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THE
KKFPS
(
HET FRIESCH PAARDEN-STAMBOEK )
THE FRIESIAN
HORSE STUDBOOK
The
KFPS is the world registering body for Friesian horses and is the
Netherland's oldest and
second largest studbook. Total number of horses registered worldwide
was 25,000 in 1998. Approximately 19,000 of which were in the
Netherlands.
Today the number of registered Friesians is closer to 40,000.
In
the 1960's the Friesian horse was threatened with extinction. At that
time only 500 of the breed were registered in the studbook. Thanks to
the efforts of certain breeders that remained loyal to the breed,
these horses were not crossed with other breeds. This means that we
still have pure Friesian horses to this day. Due to the rising
interest in combined competition and dressage sport in the 1970's as
well as to the increasing prosperity and leisure time that people
enjoyed the Friesian horse emerged again. The demand for this unique
breed increased and step by step the Friesian horse came forth from
its Dutch province to enter the wide world. It first conquered the
rest of the Netherlands and then spread to countries over the Dutch
border. At this time there are Friesian horse associations in:
Austria, Australia, Belgium, Denmark, England, France, Germany,
Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, North America, South Africa, Sweden, and
Switzerland.
The
KFPS attends to the studbook administration for the entire world, thus
guarding the interests of the breed. The organisation also works
closely with breeding associations operating under the auspices of the
KFPS in other countries. To serve the interest of the Friesian horse
throughout the world, the cooperative organisation known as the World
Friesian Horse Organisation was founded. Within this organisation, KFPS
and the foreign associations work together on a worldwide basis to
encourage the breeding of purebred Friesian horses according to the
regulations of the KFPS. Important in this regard was the recognition
by the European Union of the KFPS as being the Parent Studbook on 31st
March 1995. Meanwhile, both the Dutch and foreign breeding
associations, as well as many other associations are continuing their
efforts within their own areas toward providing the breed with greater
recognition and improving the quality of the breeding stock.
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