by Dr Pete Birdsall DVM of Equine Bloodlines

To conduct this study it was necessary to determine the horses that won major show jumping events from January 1 to December 31, 2004. The horses included in the research were those that won World Cup Qualifiers and Grand Prix at major competitions in Europe and North America. Also included in this study were the winners of the 2004 World Cup and the Olympic Gold Medal in show jumping in Athens. A four-generation pedigree for each horse was generated. The assembled data included the breed, age and gender information for each horse. This study also includes an analysis of the pedigrees of the top 50 jumping horses in the world as determined by the World Breeding for Sport Horses organization (WBFSH) for 2003/2004. This information was collected from October 1, 2003 to September 30, 2004.

This information is available at http://www.wbfsh.org/docs/jumping_horses_2004.pdf     A total of 131 Grand Prix and/or World Cup Qualifiers at CSI, CSI-W and CSIO competitions in Europe and North America were researched. Only occasionally a winner of an event was not included in the study as adequate bloodline information was not available for the particular horse.
As a result, 131 major events were included in the study.
The131 competitions were won by 94 individual horses.
These winning horses represented 15 breeds as outlined below.