The
Caspian Horse Society (CHS) is a UK registered charity with origins
in 1975 to promote and preserve the Caspian breed. Newsletters
and magazines keep members in touch with policy and news, and
link breeders and supporters throughout the world.
A mobile exhibition stand attends major agricultural shows and equine events to reach a wider audience and raise funds through merchandise sales. The Society maintains and publishes registers of pure and part-bred Caspians and is a founder member of the International Caspian Society which publishes the International Stud book.
The
CHS is affiliated to
You do
not have to own a Caspian to join the society, if you would
like to support this rare and unique horse, your membership
is welcome. For membership details please download a membership
form.
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Profile of Jane Holderness-Roddam CBE LVO - President of the Caspian Horse Society
Jane
Holderness-Roddam achieved sporting fame in 1968 by winning Badminton
on her horse Our Nobby, which was followed by her selection for the
Olympics in Mexico the same year. There she became the first British
woman to compete in the Olympic three-day event and won a team gold
medal. She has since ridden, judged, instructed and competed in many
countries around the world, and made a major contribution to equestrian
sport and to the promotion of related education and training- including
that concerned with the welfare of horses and ponies. She has written
many books and articles; assisted in the making of films; and lectured
at the Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester. She is a British
Eventing Steward and an accredited trainer.
Jane
and her husband Tim run West Kington Stud farm, which specialises in
horse breeding and the production of semen from top stallions for
freezing. West Kington is also home to a Caspian brood mare Runnymede
Topaz (by kind permission of Dr Rosemary Harris).