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horses-in-art-history · 7 months

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If the netherlands has friesians, America has mustangs, and Saudi Arabia has arabians, what breeds come from sweden?

There are a few to pick from so I'll just list them here and I've included some of my own photos of each breed so you can get a better idea of their characteristics. There are no "historical" pictures included, so this is a bit of a departure from what I normally do so I hope people don't mind.

Svensk Varmblod (SWB)

Sweden has the Swedish warmblood which has been very successful in showjumping, dressage, eventing, and even driving. As of 2018 it is the most common horse breed in Sweden followed by Icelandic horses and then warmblooded trotters (two non-native breeds). In 2018, of the top two highest ranking show jumping horse and rider duos, both horses were Swedish Warmbloods (Hanson WL and Albfuehren’s Bianca). The examples below are of two Swedish Warmbloods in more commonplace use as all round riding horses.

Nordsvensk Brukshäst and Kallblodstravare

The North Swedish Horse (Nordsvensk) is a native breed of heavy horse. It is still popular for riding, driving and farm work. Lighter lines within the breed are bred for harness racing and are registered in the stud-book of Svensk Kallblodstravare, that is to say Swedish Coldblood Trotter. This split happened in 1964, creating a heavier working-type and a lighter trotting horse. The Swedish, Norwegian and Finnish cold blood trotters are the only ones that exist in the world. One of the most famous Swedish Coldblood Trotters is probably Järvsöfaks. He holds the current world record for Coldbloods in wins, consecutive wins (42), and the coldblood trotter world record time, 1:17.9 per kilometer. The photos bellow are of the heavier type (Nordsvensk Brukshäst).

Svensk Ardenner

The Swedish Ardennes is it's own breed and the result of crossing the imported Ardennes horses to the Nordsvensk. The breed was developed in the late 19th century in response to demands within agriculture. They are a medium-sized draught horse breed that are still used in areas inaccessible to machinery to haul timber.

Gotlands Russ

The Gotlands Russ is an old breed of Swedish pony. Feral horses on Gotland have been documented since the 13th century, but in the mid 19th century settlers caused their numbers to decline and despite a breeding centre being founded in 1880 there was only 14 left in 1922. In the process of rehabilitating the breed two Welsh stallions were used. The stud-book has been closed to outside blood since 1971. They are good all round ponies that are often used for harness racing.

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pluviatrix · 1 year

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i like when u talk about horses cuz it’s like twilight broke into my home and started talking in tongues

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mcrmadness · 8 months

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Do you currently work as a horse groom? If so can you tell us about it? What discipline, what breed(s), what you like most, what do Finnish barns do in winter to keep horses warm, etc. Also why are Icelandic horses popular for trail riding/tourists? Why not finnhorses?

Oh what an interesting ask! Thank you, Anon!

I'm not currently working as one, but I worked as one for long enough to be able to answer to this :D I specialized in harness racing, and in Finland we have only trotters (vs. USA, where they also have pacers, but that's not what we do here and a horse running in pace leads to disqualification as it's faster than trot). I have also worked/been in a training at different riding stables, as well. I'll but my answer under the cut eventually because it will get SO long :D

What do you mean by discipline? It depends on a stable a lot how things are dealth with. Finland also has very strict laws about stuff like the minimum sizes of a stable/horse boxes, the outdoor areas and all that stuff. The stables I have worked at, try to provide as much outdoor time to the horses as possible which I also prefer - horses were made for moving and being outdoors, not for standing indoors most of the day. That is why I disapprove stables that have too many horses for the amount of paddocks and where horses get only a few hours of the day outdoors, or spend their outdoor time mostly in the walkers. The places I've worked at had no walkers at all.

