SHB(GB) takes over Scottish Sport Horse

    15 Mar 2016   

All SSH graded stallions and graded mares will be incorporated into the SHB (GB) studbook.

“This was not an easy decision and of course we are sad to lose the studbook but the implementation of new legislation, combined with fewer registrations and ever increasing costs, meant we had to recognise that realistically the SSH was no longer viable,” said SSH director Jackie Low-Mitchell of Balcormo Stud, who with her late husband Dugald, was one of the founders of the studbook, inaugurated in 1990.  

“SHB(GB) Chairman Jennie Loriston Clarke said. “We welcome all SSH members and look forward to working with Scottish breeders who have bred and produced many lovely and successful horses and we intend to start by arranging grading dates for mares and stallions in Scotland later in the year.”

Any Scottish Sport Horse members, breeders and owners with questions or queries can contact the SHB(GB) office 01732 866277