Understanding Pedigrees - In conversation with Lydia Hislop & Nancy Sexton

Do you work in the horse racing or breeding sector? Are you interested in making changes to benefit the environment and our surroundings?

The administration side of breeding bloodstock is critical to the health and welfare of horses, and in support of the TBA's Stud Administration Course, Weatherbys' Simon Cooper and Sam Hyman from the General Stud Book talk to TB-Ed about all things stud administration.

Take a listen to our short podcast as the Thoroughbred Breeders' Association's Olly Batchelor catch up with some of the stallion handlers at this year's TBA Flat Stallion Parade at Tattersalls. 

Equine Grass Sickness (EGS) is a devastating disease with an 80% fatality rate that can occur anywhere in temperate areas of the world where equids are kept.

Grass Sickness is a disease of horses, ponies and donkeys in which there is damage to parts of the nervous system which control involuntary functions, producing the main symptom of gut paralysis.