Irish Bases Stallions dominate British Eventing Young Horse Sire rankings

  • 12 December 2012, 14:05

EACH year British Eventing produces rankings of the leading sires of young event horses competing in the UK. This year Irish-based stallions dominated the young horse sire rankings. The rankings, which were published on the British Eventing website in November, show that 15 of the top 20 stallions of four to eight year old event horses in the UK are those currently standing, or who previously stood, in Ireland. Ghareeb (TB), who unfortunately passed away recently, is the highest ranked Irish-based stallion in the rankings, lying in fourth place.

Horse Sport Ireland Chairman Joe Walsh said “the Irish Sport Horse Studbook is currently the leading Studbook in the world for eventing with Mr Medicott (ISH) the number one event horse in the World Breeding Federation for Sport Horses (WBFSH) rankings for 2012. At the London Olympic Games thirteen Irish Sport Horses represented seven different nations in eventing with four of these recording top ten finishes.

The recently published British Eventing sire rankings of young horses highlight the dominance of Irish-based stallion’s progeny in eventing with 15 of the top 20 sires being Irish based. This, in addition to the thirty-one Irish Sport Horses selected for the FEI World Breeding Championships for Young Event Horses at Le Lion d’Angers in France this October, would indicate that this positive trend is set to continue.

 

 

BRITISH EVENTING TOP 20 SIRES OF YOUNG HORSES (4-8) 2012
RANKING STALLION BIRTH YEAR B.E POINTS

Total points

(of registered progeny)

No. of contributing offspring with B.E. points Total progeny in the IHR

2004-2008

1 JUMBO (BSHR) * 1984 1929 41 5
2 FLEETWATER OPPOSITION (TRAK) * 1977 1655 30 1
3 MILL LAW (WNTR) 1992 1415 40 0
4 GHAREEB (TB) 1990 1343 48 489
5 MASTER IMP (TB) 1987 1251 38 428
6 HARLEQUIN DU CAREL (SF) 1995 1186 34 491
7 ARD VDL DOUGLAS (HOLST) 1998 973 26 488
8 LUX Z (HANN) 1988 907 30 801
9 COURAGE II (HOLST) 1990 885 22 204
10 CATHERSTON LIBERATOR (BSHR) 1993 857 25 0
11 RICARDO Z (ZANG) 1994 796 18 401
12 PUISSANCE (ISH) 1988 790 18 222
13 ACCONDY (TB) 1992 702 25 14
14 CLOVER ECHO (ISH) 1989 634 18 237
15 CULT HERO (TB) 1991 631 21 251
16 OLYMPIC LIX (KWPN) 1996 596 13 166
17 MALTSTRIKER (KWPN) 1978 566 15 152
18 ALDATUS Z (OLD) 1985 537 14 297
19 BAZAARS EXCLUSIVE (BSHR) 1996 533 14 0
20 VECHTA (KWPN) 1991 513 11 68
*Stallions classified in the IHR standing abroad
These rankings have been compiled by British Eventing. For more information please visit www.britisheventing.com

Progeny figures have been calculated from the Horse Sport Ireland online database – CapallOir

 

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