The heating side of stables probably depends on the stable. The harness racing stable I worked at for almost 5 years (but several times within a period of 8 years), had heating only in the blankets/equipment room, washing stall and the break room for people. Some of these had a radiator, some had underfloor heating. The stable had no heating whatsoever - it was in the middle of the building so it had two doors, and then bigger sliding doors at the both ends of the building. The secret was: horses are so warm that their body heat is enough to heat up a full stable. Plus its better for the horses when the stable is not too warm, it remained somewhere abover 0 Celsius, I would say it was around +5C inside the stable in the winter, as I didn't really need my winter jacket there when working. We just kept the doors closed when it got really cold, and kept a horse in every corner of the stable to keep the water pipes from freezing. And when the stable was full of horses at nights, we didn't fully close the middle door unless it was really cold outside, as the stable would just get way too moist from all the heat that comes from the horses (especially after training, as the horses sweat and keep steaming as they dry).

It was also important to take the horses outside even in the winter. Standardbreds wear thick winter blankets, Finnhorses can survive without them but some stallions grow so thin and silky hair even in the winter that we often put blankets on them anyway. Cold doesn't really bother horses who grow a thick fur, but rain and wet snow are worse as it can go through the fur and cause back muscle problems to some horses. I know that at riding stables they often put tons of blankets on horses or clip them to keep them from growing thick fur, but I have never really understood this. I believe in more natural ways, and that horses enjoy being "naked" as often as possible, and I believe in using blankets only to dry them or when the cold or rain can actually make them freeze. So, I believe in using blankets only when there's an actual need because of the horse.

What comes to breeds - in harness racing we usually have warmbloods and cold bloods, latter being Finnhorses. The warmbloods are either American standardbreds, French trotters or mixtures of them two. Russian trotter/orvol have become much more rare nowadays and I have never seen them in my work. Most trotters in Finland are bay or chestnut (or sometimes black), but occasionally there might be grey horses too and that is most likely brought into the genetics by trotters of Russian/orlov origin as there was (or is?) lots of grey orvol trotters.

Riding horses are a different story. Different European warmblood riding horse breeds are very very common, especially German breeds. From ponies Welsh ponies are super common, as well as Shetland ponies. Sometimes you also see New Forest ponies, and Gotlann Russ ponies, and Haflingers, and especially mixed breeds or ponies whose family tree is a complete mystery to everyone. Latter are often bought and brought from abroad, especially back in the 90s and 2000s it was super common for riding schools to go buy cheap horses and ponies from Europe, and later sell them here for higher price. We also have Estonian breeds here often, Estonian horse is very similar to Finnhorse as they're also often slightly more draft than regular riding horses, but also chill and reliable like Finnhorses. But they come in so many sizes and shapes, I've known one whose withers were ar 180cm or something and he was the chillest horse ever. I rode him at least once as it was at a stable where I originally started my horse hobby and horseback riding. Norwegian Fjord horses are also popular here, and I've ridden at least one once.

Icelandic horses are very popular because they are probably the best breed ever for difficult grounds. They are also very chill, brave and co-operative. Finnhorses are good too and really fit for every horse sport ever, but I would say Finnhorses can be a bit more scaredy for trail riding. Finnhorses are also really strong, so sometimes it might require an experienced rider to be able to control one. Riding schools also often get their Finnhorses from harness racing stables after a horse's career is over, and they have this 5th gear built in them. If they enter the "MUST RUN" mode, they just get really competitive and can be difficult to control. Also when driving, Finnhorses are REALLY tough and sometimes even the best of drivers have to work really hard to keep them in control as they just have incredibly strong necks and heads, and they're not as sensitive to the bit as most warmblood horses are. I have driven both, and sometimes the arms really hurt like hell after Finnhorses because they just. Are like that. Meanwhile a standardbred might slow down when you just slightly pull the reins with your fingers. With Finnhorses you pull with your whole weight and body and the Finnhorse just pulls back because they want to RUN RUN RUN. (But of course some standardbreds are also like this, it's so much up to the horse's personality really.)

