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Breeder's Premium
A HEALTHY INCENTIVE TO BREED IN FRANCE
An increased Breeders premium of 21% allocated to flat
races in France was passed by the French Thoroughbred
Breeders’ Association at the end of 2006. It concerns, as does the
standard 14% Breeders Premium, French bred horses
or those assimilated to French breds but new qualifications for mares
and stallions have been introduced to obtain 21%.
The aim is to improve
the quality of broodmares and to encourage breeders to send their mares
to sires who are standing within their first five years in France. This
will aid to consolidate French breeding and result in better quality passing
through the French sales ring.
All mares of any age that have produced black-type
on the flat are qualified, alternatively a mare who has been stakes placed
up to third within the International Cataloguing standards
Part I and is a maximum of 12 years old the year
she is covered. That
is to say all the stakes races in Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada,
Chile, France, Germany, England, Ireland, Italy, New Zealand, Peru, South
Africa, United Emirates, United States along with specific races in Hong
Kong, Japan, Scandinavia and Singapore.
For the progeny to qualify for 21% of Breeders Premiums, as a 2, 3 and
4 year old, the dam must have acquired the above
status before the 1st January the year prior to being sent to a stallion
within his first five seasons at stud in France.
The stallion can have stood abroad for many years previously, but it
is only their years at stud in France which count. If a sire stands
for two years in France, then goes abroad in the
Northern Hemisphere for a year he will not be qualified
on his return but of course is qualified the two years prior to his departure.
The sire will however still be qualified if he spends one or more seasons
at stud in the Southern Hemisphere.
For further information on the stallions
that are qualified contact the Syndicat des Eleveurs (French Thoroughbred
Breeders’ Association) by email: info@syndicatdeseleveurs.org or
by connecting to www.syndicatdeseleveurs.org.
