British Breeder Magazine May 2020

Studbook - NEWS
Supporting
our Breeders
The AES Introduces Special
Measures During the
Coronavirus Outbreak
Unprecedented challenges require
unprecedented measures, which is why
we are introducing a special ranges of
new services and support initiatives to
help you in these difficult times. These
include online mare and foal gradings,
a new prize fund for AES Futurity foals,
and a new initiative with Clip My Horse
to help you market your foals to an
international audience. To safeguard the
integrity of your DNA records, we have
also invested in a brand new laboratory
called AES Genetics, which will be
operational from this summer.
New £1950 AES Futurity
Prize Fund 2020
We recognise the big effort made by
every AES breeder who presents their
foal for Futurity evaluation. It’s great
news to see so many of them doing
exceptionally well, and we would like to
encourage everyone to take advantage
of this world leading opportunity to have
your foal assessed by a senior
veterinarian and independent,
international panel of evaluators.
Finnegan
This year, we want to celebrate your
achievements with a big thank you from
us. With the British Breeding Team
ensuring that there will be a Futurity
series this year, we are therefore
delighted to launch a great
opportunity of cash prizes for the top
AES foals in each of the three disciplines
of Showjumping, Dressage and Eventing.
The top scoring AES foal in each of these
disciplines will be awarded £500, the
second highest AES foal will be awarded
£100, and the third highest scoring AES
foal will receive £50. The winners will be
decided on 1st November 2020, and
to be eligible, you must have submitted
your passport application to our office.
To find out more, you can email Eva:
eva@angloeuropeanstudbook.co.uk and
keep an eye on our and on the Futurity
facebook page. Good Luck to you all!
Online Gradings and Feedback
Sessions
It is important to us to be able to support
you as much as possible this summer with
mare gradings and feedback
opportunities for your foals and
youngstock while keeping everyone safe
by maintaining social distancing and
avoiding non-essential travel. We have
therefore developed an online
evaluation and personal feedback
process to provide you with the best
possible service under the
circumstances and to maintain safe
accessibility to important services even
for those most vulnerable during the
current coronavirus outbreak.
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