Book Review

By Sue Wingate

Sport Horse Annual 2000

Published by British Horse Database - Paperback £24.75

This book provides breeders with all the relevant information they are likely to need when planning matings to produce the top class horses that will represent the cream of British breeding in the disciplines of Dressage, Eventing and Show Jumping in the years to come.

Informative articles preface the listings, including BHD Leading Sire and Mare rankings, The National Stallion Association's Performance tested stallions; an A-Z of registered horses competing in 1999 and the database of stallions. The latter provides breeders with a great deal of information, including a list of progeny (eligible for points), their lifetime points and the lifetime points of all a sire's progeny.

This latest edition of the manual now indicates whether a stallion has undergone grading with his own breed society and also indicates which stallions are available through AI. Whether you are planning to breed one foal or several this year, this book will undoubtedly prove to be an indispensable book of reference.

The book is available from Hugh McMahon at www.sporthorse-breeder.com