The WBFSH Sire Rankings celebrate the stallions whose genetic influence drives international sport and the breeders who make their success possible. The 2025 results demonstrate the continued dominance of established European bloodlines but also the growing global spread of their influence through international partnerships and progressive breeding programmes.
“Each year, these rankings illustrate how interconnected the international breeding landscape has become,” said the WBFSH President. “The names may be familiar, but their success stories span continents — the result of dedicated breeders, riders, and studbooks working together to produce the next generation of champions.”
2025 WBFSH Top 10 Eventing Sires
The Holsteiner stallion Diarado (Diamant De Semilly x Corrado I) continues to lead global eventing breeding. His offspring continue to compete successfully around the world with many winning at CCI4* and CCI5* level, including this year’s European team gold and individual bronze medallist JL Dublin ridden by Tom McEwen.
The Selle Francais stallion Jaguar Mail (Hand In Glove XX x Laudanum xx), an Olympic showjumper under Peter Erikson during his competition career, combines two thoroughbred sire lines that have proved popular and effective in producing top eventing horses such as Colorado Blue and Vassily De Lassos.
The Oldenburg bred stallion OBOS Quality 004 (Quick Star x Reichsgraf) has long been a cornerstone of Irish breeding, combining Quick Star with classic German blood lines. This year he moves down from second place in 2024 into third.
1st: Diarado (1,916 points)
2nd: Jaguar Mail (1,301 points)
3rd: OBOS Quality 004 (1,246 points)
4th: Upsilon (932 points)
5th: Birkhof’s Grafenstolz (884 points)
6th: Contendro 1 (805 points)
7th: Kannan (674 points)
8th: Diacontinus (669 points)
9th: Vigo D’Arsouilles STX (653 points)
10th: Sligo Candy Boy (543 points)
The points of all the progeny in the final WBFSH Breeder Rankings are added for each sire, and the top 100-ranked sires are published (includes validated FEI results from 01/10/2024 to 30/09/2025 WBFSH Studbook verified horses)
