Summary: Breeding
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How much members and registered foals does the KWPN has?
26000 members, 10000 foals -
What is contains a breeding goal (5 aspects)
- Performance (sport, grandprix, level)
- health/constitution (good locomotion, respiratory, fertility)
- character (willingness to perform, friendly)
- conformation and movement (functional, correct to support performance)
- conformation( appealing)
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How can a goal be reached?
- Register horses
- conduct breeding program
- inform and support members
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What are four characteristics of the KWPN?
- Open breeding programm
- large population
- systematic and elaborate data collection
- independent
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How does the KWPN select mares and stallions?
Mare -> breeders, stimulation by studbook
Stallion -> studbook, obligations -
What is the procedure of a stallion selection?
1. Stallion inspection (1,2nd,3rd)
2. Veterinary inspection
3. Performance test
4. Offspring inspection -
What does the veterinary inspection include?
- Clinical inspection
- x rays, bone spavin, navicular bone, osteochondrosis
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What does the first stallion inspection include?
Conformation, walk, trot and free movement and jumping.
Dressage horses are lunged extra -
What does the second inspection include?
Free movement and jumping, additional pedigree information
auctions, salesroom, finals, shows -
What happends before a performance test (4)
- Roaring
- genital organs
- semen quality is checked
- elaborate clinical inspection (testability)
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