HSI BREEDER ISSUE 9 SPRING/SUMMER 2016 HORSE SPORT IRELAND’S MAGAZINE FOR BREEDERS Going Olympic Greg Broderick and MHS Going Global get set for Rio Inside:: Mill House Stud – MHS Going Globall HSI Sport Horse Championships 20166 Mare Genetic Evaluation Reportt Picture: Sinead Ni Riain www.horsesportireland.ie HSI — PROVIDING INFORMATION TO HELP BREEDERS MAKE DECISIONS New equine identification regulations introduced he Minister for Agriculture, means automatic exclusion of the In order to facilitate owners/keep- Food and the Marine has signed animal from the food chain and only ers affected by this new requirement, Ta statutory instrument [S.I. No. duplicate or replacement passports Horse Sport Ireland is offering a 62 of 2016] giving effect to Commis- may be issued and will confirm the ir- recording facility for imported sion Regulation 262/2015 regarding the revocable exclusion of the animal from horses. methods of identification of equidae the food chain. A special rate of €20 for this service which came into force on 1 January is available for horses which are regis- 2016. Imported bred horses tered with the SJI for 2016. Both regulations confirm that the The new legislation requires the The relevant information, forms keeper is ultimately responsible for owners of horses whose passport was and fees can be downloaded from the the identification of an equine and for originally issued by a studbook or passports section of the HSI website at ensuring that the information con- passport issuing body (PIO) based in www.horsesportireland.ie. tained in the identification document another member state to have the pass- is accurate and up-to-date at all times, port details recorded by a studbook in Change of ownership that equines have the relevant identi- the country in which the horse is now Please note that it is a legal require- fication documents issued within 12 located. ment to transfer the ownership of months from the date of birth. Keepers who import horses must equines with the relevant PIO within Keepers are required to submit a notify an appropriate studbook in 30 days of acquiring ownership. completed application for an equine Ireland within 30 days of importing This requirement is outlined in a passport to an appropriate studbook the equine. This also applies to own- statutory instrument signed into law within six months from the date of ers/keepers whose competition horses by the Minister for Agriculture Food birth. which will be located in Ireland. The and the Marine in 2014. Transfer of Failure to properly identify an equine purpose of this legislation is to ensure ownership forms and fees can be commits an offence and is liable on that each member state has a record downloaded from the passports section conviction to a fine of up to €5,000. of all of the equines located in their of the HSI website at www.horsespor- Late identification of foals also jurisdiction. tireland.ie. REMINDER Competition time! Win a stable Discount rate for foal registration tour of before 31 October 2016 Ballypatrick Stables! Return your completed foal marking charts to HSI before 31 October to avail of the discounted foal registration fee of €62 for paid-up members. How would you like a tour of If you have not yet received your foal marking kit: our Irish Olympic rider’s show jumping yard in Ballypatrick • Ensure the mare is named in her passport or identity document. stables and see his breeding enterprise. To enter, go to the • Ensure she is registered in your ownership in the Irish Horse Register. breeding section of the HSI website (www.horsesportire- • If she is registered in an alternative studbook, ensure her passport is land.ie/breeding) or scan the endorsed on to the Irish Horse Register. QR code below and answer a few short questions about your Once a covering certificate is received from the stallion owner against your thoughts on the HSI Breeders mare and all the above details are correct, the registration kit will be sent out. Magazine. You can name your foal at this time for a fee of €25 (for paid-up members). After 31 October, the standard registration fee of €80 will apply up to the end of the year. From 1 January, the yearling rate of €111 (for members) will apply. Closing date: Wednesday If you have any queries, please contact Horse Sport Ireland on 045-850 800. 31st August. 