I have ridden an Icelandic horse once and I absolutely loved it! They feel extremely reliable and easy to control (at least the ones they give for beginners). Plus they have 4 or 5 gaits, and tölt was made for trail riding exclusively. The horse I was riding, was having a hard time finding that gait and she actually switched to it through gallop, but once she entered tölt... it really does feel extremely comfortable! It's something else. It's literally like sitting on a chair, the horse's ass just dropped down and I wasn't moving in the saddle at all and it was incredibly comfortable gait! I definitely want to go trail riding on an Icelandic horse one day again!

This whole short trail riding trip was so bizarre btw, because we went there late on the evening in the winter so it was pitch black, but we went trail riding anyway. Everyone had headlamps (me, my classmate of that time and the person leading the trail ride), and suddenly we heard some weird barking sound coming towards us. A small animal stopped in front of the horses, went completely quiet and was staring at the horses like "what the fuck are those?", and the horses stared at it like "what the fuck is that?" :D It was a raccoon dog! And then it just turned around and started running away and kept barking. It is one of the weirdest encounters ever with a wild animal, and I was told these dogs don't bark, but this one definitely was barking. I will never forget that animal's face when it just stopped there like in cartoons to stare at these big weird animals who were completely chill and just stared at this weirdly behaving and huge mitten-looking thing. That also just shows how Icelandic horses are like, I don't remember my horse even flinching, she just was staring at the raccoon dog and tried to understand wtf is that but running away didn't even cross her mind. Some other breeds could have turned around and ran away in panic. Of course there's also huge differences between horses, I have worked with more sensitive horses who get scared by everything, and then very chill horses of the same breed who don't bother getting scared by anything ever.

I also want to say one thing about Finnhorses: they are a funny breed. Most of them are extremely smart, and some of them are pranksters. I'm convinced that some of them understand Finnish, because I speak to horses a lot and I swear some of them understood exactly what I said. One particular gelding didn't like being caught from the paddock and would always start evading and running away, even when offered carrots or bread. Then one day the same thing started again, and I was not really feeling it. I just said him "[Name], your owner is here, don't you want to go for a walk with him?" as the owner visited there only a few times a year. The gelding waled directly to my lap and let me catch him. I swear he understood what I said, I still don't know how, but he had just been running away from me and then was like "okay well in THAT case, I can come indoors with you" and walked directly to me.

Tho, it's not just Finn horses, all horses have those really smart invidivuals that cause problems by figuring out how to open paddocks or doors and they become the best escape artists ever, driving the humans nuts. Usually the smarter the horse, the more opinions they have over everything. Including what happens in the races. Some days they just don't feel like winning, and they don't. Some days they keep teasing everyone and then go like "ok actually I do want to win today" and then they win the race. You really work together with the horse, and no horse is forced to do anything, because they simply won't run nor win if they are not feeling like it. My then-employer used to say that the horses choose their own career, so sometimes I've seen mares quit their career and become breedmares because they just lost their motivation for running for good, so so be it, then.

Okay, I hope this opened this even a bit now :D Feel free to ask more if I didn't answer everything, or if there's something else you would like to know (more) about! Also forgive me for this long answer, I just love horses so much and I've got so many great memories from working with amazing horses, including that time when I tamed a 3-year-old Finnhorse stallion who had barely been handled at all :D But that's a story for another time.

#answered asks #Anonymous #mcrmadness' random stuff #just horse groom things #finland

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only-horse-polls · 1 year

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Horse Breed Tournament Participation List

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To easier check if a breed is on the list press ctrl+F and search. If you are on mobile, all breeds are in alphabetic order to easily find them. Submissions will closed May 31st

Ardennais (Ardennes)

Akhal-teke

Anglo-Arabian

American Paint Horse

American Quarter Horse

American Saddlebred

American Shetland Pony

Appaloosa

Appendix Quarter Horse

Arabian Horse

Belgian Draught (Brabant Horse, Belgisch Trekpaard, Trait belge)

