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A comparative analysis of population characteristics of the competing progeny (within UK) of UK elite show jumping sires and all competing show jumping horses within the UK

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 February 2018

T C Whitaker  and
J Hill
T C Whitaker
Affiliation:
Faculty of Applied Science, Writtle College, Chelmsford, Essex, UK, Email: [email protected]
J Hill
Affiliation:
Faculty of Applied Science, Writtle College, Chelmsford, Essex, UK, Email: [email protected]
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The UK currently has limited success at producing show jumping horses of international standard (WBFSH, 2002). For improvement to occur a greater understanding of the population dynamics of the show jumping population is required

A selected group of progeny (n=304) sired by elite show jumping stallions was examined. Elite sires were defined as those that were ranked 1-10 in the 2001 Sport Horse Annual (British Horse Database, 2000) by total lifetime earnings of progeny competing in 2000. Comparative analysis was conducted with all competing show jumping horses (n=22421) in 2000 (British Horse Database, 2000). Data collected comprised of total lifetime money won at show jumping, total lifetime points won at eventing and dressage. Descriptive statistics were produced for each data set (Table 1). Product Moment Correlations were performed for all discipline areas (Table 2). Data transformation was applied using LOG+1(Hassenstein, Roehe and Kalm, 1996) to account for the skewness in all data sets.

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BSAP Occasional Publication , Volume 32: Emerging Equine Science , 2004 , pp. 195 - 197
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Copyright © British Society of Animal Production 2004

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