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During the reign of Charles I (1625 – 1649), passion for racing and racehorses, and for swift horses for the hunting field, became the focus of horse breeding to the point that there was a dearth of the heavier horses used in tournament and for warfare. This led to complaints, as there was still a need for stronger, more powerful types of horse.
The Breed of Horses Act 1535 (27 Hen. 8. c. c. 6) mentions a marked decay in the quality of the breed, the cause it is claimed that " in most places of this Realme little horsis and naggis of small stature and valeu be suffered to depasture and also to covour marys and felys of very small stature ". [ 1 ]
In the stud-book rankings of the World Breeding Federation for Sport Horses in 2024, the British Warmblood was the 36th of 41 breeds listed in dressage, the 55th of 58 in show-jumping and the 36th of 58 in the three-day event. [13] [14] [15] On 5 October 2017, a British Warmblood horse won the British national hunter riding competition. [16]
This is a list of some of the breeds of horse originating in the British Isles. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Twelve of the native breeds are considered rare and are marked with a "†" symbol. [ 4 ] [ 3 ]
In the horse breeding industry, the term "half-brother" or "half-sister" only describes horses which have the same dam, but different sires. [6] Horses with the same sire but different dams are simply said to be "by the same sire", and no sibling relationship is implied. [7] "Full" (or "own") siblings have both the same dam and the same sire.
The Hanstead Stud was a breeding farm in England for Arabian horses. It was active from 1928 to 1957, and its animals had a significant impact in many countries, "second only in importance to" Crabbet Arabian Stud. [1] It was based at Hanstead Park, a country house estate near St Albans in Hertfordshire, not far from London.
Back home, Alexander set about establishing a stud farm, and in the early 1850s returned to Europe to spend two years studying the techniques of breeding farms in Germany, France, and England. Starting with 921 acres (3.73 km 2 ) purchased from his family, Robert Alexander built his Woodburn Stud at Spring Station, Kentucky into the leading ...
Pages in category "Horse breeds originating in England" The following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .