BREEDERS and producers at Thursday’s Teagasc National Equine Conference in the Castletroy Park Hotel, Limerick, were advised not to overproduce their young horses and to get a veterinary assessment at a young age to make them a more marketable product.

Teagasc equine specialist Wendy Conlon chaired the ‘Challenges and opportunities for event horse breeders and producers’ session and was joined on the panel by Cooley Farm’s Richard Sheane, Kate Rocher-Smith of Dasset Eventing in Britain and Team Ireland veterinary surgeon Marcus Swail, who earlier gave an insightful look into the importance of pre-purchasing examinations.