Every thoroughbred has a story and traceability is how we make sure that story doesn't get lost along the way. From registration with the General Stud Book to covering certificates, ownership changes and career moves, each stage is a touchpoint.
Miss one, and a gap opens up in the record of where that horse is and who's responsible for it.
The Thoroughbred Breeders' Association (TBA) set out to tackle these data gaps as closing them is a shared responsibility, from the breeder who registers the foal to the owner who takes it on years later.
To help make sense of it all, the TBA has launched a new animatied resource and it's free to view.

The Racing Staff Development Programme (RSDP) is pleased to announce the Industry Insights Weekly Webinar Series 2026. The series offers four webinars each month, held on Thursdays from 1:30pm to 2:30pm providing racing and breeding staff and industry professionals with a unique opportunity to expand knowledge, develop skills and stay up to date with key topics in the industry.

Join the TBA's Alice Bletsoe-Brown in a discussion with Dr Rebecca Mouncey and Dr James Crowhurst on the foal's first six months of life, and how experiences and management practices during this rapid developmental phase can influence their future prospects on the racecourse.

Want to know what's new in upper airway diagnostics and wind surgery? Or get an update on tendon injury: therapy and management?
The 2025 Gerald Leigh Lectures focussed on these two important topics, organised and delivered once again by the Beaufort Cottage Educational Trust (BCET).

The Thoroughbred Breeders Association (TBA) has a free-to-join membership tier: TBA Essentials - a subsrciption option designed for anyone interested in the bloodstock industry. It offers a range of free educational resources, podcasts with leading experts via the online educational platform TB-Ed, and monthly newsletters featuring the latest bloodstock news and upcoming TBA events. 

Join TB-Ed in a conversation on diagnostic testing of adult stock to guide wormer administration, with Prof. Jacqui Matthews, who is the Director of Veterinary Science at Austin Davis Biologics and a RCVS recognised specialist in parasitology; and the TBA’s Equine Health and Welfare Manager, Victoria Murrell.

Finding Positive Ways Forward - join an expert global panel assembled by the ITBF in a Q&A hosted by Nick Luck as they discuss numerous concepts around collaboration of securing and promoting the Thoroughbred.

Delivered by Westgate Labs in collaboration with the Racing Staff Development Programme, this informative and easy-to-follow webinar discusses the challenge of resistance, how we can develop our management to be more environmentally sustainable and improve horse welfare.
The future of parasite control in racehorses is delivered by Kristy Hodgson, Director and SQP at Westgate Labs.