Equestrian Life Magazine September Issue 220 | Page 95

British Young
Breeders

Emma
Cunnington

From Lincolnshire & Nottinghamshire
At World Championships
The British team has benefitted
tremendously from a donation
and training bursaries from
the Elsie Pilkington Charitable
Trust which supports BYB to
help educate young people in
the importance of responsible
breeding with a view to
reducing welfare cases. The
donation will also go towards
recruiting and training new
members and will form the
basis of four special bursaries
to support the development of
talented young breeders. The
teams were also supported by
The Stallion Company.

honoured to be part of a great
experience,” said Emma, who
scored 96% in the theory section
with just one incorrect answer.
The British Young Breeders
training has helped Emma learn
the numerous skills needed for
judging horses’ conformation
and loose jumping ability. “I
have also learned about the
preparation that goes into
presenting horses for gradings
and young horse assessments,
by being able to give the horse
the best opportunity to look its
best, as well as presenting the
horse to the judges,” said Emma.

The championships are open to
all horse breeding studbooks
which are members of the WBFSH
and the teams must be made
up of young people aged from
16-25. The Championship tests
young breeders skills in breeding
theory, conformation judging, the
assessment of paces at liberty,
loose jumping and handling
on the triangle. There are two
sections for the Championships,
Junior (16-19 years) and Senior
(20-25 years).

If Emma was to receive one
of the training bursaries from
the Elsie Pilkington Charitable
Trust she would expand her
knowledge in equine breeding
by taking courses such as the
Thoroughbred breeding course at
the Irish National Stud and seeing
how other studs are run around
the world to help further her
experience and career prospects.
“Initially I want to learn as much
as I can through experience
gained in the breeding sector
then ultimately working at a top
stud or run my own,” said Emma.

Emma became interested in
breeding horses 2 years ago,
after visiting the Irish National
Stud, a renowned thoroughbred
stud and she has now gone on
to study a BSc Honours Degree
in Equine Breeding and Stud
Management at Writtle College.
“I was excited to represent
my team and country, and am

Rosie first became interested in
breeding horses 6 years ago, aged
14. They had bought a mare that
was in foal, though they did not
know this at first, and her interest
in breeding grew as the foal was
growing up. “I enjoy training
young horses and the fact that
good quality sports horses
Emma Cunnington

Emma Cunnington,
19, from Skegness,
Lincolnshire, was a
member of the British
Hanoverian Horse
Society (BHHS) junior
team at the recent
International Young
Breeders World
Championships, held in Bollerup, Sweden on
12 and 13 July.
The BHHS was one of three teams of British
Young Breeders (BYB) representing British
studbooks that were selected for the
championships, organised by the World
Breeding Federation for Sport Horses
(WBFSH), and the junior team finished 12th
overall.

Rosie Bown
Rosie Bown, 21,
from Newark,
Nottinghamshire, was a
member of the Sports
Horse Breeding of
Great Britain (SHBGB)
senior team at the
recent International
Young Breeders World
Championships, held
in Bollerup, Sweden on 12 and 13 July.
The SHBGB was one of three teams of
British Young Breeders (BYB) representing
British studbooks that were selected for the
championships, organised by the World
Breeding Federation for Sport Horses
(WBFSH), and the team finished 20th overall.
could be produced from our
choices and actions,” said Rosie.
Rosie has just finished her second
year studying BSc Honours
in Equine Breeding and Stud
Management at Writtle College.
At the championships, Rosie
scored 84% in the conformation
section and individually she
finished 44th out of the 71
competitors.
The British Young Breeders
Training has helped Rosie learn
how to assess horses on their
ability to become good sports
horses and how to present them
in the best possible way. If Rosie

was to receive one of the training
bursaries from the Elsie Pilkington
Charitable Trust it would increase
her experience and knowledge
of breeding. “It would also allow
me to breed high quality British
sports horses in the future,”
said Rosie. Rosie aims to gain
more experience by working at
a well-established stud yard and
eventually hopes to run her own
stud and produce quality horses.
To find out more about how to get
involved with the British Young
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