2 | HSI BREEDER | SPRING/SUMMER 2016 HSI BREEDER | SPRING/SUMMER 2016 | 3 Contents ■ Breeder feature Mill House Stud and MHS Going Global the Irish Olympic >> 4-5 Looking to the future ■ Breeder feature with optimism Billy Daly – He talks s Irish horse enthusiasts and about his breeding breeders, we are blessed to mantra, Pedigree and Alive in a free country and every individual is free to breed Performance >> 22-23 from whatever mare he/she chooses to start out with. However if we all focus on the top end of the specific ■ Results market we are aiming for, we will make progress. All forms of equestrian sport have Mare and Stallion changed and the type of animals Selection results required now are different to the type of horses that were the stars 2015-16 of the past. If we want to breed performers, we have to use not only the mare lines that contain perform- ers within their extended pedigree, but also stallions that are delivering CONTENTS offspring that can compete at the desired level. The dream for many of us is to Win a Stable Tour of Ballypatrick Stables ..........................................................................2 breed the absolute top performance Breeder feature: Going Olympic .......................................................................................4 horse. The selection of MHS Going HSI Sport Horse Foal Championship 2016 .......................................................................6 Global to represent Ireland at the Champions from the HSI Sponsored Classes at Dublin Horse Show 2015 ......................8 Olympics has to give us all great HSI Sponsored Classes at Dublin Horse Show 2016 ......................................................10 encouragement, as it demonstrates Lanaken Medal Winners ..................................................................................................12 that in Ireland we can breed horses Irish Horse Gateway ........................................................................................................14 that can compete with the best in Mare Selection Results 2015/2016 ..................................................................................16 the world. If Going Global and his Breeder Feature: Breeding Young Horse Success .........................................................22 partner Greg Broderick give a good HSI Breeder Awards 2015 ...............................................................................................24 account of themselves at Rio, it will HSI Sport Horse Mare Championships ...........................................................................26 put Ireland back up in lights as a Mare Genetic Evaluation Report .....................................................................................27 source for top-class show jumping Notalot does quite a lot ...................................................................................................28 horses. Stallion Selection Results 2016 .......................................................................................30 On the eventing side, the ISH WBFSH Eventing Rankings .............................................................................................36 still reigns supreme and Irish-bred The DAFM Knowledge Transfer Programme ...................................................................38 horses will be starring on several Irish Draught to the fore at AIRC Festival ........................................................................39 teams in Rio. Our own eventing team has two homebreds – Clare Ab- bott’s Europrince and Jonty Evan’s Cooley Rorke’s Drift – with another, Camilla Speirs’s Portersize Just a EDITOR | Alison Corbally HORSE SPORT IRELAND Jiff, as the travelling reserve. EDITORIAL COMMITTEE | Damian McDonald, Nadia Rea, 1st Floor Beech House, Millennium Park, Alison Corbally, Antonette Doran, Lorraine McMahon. We wish Greg and our entire event Osberstown, Naas, Co. Kildare team the very best of luck. If they PHOTOGRAPHY | Horse Sport Ireland. Thank you to all Phone: +353 45 850800 photographers who supplied photos for this issue. can bring home a medal, it will be Fax: +353 45 850850 a great lift for all the industry seg- Email: [email protected] COVER PICTURE | Sinead Ni Riain ments; breeding, production and Website: www.horsesportireland.ie IMAGING | Owen McGauley, Carol Dunne, Ferdia Mooney competition. PRODUCTION | Irish Farmers Journal Follow Team Ireland Equestrian on Facebook and PRINTER | Walsh Colour Print, Castleisland, Co Kerry Twitter and follow the Irish Sport Horse on Facebook HSI BREEDER magazine is produced for Horse Sport Ireland by the Agricultural Trust, publishers of the Irish Farmers Journal and The Irish Field. The publishers do not accept responsibility for the veracity of claims made by contributors and advertisers. While every care is taken to ensure accuracy of information contained in this publication, we do not accept responsibility for any errors, or matters Prof Patrick Wall arising from same. Chairman, Horse Sport © Irish Farmers Journal Ireland HSI BREEDER | SPRING/SUMMER 2016 | 3 Going Olympic County Dublin and in the Cavan Five How MHS Going year old qualifiers.