Resurrecting this thread to see if anyone knows why Irish Sport Horse is not included in the All Breeds categories? Guessing because it’s an Irish registry and the actual breeds can vary, but it’s a shame that there is no recognition for horses imported from Ireland that are not of Irish Draught breeding.
An Irish Sport Horses from Ireland is a horse from Ireland that doesn’t fit in another registry. In the US an Irish Draught Sport Horse has to be part Irish Draught. If the horse passes inspection she is a Registered Irish Draught Sport Horse
Define an unusual breed? Is it low numbers as compared to others? Is it a non-warmblood or unconventional breed in the discipline of dressage? Is a breed not specifically genetically selected for the purpose of dressage? I have my umpteenth (honestly would hurt my head to count back) Welsh cob nominated for All-breeds. His sire (also formerly owned by me) won more than one All-breeds award. I also have a Morgan who I have nominated for All-Breeds. I certainly don’t consider the Morgan as a breed as unusual but I do think they’re often overlooked as being a capable option for us mere mortals to work our way up through the levels. I also have a Navajo mustang who is an absolutely awesome mover, very baroque, but I knew when I bought him that dressage would be how he’s trained but trail riding would be his discipline. He is far too committed to energy efficiency to ever be happy competing in a 20 x 60 meter postage stamp 
Wish he thought differently but I learned a long time ago to go where a horse tells you he/she is happiest. Fortunately for me when I bought him my plan for him was as a trusty trail mount. I apologize for derailing this topic/thread a bit.
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If there was an Irish Sport Horse registry that wanted to sponsor all breeds then they certainly could do that. It’s really up to the breed associations and registries. But I don’t think there is a US based ISH registry since it basically just means “part bred horse born in Ireland”.
You could also look at performance registries like American Warmblood Society which offered all breed awards at some point.
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There is a Warm blood Studbook of Ireland that registers continental bred horses. The founder was pretty active on the sporthorse breeding page.
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Shagya Arabian. Though we haven’t competed in a few years
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I have a horse registered Caballo Deporte Espanol - and they don’t offer all breeds.
IRHR - International Rescue Horse Registry
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Fjord, unusual in most areas, but I’m sure in the Midwest they are less uncommon.
Thanks, I will look into that. I primarily compete in eventing, but have crossed over into the dressage world recently. There are so many nice horses in the US now that are ISH - would love for there to be a way for them to be recognized in straight dressage as well.
Not sure we’d quite qualify for this?? He’s an upper level event horse that I am now doing straight dressage on as well.
My coach has mentioned this to me. I have a talented curly mare. Haven’t bothered registering her, but i could through either or both of two registries. Up’n’comer off-breeds in my training rotation are: Standardbred, pony mule, and…mustangs.
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I have a mustang mare. We competed at training level this past year and hoping to show first level next year as long as training this winter goes well. Mustangs are eligible for All Breeds if they’re registered with the American Mustang and Burro Registry which was a simple process.
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Don’t know what it looks like on the US-side of the Atlantic, but most ISHs you’ll come across on this side of it are mostly European warmbloods of various registries anyway.
If you want the ‘traditional’ ISH – Registered Irish Draught X TB – you have to look for it. The WB crosses with bits of TB and RID have taken over the world.
In the US horses with at least 1/4 Irish Draught are registered as IDSH. They can be inspected and if approved become RIDSH. The non Irish part doesn’t matter and unfortunately the continental blood is creeping in here too
I wish so much my new guy had papers. I was just given a very green, barely started, 7 year old Irish Draught mix (half ID, quarter Percheron, quarter TB, I call him my Wish version of an Irish sport horse 
) but his breeder had a TBI, lost track of all the breeding stuff, and he was picked up for barely anything by the chick that ended up giving him to me. If he goes the dressage route it would have been so fun to participate in this. Alas, I always get the paperless mutts!
