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People have been crossbreeding
Friesians for more than a century. In 1879 the Friesian registry created two books for registration, one book for purebred Friesians, and another book for crossbreds. Crossbreeding had become so common by 1907 that the rules were again changed, combining the two books
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Friesian Sporthorse. Either way, the goal is to produce animals suitable for the sport disciplines of
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Friesian Sporthorses was founded in 2007 by the Friesian Sporthorse Association (FSA) and in 2008 the FSA trademarked the name "Friesian Sporthorse". The Friesian Sporthorse Association was initially founded in the United States, but shortly thereafter a branch was added in Australia, and the
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Friesian, and two books were again created. Eventually two separate Friesian registries were created, Dutch and German.
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and named after himself. Wagner co-founded the
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