Guess Who is the Top KWPN Producer of FEI Level Horses? Not Jazz!

Dressage

KWPN

The KWPN society is known to one of the strictest breed societies in their selection of stallion, when it comes to health and conformation. The general goal of dressage horse breeders is to see their product compete at as high a level as possible, ideally Grand Prix.

KWPN society keeps very clear statistics of the stallion coverings, foal registered and how offspring compete in sport. Unlike the German breed societies, who keep all those interesting numbers locked in a vault for no-one to see, the KWPN society reveals how many coverings a stallion did, how many foals are born, and how well the offspring do.

Jazz Of Course

When it comes to producing the most offspring at small tour level and higher, the recently deceased Jazz (by Cocktail) is KWPN's top producer. He has no less then 299 offspring competing at that level.

The second best producing stallion for the KWPN society is the Trakehner Gribaldi (by Kostolany) with 184 offspring at S-level and higher.

KWPN's third best producing stallion is Johnson (by Jazz) with 112 offspring at S level.

The ranking for most produced S-level offspring is as following:

1. Jazz - 299
2. Gribaldi - 184
3. Johnson - 112
4. Krack C - 91
5. Vivaldi - 82
6. Florencio - 69
7. Negro - 64
8. OO Seven - 58
9. Rousseau - 57
10. United - 56

Wait a Minute, Rubels is the Best Producer!

However, if you look at the statistics again and compare the amount of offspring at S-level in relation to the amount of foals that have been born, then there is totally different leader on the board.

Renate Landa's grey KWPN stallion Rubels (by Rafustinsels x Amethist) was the 2001 and 2002 World Young Horse Champion under Hans Peter Minderhoud and went on to compete at Grand Prix level. He has produced 11 offspring that are competing at S-level out of the 107 offspring he has produced, making him the best producer in the KWPN studbook for S-level dressage horses. His most famous offspring is Hans Peter Minderhoud's current Grand Prix horse Zanardi. Rubels passed away in 2006.

Jazz is second with 9.5% of his offspring (so 299 sons and daughters) competing at S-level.

The third ranked stallion is the rather unknown Paganini (by Havidoff x Statuar), which Bert Rutten trained and sold to Canada. This stallion has produced offspring of which 9.4% is showing at S-level. KWPN did not say how many foals that are.

Painted Black (by Gribaldi x Ferro) has 55 of his 623 offspring at S-level.

The American owned Sir Sinclair (by Lord Sinclair x Flemmingh), who has hardly bred in The Netherlands and relies on his American offspring, has 8.2% of his offspring at S-level.

So this ranking looks as following:

1. Rubels - 10,3%
2. Jazz - 9,5%
3. Paganini - 9,4%
4. Painted Black - 8,8%
5. Sir Sinclair - 8,2%
6. Tchaikovsky en Turbo Magic- 8,1%
7. Lingh - 8,0%
8. Ziësto - 7,7%
9. Welt Hit II - 7,3%
10. Vivaldi - 7,0%

The recently retired Grand Prix horse Ziësto (by Lancet x Clavecimbel) is the youngest stallion with offspring at S-level. He has 8 offspring out of 104 produced at S-level.