Battle of Our Futu
Canadians Host the Eighth Internati
Gathering future sport horse breeders in one venue every other year to compete in an international young breeders competition isn’t easy. Most young people want to ride, and then ride some more. Analyzing horse conformation, showing horses in hand, judging free jumping and taking theory exams are not what most horse-crazy girls and guys have in mind.
Society (AHS) and KWPN-NA (Dutch Warmbloods)—partici- pated with their youth in this biennial worldwide cham- pionship competition for young breeders held at Spruce Meadows in Calgary, Alberta. Officially, it is called the Inter- national Young Breeders World Championships. With a total of 111 competitors, ages 16 to 19 for Juniors and 20 to 25 for Seniors, 16 European and North American studbooks converged on Calgary to face the challenge held July 20-22. This was the first time the competition was hosted in
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North America, and the Canadians were up to the challenge. Cassandra Morrish of the CWHBA, the event’s head orga- nizer, says it was a huge amount of work to coordinate every- thing, including finding all the demo horses needed. (They were supplied by local Canadian breeders and farms.) In the end, the event was a hit for the young men and women who attended, and more importantly, they had fun.
About the Competition The International Young Breeders Championship was initially created by the Hanoverian verband in Germany that included the well-known Dr. Ludwig Christmann, who believed youth
14 November/December 2017 CWHBA
Teams CWHBA. On top: Grace Arnburg, Maria Ardito. Left to right below: Alex Jamael, Laura Iversen, Rebecca Russell, Tara Landsbergen, David Jamael, Kiki Landsbergen.
his past summer, three North American Warmblood registries—the Canadian Warmblood Horse Breed- ers Association (CWHBA), the American Hanoverian
should get involved in the breeding of sport horses. The world championship competition was designed to bring young breeders together across breed associations, countries and languages. Besides the learning and testing of theory and conformation analysis, the organizers believed it was important the participants make new friends and network with like-minded youth in other countries. Soon the WBFSH
Nicole Millard
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