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Trakehners UK is a name used by the Trakehner Breeders Fraternity (TBF). This is a Passport Issuing Authority approved by DEFRA for registering pure and part-bred Trakehner horses. The TBF had to become a Limited Company to achieve this, and we chose to make it a Company Limited by Guarantee; essentially every Member is a shareholder. Later we chose the new informal name to reflect the fact that we are not just about breeding. The Trakehner horse is a performance horse—bred as such for over 275 years using selective breeding, and is now renowned and respected throughout the world. In fact most of the warmblood stud books have a heavy influence from the Trakehner horse.
We hold an Annual Grading and Show, usually in September, at which we carry out selective breeding decisions under contract with the Trakehner Verband of Germany, and also have many show classes and ridden competitions.Every year we also award the Trakehners UK Performance Awards for each discipline, and the results for 2007 are on the site.
If you are interested in joining the TBF, then please in the membership sectionon our web site, where you will find a membership application form, or make contact with the Membership Secretary, who will be pleased to help you.
