Belgian Sport Horse
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- sBs
- Belgian Halfblood
- Belgian Halfbred
- Belgisch Sportpaard
- Cheval de Sport Belge[2]
- Demi-Sang Belge
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| Country of origin | Belgium |
| Distribution | southern Belgium, Wallonia |
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The Belgian Sport Horse, Dutch: Belgisch Sportpaard, French: Cheval de Sport Belge, is a Belgian breed of warmblood sport horse. It is one of three Belgian warmblood breeds or stud-books, the others being the Belgian Warmblood and the Zangersheide. It is bred for dressage, for show-jumping and for three-day eventing.[4]: 164
The Belgian Sport Horse has its origins in the early twentieth century, when warmblood horses were bred by cross-breeding imported Selle Français and Thoroughbred stallions with local animals of the Belgian Draught breed, with the intention of producing cavalry horses.[3]: 444 Later influences were from Selle Français, Dutch Warmblood and Hanoverian. A breed society, La Société d'Encouragement pour l'Elevage du Cheval d'Armes, was established in 1920;[5] from about 1930 the principal aim was to breed horses for leisure use[3]: 444 and the name Société du Cheval de Demi-sang Belge was adopted.[5] In 1967 it became a royal society, with the name Société Royale du Cheval de Demi-sang Belge.[3]: 444 In 1991 the society adopted the name Studbook SBS or SBS Studbook.[5]
In 2007 the conservation status of the breed was listed by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations as "not at risk".[1]: 9 No population data has been reported to DAD-IS since 2013, when the total number for the breed was estimated at 12000–19000; its conservation status in 2025 was "unknown".[2]
