Zangersheide

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Zangersheide
Hessischen Ministerprasidenten Katharina Offel auf B-Once Z 6 mk (cropped).jpg
B-Once Z ridden by Katharina Offel at Wiesbaden in 2013
Rodrigo Pessoa & Cadjanine Z - 2013 Longines Global Champions Tour-2 (cropped).jpg
Conservation status
Country of originBelgium
Use show-jumping
Traits
Height
  • 163–173 cm
Brand of the Zangersheide stud Zangersheide brand (cropped).jpg
Brand of the Zangersheide stud

The Zangersheide is a Belgian breed or stud-book of warmblood sport horses. It is one of three Belgian warmblood breeds or stud-books, the others being the Belgian Sport Horse and the Belgian Warmblood. It is bred at the stud of the same name near Lanaken, in the province of Limburg in eastern Flanders, close to the Dutch border. Breeding and selection are directed at performance in show-jumping. [4] : 166 

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History

The Zangersheide stud was established in the 1970s, with the aim of breeding and selecting horses on the basis of their performance in show-jumping. A stud-book was started in 1992 [5] : 444  or 1993; registered animals have a Z suffixed to their names. [4] : 166  Registration is based on selection for show-jumping performance, and the stud-book is open to any breed of performance horse; it includes horses of Hanoverian, Holsteiner and Selle Français origin. [4] : 166 

In 2014 the breeding stock amounted to some 2700 animals, of which 340 were stallions. [2] In 2019 the conservation status of the breed was listed in DAD-IS as "at risk", [2] while in 2025 it was listed as "unknown". [3]

Characteristics

The horses may be grey or any of the usual dark colours – bay, black or chestnut. [5] : 444  Heights at the withers are usually in the range 163 to 173 cm. [5] : 444 

Use

The breeding and selection of the Zangersheide are directed specifically at performance in show-jumping. [4] : 166  In the show-jumping ranking published jointly by the World Breeding Federation for Sport Horses and the Fédération Équestre Internationale in May 2019, the Zangersheide stud was in second place after the Dutch Koninklijk Warmbloed Paardenstamboek Nederland or KWPN. [6]

References

  1. ↑ Barbara Rischkowsky, Dafydd Pilling (editors) (2007). List of breeds documented in the Global Databank for Animal Genetic Resources, annex to: The State of the World's Animal Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture. Rome: Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. ISBN   9789251057629. Archived 23 June 2020.
  2. 1 2 3 Breed data sheet: Zangersheide / Belgium (Horse). Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed July 2019.
  3. 1 2 Breed data sheet: Zangersheide / Belgium (Horse). Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed July 2025.
  4. 1 2 3 4 Élise Rousseau, Yann Le Bris, Teresa Lavender Fagan (2017). Horses of the World. Princeton: Princeton University Press. ISBN   9780691167206.
  5. 1 2 3 Valerie Porter, Lawrence Alderson, Stephen J.G. Hall, D. Phillip Sponenberg (2016). Mason's World Encyclopedia of Livestock Breeds and Breeding (sixth edition). Wallingford: CABI. ISBN   9781780647944.
  6. ↑ WBFSH/Longines World Ranking List – Studbooks – Jumping: Ranking: 31/05/2019 (included validated FEI results from 01/10/2018 to 31/05/2019). World Breeding Federation for Sport Horses. Accessed July 2019.
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