Post by Hotaka Sutaro on Jul 5, 2008 3:56:32 GMT
Basic Stats:
Colour: Grey, Bay, Black or Chestnut
Height: 16.0 - 17.0 hh
Speed: +++-
Strength: ++++----
Endurance: +++--
Conformation: ++++
Intelligence: +++++--
Personality: ++++-
[each '+' is = to 100 points each '-' is equal to 20 points]
Uses
The Holstein or Holsteiner was originally bred as a carriage horse. This has changed in more recent years with the take over of transport by the motor car. Now Holsteiners are sports horses, which excel in 3 day eventing. Some Holsteiners still compete in harness in four in hand driving competitions.
Looks
Only solid bay, black, brown, chestnut, and grey horses are eligible for the Holsteiner brand. White spots larger than a dinner plate, or evidence of pinto or leopard patterns are disqualifying. They have powerful hindquarters, making them great at show jumping, with strong bone, excellent movement (needed for dressage), and sloping shoulders, making them great gallopers. They generally have strong limbs, a long, crested neck, and strong feet. They have a broad back and a well set tail.
History
Folk of the Schleswig-Holstein marshlands of Germany have been breeding horses since 1225. The region was famous for its war horses in the Middle Ages, and then, in the 16th to 18th century bred popular coach horses after refining their horses with Spanish, Neapolitan, and Barbary blood. In the 19th century, the demand for a faster coach horse and for a lighter cavalry horse encouraged the breeders to lighten the breed with British Stallions. The most influential were three Yorkshire Coach Horses, all of which traced back to the Thoroughbred stallion Eclipse. They made the Holstein into a high-stepping carriage horse, as well as a horse strong enough for agricultural work.
In th 1960s, the Holstein was refined yet again, using Thoroughbreds. Most were imported from Britain and Ireland, and they were used to make the breed more athletic. The most influential were Cottage Son, Ladykiller, and Marlon. Ramzes, a Polish Anglo-Arabian, and Cor de la Bryere, a Selle Francais, were also very influential. The result was a success, producing a group of stallions very important to modern sport horse breeding: Landgraf by Ladykiller, and Ramiro, a grandson of Ramzes out of a Cottage Son mare.
Holstein blood has been infused in many other sport horse breeds, including Dutch, Danish, and British Warmbloods. Today, the Holstein is high in demand, especially in dressage and showjumping.
Colour: Grey, Bay, Black or Chestnut
Height: 16.0 - 17.0 hh
Speed: +++-
Strength: ++++----
Endurance: +++--
Conformation: ++++
Intelligence: +++++--
Personality: ++++-
[each '+' is = to 100 points each '-' is equal to 20 points]
Uses
The Holstein or Holsteiner was originally bred as a carriage horse. This has changed in more recent years with the take over of transport by the motor car. Now Holsteiners are sports horses, which excel in 3 day eventing. Some Holsteiners still compete in harness in four in hand driving competitions.
Looks
Only solid bay, black, brown, chestnut, and grey horses are eligible for the Holsteiner brand. White spots larger than a dinner plate, or evidence of pinto or leopard patterns are disqualifying. They have powerful hindquarters, making them great at show jumping, with strong bone, excellent movement (needed for dressage), and sloping shoulders, making them great gallopers. They generally have strong limbs, a long, crested neck, and strong feet. They have a broad back and a well set tail.
History
Folk of the Schleswig-Holstein marshlands of Germany have been breeding horses since 1225. The region was famous for its war horses in the Middle Ages, and then, in the 16th to 18th century bred popular coach horses after refining their horses with Spanish, Neapolitan, and Barbary blood. In the 19th century, the demand for a faster coach horse and for a lighter cavalry horse encouraged the breeders to lighten the breed with British Stallions. The most influential were three Yorkshire Coach Horses, all of which traced back to the Thoroughbred stallion Eclipse. They made the Holstein into a high-stepping carriage horse, as well as a horse strong enough for agricultural work.
In th 1960s, the Holstein was refined yet again, using Thoroughbreds. Most were imported from Britain and Ireland, and they were used to make the breed more athletic. The most influential were Cottage Son, Ladykiller, and Marlon. Ramzes, a Polish Anglo-Arabian, and Cor de la Bryere, a Selle Francais, were also very influential. The result was a success, producing a group of stallions very important to modern sport horse breeding: Landgraf by Ladykiller, and Ramiro, a grandson of Ramzes out of a Cottage Son mare.
Holstein blood has been infused in many other sport horse breeds, including Dutch, Danish, and British Warmbloods. Today, the Holstein is high in demand, especially in dressage and showjumping.