By Eva-Maria Livesey / WBFSH
Photography © WBFSH
The WBFSH is delighted to announce the development of a Data Project for horse id and pedigree data, designed to bring together fully verified records from all member studbooks for the first time.
In recent years, the World Breeding Federation for Sports Horses has gained a strong reputation as a driving force in the sport horse industry’s strive for better equine health and welfare. Key to this endeavour is the promotion of transparency and traceability that will provide a better understanding of how we can improve the breeding of sounder, happier horses. Better data are needed to ensure no horses fall between the slats and will foster the global exchange of information and ideas.
Fundamental to the long-term success of these aims, which will be vital for the survival and sustainability of our entire industry, are reliable and complete horse id and pedigree data to be shared among all member studbooks and accessible to everyone involved with WBFSH member studbook registered horses, from larger stakeholders such as the FEI and National Federations to individual breeders, owners and riders.
It is to this end that the WBFSH has embarked on a highly ambitious project: To create not merely a single central database of verified equine id and pedigree data drawn from all its members, but an entire data flow system between members and users in a revolutionary concept.
To facilitate this world-leading initiative, the WBFSH is working in partnership with Equine Register, a global expert in digital solutions for horse identification and traceability. Equine Register has already been the organisation’s digital partner for several years, having designed its industry leading website and CMS system.
WBFSH President Jan Pedersen explains: “We have known for many years that what our industry needs, is a reliable and complete source of horse id and pedigree information. Many have tried, and many have struggled. We are now in a serendipitous position having found in Equine Register a digital partner with the necessary knowledge of what it means to be a studbook in the modern age, combined with the capability to fulfil our aspirations.”
More than “just another database”
Every year, over 100,000 sport horse foals are registered with our now more than 85 members across 36 different countries. By conservative estimates we assume that there are about 1.5 million living WBFSH member studbook registered horses scattered all over the world... To read the complete article you need to be a subscriber
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