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The German Black Forest Horse, also called the Schwarzwalder Fuchs or Schwarzwalder Kaltblut, is considered endangered and there are several breeders that are working together around the world to try to preserve the genetic pool to keep these magnificent horses from becoming extinct.The first Black Forest Horses were imported into Washington, United States in May of 2001, only after the breeding stable, Black Forest Stables USA was able to gain approval from the German breeding association.Currently there are approximately 46 state approved breeding stallions and 700 breeding mares recognized for the Black Forest Horse in Germany. Of the 46 approved stallions 30 are in private breeding programs and 16 are kept at the Marbach/Baden-Wurttemberg Stud Farm that is owned and operated by the State. [...]
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The Boerperd actually goes by several different names including the Cape Horse and the Boer Pony. They can have either a three or five gait movement and are considered to be ideally suited for the various climates found in South Africa.The first horses to arrive in Africa were African-Berber (Barb) crosses and purebreds that came on ships with Jan van Riebeek in 1652 with the Dutch East Indian Company. These horses were kept and bred along the coastal areas and then were sold to farmers in the area for transportation and farming use.Different shipwrecks and imports of pureblood Arabians as well as the Iberian breeds such as the Andalusians and Isabella horses added size to the Arabian and Barb horses that originally formed the basis of the breeding programs. These horses became known as the Cape Horse and were extremely loyal, strong and sound tempered. [...]
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One of the most influential stallions in the development of the Brandenburger was Komet, a Mecklenburg horse that somehow was missed in the forced castration of all unapproved stallions in East Germany. This policy was designed to keep the state studs solely responsible for the breeding of horses in the country. He fathered several stallions that would also go on to sire many international show jumping champions including Kobold and Kobold l.Horses have been a key part of the society and culture of Germany for centuries, with documents of horse breeding in the Brandenburg area dating back to the early 15th century. The modern Brandenburg Horse was not actually bred for specific conformation and ability until the 20th century. [...]
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There are a relatively small number of Brazilian Sport Horses and only about 50 are exported each year. Most exported Brazilian Sport Horses are bought by breeders, trainers, and riders in the United States and Europe.There have been several Brazilian Sport Horses that have already competed in Olympic events. In 1996 four Brazilian Sport Horses, Aspen, Adelfos, Cassiano Joter, and Calei Joter, competed in the Atlanta Olympics and in Syndey in 2000. Marco Metodo, Aspen, and Calei Joter made a great showing.The Brazilian Sport Horse may be registered in several different international types of sport horse registries. The Brazilian Sports Horse Breeders Association currently contains approximately 150 breeders from all over Brazil and parts of North and South America. [...]
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The British Riding Pony is bred to resemble a smaller version of a sport type horse or warmblood type, not to closely resemble a pony at all. The term pony is only used to designed the size of the British Riding Pony, which has to be under 14.2 hands for competition.British Riding Ponies cannot exhibit pinto colorations. In the United Kingdom this is called piebald or skewbald. Piebald is a black and white pinto pattern whereas skewbald is any other color and white.Although Pony Clubs and competitions for children and young riders have been popular for over 100 years, it wasn't until 1920 that breeders actually worked to develop a specific show pony. The used native pony breeds including the Welsh and the Dartmoor and crossed them with small Thoroughbreds and Arabians. This created a slightly larger, finer boned pony that resembled a horse in physical attributes but was still a good children's pony with regard to temperament and personality. [...]
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The Byelorussian Harness Horse bears a strong resemblance to the Dole horse of Norway. The Dole, as well as the Brabancon (Belgium heavy draft) and the Ardennes formed the foundation of the breed.As with many of the medium to heavy draft breeds in Europe, the Byelorussian Harness Horse is also used for milk production, although this is not as common has it was several years ago. A Byelorussian Harness Horse mare can produce about 9 litres of milk per day, most of which is used to produce koumiss, a rich liqueur that is a traditional drink of much of the area.The Byelorussian Harness Horse is a very late maturing horse with many not reaching their full adult size until three to four years of age. They are a very long lived horse as well and many mares will continue to have foals well into their mid twenties. It is not uncommon for a Byelorussian Harness Horse to live to be over 30 years of age. [...]
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The Calabrese Horse is now relatively uncommon outside its native area of Calabria in the southern part of Italy. The horse takes its name directly from the area, which is located down in the very tip or toe of the boot shape that makes up the country.During the Middle Ages, the Calabrese Horse was highly regarded and in great demand as a mount for knights and military movements. This is because these horses were larger, stronger and more capable of carrying the heavily armored knights over long treks than most of the other local horses and ponies. The original foundation of the Calabrese breed is likely local horses and ponies crossed with the pureblood Arabian horses that were brought to the area.Crossing the Calabrese horse with the Andalusian added more refinement as well as size and the wonderful temperament the Andalusian is known for. Most of these crosses occurred in the mid to end of the Middle Ages but resulted in an overal improvement of the breed for all types of uses. [...]
