News

•   Drafthorse show Koksijde - June 2 and 3
This year the FBBD organises her third Draft Horse Show. After the successful editions in Ghent and Maaseik, it will this time take place in Koksijde (in the province West-Flanders = at the sea!). And this year it will even be more special and unique... a two-day drafthorse event!
At the domains "Witte Burg" (Oostduinkerke/Koksijde), a real drafthorse-camp will be built. On Saturday (2 June) afternoon at 15h30 the Brabants under saddle and driving carriages start for a walk under accompaniment along the rider path by the dunes and at the beach.
      » Click here for more info

•   Other summer activities
4th Flemish Championship : August 15 2007 (in riding centre 't Wannehof in Baaigem)
Annual drafthorse show Ghent : August 25 2007

•   National contest Ghent
At the 14th of January the 112th National Contest took place in Ghent. The "best of the best" of the Drafthorses come to this Championship. After the individual expertises and some beautiful shows, Chantal van de zaaidijk and Pol van Hansevelde became the new Belgian Champions.
      » Click here for the complete result
      » Click here for some extra pictures

•   Officiel contest Oudenaarde
Every year each province has an officiel contest for colts of 1 year old and mares up to 10 years. At these contests the mares are classified by quality and they get a first or second category (marked with I or II in the results). Mares which receive a first category, can participate at the yearly national contest (the Belgian championship).
Sunday the 17th of September the first contest of this year took place in Oudenaarde.
      » Click here for the results and pictures of the contest in Oudenaarde.

•   Reaction on Flemish Championship
We received some comments on our third Flemish Championship from Mr. Niels Poulsen
      » Click here to read them.

•   Drafthorse show in Maaseik
The drafthorse show was this year organised in Maaseik (Limburg). More than 3000 visitors enjoyed our horses, a great success!
      » Click here for the report and pictures.

•   Maurice Dedobbeleer 10 year president
This year Maurice Dedobbeleer is 10 year president of the Royal Society of the Belgian Drafthorse. Time to pay a floral tribute to our chairman!
      » Click here to read the speech.

•   Report international meeting & 3d Flemish Championship
The Belgian committee was tremendously pleased with the presence of no less than nine foreign delegations. Some made the trip alone but the majority came by twos or threes.
At Sunday there was the third Flemish Championship, also a great success with more than 200 Brabants!
      » Click here to read the report of the meeting.
      » Click here for the results and pictures of the championship.

•   International meeting & 3d Flemish Championship
For the occasion of the third Flemish Championship an international meeting will be organised on Saturday 8th of July. The programme of this meeting will be: the history of the Belgian Draft Horse and an overview of the breeding standards in the represented studbooks by their delegate. We expect this topic to be of interest for all attendees and to open more close collaborations in favour of our horses.
In the second part we'll have a short statement about the use of draft horses in recreation. Several organisations will be present to answer all your questions!
The 9th of July the delegates will be part of the international jury at the 3th Flemish Championship.
      » Take a look at our events-calendar for more information.

•   Grooming-course & practical exam candidate-jury-members
On Monday the 1st of May the jury-training-commission of the FBBD, under the leadership of John Vandewalle, organised for the first time a practical examination for the candidate jury-members. There was also organised a grooming-course by the provincial association of East-Flanders. At noon everybody could anjoy the barbecue!
      » Click here for more info and some pictures.

•   New website online
Finally there is an English version of the website of our association.
At this moment several pages are still 'under construction', but the site will be completed as soon as possible!