Origin: Persia – Elburz Mountains, Caspian Sea. Height: 10-12hh. Color: Gray, brown, bay, chestnut. Character: Gentle, tractable, and quick-witted. It is an ideal mount for a small child in a rough country. Physique: In type more like a miniature horse than a pony. It is an Arab-type head, with small ears and large, prominent eyes. Fine bone, short back, and ...
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Carmague Horse
Origin: France – Camargue. Height: Roughly 14hh. Color: Gray. Physique: Fine, Oriental-type head, broad between the eyes and long in the face. A tendency to upright shoulder, but the chest is good and the body is short and robust in the loins. Hindquarters slight, with a penchant for goose rumps. Legs OK, with good bone, and feet broad and large. ...
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Groningen’s horse is well-accepted for their stable temperament. Groninger and Groningse paard are the alternative names of the Groningen horse. The Groningen horse breed is developed mainly for light draft and agricultural work. This horse looks like the Gelderlander horse breed but it is heavier and superior. The Groningen Horse breed is fashioned by human hands. Initially, the prototype was ...
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Origin: HollandProvince of Friesland. Height: About 15hh. Color: Black – no other color is permitted, and even white markings are considered undesirable. Character: Exceptionally pleasant temperament – sweet-natured, willing, and hardworking. Has excited comments such as “cheerful”, “loyal” and”very sensitive.” Physique: Fine, rather long, alert head with small ears, carried high on the crested neck. The body is very strong ...
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The Hackney Horse is a reputed and identified horse breed that has Great Britain as its native land. Since the year 1883, this breed is fortunate enough as a studbook is maintained for it. The credit for maintaining the studbook goes to the Hackney Horse Society. The headquarters of this society is in Norwich, England. Latest decades have witnessed the ...
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