Lexington, Ky – Blood-Horse Publications and Weatherbys announce a joint venture that will combine the strengths of the world’s most successful online services regarding Thoroughbred stallions. Beginning in December 2008, theBlood-Horse Stallion Register Online (StallionRegister.com) and the Weatherbys Stallion Book Online(Stallionbook.co.uk) will cross-link their exceptionally comprehensive and regularly updated racing and sales statistics. Breeders and owners doing research on stallions that have pages on both online registers will be able to easily and quickly move from one Web site to the other and obtain the most complete statistical picture available for the Northern Hemisphere’s top sires.
The Blood-Horse Stallion Register Online will also provide easy access to all the stallions that appear on the Weatherbys Stallion Book Online while Weatherbys’ customers will have ready access through each Stallion Book Online page to the powerful TrueNicks rating service. TrueNicks is unlike other nick ratings that are calculated from a limited group of stakes horses because TrueNicks utilizes the database of The U.S. Jockey Club — the world’s most complete records of Thoroughbreds and their performance — to produce a sophisticated rating based on all foals for a given cross.
“This is the first step in a partnership that unites major Thoroughbred bloodstock authorities in Europe and North America,” noted Mr. Stacy V. Bearse, President and CEO of Blood-Horse Publications. “Linked by the internet and driven by technology, this new cooperation will bring an unprecedented level of in-depth and timely information to owners and breeders around the globe.”
Nick Craven, CEO of Weatherbys Ventures said: “Weatherbys is delighted to have entered into a joint-venture with the Blood-Horse, the premier source of information on the Web for North American stallions. We already enjoy a strong relationship with the U.S. Jockey Club through Weatherbys Bloodstock Reports and Equineline. Now this is the start of an influential partnership with the Blood-Horse which will be beneficial to all those involved in our global breeding industry.”
About Blood-Horse Publications:
Blood-Horse Publications is a multimedia publishing company that traces its roots to 1916. Its flagship publication,The Blood-Horse, is the leading weekly Thoroughbred racing and breeding news and information magazine. The Blood-Horse is a publication of the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association (TOBA). In addition, Blood-Horse Publications also publishes the award-winning The Horse: Your Guide To Equine Health Care, a monthly equine health care magazine; The Blood-Horse MarketWatch, a newsletter for Thoroughbred investors; the official Kentucky Derby and Breeders’ Cup souvenir magazines; Auction Edge; and Keeneland magazine. In addition, Blood-Horse Publications also publishes equine-related books and videos under the Eclipse Press banner, and operates a family of award-winning Web sites including BloodHorse.com, TheHorse.com, StallionRegister.com,ExclusivelyEquine.com, the official store of Blood-Horse Publications, and TrueNicks.com.
About Weatherbys:
Weatherbys is a private company that has been in business since 1770 and is owned by the Weatherby family that has for more than two centuries provided British horseracing with its central administration, acted as its clearing banker, and maintained the register of racehorse breeding in Britain and Ireland. The Weatherbys’ Racing division manages the day-to-day administration of all British Racing. The Stud Book division provides a registration service to Thoroughbred breeders in Britain and Ireland for their mares, foals and stallions. In addition, to the core business, Weatherbys is the leading provider of catalogue pages and other racing and breeding information in Europe.
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