{"id":266,"date":"2010-08-09T00:31:07","date_gmt":"2010-08-09T00:31:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theequinest.com\/breeds\/?p=266"},"modified":"2025-10-29T00:11:03","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T00:11:03","slug":"belgian-sport-horse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/belgian-sport-horse","title":{"rendered":"Belgian Sport Horse"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Intro<\/h3>\n<p>Also called Cheval de Sport Belge, the Belgian Sport Horse is a breed solely developed for use as a sport animal in competition.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<h3>Origins<\/h3>\n<p>The Royal Halfblood Society was founded in 1920 and until WWII the breed was mainly bred by the army. Bloodlines were a specific cross between the <a href=\"\/breeds\/belgian-draft\">Belgian Draft<\/a>, <a href=\"\/breeds\/english-thoroughbred\">English Thoroughbred<\/a> and <a href=\"\/breeds\/selle-francais\">Selle Francais<\/a> (with a notable amount of Thoroughbred blood).<\/p>\n<p>After WWII, Belgian breeders focused their attention on breeding an adaptable sport horse by combining their finest bloodlines with those of neighboring countries. That included <a href=\"\/breeds\/selle-francais\">Selle Francais<\/a>, <a href=\"\/breeds\/hanoverian\">Hanoverians<\/a>, <a href=\"\/breeds\/dutch-warmblood\">Dutch Warmbloods<\/a> and <a href=\"\/breeds\/english-thoroughbred\">Thoroughbreds<\/a> with proven ability. <\/p>\n<h3>Modern Belgian Sport Horse<\/h3>\n<p>The Belgian Sport horse is registered with the Royal Belgian Sport Horse Society (Studbook sBs) and is similar in lineage to the <a href=\"\/breeds\/belgian-warmblood\">Belgian Warmblood<\/a>, which registered with the Belgian Warmblood Studbook (BWP). The goal of both studbooks is the same, developing a superior sport horse. These handsome, athletic animals have increasingly grown in popularity among eventing circles. According to the DAD-IS, of 2013 their numbers were between 12000-19000.<\/p>\n<h3>Features<\/h3>\n<p>Average height 16 hands<br \/>\nHighly athletic<\/p>\n<h3>Traditional Colors<\/h3>\n<p>Solid <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theequinest.com\/colors\/\">colors<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Temperament<\/h3>\n<p>Willing<br \/>\nHigh energy<\/p>\n<h3>Physique<\/h3>\n<p>Conformation varies due to the variety of breeds which can register<\/p>\n<h3>Use<\/h3>\n<p>Eventing horses<br \/>\nShow horses<br \/>\nPleasure mounts<\/p>\n<h3>Helpful Links<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sbsnet.be\/en\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Belgian Sport Horse Studbook<\/a> <\/p>\n<h3>Video<\/h3>\n<div class=\"flex-video widescreen\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/K6G3R38rgRU?si=72Q2Xv12c9b_CQ2J\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Intro Also called Cheval de Sport Belge, the Belgian Sport Horse is a breed solely developed for use as a sport animal in competition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10182,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[25],"class_list":["post-266","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-belgium","tag-solid-colors"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=266"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10250,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266\/revisions\/10250"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10182"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=266"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=266"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=266"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}