General Stud Book

The General Stud Book ( GSB) is the ancestral proof English thoroughbreds in the form of registers spread across multiple books.

History

The General Stud Book was first published in 1793 by James Weatherby, after he had published in 1791 a pre-book it. Due to these publications was the confusing breeding and racing situation in England in the 18th century, so that the Jockey Club was founded about 1751 gave the order to summarize the scattered data on breeding results in a single register. The first issue included the names and dates from about 5500 horses. In the following years the Stud Book was gradually expanded and corrected, and finally was 1808 before completely. The pedigrees of the horses listed in it were traced as far as possible.

Regulate

Around 1800, recognized the breeders in England that another crossing with oriental horses brought no improvement and the book was closed. Now only descendants included already registered mares and stallions in the GSB (so-called " pure culture " ) were. At this time, the term " Thoroughbred" for the newly created race originated. The word means " carefully cultivated ". However, the principle of the closed stud book also brought problems, for about 100 years after its creation some re-imported from America English thoroughbreds were not registrable (including Durbar II). The descent from Lexington, the grandfather of Durbar II was not fully clarify so many of his descendants could not be registered.

Supplements

In 1948 two classic race in England of horses (My Babu and Black Tarquin ) were obtained, which were not considered, under the existing strict registration rules as pure English thoroughbred, the rules of 1913 (so-called " Jersey Act " ) have been relaxed: from now had to registered or eligible horses have eight generations of pure blood (about 100 years) and they had to have produced racing services which were due only to the purity of their blood.

International Books

Ancestry evidence analogous to the English GSB are now conducted in all countries where the Thoroughbred horse is bred (eg with the " ADGB « - General German stud book - in Germany by the Board for thoroughbred breeding and racing, Cologne). Through an international agreement from the 1970s thoroughbred breeders associations of most countries recognize the stud book entries of thoroughbred breeders associations of other countries, so that the dispute over insecure lineages that had arisen as a result of World War II (so-called " booty horse " ) was settled and a problem- international trade with English Thoroughbreds was made possible.

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