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British Breeding<br />
MEET THE TEAM<br />
A group of five individuals from different spheres of the<br />
equine world came together in 2017 to form the new British<br />
Breeding Partnership. In collaboration with the Olympic<br />
Disciplines and the British Breeders Network, they will be<br />
responsible for delivering the key elements of the equine<br />
development programme previously undertaken by the British<br />
Equestrian Federation.<br />
These five elements are:<br />
· The Stallion Event<br />
· The Futurity<br />
· The British Breeder magazine<br />
· The Burghley Horse Trials Stallion Parade<br />
· The Equine Bridge<br />
This magazine will provide coverage of all these areas,<br />
keeping breeders at home and abroad up to date with what is<br />
happening in the world of breeding. This is the team who will<br />
ood experience of watching the all time greats competing<br />
at Aachen. Eva runs an equine photography and PR business,<br />
and some of you will have seen her and her camera at various<br />
breeding and dressage events, or know her from her work<br />
with the AES, Stallion AI Servcies and Woodlander Stud. In<br />
her spare time, Eva writes a blog for Eurodressage.com. Eva<br />
says “I look forward to working on new initiatives to support<br />
breeders everywhere in the UK and to blowing the trumpet<br />
for British breeding!”<br />
Jane Skepper<br />
NEWS<br />
Jane founded Horse IT Ltd in 1999 – which runs the online<br />
equestrian directory www.equibusiness.com and the<br />
information site www.horseit.com. In 2012, she fulfilled<br />
a long ambition of creating a one stop shop for British<br />
Competition stallion owners; creating the first edition of<br />
the Competition Stallion Guide in print and online at www.<br />
competition-stallions.com. She is the 4th generation of a<br />
family breeding flat Thoroughbred race horses, pure Arab race<br />
horses, and Anglo and Part-bred Arabs for show jumping and<br />
eventing. Jane also competed to CCI*** Eventing as a Young<br />
Rider before spending a time producing young homebreds.<br />
“I also manage the family stud, Heritage Coast Stud on the<br />
beautiful east coast of Suffolk. It is a family affair as my<br />
husband, Piers Marson, is a designer and brings everything to<br />
print! Our daughters both actively compete most weekends.<br />
Joris van den Oetelaar<br />
Joris has been breeding horses all his life, and runs one<br />
of the largest equestrian show venues in the South of the<br />
Netherlands where he organizes great events from concerts<br />
to big competitions. He has also loved Britain and British<br />
horses – “without the English Thoroughbred, there would be<br />
no modern sport horse breeding! This is why I am passionate<br />
about helping breeders in Britain get the national and global<br />
recognition they deserve through my work with the AES and<br />
beyond.”<br />
Rachael Holdsworth<br />
Rachael has worked in the equestrian industry for many years<br />
as a PR and marketing consultant. She has been involved in<br />
the promotion of the BEF Futurity Evaluations and British<br />
Breeding since 2009 and has also worked with British Young<br />
Breeders, developing a passion for British bred horses during<br />
this time. “I have owned and ridden horses all my life and<br />
consider myself fortunate to combine my love of all things<br />
equestrian with my career. I am excited to be a part of this<br />
team.”<br />
Sacha Shaw<br />
Sacha has been involved with the breeding industry her whole<br />
life, starting with Thoroughbreds and now breeding sport<br />
horses under the Volatis prefix and standing a WBS-UK graded<br />
stallion. From small crops, Volatis stock have been successful<br />
at Royal International, Royal Windsor and many other major<br />
county shows. In 2016 Sacha was the HOYS coloured horse<br />
Breeder of the Year and has also bred horses competing<br />
successfully BD, BS and BE as well as Premium graded mares.<br />
Sacha writes the Breeding British blog and has written for a<br />
number of leading equestrian publications. She worked for a<br />
number of years for Paul Schockemohle in Germany and was<br />
Equestrian Manager for Horse of the Year Show. Sacha also has<br />
a background in accountancy having previously been the Head<br />
of Management Accounts for a large acute NHS Trust.<br />
The team can be contacted through the<br />
www.britishbreeding.com website.<br />
Joris<br />
Eva-Maria, Sacha, Jane & Rachael at the 2018 Stallion Event<br />
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