STUDY REGARDING THE PERCENTAGE OF ENGLISH THOROUGHBRED BLOOD IN THE LAST FIVE GENERATIONS FOR THE BEST DRESSAGE HORSES IN THE WORLD

Malina Carina Spulber, I. Gîlcă

Abstract
   With a typical velocity constitution, the English Thoroughbred stallion is the undisputed king of the hippodrome.
   In many breeding areas the special role for Thoroughbred stallions was to lighten and to make more athletic traditional horses used in agriculture. For this research we examine the first 100 dressage horses from FEI&WBFSH World Ranking List for Dressage Horses year 2017, divided in 4 groups for breed variable, and 3 groups for sex, height and age variables.
   There still is a percentage of English Thoroughbred blood in the last five generations for the best dressage horses in the world, with decreasing trend.
   In conclusion we can say that the modern dressage horse breed requires Thoroughbred blood also in the future, but they will not enjoy a privileged status. They will be selected for breed improvement, only stallions who will have the skills required for international training competitions.

Key words: thoroughbred blood, dressage, ranking, sport horses, warmblood