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Noma
The Noma originated in Noma County, Japan. They are used for riding and light draft. It is the smallest native pony of Japan standing 10.1 h.h.. The breed originated in the seventeenth century and belongs to the Asian group descended from Mongolian stock. Read the rest of this entry »
Murgese
The Murgese is a light draft and riding horse similar to the Friesian. Found in the area of Murege, Apulia in Italy the breed is rare. Usually black but also seen in gray they originated from Oriental horses crossed with the local horses. The herdbook was established in 1926.
Reference:
Mason, I.L. 1996. A World Dictionary of Livestock Breeds, Types and Varieties. Fourth Edition. C.A.B International. 273 pp.
Mongolian
The Mongolian horse is one of the most important and numerous breeds found among the indigenous horse breeds of China. They are distributed widely throughout the Northeast, North China and the Northwest, mainly in the high plains and highland areas. It is a dual-purpose horse, used primarily for riding and carting, but is also used for meat and milk production. The average wither height of males is 128 cm, females 127 cm, but body size varies with environmental conditions.
Work
Mongolian horses possess remarkable working ability. For carting, four horses, with a load of 4400 lbs, can walk 50-60 km a day.
Miyako
The Miyako originated in Japan on the Miyako Island. It is used for riding and light draft.
Miyako Island in Okinawa Prefecture has been known as a horse breeding area for centuries, and small horses have always been found in this area. During World War II they were crossed with larger stallions to increase their size to around 14 hands for farming purposes.
About 1955, population of the Miyako peaked at around 10,000 head. But due to the increase of motorization they began to decline. Great efforts have been made since 1975 to preserve the remaining few Miyako ponies, as the breed is of great antiquity. As of December of 1988 only eleven head were living. Read the rest of this entry »
Misaki
The Misaki originated in Japan. It inhabits the meadow of Cape Toi, or Toimisaki (misaki means “cape”), on the south side of Miyazaki Prefecture. Cape Toi is one of the best known and most important spots for tourism in Kyushu, and the Misaki ponies run wild in the area.
All of the native horses of Japan are believed to be descended from horses brought from China about 2,000 years ago. They are now separated into eight distinct breeds.
The Misaki pony has rarely been controlled by man except for a time when almost all male horses were removed and only a few were left as stallions. Read the rest of this entry »
Merens Pony
Also Known By: Race ariegeoise de Merens, Merenguais
The Merens Pony is native to the Ariege Pyrenees, having the name of a village in the high mountains close to Andorra. Paintings of horses strikingly similar to the Merens are found on the walls of the cave at Niaux. Gentle, hardy and economical, the Mèrens horse has long been a companion to the “Montagnol” (mountain farmer) and the soldier, notably with the armies of the Count of Foix Gaston Phoebus in the Middle Ages, and later Napoleon during the Russian campaign.
More recently, the Merens horse has been used for work in the fields, plowing and hauling. His suppleness and surefootedness allow him to work well on the steep hillsides. Read the rest of this entry »
Karabair
Also Known By: Karabairskaya (Russian)
The Karabair is one of the most ancient breeds of Central Asia. Developed in Uzbekistan and northern Tajikistan the breed was established under the influence of southern and steppe breeds. It is well adapted to used under saddle and in harness. It has the typical build of a saddle and harness horse.
The Karabair purebred population recorded in volumes I-IV of the studbook was 1537 stallions and 3871 mares. The Karabair breed is zoned for breeding in all regions of the Uzbek Republic.
In appearance the Karabair resembles the Arabian, Persian, and Turkmenian as well as the steppe breeds. It has a medium-sized clean-cut head with a straight or ram profile, wide jaw, medium-long poll and high set medium-long neck. Read the rest of this entry »
Jutland
The Jutland is Denmark’s own breed of heavy horse. Its ancestors have been bred on the Jutland peninsula since the middle ages and before. Selection for the breed as it appears today began around 1850. One of the greatest contributions to the success of the breed came from the stallion Oppenheim who was imported from England in 1862. Oppenheim was Shire and Suffolk. Six generations later the stallion Aldrup Menkedal, who is considered the foundation stallion of the breed, was born. Almost all Jutland breeding can now be traced back to Hovding and Prins af Jylland, two of his sons.
Beginning in 1928, there has been a close association between the Jutland breed and the Carlsberg brewery which uses Jutlands to haul brewery wagons. At one time there were 210 Jutland horses with Carlsberg and today about twenty are still used for beer transportation in Copenhagen. The Carlsberg horses take part in many shows, Read the rest of this entry »
Jinzhou
The Jinzhou horse is found in Jin county, southern Liaodong peninsula in the Liaoning region of China. They are a riding and draft horse which is also kept for its meat and milk production. It has developed in 1926 from the local Mongolian type crossed with imported light and heavy horse breeds.
Reference:
Mason, I.L. 1996. A World Dictionary of Livestock Breeds, Types and Varieties. Fourth Edition. C.A.B International. 273 pp.
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Hokkaido
Description: Generally called Do-san-ko in Japan as a term of endearment, the Hokkaido pony is an old breed. The Hokkaido horse is thought to have been brought during the Edo era (1600-1867) to Hokkaido by fishermen. These original importation came from Honshu. The fishermen came to Hokkaido in search of herring and the horses were used for transportation. But the horses were left in Hokkaido when the fishermen returned home in autumn. The horses were expected to survive without assistance in a land which is virtually nothing but snow throughout the winter with the exception of bamboo grass found in the mountains. The fishermen would return next spring with new horses and would also utilize the surviving horses. The enduring strength for which the Hokkaido is know is thought to have been developed in this way. Read the rest of this entry »