HISTORY & INCEPTION

MEMBERSHIP

EVOLUTION OF POLICY

KEY DISCUSSIONS

PARENTAGE VERIFICATION TESTING

ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION NOT ACCEPTED

GENETIC MODIFICATION

PROMOTION OF MARES & STALLIONS

HORSE IDENTIFICATION

COMPLIANCE

In 2015, ISBC introduced the “Compliance Process” and alongside this the “Declaration of Compliance”, a document which each Approved Stud Book was required to sign attesting to the fact that their Stud Book Authority complies in full with a set of Key Requirements highlighted from the Requirements and Guidelines for Gaining and Maintaining Approval as a Thoroughbred Stud Book.

Stud Books which are found not to comply with the Key Requirements can be categorised as “Under Assessment”, a status which places additional requirements on any exports. Having been placed “Under Assessment”, a Stud Book which is unable to resolve the problems which have been identified risks having the Approved status of their Stud Book revoked by ISBC. Full details of the current status of Approved Stud Books can be found in Appendix 8 of the IFHA’s International Agreement on Breeding, Racing and Wagering (IABRW) click here

WHAT WE DO

STANDARDS OF OPERATION

Continually monitor, review and improve standards for operating and maintaining a Thoroughbred Stud Book through the Requirements and Guidelines for Gaining and Maintaining Approval as a Thoroughbred Stud Book and the relevant Articles of the IABRW.

INTERNATIONAL TRADE

Monitor, review and improve standards for breeding, identification and international movement of Thoroughbred horses to facilitate the international trade of Thoroughbreds for breeding and competition.

FUTURE TECHNOLOGIES

Ensure awareness of the use of future technologies (e.g. gene-doping, gene-therapy) and their potential effects on the integrity of the Thoroughbred, and to determine guidelines for their application.

EMERGING STUD BOOKS

Work closely with emerging Stud Book Authorities to ensure that they meet the required standards of Stud Book procedures for ISBC Approval as a Thoroughbred Stud Book.

BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS

Build stronger relationships between Stud Book communities and between all Approved Stud Books worldwide.

PUBLICATION OF FOAL CROP DATA

Encourage the timely and accurate publication of annual Thoroughbred foal crop records and to ensure circulation to all Approved Stud Books worldwide.

SHARING OF STATISTICAL INFORMATION

Collate and disseminate statistical information on worldwide Thoroughbred breeding