FANTASTIC NEWS, AND WE ARE SO PLEASED. LINGH HAS MANY FANS IN CANADA AND IS NEWLY REPRESENTED THERE.
AGENT DETAILS FORTHCOMING !!
“By coincidence I just received an email from a breeder in Ontario enquiring about two stallions and if foals by them would be eligible for registration with the CSHA. One is Lingh and I am pleased to be able to tell her that Lingh is now an approved stallion in our stud book.”
Established in 1926, the Canadian Sport Horse is Canadas oldest indigenous sport horse breed. We are incorporated under the Department of Agriculture, Animal Pedigree Act. Under the APA, a breed must be designated as distinct ( one with specific breed characteristics that breeds true, and with a sustaining population of animals to continue the breed) or evolving ( one that is on a path to reach a distinct status).
Our object is the encouragement, development and regulation of the breeding of Sport Horses in Canada from an evolving breed to a distinct breed. The aim of which is to produce a horse of sport type, free of pony, draft or stock body types with good dispostion and capable of successfully competing at all levels of competition of the Olympic disciplines including show hunters.
We are members of the World Breeding Federation for Sport Horses, Equine Canada and the USDF – all breeds award prgram. Our members (approx 500) are from coast to coast centered mainly in Ontario, Alberta & BC. Both Ontario & Alberta operate provincial chapters to promote Canadian Sport Horse events/shows in their respective provinces. We also have members in the USA and UK.
Our stallion directory is published annually in January and mailed to all CSHA members. It is also made available at the Spruce Meadows Masters ( Calgary)in Sept and the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair (Toronto) in November. Stallion owners are contacted in Sept/Oct with relevant updates, deadline for copy is mid November. Inclusion in the directory is free with the payment of the following year’s stallion fee prior to publishing.
The stallions are listed in the directory by their level of performance in sport. Basic for newly inspected stallions just starting their career, Bronze, Silver, Gold and Platinum. The Board approved this year, the Platinum designation to recognize those stallions that have achieve an exception level of performance in their discipline in the Olympics, World Championships or Pan-Am Games. Lingh will join Hickstead as our first Platinum stallions.
With so many new technical updates and ‘social networking’ options now available, our website is undergoing a revamp and upgrade. We hope to have it ready in May. We will utilizing an e-newsletter as well as hard copy printed version in the spring and year end.
