HBV’s annual search for a cover star for the 2023 Australasian Standardbred Stallion Guide is on again, and you can take part by submitting a photo of your 2022 drop Vicbred foal. After entries close, a panel of designers will select six which will go to public vote on Facebook throughout June with the most popular image used for this year’s cover. Please take time to read through the T&Cs below, some amazing photos miss out because they’re not large enough or contain inadmissible content.

ENTRIES CLOSE 21 APRIL 2023

The competition is open to both professional and amateur photographers alike but all photos must comply with the following conditions:

• Entries must be received to contact@hbv.org.au no later than 5pm on April 21, 2023

• Photos must be a MINIMUM of 4MB in size - photos smaller than this are not always able to be enlarged for the cover of an A4 publication and maintain clarity. Note that smartphones usually do not save high-resolution images - there are various free and paid apps available to enhance the size and quality of your photos

• All foals depicted must be from the 2022 crop

• All foals MUST be Vicbred eligible - please check before submitting

• Photos must contain a foal, and may contain the dam and/or other horses, but not other animals or people

• Be mindful that the publication is portrait orientation - landscape photos may be difficult to appropriately crop (larger file sizes may help with this)

• HBV reserves the right to use any photograph entered in Search For A Star in future HBV promotions, publications (credited where able)

• You MUST have ownership or copyright of any photograph submitted - photographs with a watermark cannot be accepted

• All entries must contain the photographer's name, email, phone and postal details PLUS the breeder's details if different, as well as the breeding of the foal (sire, dam, sex, foaling date)