FUTURITY YOUNG HORSE EVALUATIONS
WHAT IS THE FUTURITY?
The Baileys Horse Feeds / BEF Futurity Young Horse Evaluation series has been developed to encourage breeders, owners and trainers of eligible young horses from foals through to 3 years to bring their horses forward into the public eye for evaluation. Young horses brought forward will benefit from being evaluated by experts and from non-stressful handling experience.
As far as the industry is concerned, beneficial data is gathered for the National Equine Database regarding the bloodlines of evaluated horses, enabling the identification of successful combinations at an early age and facilitating British Breeding’s research into breeding performance indicators. In 2006 the scheme was expanded to include a section for sports ponies and a series of regional evaluations, whilst for 2007 the 4 year old Young Horse Evaluations were brought into the scheme having previously been run separately.
As far as the industry is concerned, beneficial data is gathered for the National Equine Database regarding the bloodlines of evaluated horses, enabling the identification of successful combinations at an early age and facilitating British Breeding’s research into breeding performance indicators. In 2006 the scheme was expanded to include a section for sports ponies and a series of regional evaluations, whilst for 2007 the 4 year old Young Horse Evaluations were brought into the scheme having previously been run separately.
Read about the 2005 championships.
Read about the 2006 Championships. (Results available here)
Read about the 2007 Championships and see the award winners. (Results available here)
Read about the 2008 Championships and award winners. (Results available here)
WHY PARTICIPATE?
Participation in the scheme will:
- Get your young horse evaluated by experts and win valuable premiums
- Give your young horse the kudos of being entered
- Expose the most talented young horses
- Indicate where quality lies in individual horses
- Facilitate the marketing of young evaluated horses from foals upwards
- Provide data about the progeny of stallions and mares to enable identification of successful bloodlines at the earliest possible stage
- Provide information about the horses entered which will be of value in subsequent training programmes
- Enable the development of breeding performance indicators (EBVs)
- Supply material for research and development
- Provide data about progeny which will enable the identification, at an early age, of successful bloodlines and combinations
Full details of how the scheme works and how to enter can be found on the BEF web site.