The breeding of Jagerbomb has resulted in one of the most popular dressage horses of recent times.
Jagerbomb was born at Julie Lockey’s Bramley Stud, where he spent his first three years living out, first with his dam Udysee – known as Dolly – and after weaning in a herd of youngsters who came and went from the field as they pleased.
“They liked their creature comforts and being pampered,” Julie says. “But I don’t think putting them in a stable before they’re three is a nice thing for them, so they were all just free spirits.”
Breeding: by Dante Weltino OLD out of Udysee (by Jazz)
Breeder/rider: Becky Moody
Best results: Olympic team bronze medal, European team silver medal and World Cup Final winner
“Bomb” wasn’t a head-turner to start with.
“He wasn’t your cute little foal,” says rider Becky Moody, who bred him. “A bit plain, a bit leg-at-each-corner. You certainly wouldn’t have picked him out as a future superstar.”
What he had instead was temperament. Julie remembers him as first to the gate for a stroke, inquisitive and never any trouble.
“You certainly wouldn’t have picked him out as a future superstar,” says Becky
(Image credit: Julie Lockey)
“He was one of my favourites,” she says. “He had such a niceness about him.”
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The day Becky came to collect him in a 3.5t lorry, Julie was certain he’d refuse to load. “I was adamant, ‘Oh, you’ll never get him in that.’ And then he walked straight in. I thought, ‘Well, I’ll shut up now!’
The backing process was also uneventful, says Becky: “He was, honestly, the most straightforward. You could pretty much have just got on without doing any groundwork. He really did take everything in his stride.”
Becky and her “straightforward” home-bred become World Cup winners
(Image credit: FEI/Shannon Brinkman)
Jagerbomb’s pedigree chart
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Meet the parents
Becky bought Udysee from the Equine Elite Auction in the Netherlands, where she’d been bred by a Dutch farming family who keep pigs alongside their horses. Becky retired Udysee to the paddocks due to a field injury when on the brink of grand prix.
Becky had originally planned to use Dante Weltino’s sire, Danone.
“He wasn’t available at the time, so we went with his son,” she says. “He really stamps his stock with excellent trainability and a natural ability for collected work.”
Other facts about Jagerbomb’s breeding
Jagerbomb faced his sire, Dante Weltino at Paris 2024.
Jagerbomb’s maternal great-grandsire Horatio was an international showjumper.
Oscar joined Horse & Hound in October 2023 and is the magazine’s dressage editor and sports manager, overseeing coverage of equestrian sport. After studying equine science at Myerscough College, he spent four years working for leading dressage rider Emile Faurie, competing at the 2015 National Dressage Championships and travelling with the yard to CDIs including Aachen and Saumur. He holds a master’s degree in Literature from York St John University (2021).
