UnHarnessed Standardbreds Club
Promoting standardbreds for sport in Ontario
Last updated December 24, 2008
Welcome to UnHarnessed Standardbreds Club!
The goal of UHSC is to promote the use of STBD's for sport and to help prevent many of these amazing horses from meeting the unfortunate fate that a lot of them do. We are working together with other STBD groups to showcase the breed's versatility and to prove to the riding horse world that these horses are not useless and they can do anything any other breed can do!
So please have a look around, visit our forum and chat with other STBD owners and lovers alike, and join for FREE!
Come join UHSC and get UnHarnessed!
Below are some examples of standardbreds given a second chance. You can see more by going to the Success Stories page.
Above is Bionic Woman. She, and the gelding Primrose Express, are two great examples of standardbred jumpers. Both jumped to 6'9. Bionic Woman was a 1974 full blooded pacer. Primrose Express had a very successful jumping career in the late 60's early 70's, and jumped to 6'9 on two occasions.
Sight Unseen, racename JoPa's Tycoon, was a pacer before he was retired. He is now competing at Prix St. George level in dressage.
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The Standardbred Poem
By Catrina Godden
I am yesterday’s founding sire,
Today’s great dam.
The shadow of tomorrow’s
Famed I am.
I boast the great Messenger,
A clever pony or two.
The Morgan and Arabs all three,
Their blood courses through.
For a century or more
My breed has been whole.
My book was closed
With refinement and soul.
I have created new breeds,
This the Saddlebreds don’t regret.
The Tennessee Walkers
Requirements I’ve met.
Though I’m well known
In the arena of speed,
Performance under saddle
Is also my creed.
My gait is not unique,
Though highly refined.
I will travel with ease
Wether you sit on or behind.
With the disabled astride
I willingly obey.
Or as a dressage mount
I will exhibit more disciplined ways.
As a first horse
For the eager and keen,
Or working stock
I may be seen.
My colour abound,
Though no appaloosa or true black.
I am the chestnuts and brown
Of the traditional hack.
The grey with dapples,
All smoky and blue.
Roans with bay heads
Cream and buckskin too.
The warm woody tones of the bay
And blacks that are near night.
Some of my kind
God had splashed with white.
I carry the brand of distinction
For all to see.
That signifies I am a horse
For performance or company.
I’m often misjudged
Because of my name.
It doesn’t imply we are common
Just capable of the same.
I do vary in type
As I’ve been bred for speed,
A horse for all seasons
Whatever the need.
I may earn money and trophies
Ribbons galore.
But winning hearts
Is where I really score.
I am yesterday’s courage,
Today’s gracefully bred.
Tomorrow’s versatility,
I am the Standardbred.
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