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Canadian Sport Horse Association
Est1926
The Canadian Sport Horse is Canada’s oldest indigenous sport horse breed. Canadian Sport horses compete internationally in dressage, jumper, eventing & hunter.
Formed in 1926, the Canadian Sport Horse Association is the oldest sport horse registry in Canada. It was originally created with the intention of assisting breeders to improve local stock by inspecting their farm mares for soundness and conformation and encouraging the use of approved Thoroughbred stallions. In 2010, our Studbook was amended and approved by the Minister of Agriculture to comply with the requirements of an “evolving breed” status and to reflect the changing standards and practices of the sport horse world. All animals must fulfill inspection requirements to be approved as breeding stock. Our aim of producing sound athletic performers has not changed. Our Evolving Breed status provides CSH breeders the freedom and unique op- portunity to include influential performance bloodlines and refinement breeds into their breeding programs, based on genetics and market trends plus have the credibility of registering their horses with an internationally respected studbook
CSHA Mare & Stallions Inspections
The Canadian Sport Horse Association has been inspecting horses for breed improvement since before its in- corporation in 1933. Horses should be of sport horse type; defined as a horse that is built to succeed in the hunter, jumper, and dressage or eventing disciplines.
Inspections are based upon standard internationally accepted practices. Horses being presented for breeding approval must undergo a rigorous inspection of conformation, movement, soundness and free-jump – manda- tory for stallions, optional for mares. Stallions, which must already be registered with an acceptable studbook, are also required to complete a recognized Stallion Performance Test or to achieve certain performance criteria in competition before receiving full breeding approval.
The Canadian Sport Horse will consider sight unseen approvals for mares and stallions that have received breeding approval with their breed registry provided that approval process meets or exceeds that of the CSHA. Performance results in conjunction with pedigree will also be considered on a case by case basis. Olympic Gold Medalist Eric Lamaze’s Hickstead for example, was approved for breeding with the Canadian Sport Horse Asso- ciation as a Platinum Stallion. Platinum is the highest approval rating for the CSHA. Internationally performing stallion and mares help the CSHA to incorporate high performance athletes into the breeding populations. Once breeding approval is granted for mares or stallions, all progeny may be identified either as full bred ( both parents identified with the CSHA) or part bred (one parent identified with the CSHA) Canadian Sport Horses.
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