Irish-Based Stallions Dominate British Eventing Young Horse Sire Rankings
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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