News
Dear reader,
On this site you will find the latest news from all WBFSH members. With this service we aim to provide you with a broad insight into the worldwide sport horse breeding scene with relevant information and photos.
We feature stallion licensings, elite mare shows, foal championships, riding championships for young horses as well as we feature title winners such as Stallion of the Year and Breeder of the Year in the respective studbooks.
All news items are listed in the archives by calendar year in the menu bar on the left hand side whilst the most recent of news are listed below.
We hope you will enjoy the site and return regularly for an update on the latest breeding news.
New FEI/WBFSH rankings online
07-05-2013 - 12:28
The FEI/WBFSH rankings of 30th April 2013 for studbooks and horses in dressage, show jumping and eventing are now available online
Challenging World Cup Final
30-04-2013 - 09:28
American Beezie Madden with KWPN-gelding Simon by Mr. Blue and dam sire Polydox, a Polydor-son, was a strong contender from Round I that she won in great style up to the very last jump-off against Steve Guerdat and Nino de Buisonnets
2013 NWB stallion licensing
10-04-2013 - 14:16
Norwegian Warmblood held their stallion approval test in Tonsberg the first week of April and a total of 16 stallions were tested and 8 were approved
The first FEI/WBFSH rankings of the year
08-04-2013 - 13:54
The FEI/WBFSH rankings of 31st March 2013 for studbooks and horses in dressage, show jumping and eventing are now available online
KWPN publish top mares
27-03-2013 - 13:47
The associations 800 best mares from each discipline has been published in four groups
Donnerhall's breeder honored
22-03-2013 - 09:21
At the Equitana fair in Germany the foundation sire Donnerhall has been honored at the St. Georg Awards
Jaeger-LeCoultre is new WBFSH sponsor
14-03-2013 - 15:38
The World Breeding Federation of Sport Horses is proud to announce its partnership with the Swiss watch manufacturer Jaeger-LeCoultre
Performance test winners took champion titles
11-03-2013 - 14:02
HERNING: Performance test winners Sezuan and Spitfire Z claimed the champion titles among the 4-year-olds at the Danish stallion licensing
A collection of top quality colts ready to be tested
11-03-2013 - 13:44
HERNING: Once again a son of Blue Hors Zack took the champion title among the 3-year-old dressage stallions at the Danish Warmblood stallion licensing
Heartbeat - a very popular choice
11-03-2013 - 08:03
HERNING: It was the impressive stallion Heartbeat by Heartbreaker/Ramiro from Stald Cajus that was crowned Stallion of the Year 2013
SWB Stallion Test 2013
04-03-2013 - 10:49
The Swedish Warmblood (ASVH) held their annual evaluation of stallions in late February. As many as 22 stallions were approved
Honouring of Cristallo's breeder
22-02-2013 - 09:00
In Neumünster on February 2nd 2013 the breeder of the FEI/WBFSH individual showjumping rankings for 2012 was honoured.
KWPN: New stallions with OC-index
18-02-2013 - 14:40
Additional stallions have received their OCD-index, several of the biggest hits show a tendency towards inheriting OCD
New Book : Selection for Performance
18-02-2013 - 14:22
A new English book "Selection for Performance" is available on the market and is a must-have for every hardcore breeder of sport horses
Harmonization of X-rays
14-02-2013 - 09:43
A working group of veterinarians from a number of European studbooks have had some fruitful meetings during the recent year.
Two new Trakehner Stallions
11-02-2013 - 10:48
Descendants of elite sire Gribaldi dominated at the Trakehner Spring Licensing in Münster-Handorf on the second weekend in February
SWB seek out the stars
07-02-2013 - 17:59
The decision to revise the studbooks rules and regulations was approved by the board in late 2012. General Manager Karl-Henrik Heimdahl and Breeding Manager Emma Thorén-Hellsten push the system even further to honour SWB-horses with a good track record in their specific discipline being dressage, jumping or eventing
Good conformation equals better durability
05-02-2013 - 12:45
The Swedish University of Agriculture (SLU) has an ongoing project to evaluate the findings from the vet checks performed at the annual Riding Horse Quality Tests in comparison to the actual horse’s conformation, limb deviation and sports result later in life
Linear scoring moves up North
05-02-2013 - 09:37
During the Nordic judges conference in Flyinge representatives from four stud books joined forces to get a better understanding of SWB ‘s on-going implementation of linear scoring
KWPN Stallion Show Powered by Massey Ferguson Begins this Week
29-01-2013 - 08:31
The KWPN Stallion Show powered by Massey Ferguson, the world’s largest event of its kind, will take place from January 30 - February 4, 2013 in the Brabanthallen at ’s-Hertogenbosch