We are very pleased to have made a start on creating a global overview of the Sport Horse Breeding Industry. When Edward Kendall and I conceived the idea of a State of the Industry Report we were looking for a way to present its strengths and weaknesses, a view of its past and a tool for breeders, studbooks and governments to work with the WBFSH to fulfil our mandate of Leading Breeding into the Future. Hopefully this will be a template for long term data gathering, analysis and planning. At the very least it provides a profile of the industry that interested outsiders and policy makers can reference when considering issues affecting the sustainability of our industry.