INSIGHTS VOLUME V 2022

• Will Oliver Townend Win His First Bramham CCI 4 *-L Title?

• The Badminton 2022 Bloodline Review

• The Royal Ascot Style Guide

• Coolmore Show Jumping

• Two Irish Show Jumping embryos make

• 112,000 euros at auction in France

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Insights Badminton CC15* 2022 Special Edition

• WIN  579 of Welligogs Clothing

• Badminton and The Cotswolds - At a Glance

• Badminton's Pocket Rocket - Dassett Cooley Dun

• How much Thoroughbred blood do we need in CCI5* horses?

• The Laura Collett Interview - Back to square one again

• Ever decreasing circles - Dressage marks at CCI5*

• Spotlight on Stallions - 12 Eventing sires you need to visit

• Should eventing sires actually event themselves?

• Alice Casburn - Meet Badminton's 18 year old first timer

• Zangersheide's record breaking son of Dominator-Z

• German Sports Horse Breeding - no impact from Covid

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INSIGHTS BADMINTON CC15* 2022 FORM GUIDE

• Everything you need to know about the horses & riders at this years Badminton Horse Trials

• Find out who we are predicting for podium places

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Sports Horse Breeding Volume 3

• The Gemini Stud Spring Celebration Competition

• The Elite Stallions £1000 Covering for Irish, Polish and UK Breeders.

• The Olympic Dressage Medal Winners – What have we learned from the medal winning horses at London 2012, Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2021.

• British Dressage Under 21 Long List is announced.

• The Dressage stallion Blue Hors Zackorado to stand in the UK

• Frozen semen and chilled semen – Understanding the relative merits of both.

• The origins of Easter

• Holly Smith to ride Churchill III

• Easter Shopping Guide 

• Ger O’Neill – Castlefield Stud’s ambitious owner takes the stud from strength to strength

• Spotlight on Dressage Sires – Upcoming dressage sires that are ones to watch for the future.

• The World Breeding Federation of Sports Horse Sire Rankings for Dressage Sires – Taking a new viewpoint on how to interpret the data.

• Meeting the new Director of Burghley Horse Trials – Martyn Johnson

• The VDL’s multi-million pound sale at The Winter Equestrian Festival

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Sports Horse Breeding Volume 2

International Show Jumping Special Edition

• The Cordings Covert Coat – The history behind this British Style Icon 

• Greg Broderick of Ballypatrick Farms – Looking at the strategy behind this International Show Jumping Stud with Olympic connections in Ireland 

• Chris Burton – The Australian Eventer announces he is taking a step back from three day eventing to focus on International Show Jumping

• Diamant De Semilly – A tribute to the legendary Show Jumping sire

• Rossdales – Expertise in OPU and Ovum Pick-Up

• The Cheltenham Festival – What to wear and how to wear it

• Holly Smith – The Team GBR Olympic Show Jumper discusses her wider career and plans for 2022 

• Spotlight on Show Jumping Stallions – The leading younger stallions to watch for the future 

• Piggy March – A new stallion ride for 2022 and Championship thoughts 

• The Olympians – A review of some of Show Jumping medal winners from years gone by and what we can learn from them

• Hartpury University – International Show Jumping and more in 2022

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Sports Horse Breeding Volume 1

• Starting Bell – Show Jumping Embryos predicted to rise on 2021 prices

• The Rural Property Marketing in the Year Ahead – Louise Harrison sets the scene on the Country & Rural Property for 2022

• Bubby Upton – Her new rides and new goals for the 2022 season.

• Valentines Day – Luxury Gifting for the special person in your life

• Equilume – Shining blue light on better breeding results

• Caunton Manor Stud – Oliver Townend to ride for Caunton Manor Stud in 2022

• Jumping Breeding for profit – Which sires and which auctions delivered the better returns

• Irish Thoughts on Jumping Breeding – Irelands leading stallion owners talk to Sally Parkyn about their strategy for International Event Horse Breeding

• International Eventing in 2021 – Who were the best horses of 2021 and what have we learned from them?

