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Ep 17: Tullis Matson – The Birds, the Bees & the Pipette, Please

Season 1, Ep. 17

This week, Pippa and Tristan are joined in their brand-new Talk Horse home by Tullis Matson, Managing Director of Stallion AI (that’s Artificial Insemination, folks…) and the perfect person to explain to Tristan that horses can’t yet be bred by the other kind of AI.


Tullis has worked in stallion reproduction for over 30 years and is now channelling that incredible knowledge and passion into a new mission: collecting and storing material from endangered animal species in a wildlife biobank. It’s mind-blowing stuff.


Also – we have our first competition! We’re giving away four tickets to the Royal Windsor Horse Show on Saturday 17th May, with guaranteed front row seats for the Talk Horse Live show – plus some fab merch.


To enter, email us at info@talk-horse.com with Windsor in the subject line and tell us:

What year was the first Windsor Horse Show (then known as the Windsor and Dog Show)? T&Cs will apply 

Competition closes at 2pm on Thursday 1st May. Winners will be notified on Friday 2nd May.


Use the discount code THWINDSOR for 20% general entry tickets.


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