An industry friend mentioned, almost in passing, that she got all her TB-Ed courses for free through her TBA Access membership. All of them. Not a discount. Not a free trial. All of them, included, as part of her membership. I went home and did the maths that evening.

"The numbers are honestly hard to ignore."

TB-Ed courses aren't expensive individually — but they do add up. If you're working through a programme like the Getting the Mare in Foal Programme, for example, you're looking at five courses. Then there are standalone courses on foaling, nutrition, bio security and more landing on the platform regularly. Once you start totting it up, the cost of accessing TB-Ed piecemeal versus having it all included starts to look pretty stark.

TBA Access members get full, unlimited access to all TB-Ed content as part of their membership. No individual course fees. No deciding whether a topic is "worth it" before you click. Just everything, whenever you need it.

It's not just the courses

TB-Ed isn't only video content. There's the podcasts too - useful, genuinely interesting conversations with people who actually know what they're talking about. And because it's all built around the thoroughbred breeding industry specifically, nothing feels like it's been adapted from a generic equine course. It's written for people doing what you do, covering the stuff that actually matters on the ground.

Many of the courses are BHA CPD accredited as well, which is worth knowing if you're keeping track of your professional development - or if your employer is.

What actually made me sign up?

Honestly? It was the realisation that I'd been treating TB-Ed like a shop - picking up something when I had a specific need - when I could have been treating it like a library. The difference is that a library doesn't charge you per book.

I joined TBA Access, got access to everything on TB-Ed and worked through a couple of courses I'd been meaning to get to for months. The content is genuinely good. Some of it I found immediately useful at work. Some of it filled in gaps I didn't even know I had.

If you're already using TB-Ed - or thinking about it - it's worth taking 10 minutes to look at what TBA Access membership actually costs and what it includes. For anyone working in the thoroughbred breeding industry, I'd be surprised if it didn't make sense.

I wish someone had told me sooner. 

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