X-Ray Requirements: Owners wishing to present a stallion for Grading should make private arrangements to have their stallions digitally x-rayed by a veterinary practitioner of their choice.

The SSH do not need to be informed that your stallion is being x-rayed respecting the stallion owners confidentiality.

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• Total: Minimum 22 x-rays per horse plus clinically relevant lumps & bumps e.g. Exostoses (splints) etc.
• Front Feet shoes must be removed and feet trimmed prior to radiography. Feet must be packed
• Digital X-RAYS must be dated and labelled with the horses name studbook/passport number and microchip number when available.
• Limbs must be identified with left or right.
• Digitally recorded x-rays must be submitted on CD ROM or e-mail and must be identified on each image file.
• Digital X-rays must not be taken three months prior to submission date..
• X-rays must be submitted to Rossdales & Partners for reading strictly not later than the 9th of January of the year of Grading.
• A fee of £62.50 + VAT per stallion will be charged directly to the stallion owner in advance by Rossdale & Partners.
• The cost of X-Rays will be borne by the stallion owner.
• The SSH will not be held liable for any fees incurred by the stallion owner regardless of the outcome.

X-rays must be submitted directly by the examining veterinary practitioner to:

Dr Frederic E. Barrelet DipVMS (Bern) Dr.med.vet(Bern) MRCVS;
Rossdale & Partners
High Street
Newmarket
CB8 8JS.
Tel: 01638 663150
Fred.Barrelet@rossdales.com

Dr Frederic E. Barrelet will inform your vet directly if your stallions have passed satisfactorily. Only then should stallion owners choose to enter the stallion for Grading.

If a stallion owners' vet disagrees with the conclusion of the findings and results, stallion owners have the right to appeal for a second opinion. This must be done in writing by your vet within five working days of the results being disclosed to owners' vet to Rossdales & Partners.

Rossdales & Partners reserve the right to request further pictures if required, costs are at the owners expense.

When stallion owners have been notified that their stallion has successfully met the x-ray requirements, stallion owners should submit their Grading Entry Forms and accompanying Fees to the SSH NOT LATER THAN THE Dates published each year

NB Stallion Owners must be fully paid SSH members and Stallions Registered with the SSH.

For All Further enquiries please call

Jackie Aird Tel 0844 8465220 (10am -2pm Mon - Fridays)