EMBRYO TRANSFER CENTRE

Twemlows Hall specialises in Embryo Transfer and 2007 got off to a flying start when the Badminton and Burghley winner, Headly Britannia arrived to take up her Twemlows Hall Burghley Scholarship (see below).

Headley Britannia (centre above), winner of Burghley 2006 and Badminton 2007,
with her two in-foal recipients, Pippa and Bear.

Michaela KÖlling, VetMed MRCVS, heads up the Embryo Transfer department with dedicated purpose built facilities. Michaelia is also responsible for all veterinary work in connection with AI, ET and infertility investigations.

As a result of the demand we have had for embryo transfer work we are looking for more recipient mares - ideally over 16.1hh (but sometimes we need from 15.2hh to 16.1hh), mares who have for some reason become unrideable and are looking for a good home; age 3 to 9 years with no stable vices. We are given some mares - lent others - and occasionally pay for some!

Headley Britannia, Little Tiger, The Wexford Lady
All three mares completed Badminton this year and met up again when on their ET programmes at Twemlows Hall

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TWEMLOWS HALL BURGHLEY SCHOLARSHIP

In order to encourage more people to breed from the top mares Twemlows Hall are offering a scholarship to the best of the best in three day eventing.

More British Horses

The British Equestrian Federation's (BEF's) vision for More People, More Horses, More Places and More Medals, specifically More Horses, has been generously supported by the Land Rover Burghley Horse Trials and Twemlows Hall Stud Farm.

The BEF's British Breeding seeks to promote the breeding of British horses and ponies and, through the Twemlows Hall Burghley Award, we see the highest placed British bred or domiciled mare at Burghley this year (provided she finishes in the top 20%) presented with a package for two embryo transfers to be taken up in the year following the event, valued at up to £5000.

Already awarded retrospectively to the 2006 winner, Headley Britannia, this Award means that one of the impediments to using top mares to breed from, that they are often in the prime of their competitive lives as well as at the optimum age for breeding, is overcome. Embryo transfer enables foals to be bred from top mares, without disrupting their competitive careers.

Says Andrew Finding, Chief Executive of the BEF "It is one of the most important objectives of the Strategy for the Horse that we should seek to have an increasing number of our international riders mounted on British bred horses in the future and the support offered by both the Land Rover Burghley Horse Trials and Twemlows Hall Stud Farm are positive advances which we welcome".

Land Rover Burghley Horse Trials Event Director, Elizabeth Inman, says "We are pleased that Twemlows Hall is making this award in support of the national Strategy and hope to see the offspring of the embryo transfer breeding programme competing at Burghley in the future".

British Equestrian Federation: www.bef.co.uk Tel 02476 698871
Twemlows Hall Stud Farm: www.twemlows.co.uk Tel 01948 664966

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