World Breeding Federation for Sport Horses

The World Breeding Federation for Sport Horses (WBFSH) connects sport horse breeding organizations with the International Federation for Equestrian Sports (FEI). The FEI is the International Olympic Committee-recognized federation for Olympic equestrian sports. The WBFSH publishes official rankings of horses competing in international sport and also ranks the breeding organizations. Since 1992, the WBFSH has held the World Breeding Championships for Sport Horses, an international-level competition between the most promising young horses in the sports of dressage, show jumping, and eventing.

The World Breeding Federation for Sport Horses has several aims overseen by departments, which are managed by individual member studbooks. The Department Development is concerned with stimulating international-scale sport horse breeding. The Department Cooperation stimulates and coordinates cooperative actions between members, and between the WBFSH and related organizations. The Department Breeding, under the management of the National Studfarms of France, promotes several of the federation's goals for increased transparency in sport horse breeding. The Department Promotion cooperates with outside organizations to promote breeding generally, but also promotes the integration of sport and breeding activities, the organization of the World Championships for Young Horses, and advocacy of the member studbooks and breeders.

Annual meetings focus on methods of breeding sport horses, particularly regarding effective selection. Selection methods are of paramount importance, and the WBFSH and the Royal Dutch Warmblood Studbook (KWPN) in particular have encouraged a great deal of scientific research on that front.

As the link between international sport and sport horse breeders, the WBFSH advocates and mediates on both ends.

The WBFSH promotes the use of a semen standard as a method of protecting the interests of mare owners. This has become increasingly important as artificial insemination has become more widespread.

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