The Blood Mare: America’s Overlooked Advantage
I will never forget what French 5* rider Maxime Livio said at a Young Event Horse seminar I attended a few years ago, when asked which horse of the group he would choose to take
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A Valentine’s Match: Three Chocolate-Colored U.S.-Based Stallions to Check Out
We are pleased to introduce our new breeding columnist, Amanda Chance! Amanda Chance is an amateur eventer working the corporate 9-5 also working as a bloodstock advisor for Willow Tree Warmbloods (Midland, TX/Ocala, FL). Amanda
...» Read More!Homegrown Talent: Through Partnership, More Growth is Possible for American Sport Horse Breeding
It was equal parts happenstance and a demonstration of the positive power of social media that brought a dark bay new ride to Kate Chadderton’s barn in 2019. Kate, who is based in Woodbine, Md.,
...» Read More!#Foalspam: A Cure for Quarantine Blues
Back in 2015, I started blogging about breeding my maiden mare, Cor de Fe (Cor Magnifique – Leap of Faith, Malthus) with the help of Mary Quarles at Ketchen Place Farm (KPF). We had teased
...» Read More!Save the Irish Sport Horse
I recently spent a week in Ireland shopping for young event prospects and was shocked to find that the traditionally-bred Irish Sport Horse is seriously endangered.
...» Read More!Marie Le Menestrel & Meadowbrook Farm: Breeding Athletes for the Future
Marie Le Menestrel’s passion for horses started when she was a young child following her mother around at show jumping competitions in her native country of France. Coming from a family of horse enthusiasts, it
...» Read More!Looking at a False Pregnancy
I’m a first time breeder with a maiden mare. I’ll be blogging about the entire breeding process over the coming year and hope to welcome a new foal in 2016! Click here to read part
...» Read More!American Connemara Pony Society Adds Sporthorse Registry
There have been some recent changes at the American Connemara Pony Society. In addition to registering purebred Connemara ponies and half-bred Connemaras, the society has created a Connemara Sporthorse Registry. For breeders concentrating on eventing
...» Read More!Teasing Fey
I’m a first time breeder with a maiden mare. I’ll be blogging about the entire breeding process over the coming year and hope to welcome a new foal in 2016! Click here to read part
...» Read More!A Critical Shortage of Thoroughbred Blood in Eventing?
Is there a critical shortage of Thoroughbred blood in eventing? Tom Reed, of the Warmblood Studbook of Ireland and Morningside Stud in Co Clare, Ireland, tackled that topic in the most recent issue of Horse International.
...» Read More!Taking a Chance: A Maiden Mare and First Time Breeder
I’m not sure exactly when I decided I wanted to breed event horses, but it was somewhere around the age of 12. My first horse, Breezy, was a penny-colored Thoroughbred/Saddlebred mare with snappy knees. I
...» Read More!Make Me A Match! Submit Your Mare For Four-Star Breeding Analysis
The movement towards developing and supporting U.S. event horse breeding programs is really beginning to take a strong hold in our community, and we hope that 2015 will bring even more enthusiasm to the subject.
...» Read More!William Micklem Believes U.S. Breeding On the Right Track
It’s not every day you get to pick William Micklem’s brain about breeding, bloodlines and his take on the state of U.S. eventing as a whole. We’re running a three-part series in which William addresses
...» Read More!Breeding Event Horses: Future Generations and a Twenty Year Plan
Most breeders of horses don’t breed for the event market, as OTTBs are often the mounts of choice for eventers. However, lately more purpose-bred event horses are offered for sale in the U.S. Gone are
...» Read More!R-Star to Be Bred to Royaldik
Kristi Nunnink made the heartwrenching decision to retire her veteran partner, R-Star, a mere week before Rolex this year due to an irregular heartbeat discovered during some fitness work. While Kristi was understandably disappointed, she
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