“Te main thing that we consider in breeding every year is
to breed only our best mares and on a regular basis we cull the mares that do not produce nice foals,” he continues. “Te major factor that has helped us improve our breeding has been breed- ing our best mares to high quality stallions and retaining the fillies as breeding stock and then breeding them to high quality stallions. By using young mares you will have more luck with frozen semen and thus have a larger selection of quality stal- lions. Te most important things are quite simple—try to pick a stallion that you think will improve on a trait you want to improve upon in the mare. Now we don’t need to use as much Toroughbred blood due to the availability of stallions with refinement and blood. But be careful because this as a double edged sword.” Paul and his wife Jeannine produced the high score colt
and filly this year on the tour, both by SCF’s Diktator v/d Bo- slandhoeve. Tey are Officer (Diktator x Heartbreaker) and Onassis (Diktator x Escudo I) (featured on this issue’s cover). Rose Sullivan of SE Farm has been a BWP breeder for
several years and has had four stallions approved with BWP/ NAD. “BWP is a proven, performance-oriented studbook. It has consistent requirements and has no political issues within the organization that dominate approval decisions. Some other registries are like ‘beauty pageants’ for horses with little focus on performance. I like the fact that BWP is an interna- tional registry.” “I love the Darco lines, because I have personal experience
with Darcos that have shown me how incredible these blood- lines are,” Rose continues. “I have been fortunate to own a Dar- co mare, and follow her sports career through the Grand Prix level in show jumping. I have seen the strength, endurance,
TOP: Rose Sullivan and one of her champion BWP colts by Clair de LuneSE. BOTTOM: BWP officials, judge Boudewijn Schepers and Taylor Flury, pose with stallion Clair de LuneSE, one of the first BWP stallions approved in North America.
heart and stamina these lines carry by watching her compete. Tey are solid, hearty lines that make a great base for a breed- ing program. My Darco mare is now 27 and looks and acts like a 10-year-old. My other Darcos are two and three years old and already show signs of strength, good health and heart.” She also adds that she loves the BWP as they have been very supportive of her breeding success and always willing to give advice when she needs information. v
Annual Keuring Tour, Awards and Stallion Auctions T
he BWP/NAD Registry hosts the annual keuring tour each summer. We bring our Belgian judge to sites across the U.S. and Canada to inspect foals, yearlings, two-year-
olds, mares and stallions. We also have opened up the Belgian Riding Pony inspections (BRp) and have two BRp-approved pony stallions and several pony mares and foals. We offer branding of offspring in North America up to two years of age. Te BWP in Belgium has not been allowed to brand since 2001 but are required to use microchips. BWP/NAD encourages breeders to microchip and that information is submitted with registration. BWP/NAD was the first registry to offer USEF lifetime registration of all our foals, which will aid in providing proper breeding identification for their sport horse career in the U.S. DNA is pulled on every horse registered for parentage and kept on file at the University of Cali- fornia, Davis. Te BWP/NAD hosts an annual stallion service auction each year where our stallion owners generously donate a breeding to raise
funds for the annual keurings. Winning foal owners receive a $75 credit towards the registration of that offspring. Donating stallions and foals by these stallions get to participate in the $3,500 Foal Futurity, where the top five colts and fillies split the prize money along with the stallion owner. We also offer yearling and two-year- old futurities to encourage breeders to bring their youngsters to the keurings for evaluation. It offers valuable feedback for their breeding programs. Members and their registered horses can also participate in
our FEI awards programs for dressage (Intermediate I or higher at USDF CDI-W), jumpers (Grand Prix greater than $30,000), hunters (derbies) and eventing (FEI 2* CCI event or above). We also offer BWP/NAD Performance Awards Programs for dres- sage and dressage breeding, hunter and hunter breeding, eventing and Future Event Horse, and jumpers for members competing at USEF, USDF, USEA, USHJA or FEI sanctioned shows.
Special BWP Section Warmbloods Today 49
Belgian Warmblood Association Hanah Fields Austin Courtesy Rose Sullivan
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