What’s the difference between a WBS stallion and a BSHR stallion?
A. Our Grading standards apply equally to our British Sports Horse Register where the only difference is the percentage of Warmblood (ie 25% rather than 50%) or perhaps some missing parentage. The BSHR stallion has to meet the same level of scoring in the grading and should in no way be regarded as a second class citizen. In many cases this is a stallion with a heritage pedigree and with performance parentage from a time when we in the UK did not understand the value of Studbooks outside of the GSB. We must cherish these stallions for their sporting credentials even if sometimes we are not able to prove all their ancestry.
