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Victories at the end of 2014 and the beginning of 2015 once again lifted Quickly de Kreisker to the top of the World Breeding Federation for Sport Horses (WBFSH) rankings in April 2015, and thus to the status of the world's best show jumping horse. [22] As the stallion was only 11 years old in 2015, he is still "on the rise". [23]
It originates from warmblood horses bred principally for military use in the nineteenth century. [2] It was officially recognised as a breed in 2005, and a stud-book was started in that year [4]: 154 [3]: 148 [2] or in 2006. [5]: 9 Only horses with at least 87.5%, but less than 100%, Thoroughbred blood are eligible for registration. [2]
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Improvement sires like Cor de la Bryére successively eliminated these flaws, making the Holsteiner breed internationally known for Olympic-caliber jumping. [10] [11] Werner Schockemöhle, a leading breeder of warmblood sport horses in neighboring Oldenburg said no breeding community in the world has a better knowledge of the show-jumping horse ...
The breed was built on a mare base of all-purpose farm and carriage horses, today called the Alt-Oldenburger. The modern Oldenburg is managed by the Association of Breeders of the Oldenburger Horse , which enacts strict selection of breeding stock to ensure that each generation is better than the last.
The Austrian Warmblood is bred specifically as a recreational riding horse, and competitive dressage and show jumping horse. As yet, the AWÖ is unranked in the WBFSH standings for Jumping, Dressage, or Eventing, likely due to the small size of their breeding population. However, the 1995 grey mare Amanita and 1997 bay mare Westminster both ...
The Brazilian Sport Horse or Brasileiro de hipismo is a modern Brazilian breed of warmblood horse. It was bred as a sport riding horse for competitive equestrian sports, particularly show jumping , dressage and three-day eventing .
A Selle Français. Because of the diversity of the breeds that contributed to the Selle Français, there are not set breed standards. [1] [2] It can range from 15.1 to 17.3 hands (61 to 71 inches, 155 to 180 cm), [3] although, because they are used as sport horses, most Selle Français usually stand a relatively tall 16.1 to 16.3 hands (65 to 67 inches, 165 to 170 cm). [4]