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The Carthusian Horse, not the Andalusian, is known as the true Spanish horse or Caballo Espanol. The actual true name of this historic breed of horses is the Pura Raza Espanol or "of pure Spanish race". The stud book for the Carthusian Horse is different than the Andalusian stud, although many people mistakenly believe that the Andalusian is the original breed.The Carthusian Horse has also been known as the Terry Horse as well as the Bocado Horse and can be traced back to the early 15th century. Only a purebred Carthusian Horse can wear the Bocoda brand.The Carthusian Horses are so named as they were isolated, carefully bred, and prevented from breeding with the Andalusian strain by the Carthusian monks. The monks received a herd of Carthusian horses as payment of debt from Don Pedro Picado sometime shortly after 1736. All of these horses were from the famous stallion Esclavo, from which all Carthusians can be traced back to. [...]
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A Champagne Horse is not a horse of a specific breed, rather it is a genetic combination that creates a unique and distinctive coloration. It is not found in every breed and is not acceptable in some breeds depending on the specific breed standards. A horse that has the champagne coloration may therefore be registered in more than one registry as they could be registered in the breed registry, the International Champagne Horse Registry as well as in a specific type registry such as a sport horse registry or a draft horse registry. [...]
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The Island of Cheju, located off the south coast of South Korea, is the largest island in the area and is roughly circular with an extinct volcano in the middle of the land mass. The Cheju Pony is ideally suited to working through both the densely forested areas as well as the mountainous rough terrain in the center of the island.The hardy Cheju Pony likely is a direct descendent of the Chinese Ponies brought into what is now Korea before the first century BC. They were essential for agriculture as well as for transportation and military movement through to the 19th century.The small Cheju Pony is reported to be able to carry over 230 pounds on its back without any noticeable stress or strain. These smaller ponies, often only measuring 11 hands or 44 inches at the withers, can easily carry a large adult on their backs and are often used as trekking ponies for tourism companies throughout the Cheju Island. [...]
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The Chilean horse holds several records for the "oldest horse breed". They are the oldest registered stock horse breed, oldest western Iberian breed, oldest South American registered horse breed and the oldest registered Native American horse breed. Despite all these records the horses are not commonly known outside of South America although they are becoming more common in the southern border states of the United States, more specifically in Texas and New Mexico.The Chilean Horse was first developed in Peru with horses from Bolivia, Columbia and other South American countries brought together by breeds that were improving the stock horses and military horses that had been bred in the country since the mid 1500's. [...]
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The Colonial Spanish is not a true breed of horse, rather it is the Spanish Barb horse that has become a style or type of horses found through North and South America. Depending on where you are located the Colonial Spanish horse may include Kiger Mustangs, Spanish Mustangs, and other wild caught horses that exemplify the Iberian breed characteristics.The Horse of the America's claims that the Colonial Spanish horse type is the first true American breed of horses that were uniquely capable of living independent of humans in the newly settled areas of South and up into North America. [...]
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The Colorado Ranger Horse is a distinctive breed registry in that the requirements of the registry include the direct lineage of the horse to be registered to one of the two founding stallions of the type.All registered Colorado Ranger Horses, typically known as Rangers, can be linked to either Max #2 or Patches #1, the two recognized sires most influential in developing the breed.All colors are permissible in the Colorado Ranger registry, with Appaloosa marking been typical in most horses but not a requirement of the registry. [...]
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The Connemara Pony is considered to be one breed of equines that really does bond very strongly with their owners. Many Connemara Ponies remember a voice or a person for years even if they have been separated from the person.The Connemara is named after the area in Ireland where it originated. This area is very desolate and barren with cliffs and rugged areas, seashores and bogs and marshes. The Connemara Pony is believed to have descended from the Celtic Ponies brought to the island. In the 16th century a Spanish ship sank off the coast of Ireland, and the Iberian horses on board swam ashore and bred with the smaller island ponies, resulting in the Connemara Pony we know today. Arabians, Hackney and Thoroughbreds have also been involved in the development and refinement of the breed. [...]
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The Cremello is a coloration that occurs by the action of two cream genes on a horse that would normally be sorrel or chestnut if the cream genes were not present. It is a dilution gene, not a specific coloration.If only one cream gene is present on a chestnut or sorrel colored horse it will be a palomino color, but two cream genes will produce the cremello coat color. That is the only way that a cremello color can occur.Cremello horses are distinctive by their noticeable pink skin around the eyes, muzzle area as well the underbelly and under the tail. They have blue eyes like many white horses, but are not actually genetically the same as a white horse with regards to color. [...]
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