Breed Societies
HBLB has supported non-Thoroughbred breeds since the early 1960s. Grants are made to breed societies and the aim is to improve and maintain the quality of pure-breeding among Britain's native breeds of horse and pony. Since 2010 only breeds that are listed on the Rare Breeds Survival Trust Watchlist are eligible for funding.
Breed societies use their grants to preserve, improve and maintain their breeds in a variety of ways, such as stallion and mare premiums, youngstock grants, DNA testing or blood typing and Artificial Insemination (AI)/semen collection schemes.
The total funding for the year 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025 is £190,000. In addition to the awards to the 12 breeds designated as 'Priority' and 'At Risk' by the RBST, HBLB is also supporting the breed classes at the National Pony Society Great British In Hand Show in September 2024.
Click on the links below for further information on the breeds supported.
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Shire Horse £35,000 |
 Courtesy of the Shire Horse Society |
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Cleveland Bay Horse £27,000 |
 Courtesy of Roy Parker |
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Clydesdale Horse www.clydesdalehorsesociety.com £12,000 |
 Courtesy of the Clydesdale Horse Society |
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Suffolk Punch Horse www.suffolkhorsesociety.org.uk £30,500 |
 Courtesy of the Suffolk Horse Society |
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Hackney Horse £20,000 (for Hackney Horse and Hackney Pony) |
 Courtesy of the Hackney Horse Society |
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Dales Pony £10,000 |
 Courtesy of the Dales Pony Society |
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Dartmoor Pony £10,000 |
 R.A. Brown and Miss S. Sellars |
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Eriskay Pony £10,000 |
 Ruth McMinn |
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Exmoor Pony £11,000 |
 Sue Baker |
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Fell Pony £8,000 |
 Courtesy of the Fell Pony Society |
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Highland Pony £8,000 |
 Courtesy of Susan Wardrop |
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New Forest Pony £6,500 |
 Courtesy of Jane Murray |