I hope this year will bring you all success, happiness and prosperity in your breeding goals.
A big thanks to all the database Team Members who work away in the background correcting and updating the pedigrees.
Happy New Year. + continue reading
For a bit of fun at Christmas, vet Kieran O’Brien introduces a ubiquitous equestrian character who’s probably familiar to you too.
Most yards have an Expert who will comment, without being asked, on your horse, how you feed it, your tack, your rugs, your trailer, everything. Most of her (or his... + continue reading
Scott Brash may be known by some as the cool ice man of Show Jumping, but it was an emotional evening at Olympia as he retired his brilliant mare Ursula Xll today.
Ursula, owned by Lady Harris and Lady Kirkham, is 17 and has twice been the top ranked horse in FEI competition and a flagship... + continue reading
There were ecstatic scenes as William Whitaker won the Longines FEI Jumping World Cup™ at Olympia, The London International Horse Show, in front of a packed, cheering British crowd.
Riding Ludwig Criel’s stallion Utamaro D’Ecaussines, Whitaker, 29, stormed around the... + continue reading
I hope this year will bring you all success, happiness and prosperity in your breeding goals.
A big thanks to all the database Team Members who work away in the background correcting and updating the pedigrees.
Happy New Year.
For a bit of fun at Christmas, vet Kieran O’Brien introduces a ubiquitous equestrian character who’s probably familiar to you too.
Most yards have an Expert who will comment, without being asked, on your horse, how you feed it, your tack, your rugs, your trailer, everything. Most of her (or his) conversations with you begin with the words ‘You should…’.
When she watches you ride your horse, she will tell you 'it’s not right behind', because she can see things nobody else can. When your horse is in perfect body condition, she will tell you it is too thin.
The arrival of a vet’s car in the yard has a magnetic attraction for her because, as an Expert, she needs to see if the vet gets it right. When the vet examines your horse, the Expert will stand there – always uninvited - listening to what the vet says and when he or she leaves she will say the advice given was wrong, and what she would do is quite different.
The aim of this thesis was to evaluate international sport horse data for use in genetic evaluations both within populations and between populations. An initial review showed that most sport horse producing breed organisations have created young horse testing schemes.
Due to moderate to high heritabilities and highly positive genetic correlations with competition results later in life these tests are good tools for selection and suitable for use in genetic evaluations. Efficiency in testing and selection could be improved by including both sexes in young horse tests where this is not yet done, and by shortening tests, where long test periods are practised.
