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Updated figures of passport applications processed on Horse Source March 14th, 2025
Horse Sport Ireland (HSI) has now issued 5530 foal passports to breeders through the Horse Source online passporting system. Through the week ending March 7th; from the 5530 completed foal passports, 5111 are pedigree applications. This comes from a total of 6943 applications, which also includes non-pedigree applications. The number of non-pedigree applications completed is now 535. It is important to note that, to date, 649 foal kits have been returned from breeders to HSI for pedigree applications, with the 5111 pedigree foal passports issued to breeders equating to 89% of pedigree applications having passports issued, where DNA has been provided by customers. 10% of DNA Kits have not been returned to HSI from breeders. Once these are received, they can be sent to the laboratory and the applications processed and completed. HSI has processed 98% of applications that have DNA results back from the laboratory and the remainder []

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Horse Sport Ireland announces new leadership for Youth Show Jumping High Performance Programme
Denis Flannelly and Liz Brennan take the reins ahead of 2025 Nations Cup and European Championships campaign Horse Sport Ireland (HSI) is pleased to announce that Denis Flannelly has been appointed Lead Consultant for the National Equestrian Federations Youth Show Jumping High Performance Programme, as the team prepares for the 2025 Nations Cup and European Championships season and beyond. As part of this appointment, Flannelly has brought in Liz Brennan asYouth Athlete Liaison,ensuring that the programme remains athlete-focused, accessible, and structured to support young riders at every stage of their development. This appointment reflects HSIs commitment to modern coaching principles, structured athlete pathways, and long-term success on the international stage. Irelands youth jumping teams have consistently delivered at the highest level, securing multiple European Championship medals and Nations Cup victories in recent years. With Flannelly leading the programme and Brennan ensuring athlete engagement, the focus will be on sustaining and []

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Horse Sport Ireland announces breeding grants worth 600,000
Horse Sport Ireland (HSI) has announced almost 600,000 will be awarded to 86 equestrian bodies, societies and show organisations across the equestrian community in the 2025 Breeding Grant Scheme, funded by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) under National Breeding Services. Minister for State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Minister Timmy Dooley, T.D, joined HSI Chief Executive, Denis Duggan, and Head of Breeding, Innovation and Development, Dr. Sonja Egan, in Banner Equestrian Centre, Ennis, Co. Clare, along with a grant awardees representing Scariff Show, Banner Equestrian Centre, Clarecastle Show and the Irish Draught Horse Society to announce the allocation of funds to this years worthy recipients. In total, 86 initiatives will be funded this year from the increased budget of 595,820 which has risen by close to 80,000 from 2024s total of 520,000, and will provide considerable support to the equestrian industry []

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2025-03-13 11:46:35 -

SENSATIONAL SHOPPING AT ROYAL WINDSOR HORSE SHOW 2025
Organisers of Royal Windsor Horse Show – which takes place in the private grounds of Windsor Castle from 15–18 May – are delighted to announce details of the Show’s Shopping Village for 2025. One of the key reasons that visitors attend the Show is to enjoy the Shopping Village which blends equestrian excellence with country lifestyle elegance. Carefully curated, this...

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Updated issue now available
The updated February 2025 issue of WORLD BREEDING NEWS is now online and includes a comprehensive report from the KWPN Stallion Show starting on page 64.The post Updated issue now available appeared first on Breeding News for Sport Horses.

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Zangersheide stallion licensing approves 37 new stallions
By Jo de Roo From February 13-15, 2025, Studbook Zangersheide organized their spring stallion inspection at Sentower Park. Of the 120 inscribed stallions, 37 were finally approved. We made a ranking of the sires who were represented by three sons or more. Chacco-Blue (no. 2 in the WBFSH sire ranking) achieved the best score with []The post Zangersheide stallion licensing approves 37 new stallions appeared first on Breeding News for Sport Horses.

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Factors associated with sport horse auction prices in Ireland
By Alison F. Corbally and Alan G. Fahey Graphics: The authors Sale prices at auction significantly impact the economic return of sport horse production. This study aimed to determine factors associated with auction sales prices of sport horses at four maturity stages: foals, juveniles, young horses, and older horses. A total of 42,799 sales []The post Factors associated with sport horse auction prices in Ireland appeared first on Breeding News for Sport Horses.

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Luxury at Ol Donyo
In November 2023 Becky from In The Saddle headed to Kenya to visit our lodge based safaris there. In this blog she tells us all about her experience at Ol Donyo Lodge. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Preparing for Kenya & Getting There My first task before travelling was to pack! This does take some forethought when heading out []The post Luxury at Ol Donyo appeared first on In The Saddle.

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New Selle Franais resource
Launched at the Saint-L Stallion Show last weekend, a new tool allows all Selle Franais members to access a wealth of data on more than 3,000 stallions. Pedigree, maternal lineage expertise Young stallion expertise Transmissible characteristics of foals, models, gaits, free jumping Production statistics Photo and video galleries www.etalonsf.fr DON'T []The post New Selle Franais resource appeared first on Breeding News for Sport Horses.

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Sonja Grob-Wolfensberger (1953-1925) RIP
On the morning of March 4, a personal friend and long-time correspondent of World Breeding News, Sonja Grob-Wolfensberger passed away at the age of 72. Sonja was a multi-talented horsewoman for most of her life, as a board member of the Swiss Concours Riders Association (VSCR) for 28 years, and as central president of the []The post Sonja Grob-Wolfensberger (1953-1925) RIP appeared first on Breeding News for Sport Horses.

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