The Cape Boerperd Breeders' Society was started by a group of people that saw the world-wide popularity of the old Cape Horse breed. The Cape Horse was famous for its hardiness, endurance and its impeccable ability to work hard on minimum feed while still maintaining a good condition. It was these outstanding characteristics that inspired these people to raise a breed of horse that would display all these characteristics and refine them to be ideally suitable for South African conditions. The Cape Boerperd is the perfect horse to use for work, pleasure-riding and shows.
The Cape Boerperd Breeders Society was formed in 1948 by a group of horse-enthusiasts who realised that the horse was fast disappearing in the new mechanical age.
In 2004 the Cape Boerperd Youth Program was started. This programme aims to introduce the Boerperd and its versatility to all horse-loving children.
In 1990 a long-awaited ideal was realised when the Cape Boerperd Breeders' Society initiated a sports organization using the Cape Boerperd as a sport-horse.