ALISON Corbally, director of breeding with Horse Sport Ireland (HSI), opened the Irish Equine Reproductive Symposium by reflecting on the success of this year, she particularly noted the recent Lanaken success and that the Irish Studbook won the WBFSH leading studbook for eventing this year. She added: “This is a huge success and we should be shouting about it.” In relation to Lanaken, Corbally said: “It is truly amazing that we have won so many medals at Lanaken over the last two years.”

From here Corbally went on to explain the role which HSI plays within Irish breeding and how it plans to build on recent breeding success. She explained how breeding in HSI is divided into show jumping and eventing and that it is constantly looking to the future to how both sports are likely to change and develop.