Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine funded/partially funded initiatives

 

 

 

 

National Breeding Services

Horse Sport Ireland wish to acknowledge and thank the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine in the provision of funding for the below initiatives supporting Irish breeders and Irish equine breeds:

  • Embryo transfer scheme
  • Mare X-Ray Screening Scheme
  • Stallion X-Ray Scheme
  • Mare Upgrade Scheme
  • Premium Mare Retention Scheme
  • Colt Retention Scheme
  • Transition from Microsatellite (MS) to Single Nucleotide Polymorphism (SNP) Scheme
  • Equine Breeding Business Report (Business of Breeding)
  • Environmental Sampling with IEC
  • Environmental Research in collaboration with BEF
  • Starting Scheme
  • Schooling schemes (I & II)
  • Autumn Development Series
  • Horse Sport Ireland Studbook Series (Eventing and Show jumping)
  • Breeding Grant Initiative
  • Foal Championship
  • Loose Jumping series
  • Young Breeders Training
  • FEI WBFSH Jumping World Breeding Championships for Young Horses
  • FEI WBFSH Eventing World Breeding Championships for Young Horses
  • FEI WBFSH Studbooks Nations Cup for Young Horses

Equine Technical Support

Horse Sport Ireland wish to acknowledge and thank the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine for provision of funding/ partially funded studbook specific projects as listed below:

  • Horse Sport Ireland Studbook DNA Typing
  • Irish Cob Stallion Mare and Gelding Inspections
  • Irish Draught & Irish Sport Horse, Irish Pony Stud Books Stallion selections
  • Irish Draught, Irish Sport Horse and Irish Pony Studbook Mare Selection
  • Breeders Magazine
  • Linear profiling
  • RDS Show
  • Genetic Indexing
  • Exchange of Information for Inspection Processes 2023 Irish Cob Studbook
  • AMS Upgrades