Sports Pony Studbook Society now recognised by DEFRA in UK
Celia Clarke
I thought you might all like to know that the Department or Environment,
Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) has now officially recognised the Sport Pony
Studbook Society in the UK. This is a very important stage in the
development of the SPSS as it means that it will now automatically become a
passport issuing authority for sports ponies in this country and will be
recognised by the EU for that purpose.
Those of you who do not live in this country -- and actually probably quite
a number who do -- will probably be unaware of just how seriously and
thoroughly DEFRA takes the recognition process. In our case it took over 9
months and required us to provide proof of our legal identity (i.e.
registration as a company limited by guarantee), submission of our rules and
constitution for examination, a visit by a specialist consultation appointed
by DEFRA, three special meetings with the British Horse and Pony Breeds
Committee and the National Pony Society and their representatives and a
specific written declaration on our part that we would not issue papers for
ponies eligible for'rare breed' or pure-bred Mountain and Moorland stud
books or grade stallions and colts that had already been refused a licence
by their original stud book. Of course, none of the above compromises our
standards as a sports pony stud book in any way -- and were actually
included in our rules already anyway.
As Chair of the Sports Pony Studbook Society, this is a great day for me and
my committee and means that we can really move on now and build upon the
fact that almost all of the stallion and mares in the Pony A teams for
dressage, plus several top eventing and showjumping ponies are already
numbered amongst the almost 70 ponies graded or registered with us and
provide a wealth of proven British and European bloodlines from which our
sports pony breeders can now draw to maximum effect.
Celia
Celia Clarke
Chair, Sports Pony Studbook Society
~E
Im just curious, after reading an article about a split off between the NRPS
(Dutch Riding Pony Stud thingie) and some new group, whose name I forget.
The new group is of the opinion the NRPS holds no breeding goal at all. Im not
familiair with the NRPS rules/guidelines for accepting horses, but I seem to
remember the only requirement was a reasonable amount of Arabian blood, or
something (dont hold me to it, I may be wrong). My previous horse was NRPS
registered as foal, but I never really did anything with it, or really dug
into it. But there do indeed seem to be a number of KWPN bred NRPS stallions
that didnt make it in the KWPN stallion selection.
So do you have any breeding goals, or is it merely a prestige kind of
guideline? Curious, as I said :)
Good luck!
~E
Celia Clarke
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> So do you have any breeding goals, or is it merely a prestige kind of
> guideline? Curious, as I said :)
Full warmblood/sport horse type grading procedure for both stallions and
mares, including vetting, conformation and sports pony type in-hand, paces
in-hand and loose, loose jumping, ridden work on the flat and/or over jumps
if the pony is old enough, plus additional marks for own and progeny sport
and grading performance is this exists. All judges are either experienced
European sports ponies grading judges/inspectors or internationally
recognsied judges from WBFSH members and all grading procedures are open to
public view (including results) even if they take place on private property.
This level of inspection is unique in British pony breeding and is being
greeted with great enthusaism by pony breeders who no longer wish to breed
just for the showing market.
Hope that helps.
Carol Lambe
English Sport Horse Register as well?
Carol
Petra in Germany
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>Good luck Celia, excellent initiative.
Indeed.
>Wouldn't it be nice to have an
>English Sport Horse Register as well?
Huh ? There is , Sporthorse Breeding Great Britain
Petra