Jumper Breeding Program TO BE SELECTED FOR THE JUMPER BREEDING PROGRAM, MARES AND STALLIONS MUST HAVE BOTH AN APPROPRIATE JUMPING PEDIGREE AND DEMONSTRATED JUMPING ABILITY OR OFFSPRING WITH DEMONSTRATED JUMPING ABILITY.
Right: Visby R, owned by Ashley Wallace of Morriston, FL, was admitted to the Jumper Breeding Program.
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2005, the AHS established the North American Jumper Breeding Program (JBP), which is based in part on the successful experience of the Programm Hannoveraner Springpferdezucht (PHS) established in 1993 in Germany. A cooperative effort between the AHS and the two regional Hanoverian breeding clubs in Canada, the Jumper Breeding Program is intended to promote the breeding of high quality Hanoverian show jumping horses in North America. To be selected for the program, mares and stallions must have both an appropriate jumping pedigree and demonstrated jumping ability or offspring with demonstrated jumping ability. n
The Jumper Breeding Program is intended to promote the breeding of high quality Hanoverian show jumping horses in North America. It is based in part on the successful experience of the Programm Hannoveraner Springpferdezucht (PHS) in Germany.
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Stallion Criteria The criteria used by the PHS for selecting the stallions has been adopted for the North American program. In addition to having an appropriate jumping pedigree, a stallion must meet one or more of the following criteria: A jumping index of at least 125 in the Stallion Performance Test. A jumping score of 8.5 or higher in the Stallion Performance Test. A successful competition record, examples of which include placings in show jumping at USEF 1.40m or above (five times in first to third place) or Equine Canada equivalent; participation at international levels of competition or qualification for the World Breeding Championships for Young Jumpers or the Bundeschampionat in Germany.
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Offspring with successful competition records at the USEF 1.40m or above or CEF equivalent. A jumping breeding value of at least 120. Because competition records are not readily available in the U.S., the committee relies primarily on stallion performance tests and breeding values for acceptance into the JBP. The committee encourages owners of stallions not otherwise included to provide the committee with the competition records of their stallion or his offspring. These records will be evaluated, and if sufficient, may permit the inclusion of the stallion in the program. In addition to the stallions already selected for the PHS, the current list of activated North American stallions selected for the program is set forth on the following page, and stallions in this directory have the appropriate JBP logo on their individual page.
Mare Criteria The JBP committee has also adopted similar criteria to that used by the PHS for selecting the mares for the program. Mares must have an appropriate jumping pedigree and must meet one or more of the following criteria: An overall jumping score of at least 8.0 in the Mare Performance Test. A breed value index of at least 125. A successful competition record in show jumping at USEF 1.35m or above or the Equine Canada equivalent (five times in first
