It is bred at the stud of the same name near Lanaken, in the province of Limburg in eastern Flanders, close to the Dutch border.

[3]: 166 The Zangersheide stud was established in the 1970s, with the aim of breeding and selecting horses on the basis of their performance in show-jumping.

[3]: 166  Registration is based on selection for show-jumping performance, and the stud-book is open to any breed of performance horse; it includes horses of Thoroughbred, Hanoverian, Holsteiner and Selle Français origin.

2012), a clone of the Thoroughbred show jumping gelding Gem Twist, was exported to Belgium and registered with the Zangersheide studbook to help promote breeding.

[7] In the show jumping ranking published by the World Breeding Federation for Sport Horses (WBFSH) and the Fédération Équestre Internationale (FEI) in May 2019, the Zangersheide stud was in second place after the Dutch Koninklijk Warmbloed Paardenstamboek Nederland (KWPN), more commonly known as the Dutch Warmblood.