BREEDING dressage horses is a specialised industry on the continent. Take the KPWN for example. Of its some 10,500 foals registered last year, 4,800 are dressage foals.

The majority of horses competed by Irish international riders are Dutch-bred. Both Judy Reynolds’s great servant Vancouver K (Broere Jazz) and Carolyn Mellor’s European championship horse Gouverneur M (Glock’s Voice) are KWPN-registered.