There were a couple of really interesting abstracts from the ISAG (International Society of Animal Genetics) meeting in Cairns Australia in July this year. Most of these will be at some stage published in Animal Genetics. In light of what is going on in thoroughbred circles right now, these ones caught my eye. S0107 Genetic architecture of complex traits and prediction of genetic value. M. Goddard*1,2, 1University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 2Department of P