Ireland hosts sport horse breeding conference

A conference to deliver the results of a two-year study on breeding strategies for sport horse studbooks will be take place in Armagh City Hotel on 7 May.

The conference has been organised by Northern Ireland’s Half Bred Horse Breeders Society, which undertook the study.

Guest speakers will include representatives from the Dutch KWPN, the Hanoverian Verband, Britain’s Anglo European Studbook and the Northern Ireland Equine sub group.

For more information, contact Janice Stevenson (tel: 02897 563838).

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