HSI BREEDING CONFERENCE 2018: Sport horse industry is out for more blood 14 December 2018 Premium

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14 December 2018

Isabel Hurley on 14 Dec 2018

HSI BREEDING CONFERENCE 2018: Sport horse industry is out for more blood

One message that came out loud and clear at the conference was the need for blood at the top level of sport horse competition, writes Isabel Hurley and Jennifer Micklem Diamond

Isabel Hurley

14 December 2018

(L-r) International event rider Padraig McCarthy, HSI Breeding Director Alison Corbally, Chris Bartle, Dr Alan Fahey of UCD and Jens Meyer at the Horse Sport Ireland Breeding Conference in the Keadeen Hotel on Thursday. Photo Laurence Dunne/ jumpinaction.net

ONE message that came out loud and clear at the Horse Sport Ireland International Breeding Conference was the need for thoroughbred blood in event horses competing at the top end of sport horse competition.

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