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The boer horse can be between 142cm abd 158 cm high. The horse is well-muscled, light an  well-balanced riding type. It has a beautiful straight profile with big, slanted shoulder and withers which always reach into the back. The hooves of the Boer horse are hard and tough. 

Photo of a Boer horse eating

A beautiful Boer stallion

These horses can come in almost all the basic colours. It is a descendant of the beautiful and big  Basuto horse. It developed from the Cape Horse in the 19th century. During that time, however Boer horse, it was influenced by imported stock, such as Flemish, Hackneyand Cleveland Bay.

Photo of a dark brown Boer horse

It is a calm, tough and intelligent animal, extremely obedient and respecting of its owners. It Boer horse is actually famous for its endurance and speed. Today, Boer horses  are also used as utility horses on farms and for the increasingly popular sport of endurance riding.

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Photo of a brown Australian Stock horse

This horse breed has been bred for Australian conditions. It is a hardy breed of horse that is famous and popular for its endurance, agility and a good temperament. Nowadays this horse is used in a wide variety of disciplines, and is still valued as a working Australian Stock Horse in some parts of Australia.

A beautiful light-coloured stallion

The Australian Stock Horse is extremely intelligent, brave, tough and its has great stamina. These horses are round, agile and quick moving with a surefooted walk. They are calm, obedient and responsive.  You can see them in all kinds of colours. Their Australian Stock Horse height can be between 14 hands and 16.2 hands.

Photo of a female standing Australian stock horse

The Australian Stock Horse is very well proportioned to its size. Its has a finely cut, expressive head with large eyes and a broad forehead. The neck of this breed is always  long and arched. The withers are well defined. Overall conformation is well-muscled but not bulky. The Australian stock stallion has a deep chest, well-sprung ribs, strong and broad back, and powerful hindquarters Australian Stock Horse.

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The Breton horse breed  is a breed of a draft horse native to Britain. Made from sturdy little horsesstationed premises for hundreds of years in what became the province of Brittany, it was influenced by many crosses. Popular with military-like peasants for its comfortable amble and its towing capacity and versatility, the Breton horse is itself improver of many other breeds of horses, mares and produce mules.

Photo of a big Breton stallion

The head of these horses is short and square, of medium size, they have a  straight profile and a broad forehead. They are of medium height, well proportioned, with wide and well open nostrils, expressive and sought with eye bright. The Breton horse ears are small and highly mobile, low enough.

Brown Breton horse outdoors

The Breton horse neck is generally short, strong, broad and very muscular, slightly curved and well bonded. The brisket is very fragmented, deep chest, withers oftencrushed and inconspicuous. The shoulder, often short (but long sought) and oblique, is attached to a compact body, short back, tense, broad, powerful and strong Breton horse.

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Buckskin horses  should not be confused with dun-colored horses, which have the dun dilution gene, not the cream gene. Duns always have primitive markings . A buckskin horse can occur in different breeds, though at least one parent must be from a breed that carries the dilution gene, and not all of the breeds carry it.

Photo of a male Buckskin horse

A beautiful Buckskin stallion

The Buckskin horse is thought to have been originated from the Spanish Sorraia. The Norwegian Dun, found today in Norway and in some other Scandinavian countries is a breed which is so old that his actual origin has long been lost in antiquity.

Picture of a female Buckskin horse

Buckskin horses have been long appreciated for their superior qualities and massive strength. They have more stamina, more determination, harder feet, better bone, and are normally much more hardier than some other horses. A Buckskin with weak or spavined legs is not only a rarity but maybe impossible to occur.

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Photo of Egyptian horse breed 

Egyptian horse is also known as an Arabian horse. The Arabian thoroughbred is one of the oldest breeds in the world and is cultivatedbecause of its elegant appearance and its high hardness over the world. The verydry scalp is easy with a strongly dilated nostrils, large eyes, finely cut, moving small ears and strong jowls. Arabs have, depending on breed, a straight profile or typical of the breed pike head, which is often associated with a markedly bulgingforehead. The neck is light, the neck long, sinewy, and with beautiful curvature of the bottom and top line. He set high in the moderately sloping shoulders. The clearly pronounced withers into the short, strong back over with a straight or slightlysloping croup and high ansetzendem, usually worn slightly raised tail. Theangulation of the hock is relatively low. The limbs are of medium length, clean andlean, with stable, but only moderately large joints.

