Chief Executive: Sam Sheppard
  General Manager: Mrs. Cheryl Caves
  Assistants: Mrs Candy Wight / Miss Susan Carroll
  European Office: Stanstead House, The Avenue, Newmarket, Suffolk, CB8 9AA
Telephone: +44 1638 667960 Fax: +44 1638 667270
Email: info@ebfhorseracing.co.uk
  USA Office: 2816 Bowman Mill Road, Lexington, KY 40513
Telephone: +1 859 224 8597 Fax: +1 859 224 8977
  Website: www.ebfhorseracing.com
The European Breeders' Fund was established in 1983

The original participating countries were France, Great Britain, and Ireland. They were joined in 1986 by Germany and Italy and in 1989 by Switzerland.

The Fund was established as a European counterpart to the Breeders' Cup scheme which was being set up in the USA for the purpose of revitalizing the American racing industry through revenue being drawn from stallion fees. The EBF was intended to be not only a measure of self-help for European racing, but also a means of securing access for European horses to some of the benefits of the Breeders' Cup scheme through Cross-Registration.


EBF CO-ORDINATING COMMITTEE

Charles-Henri de Moussac: Chairman
Philip Freedman
Chris Harper
 ] British EBF
] 		John O’Connor
Harry McCalmont		 ] Irish EBF
]
Charles-Henri de Moussac

] French EBF

Rolf Leisten ] German EBF
Dr Annibale Brivio-Sforza ] Italian EBF Dr Hanspeter Meier ] Swiss EBF

EBF Contributions:
Stallions standing inside the “EBF Area”

    * Each stallion registering with the EBF must pay a fee equal to the average value of nominations &sold each year (subject to £300/€450 minimum).  This fee (called the “Standard Contribution”) is discounted to 70% if sold on 1st October terms or 60% of sold on Live Foal/Special Live Foal terms.

    * Stallions covering 65-85 mares must pay 1½  the Standard Contribution; those covering 86-120 mares   must pay twice the Standard Contribution, and those covering 121+ must pay 3 times the Standard.

 

Stallions standing outside the “EBF Area”

    * Stallion’s standing in the Northern Hemisphere wishing to register with the EBF must pay a fee equal to 50% of the advertised fee or “farm” price.
    Stallions standing in the Southern Hemisphere must pay 25% of the advertised fee or “farm” price.
    Stallion’s which shuttle between the Northern and Southern Hemispheres will be required to make a separate payment for each covering season.

    Progeny by EBF registered stallions, conceived in the year in which the full contribution has been paid, are automatically EBF Eligible.

Click Here to visit our EBF Registration of Stallions page

 

EBF <--> Breeders’ Cup (BCL) Cross Registration

The EBF/BCL Cross Registration Agreement was terminated, at the request of Breeders’ Cup, on 31st December 2010. 

However, the benefits of the Cross Registration Agreement, for horses by Breeders’ Cup registered stallions, will continue to apply to foals born in 2011 and earlier.

THESE FOALS CAN BE NOMINATED TO THE EBF, AND QUALIFY FOR THE EBF PROGRAMME, AT ONE OF THREE STAGES, VIZ:-

$500 (or sterling/euro equivalent)
By MAY 1ST of the yearling year

OR

$3,000 (or sterling/euro equivalent)
By FEBRUARY 15TH of the two-year-old year

OR

$6,000 (or sterling/euro equivalent)
By JUNE 30TH of the two-year-old year

 

From the 2011 Covering Season (foals of 2012), ANY stallion standing outside the “EBF Area” can register with the EBF, thus making all progeny, conceived in the year in which full payment is received eligible for the EBF Programme.

Progeny by stallions that stood outside the “EBF Area” and which were not registered with the EBF in the year of conception will be able to be nominated to the EBF as set out above.

PLEASE NOTE – progeny by stallions which stood INSIDE the “EBF Area” and were not registered with the EBF in the year of conception will NOT be able to be nominated to the EBF.

 

BCL/EBF COMMON FUND

This fund was set up to allow stallions, standing outside the EBF and BCL areas, to make contributions, which then allowed the stallions’ progeny to be nominated to the EBF or BCL, or both.

The proceeds of stallion contributions were shared between EBF and BCL, whilst the nomination fees for foals/yearlings were retained by the organization to which they were paid.

The Common Fund ceased to exist from 31st December 2010, following Breeders’ Cup’s decision to terminate the Common Fund Agreement.

Foals conceived in 2008, 2009 and 2010 (foals of 2009, 2010 and 2011) by Common Fund stallions, can still be nominated to the EBF as in the past.

Please visit our Common Fund page for more information.



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