The German team won the Nations Cup on Saturday. Alas, the two North American teams, the United States and Canada, placed fifth and seventh, while Belgium and France were second and third.
http://www.sprucemeadows.com/tournaments/media/1378595768421_817.pdf
The competition was fierce, made more difficult by the footing after torrential rain for most of the morning. (This morning the sun is shining, which bodes well for the million-dollar Masters today.)
While the pedigrees of the competitors' horses weren't posted, it appears from their names that many of them are of French or Belgian breeding. Though I don't have actual statistics I think there are more of these bloodlines than in years past, when German breeding dominated. And of course, the Dutch jumpers have often been infused with French and Belgian lines. The Irish horses are another distinct bloodline group. They interest me quite a bit, though I've never been aware of much interest in them in the U.S. However, I have been approached by several people with stallions in the UK in the past few months about possibly offering their frozen semen, and I did an importation for a client of semen from the eventing stallion, Chilli Morning this year, so maybe the trend will continue. The UK and Canada share the same predominate interest in jumpers, while dressage interest seems less, the opposite of the United States.
I'm off to the most exciting jumping venue in North America!