Spin-off - performance careers of the most popular N.A. based warmblood stallions

[Oakstable]

I think it takes some courage for a registry to print the information on numbers of foals by a given sire, and the premium breakdown.

Many mare owners feel safer in following the herd to the more heavily trafficed stallions.

This hurts the stallion with the smaller number of breedings. And that perpetuates, IMO.

My aged Hanoverian mare had a 3/4 brother who was an approved Hanoverian stallion. His name was Wendehals. He stood off the beaten path of the stallion stations but because they do the mare inspections, his numbers were quite good despite not having the traffic of bettr promoted stallions.

He had 136 for type and 125 for fundamentals, according to my 2002 yearbook.

[Fairview_Horse_Cente]

The other place to get some numbers is the IHF & IJF. Nominated stallions also send in stallion breeding reports each year.

[Oakstable]

I just have trouble with the premise of defining “most popular” by numbers in one registry’s roster.

Stallions have offspring in multiple registries and many who were never registered.

[M_O_Connor]

For those of us who are just looking at that list and going…hmmm I ‘think’ that rings a bell…’ is it possible to break that list down into disciplines?

Some of those names are just names to me…others…I know from their performance career (Judgement, eg). I know most of the jumpers, some of the hunters. But I won’t know the dressage stallions.

[Iberiansyes]

Who did you breed to at Hilltop? I know them all really well!

[Carol_Ames]

A Fine Romance and Jupiter

[Carol_Ames]

Starman