The wealth of statistics, people, places, and horses on the WBFSH Convention become the first-rate! On the first day, we visited the Devon Breed Show to see many pinnacle mares and foals in the USA. I was surprised that Europe no longer has breed shows like this. We had lunch backed with the aid of Dressage at Devon and have been capable of speaking with many of the representatives of the WBFSH and listening to their thoughts and impressions on the show.
After returning from the show, we started the 1st seminar consultation. We were welcomed via Jan Pedersen, the president of the WBFSH, and Ekkehard Brysch, ISR/Oldenburg Registry, our host. Scott Hassler then gave a fascinating talk about equestrian sports activities in North America and their impact on sports horse breeding. He thanked the WBFSH for implementing the Young Horse Championships, mentioning that he felt they positively affected the training of younger horses within the U.S. Even though only a small percentage of our 4, 5, and six-year-olds are competing in those lessons, it has highlighted the importance of beginning the education of our younger horses in advance instead of later. The Young Horse Championships for Dressage, Jumping, and Eventing are held at exceptional times and locations. The goal for 2013 is to have a multi-function place simultaneously.
Ekkehard Brysch then mentioned the effect of thoroughbreds on the current Sports of Horse Breeding in North America. He said that initially, the first generation of a move with a T.B. became not the breeding purpose, simplest the begin. Due to the bigger pool of great T.B. mares within the U.S., they are given that the first technology cross does produce foals that meet the breeding intention. It is important to notice that they’ve identified a particular type of T.B. that is suitable. The T.B. horses that produce excellent offspring ideal for the Sports Horse have to have the best conformation and are commonly out of strains that produced horses that have been or are a success in the longer races. Sprinting horses will now not make the gaits suited for modern Sports Horse Breeding.
Later in the afternoon, we heard about equestrian professionals’ education within the U.S. Via Prof. Dr. Rebecca Splan from Virginia Tech University. They have unique software designed to train the students in all aspects of the horse enterprise. Their purpose is that the student is made aware of all the career possibilities available and, with the assistance of the university, industry stakeholder support, and assistance from breed registries and different businesses, is ready for excessive-level expert careers with horses. I found myself wishing I become younger and participated in this first-rate program.
Derbydown Farms turned into our 1st stop the subsequent morning. Louise Serio indicated a hunter on the flat and over fences, in addition to some movies of the Hunter Derby while we had lunch. She informed us what she looked for in a Hunter and established that the modern Sports Horse is more appropriate than the T.B. in most cases. It turned into very academic, and some WBFSH representatives had not seen this sport and had been inspired. We then visited North View Farm, the beginning location of Northern Dancer. We noticed many lovely T.B. stallions and heard about the nation of T.B. breeding and racing in the U.S. Next, we turned to the superb new Hassler Dressage at Riveredge. This facility will take your breath away. Pictures are on the ISR/Oldenburg and WBFSH websites. Scott and his accomplice’s plans for the future are thrilling; they have plenty of clean thoughts and plans intending to assist the U.S. End up extra vital inside the breeding of current Sports Horses and the pony and rider’s training/teacher. We then had a delicious American Barbeque dinner at the farm with masses of dialogue about what we had seen and heard. On the final day in Devon, rain from a hurricane on the coast is pouring. We were fortunate in that most of the day became interior. There was an assembly of the general meeting that we were allowed to sit in on, and I discovered it inspiring. Listening to them cope with critical troubles as a breeder of their Strategic Plan becomes reassuring. Presentations accompany new methods for breeding with frozen sheep, stem cells using cloning, A.I. breeding practices, the Young Breeders program, horse slaughter in the U.S. And different countries, and the Universal Equine Life Number (UELN). The UELN became a situation of frequent dialogue at some point in the three-day assembly. It has been successfully applied in many nations, but the logistics of placing it in the region in the U.S. Is extraordinary. We no longer have the form of authority control that could be required in different nations.
Due to the typhoon, going back to the Devon Breed Show and VIP dinner was canceled, but a maximum folks convened inside the bar for liquids, food, and dialogue. I am very grateful for the possibility ISR/Oldenburg Registry gave me to wait for this meeting. I came away with better know-how and experience related to the goals of our registry in addition to the WBFSH. They truly are running “to promote and broaden the game horse-breeding enterprise...And the common pastimes of sports horse breeding worldwide.” (from WBFSH Mission Statement)
