North American Hanoverian Jumper Breeding Program
By Michael Boyd and Judy Hedreen
Te essence of the Jumper Breeding Program was to identify mares and stallions with the necessary pedigree and jumping performance and encourage the breeding of top show jumping sires to this mare base. With the JBP well underway in Germany, the American Ha-
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noverian Society in partnership with the Canadian Hanoverian Society (a district breeding club within the verband) established our own JBP in 2005 using the same criteria as established by the verband.
JBP Criteria Stallions must have an appropriate jumper pedigree and meet at least one of the following criteria: • Stallion performance test jumping index of at least 125 or 8.5 • A successful competition record at USEF 8/9 or above • A jumper breeding value index of at least 120
Mares must also have an appropriate jumper pedigree and meet at least one of the following criteria: • Mare performance test (MPT) free jumping score of 8 or above • A jumper breeding value index of at least 125 • A successful competition record at USEF 7/8 or above • At least two offspring or close relatives with a successful competition record at USEF 7/8 or above
n 1993, the Hannoveraner Verband (HV) started a pro- gram in Germany to encourage and promote the breeding of show jumpers within the Hanoverian breeding system.
Top JBP Bloodlines Dr. Ludwig Christmann, the Hannover- aner Verband’s foreign breed- ing manager, conducted research into heritabil- ity and found that jumping is by far the most heritable characteristic. As a result, mares and dam lines are considered most important when breeding for jumpers. While tracking mare families pres- ents special challenges in the U.S., we can highlight a couple. Servus is the grandsire of the renowned HV Horse of the Year Stakkato through his sire Spartan. Te Servus daughter Susie came to the U.S. and produced daughters and granddaughters now in the JBP. She was the standard bearer and foundation mare for Silverhorne Sporthorses.Te daughter Susie Too scored an 8 in her MPT, Susie Tree scored an 8.75, and grand- daughter Silvia S scored an 8.5. Te U.S. bred Pia Blanca (Sylvan Farm) produced three daughters in the JBP. Arielle scored an 8 in her MPT, EM Fair
The young mare Cassina (Cassini II/Escudo I) dur- ing her free jumping test as part of her Mare Per- formance Test as a three-year-old. At the time she was owned by Mike Boyd of Ontario.
Left: Rossini (Raphael/Cassini II) jumping; Middle: Ruby (Raphael/Cassini II) is a full sister a year younger, and Right: Sassy Gina B (Stolzenberg/Graf Grannus). All three were bred by Michael Boyd.
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American Hanoverian Society Photos Courtesy Michael Boyd Lone Oak Photography
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