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Display of draft horses in Jahnsdorf, Erzgebirge, Saxony. Germany has a wide variety of draft horses, all of which are small breeds. Among these, the South German Coldblood (Oberländer) is the most populous and, as of 2004, is the only breed not at risk of extinction; [6] it is also genetically distinct from other German draft horses.
The Rhenish German Coldblood, German: Rheinisch Deutsches Kaltblut, is a breed of heavy draught horse from the Rhineland area of western Germany. It was bred in second part of the nineteenth century, principally at the Prussian state stud at Schloss Wickrath in Wickrathberg, now part of Mönchengladbach in North Rhine-Westphalia.
The Black Forest Horse is a draft horse of light to medium weight, well muscled and with a short and powerful neck. The head is short and dry, the shoulders sloped, and the croup broad and muscular. The legs are clean, without feathering, and the hooves broad and strong. [6] [2]
At pasture. The South German Coldblood (German: Süddeutsches Kaltblut) is a breed of draught horse from southern Germany. It is distributed mainly in Bavaria.It is the most numerous of the four principal German draught horse breeds – the others being the Black Forest Horse, the Rhenish German Coldblood and the Schleswig Coldblood – and is the only one not listed as endangered by the FAO ...
This is a list of some of the breeds of horse considered in Germany to be wholly or partly of German origin. In 2014 there were 151 horse breeds reported to DAD-IS by Germany, many of them imported from other parts of the world. Only those breeds with some history of development within present-day Germany are listed below. Inclusion here does ...
The Pfalz-Ardenner is a relatively young breed, derived from the Ardennais, [3]: 495 as its name suggests.. While the origins of the Ardennais can be traced back to the 17th century, [3]: 495 the German breed is more specifically derived from various crosses between French and Belgian draft horses, undertaken at the beginning of the 20th century [4]: 217 in southwest Germany.
A draft horse (US) or draught horse (UK), also known as dray horse, carthorse, work horse or heavy horse, is a large horse bred to be a working animal hauling freight and doing heavy agricultural tasks such as plowing. There are a number of breeds, with varying characteristics, but all share common traits of strength, patience, and a docile ...
These traits may have originally been installed by the use of draft horse and Arabian blood. They are tough and economical to feed when compared to Thoroughbreds . The ideal Württemberger stands around 16.1 hands (65 inches, 165 cm) high, and is usually bay , chestnut , brown , or black in color .