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to use for this kind of research, including
HorseTelex.com,
sporthorsedata.com and
allbreedpedigree.com. It’s interesting to learn that Rubin Royal’s sire is the fa-
mous dressage stallion Rohdiamant, approved in seven studbooks as a dressage sire. Check out his ancestors—lots of Thoroughbred (xx) blood plus the incredible Inschallah, an Anglo-Arabian. His dam line is where we see the jumping blood lining up to demand the spotlight. The pairing of Rumirell—who needs beatification—with Rohdiamant pro- duced twelve foals, including Blue Hors Romanov, Blue Hors Rockefeller and Rubin Royal. Rumirell’s sire line includes Grande and Gotthard. Her mother line should wake up eventers. Grand dam Ruling Chica was an international event horse, sired by the international event stallion Volturno (3/4 xx) and her ancestors came from several of those French Thorough- breds mentioned above. Two more examples include first
KWPN stallion Jazz, competing at the 2002 World Equestrian Games.
Flowervale Maserati, sired by the Prix St. Georges dressage stallion Metall (by Ferro), who is completely jumper bred but whose index is higher (128 with a reli- ability of 94%–2011-12) for dressage off- spring. And there’s Praestegaardens Leo- pold (by Londonderry–Danish Studbook). Londonderry (62% xx) is a dressage stal- lion whose ancestors have produced a preponderance of dressage horses. One needs to go back into the xx’s to find the ancestors who historically influenced jumper breeding. Germany’s notable successes in eventing are no sur-
prise. Michael Jung and Ingrid Klimke are proof of the German breeders’ (and buyers’) skills. It is here that the Germans’ excellence at selecting Thoroughbreds to use in sport horse breeding has come to the fore. Working back- wards: Heraldik xx, Lauries Crusader xx, Prince Thatch xx, Abendfrieden xx, brother Anblick xx, Vollkorn, etc. Moving to the Holstein region, the name Ladykiller xx headlines. Trakehnen’s horses could be labeled the original event horses. France brings Rantzau xx, Precipitation xx and Mexico xx. There are, however, some surprises in the world of
KWPN/Dutch breeding. Sport horse breeders are familiar with the stallion Jazz as producing dressage horses. In the fall of 2009, the dressage sire Jazz topped the WBFSH rank list as the most successful dressage horse sire. There are also Jazz offspring in eventing, however. (See Vira in the WBFSH list.) Jazz’s grandsire was Purioso, a performance tested (all phases) stallion (43% xx) who in his own third and fourth generation had the top names of English,
French and German racing Thoroughbreds who were al- ready being used in those countries’ riding horse (Warm- blood) breeding programs. Purioso sired both Grand Prix jumpers and dressage horses. Jazz himself is 41 percent Thoroughbred. His dam’s sire (Ulster) was an international jumper sired by the great international jumper and sire Nimmerdor. (Nim- merdor’s damsire was Koridon xx, one of the sport Thoroughbreds who was winning at jumping in the 1950s and who changed the breeding focus in Holland.) Jazz’s maternal grand- sire, Amor, produced several noted World Cup jumpers and movement that is treasured in dressage breed- ing. If that weren’t enough (I know you’re on the edge of your chairs), Jazz’s maternal great grandsire was the Thoroughbred stallion Pericles (a show jumper himself) and great grandson of Man o’ War. But there’s more. When it comes
Vira and Elaine Pen from the Netherlands. Her sire is the dressage stallion Jazz.
to Pinto Warmbloods in eventing, does Art Deco come to mind? He should, because his grandsire was the same Pericles xx. Ferro ring a bell? His paternal great grandsire was also the same Pericles xx and his dam line goes to famous show
jumper Le Mexico by one of those top French stallions of old, Mexico xx.
Showcasing Young Event Prospects The USEA (United States Eventing Association) has taken a cue from the home turf of eventing—the United King- dom—and has established a program to ‘talent search’ youngsters here in the four- and five-year-old age group. Here it’s the YEH, or Young Event Horse program. A quick scan of this year’s results show many of the YEH horses en- tered have Warmblood breeding. Why don’t you have an event rider try your youngster in this? It’s a great education for a young horse, and potentially a new market. If your horse is younger than four, as a breeder you
may want the opportunity to find out whether or not an event rider might be interested in their younger stock, or if the youngster has the basics in functional anatomy and movement to become an eventer, an additional pro- gram has been developed by the USEA, the Future Event Horse (FEH). Yearlings, two-year-olds and three-year-olds are shown in hand to USEA approved and trained judges. These classes offer a screening process with commentary for breeders and owners about whether their youngsters
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