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| | Guy Vanstraelen's Article @ The Equine Journal Stallion Issue 2002 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06) |
 | | This resulted in one studbook for the provinces Groningen (GrPS), Friesland (FrPS) and Drente (DrPS), combined to the NWP in 1942, and one studbook for the remaining eight provinces of the Netherlands, the NSTg, which was formed out of several smaller studbooks, one of them being the GPS or Gelderlander's Paarden Stamboek. |
 | | Studbooks tried to fulfill this requirement through selection within the breed, hereby bringing the light carriage horses, still in existence in NWP and Sgrt more to the front. |
 | | Studbook horses are then eligible for awards or predicates assigned according to the quality of the individual, and the quality and success of the offspring. |
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