Latest Article
700
Km on foot with Caspian Horses - An endurance test with no concessions
by Bernard Peccoud (Translated by
Peta Jones)
It took Namaki and Khalif nearly two months to cover the best part of a thousand kilometres of the roads and tracks which lay between the Pyrenees and the Alps. These two little Caspians, descendants of the legendary horse displayed on the Seal of Darius the Great, King of Persia, left the stables of their breeders in Gommer, Francoise and Brian Smith Boyes, for this long and complicated journey with their new owner.....
CHS Newsletter back issue – July 2008
Published papers about the Caspian Horse
The
International Foundation Caspians
by Elizabeth Webster
The Foundation Caspians, whether they remained in Iran or emigrated in the late '60s and early '70s, are immensely important to all breeders of the modern-day Caspian. They are bedrock from which their descendants now flourish across the world, they appear again and again in the Stud Books. Let me introduce you to some of those that I came to know personally during my time at Hopstone...
The breed standard was drawn up by the committee of the International Caspian Stud Book in consultation with Louise Firouz.
The
puzzle of the Caspian pony
by Louise Firouz
He could be the perfect child's pony, but where does he come from?
First published in Light Horse April 1966.
Text only, reproduced without the original photographs.
A Breeding policy for Minority
Breeds
by G. L. H. Alderson
One of the most contentious subjects in animal breeding is that of inbreeding. Some regard it as a dangerous practice to be avoided at all costs, while others employ a type of inbreeding (linebreeding) as a valuable aid in their breeding programmes...
Publications
The Caspian Horse
by Brenda Dalton (International Stud Book Registrar)
Published by Horseshoe Publications, Warrington, Cheshire.
Guide No.1: The Caspian Horse
by Brenda Dalton
Published by Allen Guides to Horse & Pony Breeds.
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The Caspian Miniature Horse (Research Study)
by Louise Firouz
Caspian Horse Society Stud books:
Pure-bred and, Part-bred.
Available from the Registrar, Ruth Staines, email
The International Caspian Stud book
Available from the ICS Registrar, Brenda Dalton, email