Over the last few years stallions from the Stud have traveled to New South Wales, Queensland and Victoria in Australia, Cape Town in South Africa and Rio de Janeiro in Brazil. This adds a new dimension to what is already an international business. The National Stud is open to the general public from early March until the end of September. Visitors are taken on guided tours and are able to see the stallions, mares and foals and to learn a little of how the Stud operates. An internationally recognised student course is held and given their time generously to the students.
Students come from as far afield as Australia, New Zealand, Japan and South America.
The students arrive at The National Stud to spend the stud season learning about Thoroughbred breeding and to learn from world renowned authorities, many of whom are based in Newmarket. Each year, during the Tattersalls December breeding stock sale, The National Stud puts on the Stallion Parade and Fair, which brings to Newmarket some 30 of the country's top stallions together with over 120 exhibitors displaying the latest in goods and services for the equine industry. Visited by over 6,000 people over the two days of the Fair, this event has become firmly established in the calendar for everyone wanting to keep abreast of the latest developments within the world of the horse.