What is the benefit of grading my stallion?
A. As with the other questions about grading and testing it is clear that we are in an increasingly discerning market and we must compete, and are able increasingly to compete, on a level playing field with the longer established continental warm blood studbooks. This means adopting the same standards of assessment as our colleagues, even if our methodologies have to be a little different because of our shortage of indoor schools, good riders, trainers, etc. Grading your stallion is part of this process and will allow him to be “competitive” as a breeding animal with his type, conformation, paces and jumping ability enabling him to step onto the first rung of BWBS Stallion Grading. You may wish to follow this initial grading with ridden competition or even a performance test of 30 or 70 days or your next step may be to present a progeny group. Either way your will be doing your best to ensure that your stallion has the best breeding credentials from a society that values pedigree, perf
