Stallions

12 tips to help you choose the right stallion for your mare

Selecting a stallion for your mare can be one of the most exciting parts of the breeding process, so here is some expert advice to help you make the right choice

12 stallions standing in Britain that breeders need on their radar *H&H Plus*

Don’t miss this list of some of the best stallions standing in Britain at the moment

12 young stallions that breeders should know about for 2020 *H&H Plus*

If you're planning to swerve the top names and use a younger, upcoming stallion to breed from this year, take a look at our selection of some of the most exciting stallions under eight years old, all of whom have plenty to offer breeders in 2020

Seven special stallions and a thriving family business: inside the Irish stud standing OBOS Quality 004

Check out OBOS Quality 004, sire of last year’s Burghley winner MGH Grafton Street, and the other six stallions at Ireland’s Coolballyshan Stud

‘Our charmer, our heartbreaker’: final tributes paid to champion stallion

‘He was a horse of such character, a real stallion and yet he really got to your heart‘

Showjumping world mourns loss of legendary sire

Among the stallion’s successful offspring is a London 2012 gold medallist

‘Mammoth’ endangered donkey stallion welcomed at AI centre

‘This is the first donkey we have collected from, and for it to be such a rare breed makes it extra special’

Pioneering science helping save rare breed horses on BBC One

Stallion AI Services and Suffolk horses will feature on Countryfile on 14 July

Final farewell to celebrated jumping stallion who won €1.8 million

The stallion had major wins across the world, including numerous grands prix victories, before retiring from the sport two years ago

‘I can hop on and ride grand prix movements in a headcollar’: eight things that may surprise you about super-sire Fidertanz

Find out more about this superstar dressage stallion...

The breeding jigsaw puzzle: 5 factors that determine a good stallion

From temperament to conformation, Cyden Stallion’s owner Lara Dyson explains what to look for in a stallion

‘He is gone far too soon’: farewell to ‘exceptional’ jumping sire

Dressage legend Totilas to appear in rare public display

Totilas last appeared in public close to four years ago, at the 2015 European Championships, now the dressage superstar has a new booking for 2019

‘His legacy will live on’: breeding world mourns sudden loss of top sire

‘He has been much loved and I am very grateful to both the teams at Stallion AI and Bolesworth who ooked after him beautifully to the end’

Two-year-old warmblood stallion sells for €2,010,000

The Vivaldi son is the most expensive horse ever bought at a stallion licensing auction

‘I’d trade him for my fiancé’: why Charlotte Dujardin rates this four-year-old as the best she’s ever ridden

If there’s one young stallion you should know about right now, it’s this one...

Showjumper buys exciting prospect in young stallion at Brightwells Elite auction for £22k

The elite showjumping sale took place at Addington Manor EC on Saturday 18 August with an average purchase price of £14,000

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’

A hairy affair: 10 fantastic Fell pony stallions in their element

Every year, Fell pony breeders and enthusiasts from across the country flock to Cumbria to compete and spectate at the breed society’s annual stallion show

12 stallions to have on your radar in 2018

If you're breeding this year, check out our round-up of 12 exciting stallions