Silke has already assessed her as ‘very good’.
Although further pregnancies evaded Dark Magic, Silke was still able to breed from her via embryo transfer, and last year produced two full sisters to Dalera, “plus I bred a full brother, who is now also with Dalera’s owner.”
Silke was always incredibly proud of Dalera’s achievements, and acknowledged the special gift of the Longines-WBFSH Breeders’ Awards that brought recognition to a group that often goes unnoticed. ■
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TSF Dalera with Jessica von Bredow-Werndl during the 2021 European Championships in Hagen, Germany (Ph: FEI/Liz Gregg)
1 Galileo Nieuwmoed (2011/KWPN/g Carambole x Harcos) J.W. and A.P. Jurrius
2 Ballaghmor Class (2007/ISH/g Courage II x Unrecorded) Noel Hickey
3
Vendredi Biats (2009/SF/g Winningmood x Camelia de Ruelles) Philippe Brivois
4 Z/ex Albano Z (2008/Z/g Asca Z x Babouche vh Gehucht Z) A.M.C.M. van Bezouw
5 Rehy DJ (2010/ISH/g Tinarana's Inspector x Big Sink Hope) Noel Russell
6 Lordships Graffalo (2012/SHBGB/g Birkhof's Grafenstolz x Rock King) Lordships Stud/Writtle College
7 Izilot DHI/ex Izilot W (2013/KWPN/st Zavall VDL x Cavalier) Unrecorded
8 Triton Fontaine (2007/SF/g Gentleman IV x Nightko) Sophie Pelissier Coutureau
9 Viamant du Matz (2009/SF/g Diamant de Semilly x Voltigeur Le Malin) Roger Sevette
10 London 52 (2009/Holst/g Landos x Quinar) Ocke Riewerts
11 Black Ice (2010/ISH/g Vechta x Touchdown) Judith McClelland
12 FE Lifestyle (2010/DSP/g Leo von Faelz x Brandenburger) Danny Arnold
13 JL Dublin (2011/Holst/g Diarado x Cantiano) Volker Göttsche-Götze
14 Carouzo Bois Marotin (2012/SF/g Kannan x Flipper d'Elle *HN) Ophelie Mouflet
15 Nickel 21 (2014/Holst/st Numero Uno x Lorentin) Hindrick Stuevel
16 Lillybelle EA (2014/OS/m Diarado x Lissabon 29) Elisabeth Christina Ahn
17 Cavalier Crystal (2010/ISH/m Jack of Diamonds x Cavalier Royale) Thomas Horgan
17 Oughterard Cooley/ex Oughterard Sky Boy (2010/ISH/g Puissance x Cruising) Gerard Lynch
19 Tregilder (2010/SHBGB/g Royal Concorde x Hand In Glove) Preci Spark Ltd.
20 HSH Blake/ex Galway Bay Blake (2015/ISH/g Tolan R x Kannan) Justin Burke
21 Vitali (2010/Holst/g Contender x Heraldik xx) Günther Fielmann
22 Valmy Biats (2009/SF/g Orlando x Hadj A) Philippe Brivois
23 Brookfield Cavalier Cruise/ex Cleveland Cavalier (2013/ISH/st Cavalier Carnival x Atlantic Cruise) Unrecorded
23 Chaman Dumontceau (2012/SF/g Top Berlindu Temple x Narcos II) EARL Ecurie du Montceau
25 Mai Baum/ex Lenz (2006/DSP/g Loredance 2 x Rike) Gunter Gerling
26 Quantum Leap (2011/DWP/g Quite Capitol x Corporate Report) Elizabeth Callahan
26 Farndon (2010/KWPN/g Hemmingway x Marlon) S. & N. Burton
28 Dynasty (2008/KWPN/st Whitesnake x Calvados/ex Sable Rose) E.R.M. Sieling & C.J. Kloet
29 fischerChipmunk FRH (2008/Hann/g Contendro I x Heraldik xx) ZG Meyer-Kulenkampff
29 Dao de l'Ocean (2013/SF/g Kannan x Heraldik xx) Equi Space
29 Absolut Gold HDC (2010/SF/g Birkhof's Grafenstolz x Verglas) Philippe Patenotte
32 Fedarman B/ex Fedor B (2010/KWPN/g Eurocommerce Washington x Fedor) G. & G.F. Brinkman
33 Carjatan S (2009/Holst/g Clearway x Galant Vert) Carl-Friedrich Söhrmann
34 Banzai du Loir (2011/SF/g Nouma d'Auzay x Livarot) Pierre Gouye
34 Greenacres Special Cavalier (2013/ISH/m Cavalier Royale x Touchdown) Michael Callery
36 Majas Hope (2007/ISH/g Porter Rhodes x Flagmount King) Unrecorded
36 Grantstown Jackson (2011/ISH/g Clover Brigade x Right Win) Caroline Widger
38 Ero de Cantraie (2014/SF/st Qerleybet Hero x Valespoir Malabry) François Poppe
39 Swallow Springs (2008/ISH/g Chillout x Cult Hero) Maria Keating
39 Utrera AA 351 (2013/AECCAA/m Veloce de Favi x Unknown) Yeguada Almenara Alta CB
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YEAR-END
WBFSH/FEI EVENTING RANKINGS
SEPTEMBER 30, 2023
GALILEO NIEUWMOED
(KWPN) (CARAMBOLE X HARCOS)
BRED BY J.W. AND A.P. JURRIUS
GalileoNieumoed’s British rider, David Doel (31), celebrated the biggest achievement of his career so far, when the gelding carried him to a narrow second ploace at the 2023 Burghley Horse Trials, bringing a successful season to a timely close. In a quote published in Horse & Hound, David said: “As I rode up to the first fence (in the showjumping phase), the crowd went silent. Galileo tapped a couple of poles early on and I was really lucky up to the third fence when I had to have a little chat with him. The rest of the way he jumped super for me. He’s a magic horse and he really deserved this.”
For two seasons now, the pair have been making their presence known as dreams that began with a sixth-place finish during their Badminton Horse Trials debut and eighth at Kentucky became a reality. And for any top athlete, David – who has been described as both passionate and competitive – understands the difference achieving a sub-30 dressage score can make to consistent results, so this is something he’s been working on with Galileo. “We have been working on his suppleness, trimming him, and bringing more strength across his topline to get more bounce in his dressage.”
For David and Galileo, the 2024 season certain got off to a winning start, and saw his winter dressage training paying dividends. A score of 26.1 set them on the road to victory in the Open Intermediate section in Oasby, in which they cantered around the cross-country course with just 6.4 time faults – one of the quickest times of the day.
Naturally, for the gelding’s rider and co-owner, alongside Gillian Jonas and Mary Fox, David’s eyes are firmly set on team selection with Galileo for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games. Naturally, it will also be a feather in the cap of Galileo’s Dutch breeders, J.W. and A.P. Jurrius from Vorden – better known as pony breeders – who went to a well-known Holsteiner jumping stallion Carambole for their KWPN mare Sjaloma.
Carambole has produced a large number of successful horses, with big names in both sport and breeding using him for their mares, and Galileo Nieuwmoed’s success will now add to his resumé as an eventing horse sire. ■
MAJOR RESULTS
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August 2023 CSI5*-L Burghley Horse Trials (GBR) 33.7 2nd August 2023 CSI4*-S Hartpury (GBR) 32.6 2nd April 2023 CSI5*-L Lexington, KY (USA) 35.6 8th March 2023 CSI4*-S Kronenberg (NED) 32.9 1st October 2022 CSI5*-L Pau (FRA) 30.6 4th September 2022 CSIO4*-NC-S Ballindenisk (IRL) 32.1 3rd July 2022 CCI4*-S Maarsbergen (NED) 36.4 1st May 2022 CCI5*-L Badminton Horse Trials (GBR) 33.6 6th
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THE IMPORTANCE OF PERFORMANCE
It would appear 12 is the ideal age for a jumper, with four out of the top 10 born in 2012, including the top ranked Uricas vd Kattevennen, a five-star competitor, and a star with Harrie Smolders. Their most recent big win was in November 2023 when they took home €333,333 for third (cute!) at the Longines Global Champs in Prague.
Uricas is by Uriko, another international campaigner, although one who was more comfortable in 1m40 classes than at the cutting edge. Uriko is by Untouchable, who was a top campaigner for a group of riders. He was certainly bred to jump, in three generations, out of 14 horses, seven competed at 1m60 level. Untouchable is by Hors La Loi II by Papillon Rouge, out of a mare by the Almé son, Joyau d’or A. Uricas is out of T-Cassina by the great Cassini I, out of Chicka’s Way, a 1m60 jumper by Caretino.
The second ranked horse Highway M TN is also brilliantly bred, he is by Eldorado vd Zoeshoek out of Zelana V by Chellano Z out of a mare by the great Darco. (It is incredible, in the World Cup Grand Prix last night at Amsterdam, there were two horses competing by Darco, including Highway, 18 years after his death!)
Highway is a 1m60 jumper with Willem Greve, his best result has been a 2nd at Falsterbo in a 1m60 in July 2023. His sire, Eldorado vd Zoeshoek has been declared a BWP ‘Ambassadeur’ for his performances, also with Willem Greve. He is the sire of 41 approved sons and 27 jumpers at 1m60 level. Third ranked Valmé de la Lande is what you might call a family horse, he jumped 1m65 with Michael Whitaker, then 1m60 with Michael’s son Jack. And he is still going, in January 2024 he was 23rd in a 1m40 at Sharjah, but the year before, was third in a World Cup
qualifier in Oslo.
Valmé de la Lande is by Mylord Carthago who is by Carthago, and is one of the 46 listed foals out of Joris de Brabander’s foundation mare, Fragance de Chalus (Jalisco B x Fury de la Cense). Mylord was a star with Penelope Leprevost, winning many five-star Grands Prix and team silver for France at the World Championships in Kentucky and the European Championships in Madrid. But it is when we get to Valmé’s dam, Athena de la lande, that we take a trip back in jumping history. She was born in 1988, by Starter, the last top son of Rantzau xx.
It must be said that this list of jumping stallions does not feature many real frontliners. The top stallion Uricas is ranked 18th on the WBFSH competitors standings, but while Stargold, fourth on the BN list is only 39th on the WBFSH rankings, he is a genuine international superstar.
Stargold is very much the product of the Sprehe stud farm, and while there was a degree of derision directed at the brothers who had made their fortune selling chicken nuggets, and now wanted to breed horses, they found wise counsel and 24 years later they are looking pretty good, while most of those old famous Oldenburger studs are just a fond memory.
Stargold was bred at Sprehe, and he is by their number one stallion, Stakkato Gold who is by Stakkato out of a mare by the great Werther. Stakkato Gold had a limited career with Jan Sprehe before being injured and sent to live in the breeding barn.
You can laugh all you like at bloodline gourmands who filter through ancient history in search of gold nuggets, but Stargold is living, breathing, proof that historic breeders can still be a force today. Stargold’s breeding on the top line and the bottom line is ancient.
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His sire, Stakkato Gold goes back to one of the very old Hanoverian lines, Jens Meyer tells the story well, it starts with Alsterröschen born in 1961: “The breeder of Alsterröschen was Franz Luth. He was not happy with the stallions at the local Dannenberg stallion station at the time, and that is why he bred to Agram – at that time they had big strong stallions at Dannenberg, heavy old-style horses, and he preferred Agram who was a lighter horse.” (Agram’s dam sire, Amateur I was a grand-son of the influential Shagja Arab, Amurath).
