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▲[[File:Generalstudbookvolume6closed.jpg|thumb|right|Volume Six of the ''General Stud Book'' published in London in 1857]]
▲The '''''General Stud Book''''' is a [[breed registry]] for [[horse]]s in [[Great Britain]] and [[Ireland]]. More specifically it is used to document the breeding of [[Thoroughbred]]s and related [[foundation bloodstock]] such as the [[Arabian horse]]. Today it is published every four years by [[Weatherbys]].<ref name="WeatherbysHistory">{{cite web|title=History of the General Stud Book|url=https://www.weatherbys.co.uk/horses-racing/bloodstock-studbook/history-of-the-general-stud-book|website=Weatherbys|access-date=2 January 2018}}</ref> Volume 49 was published in 2021.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lexa |date=2022-02-15 |title=The magic of the printed word as Weatherbys keeps alive the spirit of 1791 |url=https://www.weatherbys.bank/insights/general-stud-book/ |access-date=2024-09-08 |website=Weatherbys Private Bank |language=en-US}}</ref>
In 1791, [[Weatherbys|James Weatherby]] published ''Introduction to a General Stud Book'', which was an attempt to collect [[Pedigree chart|pedigree]]s for the horses racing then and that had raced in the past. It was filled with errors and was not at all complete, but it was popular and led in 1793 to the first volume of the ''General Stud Book'' which had many more pedigrees and was more accurate. Volume one was revised many times, the most important being in 1803, 1808, 1827, 1859 and 1891.<ref name=Montgomery42>Montgomery ''The Thoroughbred'' p. 42</ref>
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