EFTBA's Stance on AI Breeding Methods
“No artificial breeding methods (which currently include but are not limited to, artificial insemination, embryo transfer, cloning, sexing of sperm and any genetic engineering/ manipulation) are permitted, worldwide, in the breeding of the Thoroughbred horse. EFTBA is committed to the continued upholding of this fundamental International studbooks’ rule.“
This statement has been unilaterally agreed upon at all EFTBA Annual General Meetins since 2017
International Federation of Horseracing Authorities (IFHA)
ARTICLE 12 of the IFHA International Agreement on Breeding, Racing and Wagering (IABRW):
12.1.1 The Thoroughbred must be the result of a Stallion’s mating with a Mare which is the physical mounting of a Mare by a Stallion with intromission of the penis and ejaculation of semen into the reproductive tract.
12.3.1. A natural gestation must take place in, and delivery must be from, the body of the same Mare in which the Foal was conceived. Any Foal resulting from or produced by the processes of Artificial Insemination, Embryo Transfer or Transplant, Cloning or any other form of genetic manipulation not herein specified, shall not be eligible for recording in a Thoroughbred Stud Book approved by the International Stud Book Committee.
12.B The heritable genome of a prospective or registered Thoroughbred must not be modified in any way at any time, including during its conception, gestation or at any stage thereafter in its existence.