WBFSH rnakings for 2011 out --mixed results for British breeding

[Ciss]

Final WBFSH rankings for Studbooks and horses have just come out, showing some British-bred successes but still a very urgent need for UK studbooks to check the WBFSH listings to make sure that any of the horses registered with them are not overlooked. For instance, in eventing none of our 3 most successful horses, Kings Temptress (15th), Landvision (18th) or Cool Mountain (19th) are allocated a studbook listing :-( which is probably why the top Eventing studbooks are SF, Hannoverian Verband and IsH, with SHBGB ranked 7th (most successful horse the Futurity graduate Treason), AES 28th and SSH 48th.

No listing included for young horse championships so no Farouche means no UK studbooks or British-bred horses are included in the Dressage listings at all although Mistral Hjordis is ranked 2nd and Uthopia 4th in the overall results. Top studbook is KWPN (with Jerichop Parzifal 1st, Totilas 3rd and Uthopia 4th!), followed by the Hannoverian Verband and then DV.

In showjumping top studbook is KWPN again, followed by the Holsteiner Verband and then SF with the AES ranked 6th and SSH 37th. Top British-bred horse is Tinkas Serenade (by Tinkas Boy) with Tripple X II ranking 47th.

Food for thought there....

 

[Rollin]

So what is the process for listing? If so many stud books are missing out.

 

[Rambo]

Sounds to me like the ranking process is flawed...it should be down to them to track the success of the horses not the other way round.

 

[Ciss]

So what is the process for listing? If so many stud books are missing out.

The top 2000 horses in each discipline are ranked by the FEi accordng to the points they have gained (in the FEI system) in FEI (international) classes.

The studbook the horse represents is included in the rankings (and therefor included in the studbook allocation of scoring horses, the top 6 of which count in the overall studbook ranking) if:

(i) the FN or national discipline organisation provided the details of this -- and usually the name of the sire, dam and dam's sire as well -- to the FEI when originally registering the horse with the FEI
(ii) the studbook with which the horse is registered is a member of the WBFSH

Because of the number of horses that are not allocated to a studbook (especially in eventing) the WBFSH sends the full list of scoring horses to each member studbook each year to see if they can claim any that do not give full details or (as has sometimes happened in the past) any belonging to them have been claimed by another studbook.

Bearing in mind that many of the horses based in the UK and originally registered with the FEI for BE, BD and BS using the BEF as the FEI registering body (ie the body that provided the green FEI cover on the original passport giving the original UELN), do not have any breeding details registered with the relevant discipline even now -- often becuase neither the rider, the owner nor the discipline thinks this is important and they have no contact or interest in the breeder/ breeding details anyway -- it is vital that UK member studbooks of the WBFSH check these lists every year, but sadly few if any of them do. This is very damaging to the international standing of British breeding, especially in eventing, as studbook listing is very much a numbers game and it is one played very seriously by all the continental studbooks.

 

[Rollin]

Thank you for that explanation.

Should H&H do an article perhaps? Although I am in France I am thrilled to see British Breeders being recognised.

 

[Ciss]

Thank you for that explanation.

Should H&H do an article perhaps? Although I am in France I am thrilled to see British Breeders being recognised.

Probably they should, but I doubt very much that they will. After all the Editor is well noted for saying that 'Breeding isn't sexy'!