THERE is no greater proof in seeing how the ‘stallion book’ has progressed in leaps and bounds than looking at a row of these publications on a bookshelf and seeing how it has evolved from an A5 pamplet to the latest edition.

The 2020 edition of the Irish Sport Horse Studbook Breeders Annual, or ‘stallion book’ to give it its generic term, weighs in at 371 pages.