Grand Prix victories are the crowning glory in international show jumping. But behind every winning combination is a story of breeders, studbooks, sires and riders who have invested years of talent and development. Thanks to Hippomundo's extensive databases, today we can look back at the evolution of GP success through different angles: from the horses themselves to their riders, from the studbooks to the breeders, and not least through the performance of approved stallions and their offspring
Which lines dominate the highest levels? Which studbooks consistently produce winners? And which riders continue to dominate Grand Prix competitions year after year? We delved into the figures and compiled an overview of who has been most successful over the past ten years. In the first part of this article, we looked at riders and sport horses. In this part, we will focus on studbooks, breeders and approved stallions.
GP winners by studbook
When we take a closer look at the most successful studbooks, BWP, KWPN and Selle Français stand out: across all Grand Prix's, Selle Français leads the list, but if you focus only on the very highest level - the CSI5* Grand Prix's - you will see BWP at the top with 111 wins, followed by KWPN with 92 and Selle Français with 86 wins.
| Rank | Studbook | GP5* |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BWP (BWP) | 111 |
| 2 | KWPN (KWPN) | 92 |
| 3 | Selle Français (SF) | 86 |
| 4 | Holstein (Holst) | 61 |
| 5 | Zangersheide (Z) | 56 |
| 6 | Westfalen (Westf) | 39 |
| 7 | Le Cheval de Sport Belge (sBs) | 27 |
| 8 | Hannover (Hann) | 25 |
| 9 | Oldenburger Springpferd (OS) | 24 |
| 10 | Anglo European Studbook (AES) | 17 |
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GP winners by breeder
When we go to see which breeders achieve the most successes, one immediately stands out. Gestüt Lewitz/ Paul Schockemöhle is in the lead by a large margin. The horses bred by them have already won 323 GP's with as many as 195 different horses. In 2nd place follows EURL Top Stallions Company with 49 wins. 3rd is the Belgian stable Den Bisschop with 33 victories.If we observe only the 5* GPs, Gestüt Lewitz is still in the lead, but two Belgians complete the podium.In place 2 is breeder Werner Heuninckx van Hoornyck thanks to the successes of Gazelle ter Elzen . In third place we find Perry de Winter thanks to Gancia de Muze and Like a Diamond van het Schaeck.
| Rank | Breeder | GP5* |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gestüt Lewitz/Paul Schockemöhle | 22 |
| 2 | Werner Heuninckx-Van Hoornyck | 13 |
| 3 | Perry De Winter | 10 |
| 4 | W. Wijnen | 9 |
| 5 | EURL Top Stallions Company | 8 |
| 6 | Nathalie Beaufort | 8 |
| 7 | Wilfried Thomann | 6 |
| 8 | Stal den Bisschop | 6 |
| 9 | M. Dawson | 6 |
| 10 | Jonas Bellemans | 6 |
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GP winners by approved stallion
When we take a closer look at the winning offspring of approved stallions, we see that Diamant de Semilly tops the chart with no less than 131 victories in GPs. He also gave the most number of 5* winners! Also Chacco Blue, Cornet Obolensky and Kannan score very well.
| Rank | Sire | GP5* |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Diamant de Semilly | 20 |
| 2 | Cornet Obolensky | 22 |
| 3 | Chacco Blue | 24 |
| 4 | Casall ASK | 13 |
| 5 | Kannan | 13 |
| 6 | VDL Cardento | 9 |
| 7 | For Pleasure | 15 |
| 8 | Toulon | 8 |
| 9 | Numero Uno | 7 |
| 10 | Emerald | 7 |
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Ten years of GP results clearly show who sets the pace in international show jumping. Whether it's riders, horses, breeders or studbooks: behind every success is a story of vision and perseverance. Want to know more? Dive into the numbers yourself through our Hippomundo Rankings and find out who really makes the sport!
