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Factors influencing the demand for British bred horses

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 November 2017

G. K. Crossman
G. K. Crossman*
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British Breeding Research Group, Stoneleigh, Warwickshire, United Kingdom
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The Sport Horse breeding industry in Great Britain has been in decline for many years. Once, the British were in the vanguard of the worldwide Sport Horse breeding industry, alongside a buoyant Thoroughbred breeding industry. However, in recent years Sport Horse breeding has floundered, with many competitive dressage and show jumping horses being purchased from overseas. (BHIC / Defra 2005) Research has been carried out to identify trends in Thoroughbred auction sales (Buzby and Jessup 1994, Robbins and Kennedy 2001), and Sport Horse auction sales (Hennessey and Quinn 2006). The British Equestrian Federation (BEF), through British Breeding, commissioned this research firstly to ascertain the demand for British bred horses and identify any trends contained within this demand, and secondly to obtain a snapshot of the current horse buying market place.

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Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Science , Volume 2007 , April 2007 , pp. 36
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Copyright © The British Society of Animal Science 2007

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