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CANADIAN BELGIAN HORSE ASSOCIATION  BOARD OF DIRECTORS

President

LOIS SANDWITH

212 McFarlane Rd Kingsley, NB

E3A 6H3   506 450-3994

sandwith@nbnet.nb.ca

 

GERALD HENDRY (Vice President)

Box 91, Kronau Saskatchewan

SOG 2TO   306 781-3364

gdhendry@sasktel.net

 

BARB MEYERS (Secretary Treasurer)

17150 Conc 10 Schomberg, Ontario

LOG 1TO  905 939-1186....

cbha@csolve.net

 

TERRY MORROW (Past President)

157 Chemin de Dalesville Brownsburg-Chatham   QC  J8G 1H5  450 533-6066

morrowsbelgians@sympatico.ca

 

 

Area Directors

MARGARET DENNIS

Rd 110, #460506 Markdale, ON

N0C 1H0   519 986-2738...

kmdennis@bmts.com

 

GORDON NESBITT

459 Eardley Rd Gatineau, Quebec

J9J 2Z1    819-684-4967

riverview_farm@hotmail.com

 

MARK LINDQUIST

4501 Hwy 35 Cameron, ON

K0M 1G0   705-887-3350

rymarbelgians@sympatico.ca

 

ROB GARDINER

Box 1325 VirdenManitoba

R0M 2C0    204-748-1491

krgardiner@hotmail.com

 

BILL PRINS

RR 3, Fort Saskatchewan Alberta

T8L 2N9    780-998-3140

bdprins@telusplanet.net

 

TOM BROOKS

1940 Mt. Newton Crossroad,

Saanichton  BC V8M 2B1 250-665-6168

bmbelgians@shaw.ca

   

 

 

 

CBHA STATISTICS FOR THE YEARS 2002 TO 2007

PROVINCE

HORSES REGISTERED

HORSES TRANSFERRED

 

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

BC

3

0

1

3

2

3

3

8

0

0

2

1

AB

75

58

40

23

30

32

65

50

30

34

30

28

SK

113

128

140

129

49

62

71

65

122

93

94

43

MB

179

237

333

275

284

236

82

110

122

108

136

86

ON

298

219

259

252

222

185

303

250

219

244

242

226

QC

85

71

71

86

53

50

135

105

74

81

91

55

MARITIMES

26

30

30

10

26

18

35

47

38

41

31

29

US

1

0

2

3

1

3

63

47

69

98

43

90

TOTALS

780

743

876

781

667

589

757

682

674

699

669

558


 

 

BELGIAN HISTORY

Each of the draft breeds (horse over 1600 lbs.) of horses was originally developed for warfare to carry the enormous weight of soldiers in armor. These early war-horses, known as either the "Great Horses" or the "Flemish Horse" (which existed before the time of Caesar) were the forebears of all our breeds of modern draft horses. The Belgian originated in the lowlands in the country of Belgium and is the most direct lineal descendent of the Flemish horse.
Belgians were first imported to Canada in the late 1800's and early 1900's.

CANADIAN BELGIAN REGISTRATIONS

Belgian registrations are documented and maintained by the Canadian Belgian Horse Association at Schomberg, Ontario under the rules and regulations of the Canadian Belgian Horse Association and the Livestock Pedigree Act.

In 2007 there were 589 Belgians registered and 558 transferred between owners in Canada. To be eligible for registration a horse must be an offspring of both a registered Belgian dam and sire or be registered in the Stud Book des Chevaux de Trait Belges or be registered in the Belgian Draft Horse Corporation of America. Since the incorporation date of the Canadian Belgian Horse Association in 1907, there have been over 38116 Belgian Horses registered.

In Canada today, as in Belgium 100 years ago, the show ring is the best tool for the improvement of the breed, through competition and comparison.

Canadian Belgian horses are world-renowned and are exported as far away as Japan and South America, and have won top honors consistently at the major shows in the United States.


 

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