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Horse Breeding
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According to the old adage, “Fools breed horses for wise men to buy”, but British sport horse breeding has never been stronger.
The quality of horses being bred in Britain at the highest level is now on a par with the rest of Europe. The number of top riders supporting the industry by ‘buying British’ is increasing every year with Charlotte Dujardin and Carl Hester among those doing so.
British-bred horses of particular note include Woodlander Farouche, who became the first British-bred to win the World Breeding Dressage Championships. She is now competing successful at prix st george and looks set to go all the way to grand prix.
But while our quality of sport horse breeding has undoubtedly improved, there are major welfare concerns regarding the indiscriminate over-breeding of stock at the other end of the market. The number of racehorse being bred has also been a cause for concern, although the throughbred industry has taken action to reduce the number of foals on the ground.
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Carole Mortimer: Our ‘British’ horses are not British *H&H VIP*
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‘I’d trade him for my fiancé’: why Charlotte Dujardin rates this four-year-old as the best she’s ever ridden
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Nanny goat ‘adopts’ orphaned foal after tragic loss of mare
Goat Sheshe is doing an excellent job of babysitting the orphaned foal and the pair have formed a close bond
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‘She loved being a broodmare’: final farewell to star dam
‘She was a fantastic mum; knew exactly what to do’
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£15,000 embryo out of Valegro’s full sister tops foal sale
The two-month-old Weidyfleur II embryo was by far the top lot at the AES & Brightwells Elite Foal Auction
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12 adorable British-bred foals who could be future stars
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Meet the ‘chatty’ world champion stallion whose canter will make you gasp
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Suffolk stallion in global bid to preserve the endangered breed
‘As well as boosting the [Suffolk horse] gene pool in NZ, we think he would make a fabulous cross with other heavy horse breeds, or over thoroughbreds etc perhaps to breed hunting types’
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Carole Mortimer: Should disease carriers be graded? *H&H VIP*
Horse & Hound's breeding columnist discusses our responsibility to prevent spread of disease
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Carole Mortimer: Breeding isn’t a minority interest *H&H VIP*
Horse & Hound's sport horse breeding columnist urges the governing bodies to do more for breeding
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New business gives boost to British breeding
International grand prix rider Anna Ross is behind the new concept.
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Carole Mortimer: Act now to future proof your horse *H&H VIP*
Carole Mortimer questions the point of breeding without recording pedigree
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The daughter of this year’s Badminton star — and six other foals we’re excited about
With foaling season well underway, Horse & Hound’s sport horse breeding editor rounds up some of the most exciting foals of 2018 so far
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Top lot sells for £31,000 at Brightwells Elite Dressage Auction
A quality line-up of dressage horses went under the hammer at Addington
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End of an era for Woodlander Stud
It's all change at Lynne Crowden’s Worcestershire dressage stud
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Carole Mortimer: Does stallion choice even matter? *H&H VIP*
Horse & Hound's sport horse breeding columnist discusses whether the market is saturated with stallions
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Legendary Connemara stallion dies aged 31
The Connemara stallion sired a dynasty of sport horses and ponies, who have gone on to achieve success in many disciplines across the world
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Carole Mortimer: Let’s urge buyers to shop at home *H&H VIP*
Horse & Hound's sport horse breeding columnist suggests ways to help bridge the gap between British breeders and buyers, and warns against a lax attitude to training foals
