In the mid ‘80s, the Belgian Draft Horse Corporation of America and the Canadian Belgian Horse Association made a pact to have a championship show in North America every four years to showcase the best of the best. And so began a beautiful partnership of alternating the shows between locations in Canada and the United States to provide a premium show for Belgian horse breeders on both sides of the border.

NABC8 will be held October 10-15, 2016 at the Eastern States Exposition Center in West Springfield, MA.

Breeders and exhibitors alike plan well in advance for this prestigious show. Sometimes up to four years or more in advance of the event, breeders will try and strategize their breeding programs to give them their ‘next big winner’.