ICS LTD INSPECTION IN GERMANY

ON 2ND MAY 2009

On 2nd May 2009 the ICS Ltd held it's first ever ICS Ltd Stud Book

THAICS e.V. is affiliated to the ICS Ltd in Ireland and is approved

by the ICS Ltd to represent the ICS Ltd Irish Cob Stud Book

& the ICS Ltd Irish Cob Part Bred Stud in Germany.

THAICS e.V. is very active in working to train ICS Ltd inspectors

 in Germany to acquire the skills necessary to ensure that only animals which are of the Irish Cob type in Germany, enter the Supplementary Section of the ICS Ltd Irish Cob Stud Book in Ireland.

The work put in by the ICS Ltd Grade 2 trainee inspectors from

February 2009 was evident, when all the trainees were awarded

 a one year provisional ICS Ltd Grade 2 inspector licence

 following an exam which was carried out on 2nd May 2009.

Even though the original, most typical colour, of the Irish Cob

 breed would have been black & white, or black - usually with white leg markings and a blaze and even white belly markings

 (referred to as splashed or blagdon), a greater variety of coat colours

 are now more commonly seen in the Irish Cob breed.

With their long flowing manes, tails and leg feathering,

 together with the wide range of colours (including white body markings) an Irish Cob show class is a feast for the eyes and the THAICS e.V. stallion show on 2nd May 2009 certainly lived up to my expectations.

On 2nd May 2009 in Germany, in the  beautiful Bavarian Woods,

The ICS Ltd registered many fine Irish Cob stallions into the

 ICS Ltd Irish Cobs Stud Book in Ireland.

The ICS Ltd plans to hold it's annual international conference in September 2009 and on the the topics for discussion will be the possibility of establishing an International Irish Cob Breeding Programme, which would include the use of semen, ova and embryos in compliance with EU requirements in relation to Zootechnical and Genealogical conditions.

Report by

Evelyn Flynn

3rd June 2009