THE world’s leading breeders gathered in the Geneva last Saturday night to be honoured for their extraordinary breeding products.

The winners of the WBFSH Rolex Breeder Rankings in dressage, show jumping and eventing received their WBFSH diplomas presented by Jan Pedersen, president of the WBFSH, and an exquisite Rolex watch presented by Laurent Delanney of Rolex.

Dutch breeders Martje and Joop Hanse won the dressage prize for the third consecutive year, having bred the world’s top dressage horse Valegro (by Negro out of a Gerswin dam). Belgian breeder Willy Taets won the show jumping prize for the second year in a row. Taets is the breeder of the world’s top ranked show jumper Hello Sanctos (by Quasimodo VD Molendreef out of a dam by Nabab De Reve).

Rolf Lück from Germany received the eventing award, having bred the world’s highest ranked eventing horse, Horseware Hale Bob (by Ituango out of a Carismo dam).