Beautiful photo of Egyptian horse

Arabian horse breeding area greatly vary depending on the size, but usually they get a stick measure 145-155 cm.
In the Saudi Arabian breed occur all clear, uniform colors. Most often molds are found, they often have little brown dots flying all over. In the home country are the rare sable particularly hard and durable. Foxes, foxes and dark brown are lessrare. The coat is short and silky, the Arab, but offers sufficient protection againstthe sometimes cold desert nights. The long hair is smooth and silky and grows verylong and dense.

Nice white Egyptian horse breed

The Arabian thoroughbred is very personable and has an extremely sensitive, gentle nature. The horses need lots of exercise, to be her lively temper requirements. Only in underemployment and the extremely harsh treatment intelligent animals tend to be the ”hysterical” behavior that brought a lot of racial prejudice. With appropriate care and education the other hand, Arabian horses prove to be willing to learn,have a huge desire to please their owners.

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Eriskay Pony next to a fence

Appearance: strong, while dry limbs, lighter ears, broad forehead, sloping shoulder, sloping croup, medium long back, fine long hair, big eyes
Distribution: Scotland
Size: 124 - 138 cm
Suitable for: Dressage, Jumping, Driving, leisure, Western
Color: rare, especially gray mold, brown or black horse
Character: balanced, calm, willing to work

Eriskay Ponies looking gorgeous

The Eriskay Pony is apparently a direct descendant of the original ponies of theWestern Isles of Scotland. The ponies were descended from Celtic andScandinavian ponies and were home to hundreds of years on the Eriscay pony islands.Until the mid-19th Century were the ponies on the West Indies widespread.

Eriscay pony on foreground

Due to the Eriscay pony increasing heavy agricultural equipment and mobility needs of the farmers more horses were needed.
Only on the island of Eriskay distant no other breeds were used for breeding. This was a small herd of about 20 animals survive this pony breed. In the early 1970sdecided where a small group of committed people to save this extremely rarebreed Eriscay pony.

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Beautiful shiny Dutch Warmblood horse

Height Dutch Warmblood horse: 160-170 cm
Color: Can be bay, dark bay, raven, red and gray, often white patches on the face and legs.
Temper Dutch Warmblood horse: a stable, docile, hardy and industrious

The luxury breed Dutch Warmblood

Exterior: The Dutch Warmblood horse head shows the effect of thoroughbred horse, though sometimes there are other characteristics. Profile of mostly straight or “sheep”, pointed ears, mobile, alert, expressive eyes, wide apart, nose broad, broad base of the neck, the neck itself is light, medium length, proportionate. The back is strong, with a corresponding angle of convexity. Withers lightly scheduled, merges with the line of the neck. Abdomen broad, with rounded edges, chest broad. As the ridge and the hind legs reduced in size and weight due to infusion of Thoroughbred blood. The limbs are very powerful: the forearm proportionate and muscular, short pasterns with a dense skeleton; hocks are wide, well-formed, rather low, making it easier to move the motor forward and upward momentum, elastic tendons, dry and separated. Hooves deployed in the heel, a rounded shape, with a thick, flexible horny covering Dutch Warmblood horse.

Dutch Warmblood horse Dressage

Use: KWPN merits can be considered the strength and power of this Dutch Warmblood horse breed: they tend to grow up healthy horses with no hereditary diseases. The breeding program produced for both mares and stallions for. Mares three years old are a commission of experts, and only if they have exemplary characteristics in appearance and course, they are recorded in the stud book and burn a brand: a brave lion with a raised front legs, a symbol of KWPN. The biggest honor for breeders – to pass the regional competition and participate in the National Competition in Utrecht. Here, each mare received their grades, not only for looks and pedigree, but also for the ability displayed in the races.

