THE use of foreign-bred stallions has increased by 10% in the last decade according to Horse Sport Ireland’s Irish Sport Horse Report published this week.

Compiled by geneticist Dr Jennifer Doyle, the report provides a data-led overview of the Irish Sport Horse population, in line with the second priority of HSI’s Strategic Plan. This is to optimise genetics, genomic insight and performance data to strengthen breeding excellence, highlighting continued progress in the application of genomic and data-driven tools to support sustainable breeding and selection decisions.