“So Franz Luth said, I will breed Agram back to an Agram mare, and everybody said, you are stupid, and in the end, the world today must be happy that he has these bloodlines.” If you want this story in full go to: https://www.horsemagazine.com/thm/2021/09 /who-were-the-greatest-showjumping-broodmares-of-all-time/ )
But Stargold’s mare line also stems from one of the great old breeders, Hans Hatje ,this time in Holstein, for the full story go to https://equnews.com/region/focus-on-stargoldthe-stallion-who-lived-up-his-name. The article tells us: “Stargold's pedigree takes us to Schleswig-Holstein, more specifically to the town of Haselau and Hetlingen. It was in Haselau that most of the stallions stood which formed the early generations of the motherline of Stargold. The line was formed by the breeder Hans Hatje from Hetlingen, and has produced top-quality horses for over 40 years.”
Stargold and Marcus Ehning took home another €14,200 with a win in the 1m50 at Jumping Amsterdam. Last year, they collected €620,000 at the Prague GCL, while earlier in the year they won the Grand Prix of Aachen with its prizemoney of €500,000.
While Sprehe apparently has a tank full of Stargold semen, the stallion has not been used in breeding while he concentrates on sport, and his dad Stakkato Gold does the covering…
The fifth ranked Amelusina R51 is
very much a product of one of Holland’s early cutting-edge breeding operations, Stal Roelofs. Sadly, the year Amelusina was born 2013 also marked the end of the venture. After 40 years of successful breeding (much of it based on the two foundation stallions, Abgar xx and Joost), the founder Herman Roelofs closed his farm since neither of his children wanted to continue with horses.
Amelusina R51 is by Dexter R by the Concorde son, Namelus R (Contender) out of B.Amelusina R 22 (Chin Chin / Mermus R). Ridden by Simon Delestre, Amelusina R 51 started 2024 with a 1m50 win in Doha, they seem to like the Middle East, in December 2023, they won the World Cup in Riyadh.
In sixth we have Crack Balou, a stallion that is very much the product of one of the world’s great breeders, Paul Schockemöhle. He is by one of the PSI stars, Balou du Reventon, who is by the great Cornet Obolensky, out of Georgia, who is also the dam of Balou du Rouet. Georgia is by Continue, a PSI stalwart, out of a mare by one of the original stallions that set the Schockemöhle brothers on the road to breeding success, Domino, who was by Domspatz out of a mare by the Abglanz son, Archimedes.
Crack Balou is described as a 1m60 jumper with Emmanuele Gaudiano, though of late he has been paying for his oats with 1m40/1m50 placings in Doha. At his last 1m60 start, he was 17th in Lyon in November 2023.
Seventh, and just to emphasise the Schockemöhle success story, is Naxcel V who is by Balou du Rouet, out of a Landetto x Lys de Darmen mare. He is ridden by Austrian, Gerfried Puck. Another pair who had fun at Doha, taking home €50,000 for a 1m55 win.
Mumbai, in eighth, is by the great Diamant de Sémilly, out of a Nabab de Rêve x Chin Chin mare. One of Ludgar Beerbaum’s stallion roster, he has been a star with Christian Kukuk, placing fourth in the Europeans of
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(EXTRACTED FROM LONGINES-WBFSH BREEDERS AWARDS/HORSE YEAR-END RANKINGS)
BN WBFSH
1 18 Uricas vd Kattevennen (2012/Holst/st Uriko x San Patrignano Cassini) Otto Boje Schoof
2 20 Highway M TN (2012/KWPN/st Eldorado vd Zeshoek x Chellano Z) P. Verdellen
3 35 Valmy de la Lande (2009/SF/st Mylord Carthago*HN x Starter) Jerome, Pierre & Angeline Leconte
4 39 Stargold (2011/Oldbg/st Stakkato Gold x Lord Weingard) Gestüt Sprehe
5 43 Amelusina R51 (2013/KWPN/st Dexter R x Chin Chin) Stal Roelofs
6 47 Crack Balou (2012/Hann/st Balou du Reventon x Chacco-Blue) Paul Schockemöhle/Gestüt Lewitz
7 51 Equitron Naxcel V/ex Naxcel V (2013/BWP/st Balou du Rouet x Landetto) Leo Vermeiren
8 52 Mumbai/ex Mumbai vd Moerhoeve (2012/BWP/st Diamant de Semilly x Nabab de Reve) De Moerhoeve
9 53 Lector vd Bisschop (2011/BWP/st Bamako de Muze x For Pleasure) Tom de Craene
10 59 Chic Chic (2011/Westf/st Comme il faut NRW x Contendro I) Norbert Borgmann
11 62 Agana van het Gerendal Z (2011/Z/st Aganix du Seigneur x Topas) Verhey Family and Stal Gerendal
12 66 United Touch S (2012/Westf/st Untouched x Lux Z) Sinnack
13 68 Palladium KJV (2013/Westf/st Lancer III x Cornet Obolensky) Unrecorded
14 73 Böckmann's Lord Pezi Junior/ex Lord Pezi Junior (2009/Oldbg/st Böckmann's Lord Pezi x Quattro 7) Werner Meyer
15 78 Darc de Lux (2011/Holst/st Darco x Contender) Augustinus Morten
16 80 Kasanova de la Pomme (2010/BWP/st Bamako de Muze x Malito de Reve) Hara de Pomme/Baertson-Keldermann
17 89 Con Quidam RB (2006/Holst/st Quinar x Cardino) Bröecking ZG
18 92 Zuccero (2012/Holst/st VDL Zirocco Blue x Caretino 2) Hanno Köhncke
19 93 Joyride S (2009/BWP/st Toulon x Pachat II) Jan van Ginderdeuren
20 103 Vistogrand (2013/AES/st Fantaland x Mr. Visto) Nicol Carron
21 106 Gisborne VDL/ex Gerko VDL (2011/KWPN/st VDL Zirocco Blue x Goodtimes) VDL
22 110 Chat Botte ED/ex Chat Botte du Ruisseau Z (2008/Z/st Casall x Darco) André Vandepapeliere
23 131 United Sunheup (2008/SF/st Balougran x Brett Saint Clair) Hubert Groualle
24 139 Levis de Muze (2011/BWP/st Elvis ter Putte x Tinka's Boy) Danny Boelens
25 142 Inturido (2013/KWPN/st Zambesi TN x Verdi TN) A.J. Mulderije
26 149 Grand Slam VDL/ex Lucky Won vh Bevrydthof (2011/BWP/st Cardento 933 x Heartbreaker) Kenis
27 150 Vermento (2013/BE-SEIS/st Argento x Skippy 12) Unrecorded
28 151 Bingo Ste. Hermelle (2011/SF/st Number One d'ISO x Diamant de Semilly) Elevage Ste. Hermelle
29 157 Chacco-Blue II (2007/OS/st Chacco-Blue x Cincaba Rouge) Paul Schockemöhle/Gestüt Lewitz
30 159 Vancouver de Lanlore (2009/SF/st Toulon x Le Tot de Semilly) Anne Dafflon
31 163 Drako de Maugre (2013/SF/st Kannan x Fusain du Defey*HN) Nicolas Normand
32 173 Lord Mexx (2013/Holst/st Larimar 7 x Coriano) Hans Bock
33 179 Cascadello Boy RM (2013/Rhein/st Cascadello x Balou du Rouet) Josef Ruyter
34 192 Faltic HB (2010/KWPN/st Baltic VDL x Concorde) Friedrich Lüssmann
35 196 Feromas van Beek Z (2012/Z/st Fantomas de Muze x Tangelo vd Zuuthoeve) 't Eirbissemhof
36 199 Policeman 2 (2012/Hann/st Perigueux x Acord II) Heinz Sprenger
37= 200 Iglesias DV (2013/KWPN/st Quasimodo vd Molendreef x Labor's VDL Indorado) Unrecorded
37= 200 Istanbull vh Ooievaarshof (2008/BWP/st Casall x Calido I) Jan Gheeraert
37= 200 Don Juan van de Donkhoeve (2009/SBS/st Bamako de Muze x Heartbreaker) Gustaaf Quintelier
40 217 Dexter de Kerglenn (2013/SF/st Mylord Carthago x Diamant de Semilly) Alain Richard
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2021 when they were held on home turf, Riesenbeck. The pair had a great show at St Tropez in June 2023, winning one 1m60 class and second in another.
Nineth, Lector vd Bisshop, essence of Belgian breeding, his sire Bamako de Muze combines the blood of Darco, the stallion that ‘made’ the BWP, with Fragance du Chalus, the mare who created the breeding program of Joris de Brabander, arguably the most successful jumping breeder in the world.
Lector is out of Cordula de Lauby by For Pleasure out of a mare by Darco. The website Hippomundo recently analysed the top jumping broodmares and amazingly the two top mares are both owned by Joris, and the number one mare was Cordula de Lauby. She has produced 13 offspring that have jumped 1m45 or higher, with her best performer, Global (by Nabab de Rêve), a 1m65 jumper with Christian Weier, but she has foaled three other 1m60 jumpers – Fantomas de Muze (Sandro Boy), Igor de Muze (Tinka’s Boy) and Lord de Muze (Nabab de Rêve), and now we can add Lector vd Bisshop, since he collected €41,750 jumping 1m60 at Barcelona Nations Cup in 2023, though he hasn’t competed 1m60 since then.
Rounding out our top 10, Chic Chic, is ridden by Ireland’s Darragh Kenny. He has been competing in the United States since September 2022, for four wins, all at 1m50 level. He is by Comme il faut, and I love the story of how a pair of wily Ukranian businessmen negotiated with Ludger Beerbaum to buy his sire, Cornet Obolensky, but they had one more condition to seal the deal, in his first season he would be bred to the great Ratina Z, and Comme il faut was the result. Chic Chic is by Contendro I (by Contender, why do we keep running into him?) out of a mare by Accord II.
Dressage stallions
We must approach this list with care since it is based on the actual performances of the stal-
lions, and not the performance of their progeny which, if you are a mare owner, you might be more interested in. There have been many great stallions that we not great performers and for that matter, many great performers who were not great sires…
This year the BN list is once again headed by Glamourdale, and it might be noted that he is second on the WBFSH dressage competition standings. We know he is a great performer, even if some of us are not enamoured with the way he is shown, but will he be a great sire? Dutch breeding authorities seem to have decided that he will be, since they have already licensed 29 of his sons.
So far Glamourdale is the sire of five small tour competitors, a group that is headed up by the approved stallion, Kuvasz RS2. The handsome black is out of Dyor de Hus by De Niro, the daughter of La Traviata who is by Sandro Song out of Loretta, which makes her a full-sister to Sandro Hit. (For the trivia buffs, Kuvasz is a Hungarian breed of guardian dogs, indeed looking a little like the sheep they are bred to protect. Don’t ask why a horse is named after a breed of dog…)
Kuvasz was second reserve on the Dutch team for the 2021 World Young Horse Championships but his last FEI results were a couple of placings in September 2022, and currently there is a note on his stallion entry on the Van Uytert page, ‘unfortunately we no long offer Kuvasz RS2 for breeding’.
