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The
Cape Boerperd Breeders Society was formed in 1948
when a group of horse enthusiasts realized that the
Boerperd was quickly disappearing in our
mechanical age. These people realized how popular the old Cape Horse was
throughout the world, and how the
Cape Horse was famous for it’s hardiness, endurance and it’s ability to work
hard on minimum feed, yet still maintain condition. All
these outstanding characteristics made people work hard
to raise a breed that would display all these characteristics and improve and
refine it to be ideally suitable for South African
conditions. The Cape Boerperd Horse is a multi purpose
horse that can be used for work, pleasure and show.
The Cape Boerperd Horse is used for hard,
demanding farm work, therefore it must be
very hardy and have plenty
of stamina. They need to be comfortable to ride, with
enough speed at various gaits to make them pleasure
horses for all who ride them.
It must possess enough style and action to compete well
in the show ring in any breeding, saddle or harness class. The Cape Boerperd is
well known for it’s good temperament and therefore is
very suitable for riders of all ages as a work, pleasure and sport horse.
Right now there is keen
interest in the Cape Boerperd from many other
countries, and members of the Cape Boerperd breeders
Society are spread across the country with a bigger concentration in the Eastern
and Western Cape and Griekwas.
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