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IRELAND and Irish Thoroughbred Breeders' Association , under the stewardship of ITBA President Joe Hernon, took over the chairmanship and secretariat of EFTBA (European Federation of Thoroughbred Breeders’ Association) during the recent AGM in Deauville, France. This chairmanship is for a three year period - May 2017 - May 2020.

Welcome to EFTBA’s veterinary newsletter Dear EFTBA Members, I am pleased to introduce for the last time after three years of EFTBA presidency the long awaited newsletter and thank all people who have been involved to support us during this period of time. 2017 started very well as veterinary matters were concerned at the ITBF meeting held in Cape Town last January. Speakers on genomics...

Dear Members, Our annual General Meeting will take place on May 14th at Arqana sales complex in Deauville. it will start at 9am.   Best regards, EFTBA Secretary 257, avenue Le Jour Se Lève 92655 Boulogne Cedex Tel : 0033 1 47 61 06 09

Welcome to EFTBA’s veterinary newsletter Dear EFTBA members, I invite you to enjoy the third part of the EFTBA Newsletter dedicated to the retired racehorse. As the "producers" of racehorses, the breeders must endorse a reponsibility towards retirement and aftercare of Thoroughbreds. The EFTBA Veterinary Committee and the EFTBA members countries have taken this subject as a priority of the...

PRESS RELEASE Recent racing news and events and equine genomics The Thoroughbred industry has been aware of and has been monitoring, the potential impact of equine genomics on racing and breeding for the last seven years. Representatives of the International Thoroughbred Breeders Federation (ITBF), the European Federation of Thoroughbred Breeders Associations (EFTBA) together with members...

EFTBA General Assembly held in Deauville - Normandy - France on Sunday 15th of May 2016 with the support of Normandy Region.  Please find the report below. 

The next EFTBA Annual General Meeting will by held in Deauville - Normandy by the french TBA - Syndicat des éleveurs de chevaux de sang de France, with the support of Normandy Region from May 14 to May 16. Please find the provisional schedule. 

Dear European breeders, News prove that the subject covered by the symposium in Baden- Baden, whose presentations are reported by Hanspeter, is still current. Indeed, the last MEP Horse Lunch held in the European Parliament in early March focused on the question of "Responsible Ownership" and referred to the cre ation of Codes of Practices to improve the minimum standards of...