By merest happenchance, Kuvasz RS2 was listed to open the proceedings in Prix St Georges at Jumping Amsterdam earlier this year, so perhaps the mystery will be unravelled. The helpful team on the press desk in Amsterdam unearthed an article which heralded Kuvasz’s international debut, and recorded that he was out of the sport in 2023 for unspecified ‘health reasons’. Seemingly recovered, the stallion was ridden to victory by Mariek van der Putten with a score of 72.794. Mariek said that the problem was with the horse’s digestive sys-
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tem and he is fine now and that she is taking him home to train for Grand Prix.
Glamourdale is something of an exception to the current trend of breeding to young, untested stallions that produce pretty foals for immediate sale. He tends to throw his dam sire Negro’s short neck, but thankfully there are mare owners who care more about the black stallion’s international performance career, rather than following the whims of fashion.
My friend Jens Meyer is a stern critic of the trend to fashion breeding and likes Glamourdale’s German/Dutch fusion. “I like the mix, we have the good back from the German horse, from the Dutch horses we get the front technique and the canter. I use Glamourdale, this is a young top Grand Prix stallion and how many stallions do we have in the sport? Not many. People say he does not produce, type, he is not a refiner for sure, but he throws a healthy conformation. His foals are uphill, and with power in the body. Okay, sometimes with the Negros they have a bit of a short neck but what is important in the end is that they are rideable. I hate it at the moment people just talk about problems with the stallions, not what they get from the stallion…”
The second highest BN dressage stallion, Hermès is another with a less than fashionable pedigree. He is by the Trakehner, Easy Game who was largely ignored by the breeders, indeed he was missing from the breeding barn for several seasons, chemically castrated, and sent to Belgium in the hope of a Grand Prix career. It didn’t happen and he returned to the van Uytert Stud. He died in July 2023, but not before he gifted the world two of the great Grand Prix competitors, including world number one, Dalera. While Hermès is currently 10th on the WBFSH dressage rankings, he has not competed since attending the World Cup final in Omaha in April 2023 – a victim of travel it seems.
This year’s number three is Ingrid Klimke’s frontliner, Franziskus (Fidertanz x
Alabaster) currently 11th in the dressage competition standings. At the age of 16 Franziskus is the sire of three Grand Prix horses, none of them stars. The most successful has been Brazilian team member, Feel Good VO (Dimension) ridden by Joao Oliva. Franziskus is however the sire of 34 stallion sons.
In fourth, Dante Weltino reminds us that once the W line ruled the dressage world. The stallion is by the De Niro son, Danone I who is out of a Weltmeyer mare, while Dante Weltino is out of Rihanna by the most successful son of Weltmeyer, Welt Hit II. Once again while he is the sire of 27 approved sons, his seven Grand Prix competitors have not set the world ablaze.
Fame (Bordeaux x Rhodium) in fifth, first shot to fame in 2021 when he won a British regional GP on his debut with Fiona Bigwood. It wasn’t until the ride went to Carl Hester in 2023 that he became truly famous, with Grand Prix wins at Tolbert and Hickstead, before the pair finished fifth at the European Championships as part of the gold medal winning British team. The 14-year-old does not seem to have been used as a breeding stallion.
Sixth placed Blue Hors St Schufro is another who has shot to the top, winning his first Grand Prix with Nanna Skodborg Merrald at Falsterbo in 2022, more recently the pair were first in the Grand Prix of Herning in 2023. The dressage world really sat up and took notice when his daughter Lynbergs St Paris shone at the World Young Horse Championships in Ermelo in 2021.
Jens Meyer who worked as a special advisor to Blue Hors is pleased that the breeders are now taking notice: “We are very proud last year (2023) he covered the most mares in his life. Before that people talked that his family was not good enough but the stallion himself has to produce, and he does it. Look at the World Championship at Ermelo, see what he produced. He is also not a foal maker, but look at his breeding, it is from the past (Jens is refer-
DRESSAGE STALLIONS
(EXTRACTED FROM LONGINES-WBFSH BREEDERS AWARDS/HORSE YEAR-END RANKINGS)
BN WBFSH
1 2 Glamourdale (2011/KWPN/st Lord Leatherdale x Negro) Rodenburg
2 10 Hermes (2012/KWPN/st Easy Game x Flemmingh) G. Gijsbers
3 11 Franziskus 15 (2013/KWPN/st Fidertanz 2 x Alabaster) Elisabeth Albers
4 12 Dante Weltino OLD (2007/Oldbg/st Danone 4 x Welt Hit II) Olaf Bahls
5 13 Fame (2010/KWPN/st Bordeaux 28 x Rhodium) Gerritsen
6 16 Blue Hors St. Schufro (2011/Hann/st St. Moritz Junior x Blue Hors Don Schufro) Joachim Wahlers
7 17 Jovian (2014/KWPN/st Apache x Tango) E.T. ten Bosch
8 20 Everdale (2009/KWPN/st Lord Leatherdale x Negro) P. Kluytmans
9 24 Hegagon's Ich Weiss (2013/NRPS/st Hexagon's Rubiquil x Negro)
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10 25 Total Hope OLD (2012/Oldbg/st Totilas x Blue Hors Don Schufro)
Christine Arns-Krogmann
11 26 Indian Rock/ex Igor (2013/KWPN/st Apache x Vivaldi) J. de Bruijn
12 28 Vayron (2011/Westf/st Vitalis x Gloster) Heinrich Sterthoff
13 29 Blue Hors Don Olymbrio/ex Don Olymbrio (2008/KWPN/st Jazz x Olympic Ferro) J. Lamers
14 30 Greek Air (2011/ZfDP/st IPS Gribaldi x Florestan I) Gerd Küst
15 37 Foundation/ex Ferdinand (2010/KWPN/st United x Jazz) Naber
16 39 Destacado FRH (2013/Hann/st Desperados x Londonderry)
Heinrich Giesselmann
17 41 Thiago (2013/Oldbg/st Totilas x Warkant) Unrecorded
18 42 First Apple (2010/KWPN/st Vivaldi x TCN Partout) Maaswaal
19 48 Bolero (2006/KWPN/st Johnson TN x Vincent) H. van Hattem
20 50 Addict de Massa (2010/PSH/st San Amour x Maestro JGB) Sylvain Massa
21 53 Fiderdance (2009/Oldbg/st Fidertanz 2 x Blue Hors Don Schufro)
Freidrich Ekkehard
22 55 Fürstenglory (2011/Oldbg/st Fürstenball OLD x Rohdiamant)
Heinrich Gerriets
23 58 Birkhof's Topas FBW/ex Topas 147 (2011/DSP/st Totilas x Sandro Hit)
Marin & Simone Meder
24 59 Euclides Mor (2009/APSL/st Riopele x Gingão) Manuel Calheiros Braga
25 61 Botticelli (2006/KWPN/st Vivaldi x Koss) A.J. van Straalen
26 62 Bergsjoholms Valbonne (2013/SWB/st Blue Hors Zack x Epson)
Marita Strauch
27 67 Indigro (2013/KWPN/st Negro x Jazz) J. Deenen
28 69 Denoix PCH (2012/Oldbg/st Destano x Pik Noir) Friedrich Kuhlmann
29 71 Quincallo de Indalo (2011/KWPN/st Negro x Monaco) Yeguada Indalo
30 76 Hit Plus (2012/PSH/st Bretton Woods x Peralta Pinha) Dressage Plus
31 79 Imperador dos Cedros (2013/Lusit/st Rubi x Hostil) Coudelaria
Quinta dos Cedros
32 81 James Bond de Massa (2014/PSH/st Bravour B x Xaquiro CIP) Unrecorded
33 82 Boston STH (2006/KWPN/st Johnson TN x Quattro) J.W. Temmink
34 84 Gut Wettlkam's d'Avie FRH/ex d'Avie (2012/Hann/st Don Juan de Hus x Londonderry) Dorothee Heitmüller
35 86 Aperol (2011/Holst/st Ampere x Aljano 2) Unrecorded
36 91 First-Step Valentin (2012/Westf/st Vitalis x Fidermark) Hubert Waning
37 94 Flynn (2014/Hann/st Fahrenheit x Sir Oldenburg) Anton Muhr
38 97 Hexagon's Double Dutch (2008/KWPN/st Johnson TN x Rubiquil)
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39 101 Fenix de Tineo (2010/APSL/st Rubi x Oheide) Juan Manuel Cordeiro
40 104 Valparaiso 2 (2011/Westf/st Vitalis x Fürst Piccolo) Josef Deimel
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ring to St Schufro’s dam, Dorina, born in 2000 by Don Schufro born in 1992, out of Asta, 2000, by Atateurk born in 1977), but we do not change the horse, we have to produce good horses, that is very important to me.”
Seventh to Jovian (Apache x Tango) born in 2014 and the youngest of the top 10 stallions. Indeed there was considerable controversy as to whether it was right that an eightyear-old should be competing in international Grand Prix competition. Jovian’s pedigree is rich in the blood that made Dutch dressage breeding great, two crosses of Jazz, and one of Krack C. His sire Apache was a wonderful horse whose breeding career was shattered when he proved WFFS positive, initially he had been cleared, but when Jovian proved positive, Apache was tested again… Apache died in 2019, put down with laminitis. Jovian has so far sired 11 stallion sons, but I can find no competing progeny.
Eighth to Everdale, the first stallion to be declared a WFFS carrier. He is by Lord Leatherdale out of a Negro mare. The black stallion is a controversial horse, there are some, like me, who dislike the way he goes, while the judges disagree and keep giving him winning scores. He is the sire of 13 approved sons, and 23 Grand Prix competitors, the most spectacularly successful being Charlotte Dujardin’s Imhotep (Vivaldi) currently ranked second in the world.
The grey stallion, Hexagon’s Ich Weiss is in ninth. He is by the Rubinstein son, Hexagon’s Rubiquil, out of a Negro mare from the Utopia line.
Rounding out our top 10, we have Total Hope, by Totilas out of Isabell Werth’s great mare, Weihegold (Don Schufro x Sandro Hit). Weihegold has produced at least 14 foals, but of the five to compete only Total Hope has impressed, winning the prestigious Nürnberger Burg Pokal, before commencing a successful Grand Prix career. As a sire, he has already produced one foal that went on to compete at the dressage World Breeding Championships for Young Horses.
Eventing stallions
The eventing stallions list is no longer inflated by horses that are stallions only in the eyes of the FEI database. Hopefully all the horses on this list are still entire since I’d consider at least a couple of them if I was looking for a suitor for an eventing mare.
Number one on the list is Ero De Cantraie and once again this piece is sounding like a PR gloss for Joris de Brabander. The stallion is by Querlybet Hero, a 1m60 jumper, and an ‘ambassador’ for BWP breeding. Querlybet is by Baloubet de Rouet, out of the Darco daughter, Narcotique de Muze II from the famous Querly Chin line. Narcotique was herself a 1m60 competitor, and she is the dam of four 1m60 horses.
Ero De Cantraie is out of the Selle Français mare Iberiade by the Double Espoir son, Valespoir Malaby, out of a mare by the Thoroughbred, Quinquet. Which adds up to 50% blood, perhaps just a little less than the ideal for an eventing stallion, but let’s wait and see what he produces. Ero is being ridden by one of the most talented eventing riders in the world, Julia Krajewski, and last year the pair won the 4* at Luhmühlen.
