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On May 10th 2015, during their Annual General Meeting, the Members of the European Federation of Thoroughbred Breeders’ Associations (EFTBA) unanimously adopted a resolution to advise all thoroughbred registration authorities of their total opposition to any retrospective access by those involved in DNA performance profiling, to DNA samples stored by these authorities. These samples were collected...

The 2015 HBLB Codes of Practices have been published! The online Codes of Practice set out minimum recommendations for disease prevention and control. Updated every year, it is addressed to breeders and has shown to result in a significant decrease in the incidence of infectious disease outbreaks. Find more information and download it here .

Dear Breeders, To start 2015, it is a great pleasure to address to all the European breeders, the 14th edition of the EFTBA Veterinary Newsletter. As you know, our future successes in our studs and on the racetrack reside in a deeper knowledge of all veterinary and sanitary matters. With joined forces from all member countries at the EFTBA level, the Veterinary Committee is working...

  Further to the newsletter 12, much more information on the complex nature of Equine Piroplasmosis (EP) becomes available with this issue. It is a quite voluminous edition, but this fact is just the expression of the complex nature of EP. Of course, we hope that you will not encounter problems with this disease and that all theses informations may only serve for reference. However, we...

On the occasion of the 20 th anniversary of the EFTBA, a photo contest was organized on the theme of the trade of Thoroughbred breeders in Europe in 2014. Considering that nobody else than the breeders themselves could better capture the magical moments of a day-to-day farm’s life, the EFTBA and the Syndicat des Eleveurs invited their members to send pictures of their trade. More than 60...

At its  AGM  in Brussels,  EFTBA  was once again selected to the Board of the European Horse Network, a pan european organisation representing the major equestrian and racing federations.  For more information on the work  EFTBA  pursues within the  EHN please go to their website at www.europeanhorsenetwork.eu

The First European Young Breeders Day took place on Saturday, August 10th 2013 on the racecourse in Deauville La Touques. After the success of the first Young Breeders Day “ Discover the races” during the Jockey Club in 2012, the Association of the Young Breeders wished to repeat this event during the racing meeting in Deauville, and adding a great international dimension to it. To the program:...

The 19th Annual General Meeting of the European Federation of Thoroughbred Breeders’ Associations was held on Sunday 12 May at Longchamp Racecouse, ,France. Over 30 delegates from European thoroughbred breeding countries attended. The weekend was hosted by the Syndicat des Eleveurs, with delegates seeing the strength both national and international horses in the Group 1 racing at Longchamp Racecourse...