Irish Sport Horse
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| Conservation status | FAO (2007):not at risk[1]: 66 |
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| Country of origin | Ireland |
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| Colour | dark colours, grey |
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The Irish Sport Horse (ISH), or Irish Hunter, is an Irish horse breed of warmblood sporting horse, used mostly for dressage, eventing and show-jumping. It was bred from 1923 by cross-breeding of Irish Draught and Thoroughbred stock. It is a recognised true breed – foals may only be registered in the main section of the stud-book if both parents are registered in that section.[4][page needed]
Characteristics
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Overview
[edit]The main two components of the Irish Sport Horse are the Irish Draught (RID)[a] and Thoroughbred breeds. Historically, Irish hunters were classified by weight typically based on the percentage of Thoroughbred blood—heavyweight hunters were either 100% Irish Draught or 1/4 Thoroughbred cross, mediumweight were half Thoroughbred, and lightweight were 3/4 Thoroughbred.
The Irish Sport Horse received a small (5%) infusion of warmblood blood in the 1990s from crosses with Hanoverian, Selle Français and Trakehner horses.[3]: 476 In recent years, European warmbloods have been used to cross with RID to make Irish Sport Horses because the warmbloods mature faster than Thoroughbreds.[5][6][7]
Horse Sport Ireland (HSI) maintains the Irish Sport Horse Studbook by authority of the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine.[8][9] HSI also maintains a category for Traditional Irish Horse (TIH) which is a designation for horses with only Irish Sport Horse, Irish Draught, Thoroughbred, and Connemara Pony in their pedigrees.[10]
The Australian society, established in 1989, requires an Irish Sport Horse to have at least 25% Irish Draught and no other breeds except Thoroughbred, they require an inspection to enter the studbook, and use the standards of the Irish studbook.[11][9]
Uses
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The Irish Sport Horse is a successful competition riding horse, used in dressage, show-jumping and three-day eventing. The Irish Sport Horse Studbook is often highly placed in the annual eventing rankings of the World Breeding Federation for Sport Horses, and was in first place in each year from 2012 to 2016.[12]
Notes
[edit]- ^ "RID" is used universally as initials meaning "Registered Irish Draught".
See also
[edit]- List of Irish Sport Horse eventers
- List of Irish Sport Horse show jumpers
- List of horse breeds of the British Isles
References
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ "The Irish Draught Sport Horse". Irish Draught Horse Society of North America.
- ^ a b Porter, Valerie; Alderson, Lawrence; Hall, Stephen J.G.; Sponenberg, D. Phillip (2016). Mason's World Encyclopedia of Livestock Breeds and Breeding (Sixth ed.). CABI. ISBN 9781780647944.
- ^ "Rules and Practices Relating to the Irish Horse Register" (PDF). Retrieved 28 November 2024.
- ^ "Irish Sport Horse Studbook". Horse Sport Ireland. Retrieved 28 November 2024.
- ^ Salem, Patricia (16 September 2020). "Discover the Irish Sport Horse". FEI.
- ^ "The Top 6 Breeds of Sport Horses in the World". The Irish Draught.
- ^ "Breeding". Horse Sport Ireland.
- ^ a b "About". The Irish Draught and Sport Horse Society Australia.
- ^ "Traditional Irish Horse Category ISH (TIH)". Horse Sport Ireland. Retrieved 28 November 2024.
- ^ "Eligibility and Process for ISH and Purebred Studbook Registration - A Quick Reference Guide". The Irish Draught and Sport Horse Society Australia.
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- World Breeding Federation for Sport Horses studbook rankings:
- "WBFSH Rankings 2012". Archived from the original on 13 May 2013.
- "WBFSH Rankings 2013" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 November 2013. Retrieved 24 December 2013.
- "WBFSH Rankings 2014" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 June 2018. Retrieved 6 May 2017.
- "WBFSH Rankings 2015" (PDF).[permanent dead link]
- "WBFSH Rankings 2016" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 May 2018. Retrieved 6 May 2017.
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