Ranked second on the BN list, and
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Franziskus with Ingrid Klimke (GER)
48th in the world is Halo. In January 2022, Piggy March took over the ride on the three-star winner Scuderia 1918 Humphreys, who was renamed Halo. The grey stallion started his eventing career with Australia’s Kevin McNab. Halo won Osberton CCI3* in October 2021 with Kevin. Ridden by Piggy, the stallion was third in the 4* at Ainwick in July 2023, but 53rd at Hartpury, a month later…
The horse has been acquired specifically for the breeding program of Piggy’s husband Tom. Bred by one of Holstein’s finest breeders, Bernhard Hobe, he is by Humphrey, a 1m40 jumper by the French Anglo-Arab, Hermes d’Authieux, out of a Carthago x Landgraf mare, that’s 63.87% blood. Halo is out of one of Hobe’s legendary mares, Kimberly III (Contender x Lord).
The third stallion TSF Polartanz was certainly bred to event. He is by the Trakehner, Konvoi (by the Anglo Arab, Kallistos), out of a mare by the greatest eventing sire of them all, Heraldik xx, out of a mare by the 4* eventing Trakehner stallion, Habicht. Ridden by Felix Elzel he won the short format 4* at Strzegom in September 2023. Polartanz carries 69.34% blood.
Fourth, Je’Vall is a mixture of Holsteiner, Dutch, and French breeding. His sire, Zavall VDL is by Casall out of an Emilion mare, his dam, Wemillem is by Corrado and her dam, Nemile M is by Le Tot de Sémilly, out of a Jalisco mare. 48.44% blood. Ridden by Frenchman, Alexis Goury, Je’Vall won a 3* long format at Bazoges en Pareds, and was 6th at Lignieres CCI4*-L in September 2023.
I’ve written before about Sweetwaters Ziethen, another deliberately bred for eventing. Ridden by Sophie Leube, Sweetwaters Ziethen TSF topped the seven-year-olds at the eventing World Breeding Championships for Young Horses in 2020. The German pair were on familiar territory having finished fifth in the six-yearold division the previous year, and the stallion never put a foot wrong after posting the best
dressage score of 27.6.
The stallion is from the Sweetwater Stud in Bulgaria, and is by the Trakehner stallion Abendtanz out of an Anglo Arab mare by Campetot. Abendtanz’s pedigree is studded with the names of the famous Trakehner stallions –Sixtus, Kostolany, Enrico Caruso, and Kassiber. Sweetwaters Ziethen TSF was purchased as a foal at foot with his dam, and raised at Sweetwater. According to stud master George Muehlethaler: “Our aim is to breed Eventers with a minimum of 50% Thoroughbred, Anglo-Arab or Arab blood.” Sophie and Ziethen had good three star placings in 2023, with a win at Langenhagen 3*.
Sixth-ranked Tenareze is one I would certainly send a mare to. He was a star with Thomas Carlile, winning the six-year-old WBCYH title in 2013, and the seven-year-old championship the following year. He was sold in 2013 but has never looked quite so comfortable with Harry Meade in the saddle. The pair did get it together though in 2023 when they were fifth at Luhmühlen 5*.
Tenareze is by that good sire of eventers, Jaguar Mail who is by the showjumping and small-tour Thoroughbred, Hand in Glove, out of a mare by the Thoroughbred Grand Prix showjumping stallion, Laudanum. Seveneighths Thoroughbred, with the last line a combination of Almé and Gotthard. Jaguar Mail showjumped for Sweden at the Olympic Games, but he was never the most careful jumper, and Thomas Carlile believes he needs Anglo mares to give his progeny a tighter front. Sure enough, Tenareze is out of the AA mare, Utopie du Maury (Quatar de Plape x Julienny).
Seventh to Leipheimer van’t Verahof and once more we are making a trip to the Stal de Muze in the beautiful city of Sint-Niklaas, where Joris Brabander’s Thoroughbred mare, Southern Queen (Southern Gale xx) has established a dynasty of top eventers. Bred to Vigo d’Arsouilles (Nabab de Rêve x Fleuri du Manoir), she has produced Fletcha van’t Verahof, a 4* star front liner with Karin Donkers, and the
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(EXTRACTED FROM LONGINES-WBFSH BREEDERS AWARDS/HORSE YEAR-END RANKINGS)
BN WBFSH
1 38 Ero de Cantraie (2014/SF/st Querlybet Hero x Valespoir Malabry) François Poppe
2 48 Halo/ex Humphreys (2013/Holst/st Humphrey x Contender) Bernhard Hobe
3 66 TSF Polartanz (2011/Trak/st Konvoi x Heraldik xx) Ulrike Malter
4 98 Je'Vall (2014/KWPN/st Zavall VDL x Corrado) C.J.M. van Engelen
5 116 Sweetwaters Ziethen TSF (2013/Trak/st Abendtanz x Campetot AA) Dieter Schön
6 150 Tenareze (2007/AA/st Jaguar Mail x Quatar de Plape) Patrick Sisqueille
7 187 Leipheimer van't Verahof (2011/BWP/st Vigo d'Arsouilles x South Gale xx)
Joris de Brabander
8 300 Bolivar Gio Granno (2011/AA/st Gio Granno x Faalem) Jean-Yves Blanc
3* competitor, Extebaria van’t Verahof. Karin rode Leipheimer to third, at Boekelo 4* in October 2023. I wonder what would happen if Joris turned his attention to dressage breeding?
There are only eight stallions on the BN list this year, and rounding out the collection is the Anglo Arab, Bolivar Gio Granno. Unfortunately, the French Anglo has suffered from breeding neglect and, by the time it was discovered just how fine the breed was as a source of eventers, there were virtually no Anglo stallions left.
Thus, the most successful French Anglo Arab stallion of modern times, Upsilon, is by the Holsteiner, Canturo. Similarly, Boliva is by the Oldenburg stallion, Gio Granno (Grannus) but out of an Anglo mare, Native de Sautussan by Faalem aa, out of a Thoroughbred mare by Mirgel xx. Bolivar Gio Granno was eliminated at his last 4* start, Montelbrett, November 2023, after winning the 3* at Palmanova in September. ■
Christopher Hector
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2022-2023
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HOW MEANINGFUL ARE BIRTH STATISTICS?
Tostart by explaining these tables: this 2023 ranking counts youngsters born from 2016 to 2021 inclusive. Naturally, this does not include earlier-born sires who were approved retroactively based on either their own or their offsprings’ competition results – although these would likely be in the small majority.
Until we advance several more years, these tables represent the Covid and immediate post-Covid generations when studbooks either cancelled or hosted stallion licensings/approvals remotely. In the year immediately following Covid there was a small increase in foal registrations, likely due to competition mares being allowed to breed themselves. However, since then, the war in Ukraine and political unrest elsewhere, have created significant economic uncertainty that has negatively impacted the breeding industry.
Stallion owners are reporting downward trends that may be the result of fewer coverings, or mare owners taking financial shortcuts by using less well-known or younger stallions. Looking at the 2024 table we can see that the most popular stallion for several years, Cornet Obolensky has dropped by a substantial number, although he is still one of the most popular stallions in terms of frozen embryos being sold at auction.
The same can be said of Chacco-Blue, although his name has yet to appear in this table, so it could be that new breeders are freezing and stockpiling his genetics as investments for the future.
For Pleasure also sees a decline, as do several other leading sires on this list. In fact, although they remain on this list for the time being, if we compare the list between 2022 (in brackets) and 2023, quite a few of the sires have lost ground. Does this herald the start of a new era, or will we see them bounce back next year?
Among the stallions that have seen an increase in licensed sire statistics are Secret (adding four stallions to his name); Bon Coeur (+1); Dominator Z (+2); and Stakkato Gold (+1).
The notable new arrival making his debut in this table is Mylord Carthago who first made an appearance in our calculations two years ago, but with a total insufficient to make the list with two offspring.
Although we predicted a more positive role for Comme il faut NRW last year, he has lost one youngster, but this may be due to breeders diversifying, perhaps for economic reasons when a popular stallion’s price rises above their budget.
TOP 20 YOUNGSTER SIRES 2023
1 Cornet Obolensky 42 (59)
2ex Casall 15 (17)
2ex For Pleasure 15 (23)
2ex Diamant de Semilly 15 (17)
2ex Secret 15 (11)
6 Kannan 14 (15)
7 Vitalis 13 (13)
8ex Escamillo 11 (11)
8ex Bon Coeur 11 (10)
8ex Dominator Z 11 (9)
11ex Balou du Rouet 10 (11)
11ex Untouchable 9 (10)
13ex Comme il faut NRW 9 (10)
13ex Mylord Carthago 9 (n/a)
15ex Escolar 8 (10)
15ex Stakkato Gold 9 (8)
17ex Vivaldi 7 (11)
17ex Fürstenball 7 (9)
17ex Franklin 7 (8)
17ex Foundation 7 (n/a)
There is just one other new arrival this year, Foundation, holding up the table at the bottom with seven sons (17ex).
Once again, we should mention that Cornet Obolensky’s genetics are still proving to be highly popular at auction, which can be seen in the BN Auction rankings for 2023 in terms of foals sold, which is likely to further impact his rise in the coming years as sons are later presented as stallion candidates at the various studbook licensings. ■
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SIRE RANKING BASED ON SIX BEST-PERFORMING OFFSPRING
Theannual WBFSH/FEI horse rankings are based on points earned in FEI competitions from October 1 to September 30 each year. From these rankings we have created a list of the top sires per discipline by calculating the points earned by their top six performance offspring in FEI competitions. As some stallions have many more offspring than others, limiting them to their best six representatives creates a level foundation for comparison.
In fact, in early 2024 we received a communication from Anne-Sophie Levallois of Haras de Semilly, voicing her concerns over the calculation of the WBFSH sire rankings, as follows: “I would like to take this opportunity to suggest several points that would be useful to breeders.
“Evaluation of the production quality of the stallions: For the moment, the [WBFSH sires] current rankings are largely influenced by the number of products. The more a stallion has a significant production, the more chance he has of appearing at the top of the rankings. It would be interesting for breeders to have access to other classifications allowing them to see the intrinsic production quality of each stallion, if he is on average an improver
DRESSAGE SIRES 2023
1 (4) Johnson 12540
2 (6) Quaterback 12020
3 (1) Totilas 11912
4 (2) Blue Hors Zack 11438
5 (9) Bordeaux 11311
6 (5) Jazz 11107
7 (16) Ampere 10558
8 (7) Vivaldi 10397
9 (8) Apache 10368
10 (11) Sandro Hit 10353
compared to the mare he covered.
“Evaluation of ‘pure’ jumping quality: More and more artifices (hind gaiters, etc.) are masking the natural qualities of horses, which distorts breeders’ views of stallions and adds grist to the mill of animalist associations who want to ban equestrian sports. Banning all these tricks would allow breeders to improve their crossbreeding and make equestrian sports ‘cleaner’. This would also make it possible to avoid having events with more than half having faults, which are uninteresting for the general public.”
