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The North Swedish Horse is agile and easy to train. Its conformation is compact and robust, while being relatively light for a draught horse. Regarding its small size it is very strong and durable, and it has an energetic, long-strided trot. The horses are gentle and willing, long-lived and generally healthy. [5]
The following list of horse and pony breeds includes standardized breeds, some strains within breeds that are considered distinct populations, types of horses with common characteristics that are not necessarily standardized breeds but are sometimes described as such, and terms that describe groupings of several breeds with similar characteristics.
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Coldblood trotters are the result of cross-breeding native coldblooded farm horses – in Norway the Dølehest, in Sweden the North Swedish Horse – with lighter and faster horses. [ 4 ] : 492 Although the Norwegian and Swedish coldblood trotters are substantially considered a single breed, [ 5 ] two national stud-books are maintained, and ...
Swedish Ardennes horses were developed by crossing imported Ardennes horses (a heavy draft breed from Belgium and northern France) with the North Swedish Horse.In 1872, Count C.G. Wrangel began importing Ardennes horses and by 1880, Ardennes imports and crossbreds had made inroads across south and central Sweden.
Studies into the genetics of the Yakut horse breed from Northern Siberia reveal swift evolutionary changes favoring survival in intensely cold climates. The Horses of Siberia Are Rapidly Evolving ...
The Dole Gudbrandsdal was an influential breed in the formation of the North Swedish Horse, and the two breeds are very similar in conformation. [1] When the Dole and North Swedish breeds are crossed, they produce a lighter-weight horse with more forward gaits that is often used for harness racing. [16]