New experimental breeding project in Hanoverian stud book. Using old (deceased SJ sires)

[shortstuff99]

The Hanoverian stud book has announced an experimental breeding project using long frozen semen from classic SJ sires.

Is this an effort to improve recent breeding? Try to put back longevity or other qualities?

Sounds interesting!

https://eurodressage.com/2021/03/10/hanoverian-society-launches-experiment-breed-great-sires-past

 

[CanteringCarrot]

Interesting! I noticed most were around 165cm in height, which makes me hope they will breed more solid moderate (as in, not huge giants) sized horses. I know so many people that think they "need" 170cm+ nowadays.

I'm really hoping a lot of breeders and registries are taking a good hard look at what they're producing. There are many big horses with extravagant movement but quite difficult temperaments out there. Perhaps the market calls for something that can look nice, stay sound, and be ridden by riders that aren't pros.

The rideability has not been thought about in recent Warmblood breeding (generalization, I know), but the movement has been a big focus.

 

[DabDab]

Interesting program. I'd love to see how a modern espri foal turns out