In fact, our Directory sire ranking based on the top-six performing offspring of a stallion has supported Anne-Sophie’s hypthesis for many years in what we also believe is a more ‘pure’ representation of a sire’s qualities rather than those stallions with the highest volume of competing offspring always rising to the top. ■
Note: Any bracketed number following a jumping sire’s name represents the small number of offspring contributing to the result – fewer than 15.
n/a = not listed in our 2023 table. The bracketed number in the dressage and eventing tables represent the WBFSH ranking.
EVENTING SIRES 2023
1 (1) Diarado 906
2 (13) Carambole 771
3 (3) Grafenstolz 687
4 (5) Kannan 566
5 (8) Puissance 562
6 (4) Jaguar Mail 557
7 (6) Zavall VDL 531
8 (10) Diamant de Semilly 488
9 (2) OBOS Quality 004 432
10 (12) Tolan R 422
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SHOWJUMPING SIRES – BASED ON TOP 6 OFFSPRING
1 (15) 5 Zirocco Blue
2 (6) 12 Diarado
3 (3) 9 Eldorado van de Zeshoek
4 (8) 2
5 (5) 3
6 (1) 1 Diamant de Semilly
7 (9) 4 Mylord Carthago
8 (10) 8 Cardento 933
9 (4) 6 Toulon
10 (19) 10 Comme il faut NRW
11 (n/a) 14 Balou du Rouet
12 (16) 7
13 (20) 13 Cornet
15 (23) 23 Baloubet du Rouet
16 (33) 17 Quaprice
27 (n/a) 35 Jarnac (13)
28 (7) 29 Kashmir van Schuttershof
29 (17) 36 Bustique (13)
30 (2) 39 Zandor Z (12)
31 (12) 30 Plot Blue
32 (13) 15 Nabab de Reve
33 (14) 37 Baltic VDL
34 (21) 51 Contagio (8)
35 (32) 22 Berlin/ex Caspar
3015 2906
36 (n/a) 43 Vagabond de La Pomme (12) SBS n/a 2879
37 (49) 18 Elvis ter Putte
38 (22) 24 Calvaro/aka Calvaro FC
39 (n/a) 58 Zilverstar T (9)
40 (48) 27 Catoki
2424 2711 41 (n/a) 26 Vigo d'Arsouilles
42 (39) 38 Clinton
43 (n/a) 53 Christian 25 (14)
44 (47) 47 Arezzo VDL
45 (42) 42 Luidam
46 (35) 61 Cassini II
47 (38) 48 Darco
48 (n/a) 52 Tlaloc M/aka Dollar dela Pierre
49 (n/a) 54 Qlassic Bois Margot
50 (n/a) 31 Numero Uno
n/a 2680
2890 2457
n/a 2420
n/a 2345
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2023 WBFSH NAME STUDBOOK 2022 2023
SF 7125 6493
Holst 5123 5727
BWP 5675 5441
Meckl 4998 5363
Chacco-Blue
KWPN 5399 5213
Kannan
SF 7125 5213
SF 4791 5002
Holst 4745 4994
BWP 5480 4847
Westf 3715 4507
SF n/a 4278
Holst 3899 4244
Casall/aka Casall Ask
BWP 3715 4215
Obolensky
BWP 3089 3944
SF 3393 3777
Quincy Holst 2986 3582
Stakkato Gold (13) Hann n/a 3505
Cascadello Holst n/a 3477
Conthargos Holst 2538 3447 20 (26) 32 Spartacus TN Hann 3212 3427 21 (18) 19 Verdi/aka Verdi TN KWPN 3784 3403 22
20 Thunder van de Zuuthoeve BWP n/a 3373 23
41 Pacino (8) BWP n/a 3301
Emerald van het Ruytershof BWP 3356 3253
Arko III Oldbg n/a 3237 26
Clarimo Holst n/a
14 (28) 28 Bamako de Muze
Bois Margot
17 (n/a) 33
18 (n/a) 25
19 (41) 16
(n/a)
(n/a)
24 (25) 11
25 (n/a) 34
(n/a) 21
3226
SF n/a
3205
SBS
5102 3205
KWPN
3899 3174
Zangersheide
5887 3144
KWPN 4240
3142
BWP 4240
3108
KWPN
3988 2943
Holst 3600 2922
Holst
BWP 2421 2846
Holst
3516 2741
KWPN
n/a 2739
BWP
SF
KWPN
2677 2660
Holst n/a 2626
KWPN
2433 2604
BWP
2532 2595
Holst
BWP 2716 2428
SF n/a 2427
SF
KWPN
WORLDWIDE SPORT HORSE STALLION DIRECTORY
WHAT ’S IN A BIRTHPLACE, SIZE, COLOUR, OR YEAR OF BIRTH?
This20th edition of the BREEDING NEWS WORLDWIDE SPORT HORSE
STALLION DIRECTORY – our fourth digital version – includes over 10,000 stallions, cross-referenced to their owners/representatives in our online database. This number fluctuates marginally throughout the year as newly approved/licensed sires are added, and deceased stallions or those whose licenses have been revoked or have expired are deleted. This online format provides an interactive and dynamic database that allows owners or studfarms to self-manage their stallion entries, including uploading photos and/or videos.
CHART 1 – GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION of stallions on a global scale, per birth studbook. We have only included those countries whose total represents a significant percentage of stallions. Naturally, with the largest volume of studbooks, Germany occupies the largest slice of the pie chart, followed by France (SF and AA) and the Netherlands (KWPN, NRPS, KFPS). We
CHART 1
continue to include Thoroughbreds in our analysis as they are licensed for Warmblood breeding by any number of studbooks. virtually all the major studbooks, but have no relevance to birth countries.
‘Other’ includes Spain, Portugal, Brazil, Mexico, Australia, NZ, South Africa, North America, etc., representing virtually every continent that boasts worldclass sport horse breeding, but with a smaller percentage of approved stallions.
CHARTS 2 AND 3 – COLOUR AND SIZE, RESPECTIVELY. Typically, there are only small differences from year to year which are due more to the upgrading of information as it becomes available, although it’s obvious to the eye that bay continues to dominate.
CHART 4 – YEAR OF BIRTH: It should be noted that the smallest segment is 20162020, which illustrates the cancellation and or postponement of licensing events and approvals during the years impacted by the Covid pandemic. ■
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WORLDWIDE
AUCTIONS: THEIR DIVERSE POWER TO SEDUCE
Auctions... auctions... auctions... It’s obvious that their power to seduce remained an unmitigated success throughout 2023. However, some rather interesting conclusions can be drawn.
In 2022, the total number of horses sold at auction (based on available data gathered) for the top 40 stallions numbered 1,706, this number rose marginally to 1,730 in 2023. However, it should be noted that the top-selling sire in 2022 was Chacco-Blue with 287, while Cornet Obolensky topped the auctions leaderboard in 2023 with 144 – a 50% drop. Yet, their respective sales in euros amount to 6,387,480 (average €22,295) compared to 6,976,610 (average €48,449), so buyers invested virtually the same but for substantially fewer horses at the top end. Given the small difference in overall sales volume between the two years, this would indicate that buyers were spending the same, but diversifying in their choices.
It would be impossible to ignore what appears to be an anomaly in the foals and horses list: the singular sale of a horse by Swedish Warmblood Irco Mena – a 2016 gelding, no less – that was sold by Tops International for €1,000,000. Marco Monet is out of Coco Chanell 2 (Camaro M), and obviously purchased with sport in mind, so it will be interesting to follow his career which has, so far, not been auspicious. He was started in young horse classes by Sweden’s Victoria Almgren, passed to Francesco Turturiello (ITA) in December 2022, then four months with Frederike
Staack (GER),, before landing under the saddle of Qatari Hamad Ali Al Attiyah in December 2023. His best career result to date was fourth place in a 1m35 CSI2* class in Doha in January 2024. Whether his purchase was a good investment remains to be seen.
The statistics for embryos appear to tell a similar story: Chacco-Blue the top seller with 185 in 2022, held his number one place in 2023, but with 112 sales. Unlike the horses’ table, the investment differential is much less: 2,730,050 (average €14,757 in 2022); 1,823,150 (average €16,278 in 2023).
It’s obvious that the market for embryos remains at a similar level over the two year. However, it will be interesting to see whether the contractual controls being put in place by a few of the top-name stallion owners, some of whom are now also enforcing their own exclusive sale of semen rather than through third parties, might impact this market in the future.
As always, in terms of short-term financial gains it should be expected that sales volume eclipses rarity value, but given the number of long-deceased stallions whose semen sales are holding steady or even increasing, there is obviously still a great deal to be said for investing in the ‘known’ rather than the ‘unknown’ in terms of quality sport horse breeding.
As someone once said, ‘a good statistical analyst knows that you can’t let confirmation bias influence overall reasoning.’ ■
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HORSE
SPORT
STALLION DIRECTORY
FOALS/HORSES (PER SALES TOTAL)
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Name No. Total sales (€) Average (€) Cornet Obolensky 144 6,976,610 48,449 Gino H 9 5,204,500 578,278 Chacco-Blue 215 4,784,940 22,256 Emerald van't Ruytershof 147 3,260,350 22,179 Chacoon Blue 72 2,837,900 39,415 Conthargos 120 2,736,600 22,805 Comme il faut NRW 111 2,675,755 24,106 Vagabond de la Pomme 8 2,340,700 292,588 Aganix du Seigneur 52 2,198,645 42,282 Diamant de Semilly 76 2,083,060 27,409 Dominator 2000 Z 49 1,906,740 38,913 Chacfly PS 43 1,675,100 38,956 Balou du Reventon 80 1,565,500 19,569 A Pikachu de Muze 3 1,552,500 517,500 Eldorado vd Zeshoek 61 1,230,035 20,165 Arezzo VDL 20 1,190,290 59,515 Mylord Carthago 52 1,156,600 22,242 Heartbreaker 45 1,014,900 22,553 Irco Mena 1 1,000,000 1,000,000 Secret 27 997,250 36,935 Casall Ask 30 952,000 31,733 Kannan 16 942,750 58,922 El Salvador 4 933,500 233,375 Grandorado TN 20 897,300 44,865 Zirocco Blue VDL 26 890,330 34,243 Diacontinus 6 862,750 143,792 Vitalis 33 824,250 24,977 Untouchable 16 797,860 49,866 Tangelo vd Zuuthoeve 43 774,060 18,001 Total Mclaren 9 755,500 83,944 Carrera VDL 23 752,125 32,701 Armitages Boy 22 745,500 33,886 Dynamic Dream 38 716,000 18,842 Baloubet du Rouet 35 707,010 20,200 Diaron 18 694,000 38,556 Mosito van't Hellehof 21 664,800 31,657 Chac Boy 17 648,500 38,147 Cape Coral RBF Z 12 628,300 52,358 Baltic VDL 7 622,170 88,881
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TOTAL) Name No. Total sales (€) Average Chacco-Blue 112 1,823,150 16,278 Emerald van't Ruytershof 45 673,350 14,963 Balou du Reventon 34 574,900 16,909 Cornet Obolensky 27 459,700 17,026 Comme il faut NRW 27 387,200 14,341 Diamant de Semilly 26 478,700 18,412 Heartbreaker 24 386,900 16,121 Dominator 2000 Z 15 247,500 16,500 Mylord Carthago 15 279,000 18,600 Conthargos 13 157,750 12,135 Baloubet du Rouet 11 111,000 10,091 Kashmir van Schuttershof 11 157,000 14,273 Eldorado vd Zeshoek 10 153,150 15,315 Aganix du Seigneur 10 155,500 15,550 Cumano 8 120,000 15,000 For Pleasure 7 150,500 21,500 Carthago Z 6 88,000 14,667 Kasanova de la Pomme 6 76,750 12,792 Chacoon Blue 5 50,400 10,080 Ermitage Kalone J&F 5 79,000 15,800 Toulon 4 42,000 10,500 Catoki 4 85,000 21,250 Grandorado TN 3 29,500 9,833 El Barone III Z 3 32,400 10,800 Casall Ask 3 60,500 20,167 Echo van't Spieveld 3 26,500 8,833 Mosito van't Hellehof 3 46,500 15,500 Armitages Boy 3 40,000 13,333 Tangelo vd Zuuthoeve 3 38,500 12,833 Diarado 2 20,500 10,250 Chacfly PS 2 20,000 10,000 Arezzo VDL 2 19,500 9,750 Glamourdale 2 23,000 11,500 Bamako de Muze 2 28,000 14,000 Hardrock Z 2 18,000 9,000 Vigo d'Arsouilles 2 20,600 10,300 Big Star 2 20,500 10,250 Utamaro d'Ecuassines 2 21,250 10,625 Cardento 2 76,000 38,000
SALES
EXPLANATORY NOTES
• Life No: When stallions are sold and/or change nationality, a birth number may be lost or a new registration number subsequently issued by a different licensing studbook. The use of the 10-digit ULN (Unique Life Number) is gradually being adopted, if not yet universally.