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Dutch Draft horse with baby horse in gallop

Provenance: This is the only breed of heavy Workhorse, breeded in the Netherlands. The Dutch draft horse obtained from the Dutch harness breeds in the early twentieth century, and impresses with its power. Its ancestors for centuries hauled freight and worked in the field throughout Europe. Now this breed is very rare and its cultivation is limited to a number of private farms. Dutch studbook Workhorse was founded in 1914.

Dutch Draft horse eating grass

Height Dutch Draft horse: 163 – 165 (mare), 165 – 170 cm (stallions).
Colour: Predominantly red-roan with black legs, red bay, or, occasionally gray or gray-roan.
Temperament: Friendly, lively but docile, industrious.

Nice photo of Dutch Draft horse

Exterior: This is the Dutch Draft horse size of an animal, that combines great strength with a good-natured disposition and work ethic. The small head is relatively simple form with an intelligent expression, short, thick neck with a mane of lush, massive shoulders, short, deep, compact design, powerful oval grains, typical of the breed, short strong legs with large and thick frieze, hooves, and the average of correct form . Tails docked horses of this breed. Movement of these horses is quite energetic, but not always correct. Weight of the animals ranged from 750 to 1200 kg.

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Florida Cracker Horse breed

Country of origin Florida Cracker Horse: United States, Florida
Ethnicity: Spanish horses of various breeds, Sorraia, Jennet, Berber, Andalusian
Size: 142-152 cm
Color (s): All possible colors are often Stichelhaar or full color
Appearance Florida Cracker Horse: Head with a distinct Spanish expression, straight or slightly convex profile, muscular neck, sloping shoulders, broad deep chest, sloping croup well muscled and powerful, low set tail and strong limbs with good strong bones and joints.

Florida Cracker horse in different colors

Florida Cracker horse from a side

Similarly, the Criollo horses and Paso developed the breed, but brought the othercircumstances in which it lived out their own paces. So it was at first the Indians, who discovered these horses in Florida again, later, the farmers and ranchers who took advantage of it. It quickly became very popular because it has a natural “cow sense”, the so-called”cow sense”, and possessed very tough, tenacious and had to ride. They used the horse as a beast of burden for many purposes, for farm work and as a carriage horse for the then usual buggies. The Florida Cracker Horse was preferred for the horse all the cowboys of the timebecause it was considered extremely fast and agile, was of small stature andcould also carry heavy men all day. Its name is derived from it by the Cowboys in Florida. The popping sound of thewhips was ”crackers” called. The Florida Cracker Horse is also known as: Seminole Pony, Chickasaw Pony, Florida Horse, Florida Cow Pony known.

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Beautiful photo of a Fjord horse

The Fjord horse has a very strong physique and is a relatively heavy pony breeds.In recent years, the growing move toward a lighter riding horse type. The overly large head has a broad forehead and fleshy jowls. The nose of the Norwegian lineis usually relatively straight. The Fjord horse has relatively small ears that sit far apart. The Fjord horse short neck is in deep and shows a distinct trapezoidal shape. The steepfall from his shoulders and make as little space possible grip. The Norwegian is the long rectangular type, and accordingly has a long back with a round rump, thegently sloping. Horses of the old type often have a tendency to sway. The limbs of the Fjord Horse are characterized by stability and good muscling out.

Fjord horse on the lawn

The Fjord horse is a very original pony breed that is almost exclusively found in the colors of ancient horses. Very common are bright yellow dun. The head of the Fjord Horse is seldom darker than the hair on the body. The typical badge of the Norwegian part of the meal mouth. The legs of the Fjord horse is not black, but as with most other roan horse races, but only from the carpal joint (front R?hrbeine)and in the ankle area stained dark gray. The hooves of the Norwegian’s are darkgray, with the striking yellow coronet. Occasionally one sees at the fjord horse, zebra stripes on the legs.

A Fjord horse with its foal

The Fjord horse long hair is very thick. The approach has the tail of the coat color, thelength it goes beyond the mark. Typical of the Fjord Horse is the mane, whichcorresponds to the total light color of the coat, but in the middle shows a wide blackstripe that continues to the dorsal stripe. In the Fjord horses mane is cut short traditionally. At the intersection of the lateral part, erect mane hair is cut so that the black hairs are in the middle of the mane to the top of the mane.

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