bloodstock industry
Britishnoun
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She is being lined up to be Royal Ascot's star turn followed by a date with the record-breaking colt Frankel, a prospective mating which has the international bloodstock industry salivating.
From The Guardian • Mar. 24, 2013
British racing relies on a lucrative bloodstock industry to make up for low prizes.
From Economist • Sep. 27, 2012
He enraged Ireland's powerful bloodstock industry recently when recalling "a time when breeding horses was democratic and before breeding had become monopolised by a very narrow number of people".
From The Guardian • Jul. 30, 2011
“You would hope that the entire construction of the bloodstock industry isn’t disassembled piece by piece,” Osborne said.
From BusinessWeek • Jun. 16, 2011
A fundamental problem is that so many of those in senior positions in racing also have interests in the bloodstock industry, or are influenced by others with such interests.
From The Guardian • Jul. 30, 2010
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