• Birth studbook: For the majority, ‘part-bred’ means a Thoroughbred/Warmblood cross. Part-bred stallions are typically approved or licensed later in life based on their own or their offsprings’ competition results. In some cases, no WBFSH-recognized studbook may have existed in the stallion’s home country at the time of birth. Similarly, birth studbooks may have merged and former acronyms may now be meaningless to the majority of breeders. We have, therefore, adopted either the new studbook name, where it is provided and recognized, or used ‘unknown’. And, although the WBFSH does not recognize the Jockey Club as an independent studbook, many Thoroughbreds (designated by the ‘xx’ suffix) are approved/licensed for Warmblood breeding by a WBFSH member studbook.
Special note: Only full members and association studbooks in good standing with the WBFSH are included in the directory so, from time to time, a studbook and its stallions may be deleted.
• Clones: When a clone is approved/licensed as a sire by a member studbook of the WBFSH he qualifies for inclusion in the Stallion Directory. When a clone is listed in the Directory, we will add (Clone of CL) in parenthesis following their birth name. Similarly, in the ‘Breeder’ column, the name of the original stallion breeder will be followed by the clone’s breeder (where known).
• Colour: Among the world’s studbooks, nomenclature for horse colours are as diverse as the colours themselves. In general, we have adopted the birth studbook’s recorded colour, although they may not be universal. For instance, in Europe, a black and white horse is typically known as Piebald, but may be designated as Black Tobiano or Pinto by some breeding associations. It should be noted that the various shades of ‘bay’ (bright bay, brown bay, black bay, … etc.) have been condensed to either ‘bay’ (B) or ‘dark bay’ (DB) in the Stallion Directory. The online database provides a drop-down menu for colour abbreviations.
• Name: Where known, we have included a former name by which a stallion might have been commonly recognized, although this information is not always notified to us. Similarly, where a stallion’s name has been changed with the addition of a sponsor prefix or suffix, we have primarily retained the original name, with a few exceptions. In some cases, Cornet Obolensky being one, an entry may not include a birth name where they have all but disappeared from later pedigrees. (Hopefully, this will help to mitigate any confusion given that competition names change several times during a horse’s career.)
• Contact Information: To avoid confusion and maintain alphabetical integrity, it should be noted that the ‘proper’ names of contacts appear first; Lewitz Gestüt, rather than Gestüt Lewitz. Breeders are advised to contact the studbook of approval if no contact information is available.
• Conclusion: If anyone has any suggestions regarding the format of the entries or information provided, please let us know so we may consider useful changes for forthcoming editions of the BREEDING NEWS WORLDWIDE SPORT HORSE STALLION DIRECTORY (Online forms are available year-round for stallion owners and representatives to self manage information) While we make every effort to ensure that the information provided is correct, errors sometimes occur in stallion registers and the updated lists provided to us by studbooks and breeders, over which we have no control. ■
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WORLD BREEDING FEDERATION FOR SPORT HORSES
MEMBER AND ASSOCIATE MEMBER STUDBOOKS
The following list includes full and associate members of the WBFSH as at January 1, 2023, The breed/studbook acronyms throughout the Stallion Directory reflect those that are internationally recognized and used by the WBFSH.
• ARGENTINA
ASOCIACIÓN ARGENTINA DE FOMENTO EQUINO (AAFE)
Tattersall de Palermo, Av. Del Libertador 4611
C1495CW Buenos Aires, Tel: +54 911 6398 2254 secretaria@fomentoequino.net www.fomentoequino.com.net
• AUSTRALIA
AUSTRALIAN CONTINENTAL EQUESTRIAN GROUP INC. (ACE)
PO Box 224, Canungra, Qld 4275
Tel: +61 (0)436 010 676 office@acegroupinc.com.au www.acegroupinc.com.au
AUSTRALIAN RHEINLANDER IN THE HANOVERIAN HORSE SOCIETY OF AUSTRALIA (RHEIN-AU)
PO Box 2039, 4001 Brisbane, Qld
Tel: +61 407 144 403 hanoverian@hanoverian.org.au www.hanoverian.org.au
AUSTRALIAN WARMBLOOD HORSE ASSOCIATION (AWHA)
772 Sofala Road, Laffing Waters, NSW 2795
Tel: +61 (0)409 604 545 finance@awha.com.au www.awha.com.au
HANOVERIAN HORSE SOCIETY OF AUSTRALIA (HHSA)
GPO Box 2039, Brisbane, Qld 4001
Tel: 61 (0)407 144 403 hanoverian@hanoverian.org.au www.hanoverian.org.au
• AUSTRIA
ARBEITSGEMEINSCHAFT FÜR WARMBLUTZUCHT IN ÖSTERREICH/AUSTRIAN WARMBLOOD (AWÖ)
Stallamtsweg 1, Stadl-Paura 4651
Tel: +43 (0)50 6902 3111 office@pferzezucht-austria.at www.pferdezucht-austria.at
• BELGIUM
BELGISCH WARMBLOEDPAARD/BELGIAN WARMBLOOD (BWP)
Waversebaan 99, 3050 Oud-Heverlee
Tel: +32 16 47 99 80 info@bwp.be www.bwp.be
STUDBOOK SBS/LE CHEVAL DE SPORT BELGE/ BELGIAN SPORT HORSE (SBS)
Ave Prince de Liége 103 – bte. 4, 5100 Namur
Tel: +32 (0)81 330 660 sbs@sbsnet.be www.sbsnet.be
STUDBOOK ZANGERSHEIDE (ZANG/Z)
Domein Zangersheide, 3620 Lanaken
Tel: +32 (0)89 730 030 studbook@zangersheide.com www.zangersheide.com
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ASSOCIAÇÃO BRASILEIRA DE CRIADORES DO CAVALO DE HIPISMO (ABCCH/BH)
Av. Fransisco Matarazzo, No. 455
Cep 05001-900 São Paulo SP
Tel: +55 11 367 22866
abcch@brasileirodehipismo.com.br www.brasileirodehipismo.com.br
• BULGARIA
BULGARIAN SPORT HORSE ASSOCIATION (BSHA)
Faculty of Agriculture, Student Campus
Fl. 6, Room 637, Trakia University, 1000 Sofia
Tel: +359 (0)878 880951 barzevg@gmail.com / www.bgsporthorse.com
EAST BULGARIAN HORSE ASSOCIATION (EBHA)
Simeon Veliki 3, 9700 Shumen
Tel: +359 (0)888 852 447 office@eastbul.com www.eastbul.com
• CANADA
CANADIAN SPORT HORSE ASSOCIATION (CSHA)
PO Box 970, Richmond, ON, K0A 2Z0
Tel: +1 (613) 686 6161
csha@canadian-sport-horse.org www.canadian-sport-horse.org
CANADIAN WARMBLOOD HORSE BREEDERS ASSOCIATION (CWHBA)
404 Avenue D South, Saskatoon, SK S7M 1R4
Tel: +1 306 373 6620 office@canadianwarmbloods.com www.canadianwarmbloods.co
• CROATIA
HRVATSKA UDRUGA UZGAJIVACA SPORTSKIK
KONJA/CROATIAN ASSOCIATION FOR BREEDERS OF SPORT HORSES (CABSH)
Ratarna 28, Krizevci 48260
Tel: +385 91 519 1499 info@huusk.hr / www.huusk.hr
• CZECH REPUBLIC
ASOCIACE SVAZU CHOVATELU KONÍ CR / CZECH WARMBLOOD STUDBOOK (ASCHK) U Hrebcince 479, 39701 Písek info@aschk.cz www.aschk.cz
• DENMARK
DANSK VARMBLOD/DANISH WARMBLOOD (DWB) Wilhelmsborg Allé 1, 8320 Maarslet
Tel: +45 87 47 5400 varmblod@varmblod.dk www.varmblod.dk
TRAKHENER AVLSFORBUNDET/DANMARK
TRAKEHNER ASSOCIATION OF DENMARK (TAF)
Nordfeldsvej 52B, 4780 Stege Tel: +45 (0)5581 3290 Fax: +45 (0)5586 8012 pia@trakehner.dk www.trakehner.dk
• ESTONIA
EESTI SPORTHOUBUSTE KASVATATJATE SELTE/ ESTONIAN SPORT HORSE BREEDERS SOCIETY (ESHBS)
Niitvalja 8 A, 76603 Keila Vald. Harjumaa info@estsporthorse.ee www.estsporthorse.ee
