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User Login Email: Password:    » Forgot Password?  » New Member Sign Up Visitors Online: Today's Visits: Yesterday's Visits: Horses Menu Home Horses For Sale Welcome to Cleveland Bay ! You are here: Terrific-Horses.com > Horse Breeds > Cleveland Bay Book Search: Cleveland Bay Description The Cleveland Bay originated in the UK. Its ancestry can be traced back to the Middle Ages to the Chapman Horse, a bay packhorse once used by the traveling salesman. In 1661 with the opening of the North African port of Tangier, there was influence from the Spanish horses, the Barb, from the Barbary Coast. By the 18th century the Cleveland Bay was basically fixed in type and these horses were exported to improve upon other European breeds. With the introduction of the macadamized roads the Cleveland Bay was said to be too slow. The Cleveland Bay was bred with the Thoroughbred producing the Yorkshire Coach Horse, which was a faster coach horse. After the Second World War there were very few Cleveland Bay purebred stallions left. The HM Queen Elizabeth II bought the stallion Mulgrave Supreme and bred him to purebred and part-bred mares. After 15 years of breeding the number was up to 36 purebred stallions. The Cleveland Bay is bred in Cleveland and the northeast corner of Yorkshire’s North Riding. The Cleveland Bay was used mostly to work on the farms in the northeast England because it was the only horse able to work on the clay land. These horses stand on average 16 to 16.2 hh and can haul heavy loads in deep going. The Cleveland Bay does well as a heavyweight hunter and is able to jump out of clay from almost a standstill. The Cleveland Bay crosses well with the Thoroughbreds to produce good hunters and show jumpers. Google Ads

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