Table 1 Review of reported heritability estimates for show jumping performance traits used in Europe

Elementary performances

Ranking (Blom transformation)

Belgium, Hungary, Ireland, Slovak Republic

0.02–0.10

[3,4,5,6,7]

Ranking (Normal transformation)

Hungary, Ireland

0.05–0.09

[8,9,10]

Ranking (Root transformations)

Hungary, Germany

0.02–0.11

[4, 8, 11, 12]

Ranking (Cotangent transformation)

Hungary

0.04

[4]

Ranking (Underlying variable)

France

0.16

[13]

Penalty points

Czech Republic

0.04

[14]

Penalty points (Logarithmic transformation)

Czech Republic

0.07

[14]

Penalty points (Blom transformation)

Czech Republic

0.07

[14]

Penalty points (Positive transformation)

Spain

0.09

[15]

Profit of penalty points (Blom transformation)

Slovak Republic

0.17

[7]

Auxiliary penalty points

Czech Republic

0.04

[14]

Auxiliary penalty points (Logarithmic transformation)

Czech Republic

0.03

[14]

Auxiliary penalty points (Blom transformation)

Czech Republic

0.05

[14]

Difference between fence height and fault points

Hungary

0.01–0.07

[4, 5]

Hungarian grading scores

Hungary

0.01–0.02

[8]

Summarized performance

Over a lifetime

 Highest performance achieved (arbitrary points)

The Netherlands, Germany

0.10–0.36

[16,17,18,19]

 Lifetime performance rating

Ireland

0.28

[20]

 Accumulated points

Sweden

0.27–0.34

[21]

 Accumulated placings

Sweden

0.26–0.30

[21]

 Accumulated points per placing

Sweden

0.18–0.28

[21]

Over several years

 Accumulated points

Sweden

0.24–0.28

[21]

 Placings

Sweden

0.23–0.26

[21]

 Accumulated points per placing

Sweden

0.12–0.17

[21]

Over a year

 Sum of points

France

0.31

[22]