Cleveland Bay Horse Society of North America (CBHSNA)
By Gabrielle Gordon
sand were imported to the United States, Canada, Australia, continental Europe and South Africa from the 1860s to the early twentieth century. The Cleveland Bay Horse Society of North America was founded in 1885 and by 1907 had regis- tered 2,000 stallions and mares in their own U.S.-based stud book. They were imported as superb farming and coach horses, but interest in the breed waned as the world became more mechanized and horses were no longer needed to pull artillery after World War I. The breed in the United States was briefly revived in the 1930s when Alexander Mackay-Smith imported stock for hunters, while the Hapsburg National Stud (in what is now the Czech Republic) had Cleveland Bays until 1918. Europe- ans used Cleveland Bays to improve their native breeding stock, and today many modern European Warmbloods can trace part of their lineage to Cleveland Bays. It is estimated there are now fewer than 180 purebred
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Cleveland Bays in the United States and Canada. Cleveland Bay horses compete in all disciplines of horsemanship and can be registered with many breed and performance organi- zations around the world. The CBHSNA recognizes Cleveland Bays with at least one-eighth blood and with papers indicat- ing Cleveland Bay ancestry. The society maintains a worldwide census of all Cleve-
land Bay horses, which includes both purebred and part- breds (sport horses) with particular emphasis in North Amer- ica. This census data includes birth information, sire/dam, percentage Cleveland Bay blood and geographic location. The census also records and lists any and all outside breed registrations of each horse as applicable. An interesting aspect of the breed is that it is known for its
prepotency, where Cleveland Bay characteristics can often be seen all the way down to horses with just one-eighth Cleve- land Bay blood. All three Cleveland Bay organizations (United Kingdom, North America and Australasia) recognize part- breds to one-eighth. They can be of any breed combination, and one will find many interesting crosses depending on the desired use of the horse. The most common cross is with Thoroughbreds. The Cleveland Bay is classified as a critically endangered heritage breed. The society is an active member of the
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he Cleveland Bay is England’s oldest horse breed. Several thou-
Livestock Conservancy in its efforts to promote rare livestock breeds. The society has several new programs to promote the breed and established new breed standards to more closely reflect breed descriptions when the American and British organizations were created in the late nineteenth century. New standardized marking sheets were created
TOP LEFT: Idlehour Amarula, owned by Erika Krause, is one quarter Cleveland Bay. It’s easy to spot her Cleveland Bay traits. RIGHT, TOP: The purebred Cleveland Bay mare Foxhollow Windward, owned and ridden by Tina Anderson. She is a modern example of a pure- bred, standing 17.3 hands. BOTTOM: A part-bred sport horse geld- ing, Epiphanybay Celebration with rider/owner Susan Gallagher.
J Ward and Tina Anderson
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