• Snow Drops – The magic of springs earliest blooms

• Katy Manley – The Tylicki vs Gibbons case; implications for Equestrian Sports

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Christmas Volume 2

• Peter Edwards of Knight Frank – UK Prime Property Market Review 2021

• Susie Watson Design – At home for Christmas

• Snow Leopardess – Catherine Austen speaks to the Fox-Pitt family and 

• Charlie Longsdon about this record breaking National Hunt mare

• Christmas Gifting for men – There’s still time to get that perfect present

• Distance Selling – Mike Wakeling at Lodders Law gives advice buying horses remotely

• The Gemini Stud – Team GBR, Ireland, Europe and an exceptional year

• Stallion AI – A preview of the 2022 stallion roster

• The King Georgie VI Chase – Part of the fabric of a very British Christmas

• Nexgen – The Diary Dates for 2022

• GHF Equestrian – From Monmouthshire to CCI5* with Andrew Williams & Vicky Tuffs

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Sam Watson – Teams & Tokyo - Special edition

• The WBFSH rankings – taking a new view

• Show jumping foal sales reach new highs

• Andrew Hoy – Australia’s eventing Olympian

• Phoebe Locke – From 4* to the future

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The Kentucky CCI5* Special Edition

• Why British and Irish breeding influenced the podium places

• Ballypatrick Stables at home with Greg and Cheryl Broderick

• The importance of Irish Young Event Horse Classes

• Why Thoroughbreds have better physiology for International eventing 

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INSIGHTS MAGAZINE MARCH 2021 VOLUME II

• The VDL Winter Equestrian Festival SJ Sale Review     Boyd Martin – America’s number 1 event rider talks about his plans for 2021 

• Anglo American Alliance – Buck Davidson (Jnr) & JP Sheffield and their unique working relationships 

• Sally Parkyn – The new stallions for Horse Sport Ireland 2021 

• Dassett Eventing – Kate Rocher-Smith talks about the success of her event 

• horse production business in the UK from five year olds to CCI5*  

• Fairlight Stud – From the West County of England to the WBFSH Rankings

• Sam Cutts of Hook Norton Vets talks shares her passion for International Eventing and equine reproduction  

• Allen and Page – Feeding the competition horse 

• Life In A Day – CCI5* Eventer Mollie Summerland 

• Succession Planning - Royds Withy King and James Cowper advise on succession planning for studs 

• DHI Babette K – Exclusive embryos from the Burghley & Luhmuhlen mare 

• Sponsorship – Jodie Seddon of Gunnercooke talks about the steps to take and pitfalls to avoid in equestrian sponsorship 

• Gamebirds Clothing Editorial 

• Nexgen – The UK’s young horse series share their dates for 2021 

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THE 2021 BEVA APPROVED VET PRACTICES FOR EQUINE REPRODUCTION

The British Equine Veterinary Association (BEVA) have released their latest list of approved Veterinary Practices for Equine Reproduction services for the 2021 stud season.

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INSIGHTS MAGAZINE MARCH 2021 VOLUME 1

• Bolesworth sales highlights of 2020

• Review of Irish auctions in 2020 by Sally Parkyn

• 2020 a great year for The Billy Stud auctions

• The impact of dressage genetics on international event horse breeding

• Life in a day — Nick Gauntlett

• Olive Broderick of Kylemore Stud talks about the importance of Thoroughbred sires and her success in breeding international event horses

• West Kington Stud introduces Harry Thirlby

• New full Thoroughbred sires for 2021

• Simon Sweeting of The Overbury Stud introduces Frontiersman

• Hi Form — making good sense with feed

• Gunnercooke — wise advice when buying at auction

• Ginger & Jardine — a very British brand

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INSIGHTS MAGAZINE JANUARY 2021

• Arko III: A Tribute to Nick Skelton’s former Olympic show jumping ride for Team GBR

• The Irish influencers of the global sport of eventing: Sally Parkyn peels back the curtain on Ireland’s most influential people in event horse breeding, production and sales

• Bolesworth Estates: Nina Barbour looks ahead to 2021

• Fairfax and Favor: The growth of one of Britain’s most loved brands

• The coloured horses that excelled at international eventing

• Writtle College: Their own stud and why they are one of Britain’s best equestrian colleges

• Innenminister: The new full Thoroughbred stallion from the Holstein Verband

• Master Imp: The Thoroughbred sire of Olympians

• Gunnercooke: Eventer and Lawyer Jodie Seddon provides guidance on equestrian contracts

• Viagen pets: Tissue preservation of our most treasured horses and pets

• Juddmonte Farms: The realisation of a global racing dream

• Pamero 4: Happy retirement for Gemma Tattersalls CCI5* ride

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The Christmas International Edition

• Goresbridge Go For Gold tops a million Euros

• British Eventing Top 20 of 2020

• House of Bruar Celebrates 25 years

• Life In A Day – Chris Burton two time Olympic Event Rider

• Feedmark – Supplements for the Event Horse

• Hook Norton Vets – Lawsonia and winter management

• Brackenspa Stud – The all inclusive breeding centre

• Equifeast – Brain Food for Eventers

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CC15* 2020 Special Edition

SPONSORED BY BAILEYS

• CC15* Laura Collett interview

• A tribute to Puissance

• Mollie Summerland bucks the trend

• Legal aspect of embryo transfer and sale

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Special Edition: Syndication

SPONSORED BY BAILEYS

• Nick Lucey shares why Syndication 

• works for CCI5* riders

• The Legal Industries Advice on 

• Setting up a Syndicate for Eventing

• True syndicate or a club?

