Okay we all know about paints, quarter horses, thoroughbreds, morgans, and all that jazz right? Well I has a mission for you .. I'm really bored so I thought I would put a game on here. The person who looks up a breed of horse that most people have never heard of and puts some information on here, gets 10 points.
To start off I have a breed it is the Karabakh horse.
The breed is hardy, strong, tough, and sure-footed. They have small clean-cut heads, straight profile with broad foreheads and nostrils very capable of dilation. Their neck is set high, average in length, muscular and elegant. They have compact bodies with well defined and developed muscles. The shoulders are often quite upright. The horses have a deep chest, a sloping croup, and long, fine, but very strong legs. They have a deep chest, a sloping croup, and long, fine, but very strong legs, although the joints are small. The horses are narrow, not very deep through the girth, due to the Akhal-Teke influence.The breed is noted for its good temper and speed. For example, in 2004 a Karabakh horse named Kishmish from the Agdam stud in Azerbaijan set a speed record by running 1000 metres in 1 minute 9 seconds, and 1600 metres in 1 minute, 52 seconds. The breed is thought to be a cross-breeding of Akhal-Teke, Persian , Kabardin, Turkoman Horse, and Arabian horse. It also influenced the development of the Russian Don horse in the 19th century. [2] At present, the Karabakh is bred mainly in Azerbaijan, but most of the horses are Karabakh-Arabian crosses, not pure Karabakh horses. Currently the breed numbers are below 1,000 and it is threatened with extinction.
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Yili horse
The Yili is a small horse from the north-western Xinjiang region of China.
They are compact in conformation with a light head and straight profile. The withers are well pronounced and the back is short and strong, though the loin is long. The legs are clean. [1] Yili horses are normally bay, chestnut, black or gray [2] and are an average height of 14 hands high. [
Yili horses originated around 1900 from Russian breeds crossed with Mongolian stock. [2] Don, and Don-Thoroughbred crosses as well as Orlov Trotters were used from 1936 on to improve the native horses. In 1963 the decision was made to aim for a draft -type horse. [1]
Yili horses are used for riding and driving, and also bred for their meat and milk. [2]
Icelandic
They are small, stocky, strong, intellegent. Fearless. They are 4 and 5 gaited, with a walk trot, gallop, tolt, and flying tolt. Used in iceland for transsportation as well as a generally recognized food source. I have heard they are delicious.
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My sister has one.
Vlaamperd
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vlaamperd http://www.ansi.okstate.edu/breeds/horse ...
grazing habits of the rare Konik breed - the name meaning small horse in Polish - play a crucial part in helping to make wetlands more habitable for other species. the breed has started to have Tarpan colred foals.
Caspian horse-Believed to be the forerunner of the Persian native wild horses, and Oriental breeds, the Caspian horse has a long, politically entangled history, and at one point was believed to be extinct.
In Europe Shagya blood it is highly prized, and many Shagya stallions can be found in the warmblood studbooks. It is one of the recognised breeds used in Trakehner breeding.
Marsh Tacky horses are great in swapms and humid places they are capable of working long hours.
pets question and answers,www.5d2d.com Spanish Gila found isolated in the hills of New Mexico which are descendents from the 17th century Spanish mission
Zorse, Hebra, Zony, and Zonkey they are hafe zebra and very beautiful to look at.
I've never heard of the Karabakh, but to the person that answered before me; most people have heard of Icelandic's.
Zweibrücker
The Zweibrücker (pl. Zweibrücken) is a type of German warmblood horse bred in Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland.
The best way to identify a Zweibrücker is by the brand on the left hind leg. It features the two bridges of the city of Zweibrücken topped by a representation of the duke's crown. [1] Otherwise, it is not possible to distinguish a Zweibrücker from a German Warmblood bred elsewhere based solely on appearance. All German Warmblood registries exchange genetic material in an effort to continuously improve their own horses.
Most Zweibrücken are middle-weight horses with "old style" examples heavier set than those deemed "modern" in type. The ideal height is 160 to 170 cm or 15.3 to 16.3hh at the age of 3, but deviations in either direction are not uncommon nor are they disqualifying. [2] The most common colors are bay, chestnut, gray, and black, however several breeders of colored warmbloods have chosen to register their horses as Zweibrücken, so there are tobiano pintos and colors such as palomino , buckskin, and cremello.
