I'd
like to point out to our readers Chris Hector's fabulous
interview with Dr Ludwig Christmann, breeding director
of the Hanoverian verband. Chris asks Christmann which
stallions are hot on the Hanoverian market, and investigates
which sires will be called foundation stallions in a
decade. If you want to know which stallion to use --
if you want to dip into the Hanoverian pool -- this
article will provide some valuable insights.
Chris Hector opens his tête-à-tête
with Christmann on the topic of Weltmeyer:
Is Weltmeyer still the number one stallion in the
Hanoverian team?
"Weltmeyer is one of those stallions that are born
only rarely - Absatz, Bolero, Weltmeyer - they leave
their mark on the offspring, they are timeless. It is
just not possible to reproduce such a stallion, you
can try to breed them, but everything has to click and
fit for it to happen. He is the number one stallion."
The criticism of Weltmeyer is always that the horses
won’t collect, that there are 5000 offspring,
where are they in Grand Prix? "There are Weltmeyer offspring in Grand Prix.
Weltmeyer definitely has his place in the breeding of
dressage horses because of the active hind end he produces,
and the regularity with which he produces that movement.
It is also a question of how many Grand Prix riders
we have." "I think if Weltmeyer has the right
partners, then he produces Grand Prix horses."
I'd
like to point out to our readers Chris Hector's fabulous
interview with Dr Ludwig Christmann, breeding director
of the Hanoverian verband. Chris asks Christmann which
stallions are hot on the Hanoverian market, and investigates
which sires will be called foundation stallions in a
decade. If you want to know which stallion to use --
if you want to dip into the Hanoverian pool -- this
article will provide some valuable insights.