• BRAZIL
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• FINLAND
SUOMEN HIPPOS / FINNISH WARMBLOOD (FWB)
Ravitie 1, 00370 Helsinki
Tel: +358 (0)20 760 500 hippos@hippos.fi www.hippos.fi
• FRANCE
ASSOCIATION NATIONALE ANGLO ARABE (AA)
Centre de Valorisation, Rte de l’Adour
64520 Sames
Tel: +33 (0)6 89 38 94 87 communication@anaa.fr www.anaa.fr
STUD BOOK DU CHEVAL DE SELLE FRANÇAIS (SF)
10 Rue du Bois, Gasseau, 77210 Samoreau
Tel: +33 (0)8 99 23 23 18 info@sellefrancais.fr www.sellefrancais.fr
• GERMANY
HANNOVERANER VERBAND E.V. (HANN)
Lindhooper Straße 92, 27283 Verden
Tel: +49 (0)4231 6730 hannoveraner@hannoveraner.com www.hannoveraner.com
LANDESVERBAND BAYERISCHER PFERDEZÜCHTER
E.V. (DSP/EX BAVAR)
Landshamer Str. 11, 81929 München
Tel: +49 (0)89 926 967 200 info@bayerns-pferde.de www.bayerns-pferde.de
PFERDEZUCHTVERBAND BADEN-WÜRTTEMBERG
E.V. (DSP/EX BAD-WÜ)
Am Dolderbach 11 72532 Gomadingen-Marbach
Tel: +49 (0)7385 969 0210 poststelle@pzv.bwl.de / www.pzv-bw.de
PFERDEZUCHTVERBAND BRANDENBURG-ANHALT
E.V. (DSP/EX BRAND)
Hauptgestüt 10a, 16845 Neustadt (Dosse)
Tel: +49 (0)33 970 13201 neustadt@pzvba.de www.pferde-brandenburg-anhalt.de
PFERDEZUCHTVERBAND RHEINLAND-PFALZ-SAAR
E.V. (DSP/EX ZWEI)
Am Fohlenhof 1, 67816 Standenbühl
Tel: +49 (0)6357 97500 zentrale@pferdezucht-rps.de www.pferdezucht-rps.de
PFERDEZUCHTVERBAND SACHSEN-THÜRINGEN E.V. (DSP/ex SATHÜ)
Käthe-Kollwitz-Platz 2, 01468 Moritzburg
Tel: +49 (0)35 207 896 36 info@pzvst.de / www.pzvst.de
RHEINISCHES PFERDESTAMMBUCH E.V. (R HEIN )
Lindhooper Str. 92, 27283 Verden
Tel: +49 (0)2166 621 9110 hannoveraner@hannoveraner.com www.hannoveraner.com
SPRINGPFERDEZUCHTVERBALD OLDENBURG
INTERNATIONAL E.V. (OS)
Grafenhorststraße 5, 49377 Vechta
Tel: +49 (0)441 93550 info@oldenburger-pferde.com www.oldenburger-pferde.com
TRAKEHNER VERBAND E.V. (TRAK)
Rendsburger Str. 178a, 24537 Neumünster
Tel: +49 (0)4321 90270 Fax: +49 (0)4321 902719 info@trakehner-verband.de www.trakehner-verband.de
VERBAND DER PFERDEZÜCHTER MECKLENBURGVORPOMMERN E.V. (MECKL)
Charles-Darwin-Ring 4, 18059 Rostock
Tel: +49 (0)381 440 33870 info@pferdezuchtverband-mv.de www.pferde-in-mv.de
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VERBAND DER ZÜCHTER DES HOLSTEINER PFERDES (HOLST)
Steenbeker Weg 151, 24106 Kiel
Tel: +49 (0)4121 49790 (Elmshorn)
Tel: +49 (0)431 305 9960 (Kiel) zucht@holsteiner-verband.de www.holsteiner-verband.de
VERBAND DER ZÜCHTER DES OLDENBURGER PFERDES (OLDBG)
Grafenhorststraße 5, 49377 Vechta
Tel: +49 (0)441 93550 info@oldenburger-pferde.com www.oldenburger-pferde.com
WESTFÄLISCHES PFERDESTAMMBUCH E.V. (WESTF)
Sudmühlenstr. 33, 48157 Münster
Tel: +49 (0)251 32 8090 info@westfalenpferde.de www.westfalenpferde.de
ZUCHTERVERBAND FÜR DEUTSCHE PFERDE E.V. (ZFDP)
Am Allerufer 28, 27283 Verden/Aller
Tel: +49 (0)4231 82892 info@zfdp.de www.zfdp.de
• GREAT BRITAIN
ANGLO EUROPEAN STUDBOOK (AES)
New Barn Farm, Rusper, W. Sussex RH12 4PZ
Tel: +44 (0)12938 71701 info@angloeuropeanstudbook.co.uk www.angloeuropeanstudbook.co.uk
BREEDERS ELITE STUDBOOK FOR IRISH AND EUROPEAN SPORT HORSES LTD. (BE/SIES)
Mill Farm, Castlemorton, Malvern, Worcs. WR13 6JG
Tel: +44 (0)1684 833714 office@breederselite.co.uk www.breederselite.co.uk
BRITISH HANOVERIAN HORSE SOCIETY (BHHS)
PO Box 10740, Sutton in Ashfield
Notts. NG17 0EF
Tel: +44 (0)74793 66046 bhhsuk@gmail.com www.hanoverian-gb.org.uk
BRITISH RHEINLANDER IN THE BRITISH HANOVERIAN HORSE SOCIETY (RHEIN-GB)
PO Box 10740, Sutton-in-Ashfield NG17 0EF
Tel: +44 (0)747 936 6046
bhhsuk@gmail.com www.hanoverian-gb.org.uk
SPORT HORSE BREEDING OF GREAT BRITAIN (SHBGB)
96 High Street, Edenbridge, Kent, TN8 5AR
Tel: +44 (0)1732 866277
office@sporthorsegb.co.uk www.sporthorsegb.co.uk
WARMBLOOD BREEDERS STUDBOOK – UK (WBS)
Lower Tredenham, Lanivet, Bodmin
Cornwall PL30 5HL
Tel: +44 (0)1208 832940 suewason@hotmail.com www.bwbs.co.uk
• HUNGARY
HUNGARIAN SPORT HORSE BREEDERS ASSOCIATION (HSH)
Kerepesi út 7, 1087 Budapest
Tel: +36 (0)620 4660466
miklos@jarmy.hu www.mslt.hu
• IRELAND
IRISH SPORT HORSE (ISH)
1st Floor, Beech House, Millennium Park
Osberstown, Naas, Co. Kildare
Tel: +353 (0)45 850800 info@horsesportireland.ie www.horsesportireland.ie
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DANISH WARMBLOOD
TOP OF EUROPE
Danish Warmblood at FEI WBFSH Dressage World Breeding Championships for Young Horses. A total of 11 gold medals.
QUINN G. by Quaterhit/Fassbinder. World Champion 5-year-old 2023. Breeder: Helene Geervliet. Rider: Betina Jæger.
Danish Warmblood at WBFSH Studbooks Jumping Global Champions Trophy 2023. Silver medal team 6-year-old. Bronze medal team 8-year-old.
SYVHØJEGÅRDS UNFORGETTABLE S DWB by Untouchable/Cassini I. Breeder: Sally-Ann and Flemming Schultz. Rider: Jacob Theodor Schmidt.
WWW.VARMBLOD.DK
Rideheste n .com
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WARMBLOOD STUDBOOK OF IRELAND (WSI)
14 Carrowgar, Ogonnelloe, Scarriff, Co. Clare
Tel: +32 (0)87 222 9701 admin@irish-warmblood.com www.irish-warmblood.com
• ITALY
ITALIAN SPORT HORSE STUDBOOK (MIPAAF/EX ASSI, SI, UNIRE)
Via XX Settembre 20, 00187 Rome
Tel: +39 (0)6466 53190 lm.faraone@politicheagricole.it www.politicheagricole.it
• LATVIA
LATVIAN WARMBLOOD HORSE BREEDERS’ ASSOCIATION (LWB)
Kalnabeites 8, Sigulda, PI LV02150
Tel: +371 (0)283 88360 lszaa@lszaa.lv www.latvianwbhorse.lv
• LITHUANIA
LIETUVOS JOJAMUJU ZIRGU VEISLE/ LITHUANIAN RIDING HORSES (LHBA)
Zirgyno g. 3, Bendoriu k., Vilkiaus r. sav. Tel: +37 (0)687 80160 laaa.rastai@gmail.com / www.lthorses.eu
BALTIJOS ZIRGU AUGINTOJU ASOCIACIJA / BALTIC HORSE BREEDERS’ ASSOCIATION (BHBA)
Sodu str. 1, Ziniunai LT84164, Jonisko Distr. +37 (0)627 04038 bzaa.informacija@gmail.com www.baltijoszirguaa.lt
• LUXEMBURG
STUD-BOOK DU CHEVAL DE SELLE LUXEMBOURGEOIS/LUXEMBOURG SADDLE HORSE (SCSL)
24 rue de la Fontaine, 8611 Platen
Tel: +352 23 62 16 01 anepper@pt.lu / www.studbook.lu
• MEXICO
CRIADORES DE CABALLOS DEPORTIVOS MEXICANOS AC / MEXICAN SPORT HORSE BREEDERS (CCDM)
Av. Eloy Cavazos 2401 L81, Col. Las Villas Guadalupe, NL, CP 67170 Tel: +52 814 0501 139 joel.santamaria@ccdm.com.mx www.studbookccdm.com.mx
STUDBOOK LA SILLA (SLS)
Antiguo Camino al Diente #3333
Col. La Estanzuela, Monterrey NL, CP 64988
Tel: +52 (81) 81550 10104 studbook@studbooklasilla.com.mx www.studbooklasilla.com.mx
• NETHERLANDS (THE)
KONINKLIJK WARMBLOED PAARDEN STAMBOEK NEDERLAND/ROYAL WARMBLOOD STUDBOOK OF THE NETHERLANDS (KWPN)
Stephensonstraat 25A-27, PO Box 156 3840 AD Harderwijk
Tel: +31 341 255555 info@kwpn.nl www.kwpn.nl
NEDERLANDS RIJPAARDEN EN PONY STAMBOEK/ DUTCH RIDING HORSE AND PONY STUDBOOK (NRPS)
Oude Arnhemseweg 103, 6741 EG Lunteren
Tel: +31 (0)577 401150 info@nrps.nl www.nrps.nl
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OR HOW TO KNOW MORE
ABOUT A HORSE IN FRANCE
Access to a complete and certified information about horses registered in the French database SIRE (pedigree, progeny, performances, indexes, etc), from your computer or any mobile device.
