• Introduction
    • Meet the team
      • Welcome to the WBFSH

        Marketing Department

        We were set up at the beginning of 2021 to help to promote our organisation, and through it our many sport horse breeders and studbooks across the world. Above all, we welcome everybody who shares our passion for sport horse breeding to become part of our community. We hope you enjoy our new website, where you can find out more about our many events, activities and projects designed to promote equine welfare, to advance the breeding of the best horses for the sport, and above all to be able to connect with like-minded, knowledgeable and passionate breeders across the world.

      • Claus Hansen

        Ralph van Venrooij

        I am Claus Hansen, member of the WBFSH Department of Breeding.

        Since 2008 I have been a Danish Warmblood judge, and in 2011 I joined the breeding management of the federation and later became spokesperson. In 2024 I was appointed managing director of the Danish Warmblood breeding society.

        My passion for breeding originates from my parents as they were successful breeders of Danish Warmblood horses. My wife Annette Bugge and I continue my parents stud name “Åtoften” and today we breed on five dam-lines.

        My aim is to use my experience as a breeder and a judge to be the voice of the breeders in WBFSH and in corporation with knowable and passionate colleagues in the Breeding Department facilitate a modern forward-thinking breeding policy.

      • Eva-Maria Livesey

        Eva-Maria Livesey

        Hello and thank you for visiting our page. I am Eva-Maria Livesey, a Vice President of the WBFSH. I am delighted to be part of the Marketing team. In my dayjob, I combine academic research with work for the Anglo European Studbook and British Breeding. I am passionate about promoting sport horse breeding across the world. I am particularly interested in working with our fantastic partners and sponsors to continue to grow our community and to tell its stories through our website and communications.