{"id":353,"date":"2010-08-09T01:44:47","date_gmt":"2010-08-09T01:44:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theequinest.com\/breeds\/?p=353"},"modified":"2025-10-30T03:46:30","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T03:46:30","slug":"canadian-sport-horse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/canadian-sport-horse","title":{"rendered":"Canadian Sport Horse \/ Canadian Hunter"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Intro<\/h3>\n<p>The Canadian Sport Horse fits into the hunter type and is a strong contender in show jumping, dressage and eventing circuits.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<h3>Origins<\/h3>\n<p>This breed was developed in the late 19th century and comes from local animals used by Canadian farmers crossed with <a href=\"\/breeds\/english-thoroughbred\">English Thoroughbreds<\/a>. The resulting animal was notable for their ability to swiftly hop over timber fences used at the time. Used as a war horse during WWI as well as an agricultural work, this breed has now developed into a great all around competition horse. <\/p>\n<p>As the breed developed and their popularity grew, the Canadian Hunter, Saddle &#038; Light Horse Improvement Society was organized in 1926. In 1933 this was incorporated into the Canadian Hunter Society which established a studbook. Today it is known as the Canadian Sport Horse Association. <\/p>\n<h3>Features<\/h3>\n<p>Average height 16 hands or more<\/p>\n<h3>Physique<\/h3>\n<p>Good proportion and well balanced<br \/>\nChest is broad<br \/>\nHindquarters are well-defined<br \/>\nLeg joints are solid<br \/>\nHooves are good sized and well balanced<\/p>\n<h3>Traditional Colors<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"\/colors\/base\/black\">black<\/a> | <a href=\"\/colors\/base\/chestnut\">chestnut<\/a> | <a href=\"\/colors\/modifiers\/greying\">grey<\/a> | <a href=\"\/colors\/modifiers\/bay\">bay<\/a> | <a href=\"\/colors\/dilution-genes\/creme\">palomino<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Temperament<\/h3>\n<p>Kind and willing<br \/>\nNatural courage and intelligence <\/p>\n<h3>Use<\/h3>\n<p>Eventing horse<br \/>\nShow horse<\/p>\n<h3>Helpful Links<\/h3>\n<p><small>* all links open in a new window<\/small><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/c-s-h-a.org\/\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Canadian Sport Horse Association<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>More Images<\/h3>\n<div class=\"grid-two\">\n<div class=\"grid-two-one\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/canadian-sport-horse-1.webp\" alt=\"Canadian Sport Horse\"  \/>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"grid-two-two\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/canadian-sport-horse-5.webp\" alt=\"Canadian Sport Horse\"  \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"grid-two\">\n<div class=\"grid-two-one\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/canadian-sport-horse-6.webp\" alt=\"Canadian Sport Horse\"  \/>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"grid-two-two\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/canadian-sport-horse-7.webp\" alt=\"Canadian Sport Horse\"  \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"grid-two\">\n<div class=\"grid-two-one\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/canadian-sport-horse-8.webp\" alt=\"Canadian Sport Horse\"  \/>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"grid-two-two\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/canadian-sport-horse-9.webp\" alt=\"Canadian Sport Horse\"  \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3>Video<\/h3>\n<div class=\"flex-video widescreen\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WKgfaYXcBWo?si=nHGCZ6h97OtLWf0N\" 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<div class=\"flex-video widescreen\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8j09xC-v8Z4?si=nfHnQckRJ8uA9I1O\" 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 The Canadian Sport Horse fits into the hunter type and is a strong contender in show jumping, dressage and eventing circuits.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10357,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[5,4,11,15,31],"class_list":["post-353","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-canada","tag-bay","tag-black","tag-chestnut","tag-grey","tag-palomino"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/353","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=353"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/353\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10358,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/353\/revisions\/10358"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10357"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=353"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=353"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=353"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}