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About Friesian Horses
Knapp Friesians is proud to be a member of the Friesian
Horse Association of North America (FHANA). FHANA has a
very informative web site at www.fhana.com
FHANA is the North American affiliate of Het Friesch
Paarden-Stamboek (The Friesian Horse Studbook), also
known as the FPS. This registry was founded in 1879 in
the Netherlands and has more than 40,000
registered horses and 12,000 members living on every inhabited continent.
Inspectors from the Dutch Studbook carefully inspect and
grade the horses.
The (Dutch) registry, Friesch Paarden-Stamboek (FPS), is much more highly regulated than United States-based horse registries. Most Friesian horses are graded at least twice in their lives and only a small number of stallions are approved for breeding.
Click here for very basic information about the FPS registration and grading system.
In order to be approved for breeding,
stallions must pass exacting examinations of pedigree,
conformation, quality of gaits and movement, performance
under saddle, performance as driving horses, and they
must also demonstrate good temperament and trainability.
Only a tiny percentage of FPS-registered stallions are
deemed to have the qualities needed to improve the breed
for future generations. This strict stallion selection
by the Dutch Studbook is what makes Friesian horses
continuously better and better, without losing the
magical quality that attracts us to the breed.
You can
visit the FPS web site at www.fps-studbook.com
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