SIRE - FRENCH DATABASE INFO
www.infochevaux.ifce.fr
CHEVAUX
KONINKLIJKE VEREINIGING ‘HET FRIESCH PAARDENSTAMBOEK/ROYAL DUTCH FRIESIAN STUDBOOK (KFPS)
Oprijlaan 1, 9205 BZ Drachten
Tel: +31 (0)512 523 888
Fax: +31 (0)512 532 146 mail@kfps/nl www.kfps.nl
• NEW ZEALAND
NEW ZEALAND HANOVERIAN SOCIETY (NZHS)
34a Carlton Road, Pukekohe, 2120 Auckland
Tel: +64 (0)923 53996 info@nzhanoverian.com www.nzhanoverian.com
NEW ZEALAND RHEINLANDER IN THE NEW ZEALAND HANOVERIAN SOCIETY (RHEIN-NZ)
34a Carlton Road, Pukekohe, 2120 Auckland
Tel: +64 (0)2117 33299 info@nzhanoverian.com www.nzhanoverian.com
NEW ZEALAND WARMBLOOD ASSOCIATION (NZWA)
1 Ohautira Road, RD1, Raglan 3295
Tel: +64 (0)272 803 369 registrar@nzwarmbloods.com www.nzwarmbloods.com
• NORWAY
NORWEGIAN DANISH WARMBLOOD SOCIETY (NDWB)
Tveterveien 37b, 1344 Haslum
Tel: +47 (0)9186 7591 post@reierstadridehest.no www.dvnorge.no
NORSK VARMBLOD/NORWEGIAN WARMBLOOD ASSOCIATION (NWB)
Postboks 10, 2091 Hurdal
Tel: +47 (0)975 55902 post@norskvarmblod.no www.norskvarmblod.no
• POLAND
STUDBOOK FOR POLISH SPORT HORSES / POLISH HORSE BREEDERS’ ASSOCIATION (SP)
Ul. Koszykowa 60/62 m 16, 00-673 Warszawa
Tel: +48 22 629 9531
Fax: +48 22 628 6879 hodowla@pzhk.pl www.pzhk.pl
STUDBOOK FOR POLISH MALOPOLSKA HORSES (M)
STUDBOOK FOR POLISH WIELKOPOLSKA HORSES (WLKP)
Both these studbooks – as above
• PORTUGAL
ASSOCIAÇÃO PORTUGUESA DE CRIADORES DO CAVALO PURO SANGUE LUSITANO / ASSOCIATION OF PURE-BRED LUSITANO BREEDERS (LUSIT)
Centro Empresarial de Évora
Rua Circular Norte, 7005-841 Évora
Tel: +351 213 541 684 apsl@cavalo-lusitano.com www.cavalo-lusitano.com
ASSOCIAÇÃO PORTUGUESA DE CRIADORES DE RAÇAS SELECTA / PORTUGUESE SPORT HORSE STUDBOOK (PSH)
Pátio dos Campinos Felicio e Singeis, 2150-130 Golegã
Tel: +35 1 213 871316 racasselectas@gmail.com www.apcrs.pt
• SLOVAKIA
SLOVAK WARMBLOOD STUDBOOK (ZCHKS)
Moravecká 32, 951 93 Topolcianky
Tel: +421 (0)37 6301 559 zchks@horses.sk www.horses.sk
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• SLOVENIA
STUDBOOK FOR SLOVENIAN WARMBLOOD HORSES (SSW)
Cesta v Mestni log 47, 1000 Ljubljana
Tel: +386 (0)14779 224 natasa.gorisek@vf.uni-lj.si www.zrstk.si
• SOUTH AFRICA (REPUBLIC OF)
SOUTH AFRICAN WARMBLOOD HORSE SOCIETY (SAWHS)
265 Pretoria Road, Kameeldrift West, Tshwane
Tel: +27 11 445 4646 office@sawhs.co.za www.sawarmbloodhorses.com
• SPAIN
ASOCIACIÓN NACIONAL DE CRIADORES DEL CABALLO DE DEPORTE ESPAÑOL / SPANISH SPORT HORSE BREEDERS ASSOCIATION (CDE)
C/Marqués de Urquijo, 47-Bajo A 28008 Madrid
Tel: +34 915 490 925 info@ancades.com / www.ancades.com
ASOCIACIÓN NACIONAL DE CRIADORES DE CABALLOS PURA RAZA ESPAÑOLA / NATIONAL PUREBRED SPANISH BREEDERS’ ASSOCIATION (PRE)
Avda. Reino Unido 11, pl. 3a-2, 41012 Sevilla
Tel: +34 954 689 260 ancce@ancce.com / www.ancce.com
ASOCIACIÓN ESPAÑOLA DE CRIADORES DE CABALLOS ANGLO-ÁRABES / SPANISH ANGLO ARABIAN (AECCAA)
Avenida San Francisco Javier, nº 24
Edificio Sevilla 1, Planta 1º - Módulo 2
41018 Sevilla
Tel: +34 954 925 583 internacional@angloarabe.net www.angloarabe.net
• SWEDEN
AVELSFÖRENINGEN FÖR SVENSKA VARMBLODIGA HÄSTEN / SWEDISH WARMBLOOD (SWB)
Box 2, 247 93 Flyinge
Tel: +46 (0)46 64650 info@swb.org / www.swb.org
• SWITZERLAND
CH-SPORTPFERDE / SWISS WARMBLOOD (CH)
Les Longs Prés, CP 125, 1580 Avenches
Tel: +41 26 676 6340 info@swisshorse.ch www.swisshorse.ch
STUDBOOK CHEVAL SUISSE / SWISS SPORT HORSE (CHS)
c/o Pauline Rhême, Chemin du Brit 29, Romont 1680
Tel: +41 (0)79 857 8575 info@cheval-suisse.ch www.cheval-suisse.ch
• USA
AMERICAN HANOVERIAN SOCIETY (AHS)
4067 Iron Works Parkway, Suite 1
Lexington, KY 40511
Tel: +1 859 255 4141 ahsoffice@hanoverian.org www.hanoverian.org
AMERICAN RHEINLANDER IN THE AMERICAN HANOVERIAN SOCIETY (RHEIN-US)
4067 Iron Works Parkway, Suite 1
Lexington, KY 40511
Tel: +1 859 255 4141 ahsoffice@hanoverian.org www.hanoverian.org
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AMERICAN TRAKEHNER ASSOCIATION INC. (ATA)
PO Box 1259, Southern Pines, NC 28388
Tel: +1 386 776 1269 ata@americantrakehner.com www.americantrakehner.com
AMERICAN WARMBLOOD AND NORTH AMERICAN SPORT PONY REGISTRY (AWR)
PO Box 1332, DeLeon Springs, FL 32130 info@americanwarmblood.com www.americanwarmblood.com
INTERNATIONAL SPORTHORSE REGISTRY & OLDENBURG REGISTRY NORTH AMERICA (ISR-OLD NA)
PO Box 504, Sycamore, IL 60178
Tel: +1 815 899 7803 office@isroldenburg.org isreg@aol.com wwww.isroldenburg.org
KWPN OF NORTH AMERICA (KWPN-NA)
4037 Iron Works Pkwy, Suite 140 Lexington, KY 40511
Tel: +1 859 225 5331 office@kwpn-na.org www.kwpn-na.org
NORTH AMERICAN STUDBOOK (NAS) 2901 Richmond Road, Suite 140-355, Lexington, KY 40509
Tel: +1 805 610 4891 nastudbook@windstream.net www.northamericanstudbook.com
ASSOCIATE MEMBERS
• CHILE
SOCIEDAD DE FOMENTO AGRICOLA DE TEMUCO
A.G. (SOFO)
Avda. San Martín 828, Casilla 980, Temuco Tel: +45 403 100 sofo@sofo.cl www.sofo.cl
• CHINA
CHINA HORSE INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION (CHIA)
No 1 Ma Xinzhuang, Shunyi District, Beijing
Tel: +86 10 604 88801 international@chinahorse.org www.chinahorse.org/home/en
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FRANCE
CHEVAL DE DRESSAGE FRANÇAIS (CDF)
Chateau Font du Broc, 83460 Les Arcs Tel: +33 (0)67 66 62 07 76 info@chevaldressagefrancais.org www.chevaldressagefrancais.org
SOCIÉTÉ HIPPIQUE FRANÇAISE (SHF) 259-261 rue de Paris, 93100 Montreuil Tel: +33 (0)01 53 59 31 31 contact@shf.eu www.shf.eu
• HUNGARY
KISBERI AND GIDRAN HORSE BREEDERS’ ASSOCIATION (KG)
2464 Gyuro, Marias-tanya
Tel: +36 30 9310 183 kisberi.gidran@t-online.hu www.kisberigidran.hu
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• PORTUGAL
LIVRO GENEALÓGICO DE RAÇA LUSOWARMBLOOD/LUSO-WARMBLOOD STUDBOOK (APCRS-LW)
Largo Marqu˜es de Pombal, Pátio dos Campinos Felicio e Singeis 2150-130 Golegã
Tel: +351 (0)249 014 739
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WORLD BREEDING FEDERATION FOR SPORT HORSES (WBFSH) VILHELMSBORG ALLÉ 1 8320 MAARSLET, DENMARK
475400
475410 WWW.WBFSH.COM
TEL: +45 (0)87
FAX: +45 (0)87
PATRON
HRH Princess Benedikte of Denmark
BOARD
Jan Pedersen (DWB) President President’s Department
Norbert Camp (GER) Vice-President
External Cooperation Department
Renai Hart Vice-President
Development Department
Armand Perron-Pette (FRA) Vice-President Breeding Department
Stephan Kelchtermans (BEL) Vice-President
Finance Department
Eva-Maria Broomer (GBR) Vice-President Marketing, Promotion and Communications Department
AUDIT COMMITTEE
Paul Hubert (FRA) Chairman
Wilken Treu (GER) Member
Alf Kjetil Andresen (NOR) Member
Sonja Egan (IRL) Member
Mega de Garay (USA) Member
BOARD OF APPEAL
Theodor Leuchten (GER) Chairman
Leopold Erasimus (AUT) Member
Hanfried Haring (GER) Member
Xavier Libbrecht (FRA) Member
Olle Kindberg (SWE) Member
DISCIPLINARY COMMITTEE
Constanze Winter (GER) Chairperson
Oliver Couvet (FRA) Member
Arancha Rodriguez (ESP) Member
Edward Kendall (CAN) Member
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Dr. Klaus Miesner (GER) Chairman
Katy Holder-Vale (GBR) Director
Ralph van Venrooij (NED) Director
Rudi Eerdekens (BEL) Director
Bérengère Lacroix (FRA) Director
HONORARY MEMBERS
Gert-Jan Van Muijen 1999
Eric Wauters† 2005
Joep Bartels 2005
Xavier Libbrecht 2008
Hanfried Haring 2008
Ingvar Fredricson 2009
Jochen Wilkens 2013
Xavier Guibert 2016
Jim Flanagan 2017
Rik van Miert 2017
Thomas Nissen 2020
Breido Graf von Rantzau 2021
Chris Gould 2022
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• ADMINISTRATION – Nadine Brandtner (General Manager); Morgane Libotte (Office and Press)
• BREEDING DEPARTMENT – managed by the Selle Français studbook – administered by Bérengère Lacroix and Armand Perron-Pette.
• DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT – managed by the British Hanoverian Horse Society – administered by Katy Holder-Vale, assisted by Renai Hart.
• MARKETING DEPARTMENT – managed by KWPN (Royal Dutch Sport Horse) – administered by Ralph van Venrooij, assisted by Eva Maria Broomer.
• EXTERNAL COOPERATION DEPARTMENT –managed by Deutsche Reiterliche Vereinigung/ German Equestrian Federation (FN) –administered by Klaus Miesener, assisted by Norbert Camp
• FINANCE DEPARTMENT – managed by Belgisch Warmbloedpaard/Belgian Warmblood –administered by Executive Director Rudi Eerdekens, assisted by Stephen Kelchtermans
WWW.WBFSH.COM
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INDEX ABCCH/Brazilian Sport Horse 50 Cheval Liberté 14 Catherine de Buyl Horse Insurance 10 Concept Sol 42 DanishWarmblood................................................................................................................................................................. 70 Dynavena........................................................................................................................................................................................ 32 Equitechnic 12 Etalon Equine Genetics: Build-A-Horse 52 GFE – Groupe France Elevage 6 Heritage of Tomorrow: Milton Z; Darius Peguignon 18 IFCE 72 Irish Horse Board 80/81 KFPS – Royal Friesian 20 KWPN – Royal Dutch Warmblood...................................................................................................................... 46 La Sanglière 66 Malleret, Le Haras de 34 Nanet Descotes 60 Riverland, Elevage de 56 Rouet, Elevage de 22 Royal Horse 4/5 Semilly, Haras de 8/50 Schockemöhle, Paul/Gestüt Lewitz............................................................................................................................2 Stal Tops 36 Swedish Warmblood Association 64 Syndicat Linaro 48 Theault 16 Van de Heffinck BVBA 38 Van Uytert Stallions 24 VDL 54 WBFSH............................................................................................................................................................................................62 WORLDWIDE SPORT HORSE STALLION DIRECTORY
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