• Vendredi Biats – A Syndicate Story with Championship Success

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GORESBRIDGE GO FOR GOLD

SPONSORED BY BAILEYS

• The Goresbridge Go For Gold Sale Preview

• Event Horse Syndication at CCI5*

• Meet the Goresbridge selector Sally Parkyn

• Jay Halim talks training, competing and breeding

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The cloning Edition

Sponsored by Viagen Pets & Equine

We discuss immortalisation in the form of cloning, we also meet the two clones of Cruising: Cruising still is the most successful ISH stallion of all time in Ireland.

We also meet Britain’s best equestrian portrait artists, visit Irelands new outstanding foal auction, share a ‘life in a day’ with Ros Canter, take a look at Georgie Spence’s CC13*S Cornbury win and the group of CC13*S Co CCI5* eventer’s bike ride from Badminton to Burghley in aid of Air Ambulance.

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FULL BLOODLINE REVIEW OF THE BE TOP 100 HORSES

SPECIAL EDITION SPONSORED BY BAILEYS HORSE FEEDS

For the very first time a comprehensive study has been undertaken of the British Eventing (B.E.) top 100 horses.  

Every one of the B.E top 100 horses is truly exceptional and worth their weight in gold for reaching B.E. Advanced level, and for more often than not having performed extraordinarily well at CCI4* and for a further select few at CCI5*. But what is their Percentage Thoroughbred?

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COOLEY’S FARM INTERVIEW & FULL BLOODLINE REVIEW OF THE BE TOP 100

This month’s Insights Magazine is packed full of articles including the Kronenberg foal auction, Gemini Stud acquires Woodstock Bennett’s full sister and the new passport rules

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YOUNG RIDERS, FLANDER’S FOAL AUCTION, CHILLI’S GEM AND THE PORTUGUESE WINTER TOUR

This month’s Insights Magazine is packed full of articles to keep you informed on the latest goings on in the eventing world, from Young Riders to the Portuguese Winter Tour.

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Event Horse Breeding - The CC15* Change Makers

This month Insights editor Georgie Belton interviews some incredible people in the world of Event Horse Breeding: Caroline Powell, Susan Jenkins, Katie Preston, Anne Staley and Sharon Polding. Also with details of how to enter the Baileys Horse Feeds Futurity.

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Frozen semen: The new technologies behind it and leveraging frozen AI for increased positive pregnancy outcomes

Advances in frozen semen technology mean that mare owners should have more information than ever when selecting their future sires. With vets bills for the reproduction cycles of mares, fees to stallion owners or their representative agents being a sizeable sum; having information about the quality and viability of the semen that you are likely to be using is an invaluable selection criteria at an already costly time of the year. 

Blenheim 2019: The impact of the Show Jumping sires and why FEI Form matters

The 2019 SsangYong Blenheim Horse Trials will certainly be one to remember for a number of reasons including Piggy French’s latest International win at CCI4*-L taking her to number 3 in the FEI Global Rankings as an athlete for Eventing with 465 FEI Points and for the impact of the weather on the 8 & 9 year old CCI4*-S on the Sunday.

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Sir Mark Todd “Over and Out”

The Man, the legend and his International Eventing Career

The 28th of July 2019 will be a day marked both in eventing and New Zealand’s sporting history – it was the day that the 63 year old, Sir Mark James Todd, announced that he was for the very final time giving up eventing. We take a look back at the outstanding career of one of eventing’s greatest living legends.

The Burghley Young Horse Event Horse Series

Shaping the sport of Championship Level Eventing

The Burghley Young Event horse series started nearly 30 years ago in 1990. In that time, it has not only raised the profile of the sport of eventing at a national level, it has also helped to shape many Championship and FEI three-day-event winning horses. 

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The 2019 Badminton Horse Trials Breeding Review

Badminton 2019 will be one that many will remember for years as Piggy French won her first CCI5* in front of an extremely supportive home crowd aboard the mare Vanir Kamira.

In this latest Insights Article we take an in-depth look at the pedigrees of Badminton’s top 16 horses and ask the following questions:

1. How important was Thoroughbred breeding?

2. What impact did the use of show jumping sires have on the leading horses?

3. Which countries did the leading horses originate from?

4. Which was the best performing stud book?

5. What the British can do to leverage future CCI5* successes

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The 2019 Land Rover Kentucky CCI5* Three Day Event Breeding Review

This years Kentucky had an impressive list of International horses along with some CCI5* first timers including Felix Zogg and his 2018 WEG partner Colero.  

We reviewed the percentage of Thoroughbred blood in all of the first 12 finishing horses, the statistics surprised us all very much here in the office. Download the article to find out why. We provide a full breakdown of the scores and look at what makes Cooley Master Class such a beautifully bred horse at this level.

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Looking for the next generation of Full Thoroughbred sires for event horse and show horse breeding

In recent years the demand for full Thoroughbred sires has increased in event and show horse breeding, but the availability and marketing of full Thoroughbred sires has not kept pace with the demand. 

We take a look at: influential Thoroughbreds in event horse breeding, the Thoroughbred sires who shaped event horse breeding at championship level, picking the right Thoroughbred as a sports horse sire, what makes the perfect thoroughbred for eventing and showing? And take a look at our list of the best Thoroughbred stallions for eventing and showing.

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Eventing Sires that Shaped Team GBR: Cavalier Royale

The Irish based continental jumping sire who helped shape Great Britain’s Eventing Team from European Championships to the Olympics. 

Foaled in 1978 the 17hh brown stallion was originally born in the Netherlands but eventually moved to Ireland. Nicholas O’Hare of the Irish Horse magazine described Cavalier Royale, as “the most successful Continental stallion to stand in Ireland”.

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Eventing Sires that Shaped Team GBR: Ben Faerie II

The little legend who made the most enormous impact on Team GBR eventing.

In this second article about Ben Faerie, who was one of the most prolific eventing sires that helped shape Team GBR at Championship level, we review the smallest, but immensely successful dual gold medal winning son of Ben Faerie, Another Fred, who was just 15hh.

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Eventing Sires that Shaped Team GBR: Ben Faerie

The little legend who made the most enormous impact on Team GBR eventing.

The full Thoroughbred Ben Faerie was foaled in 1968 having been bred in the UK by William Hatton. He was bought at Ascot Sales by Diana Scott for the sum of £250 to stand at her stud to breed hunters initially and then sports horses. Ben Faerie sired several of Great Britain’s most cherished championship level medal winning horses including both the European Championship gold medal winners Priceless and Nightcap II. Seventeen years after his death he was still rated the fifth best event sire of all time. Read our review of Ben Faeries prestigious bloodline and his impact on British Eventing.

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Sport horse breeding and HMRC: the increasing rise in tax investigations 

In the last two years, an increasing number of equestrian businesses in particular studs have had an increase in enquiries from HMRC into their status as loss making. Many studs in the UK are run by successful business people who run other non-equestrian businesses and offset their stud’s losses against the tax paid on their other enterprises. Find out what questions HMRC are asking and how to protect your stud from investigations.

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Do we need full or nearly full Thoroughbreds for Championship Level Eventing?

In our breeding review of the FEI World Equestrian Games Tryon 2018 find out if full or nearly full Thoroughbreds are necessary for championship level eventing success. Our detailed review of the top 10 horses at WEG reveals the percentage Thoroughbred breeding per horse and the overall average Thoroughbred blood in the top 10. 

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The FEI World Equestrian Games™ Tryon 2018 Breeding Review

The 2018 World Equestrian Games at Tryon in the USA was an outstanding success for success for Team GB’s Eventing team taking both the team and individual gold medals. Competitors had to endure the challenges brought about by storm Florence disrupting the original programme along with performing in extreme heat. 

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Feeding the Weanling and Beyond - Saracen’s Horse Feed Guest Author

With the autumn now firmly set in, breeders thoughts turn to weaning their 2018 foals and giving them the best start in life as they take their first steps away from their dams. The team at Insights talked to Steph George at Saracen Horse Feeds about the challenges of feeding weanlings, some new discoveries on how weanlings digest their food and how to set up weanlings for the future.  

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Land Rover Burghley Horse Trials 2018 - Breeding Review

With event horse breeding becoming more planned and strategically approached at a senior level, this report reviews the breeding of the Land Rover Burghley 2018 CCI4* horses who completed the full three phases of this impressive event. 

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Eventing Super Heroes

What makes an event horse with 1000 or more points?

What is an eventing super hero? We look at the event horses who have competed under British eventing rules who have achieved a thousand British eventing points, or more.

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