Black Forest Horse (Black Forest Coldblood, Schwarzwälder Kaltblut)

Brumby Horse

Camargue Horse

Castillonnais (Cheval Ariègeois de Castillon, Cheval du Biros, Saint-Gironnais)

Chincoteague Pony (Assateague Horse)

Cleveland Bay

Clydesdale Horse

Coldblood Trotter (Scandinavian Coldblood Trotter, Swedish Coldblood Trotter, North Swedish Trotter, Norwegian Coldblood Trotter)

Connemara Pony

Craigslist Horse (Crossbred, Mutt, Mixed Breed)

Criollo Horse

Danish Warmblood (Dansk Varmblod)

Dutch Harness Horse

Dølehest (Dole Gudbrandsdal, Dole, Dole Trotter, Norwegian Trotter)

Exmoor Pony

Falabella

Finnhorse (Finnish Horse)

Friesian horse

Gotland Russ (Gotland Pony, Gotlandruss, Russ)

Gypsy Horse (Traditional Gypsy Cob, Irish Cob, Romani Cob, Gypsy Horse, Gypsy Vanner)

Haflinger

Hanoverian Horse (Hannoveraner)

Heck Horse

Highland Pony

Holsteiner

Icelandic Horse

Irish Sport Horse (Irish Hunter)

Kaimanawa Horse

Kladruber

Knabstrupper (Knabstrup)

Lipizzan

Lusitano

Marwari Horse (Malani Horse)

Mérens Horse (Cheval de Mérens, Caballo de Merens, Ariégeois Pony)

Mongolian Horse

Morgan Horse

Mule (Hinny)

Mustang

New Forest Pony

Nokota Horse

Noriker (Norico-Pinzgauer, Pinzgauer)

Norman Cob (Cob Normand)

North Swedish Horse

Norwegian Fjord Horse

Konik Pony

KWPN (Koninklijk Warmbloed Paardenstamboek Nederland, Dutch Warmblood)

Oldenburger

Paso Fino

Percheron

Pottoka

Przewalski's Horse

Pura Raza Española (Pure Spanish Breed, Andalusian)

Rocky Mountain Horse

Selle Français (Cheval de Selle Français)

Shetland Pony

Shire Horse

Standardbreds

Swedish Warmblood (Swedish Half-bred)

Tennessee Walking Horse (Tennessee Walker)

Thoroughbred

Trakehner

Waler Horse

Warlander

Welsh Pony (Welsh Mountain Pony, Welsh Pony of Riding Type, Welsh Pony of Cob Type, Welsh Cob)

Westphalian (Westfalen)

#horse #poll tournament #tournament #horsblr

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ask-arthur-morgan · 2 years

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On a scale one to ten, how would you rate all the horses?

Oh boy... this is gonna take awhile, but I’m all game! Disclaimer before hand: This is just how I view these horses! I do not mean anything bad or hurtful okay? Besides we all just ride whatever horse we like regardless if it is not or is a “10 star” horse anyway! Now, let’s proceed!

American Paint Horse: I will give it a 7/10! It’s a very beautiful horse, all the coats are different so you can pick what coat you like best! But I personally think it could be braver! Iv’e been killed a lot of times on one of these horses because of gunfire!

American Standardbreed: 10/10! These horses are also very pretty, brave and have good stats! I gave it a 10/10 because this breed is the only horse you can get in all black!

Andalusian: 10/10! I feel like these horses don’t get much love! All the coat colors are stunning and bright! These horses were used by knights, soliders ect. All the coats look super bright in the sun! Plus, if you're looking for a horse a gang member doesn’t have, this is the horse to get!

Appaloosa: Imma say 8/10! These guys are good mounts! The blankets are different on each horse! Their base coat color is pretty! I say 8/10 because they get me killed a lot but not as bad as the American Paint Horse.

Arabian: 9/10! These horses haven’t been as “scared” or “uneasy” (for me at least) as most people say! I have done lots of hunting on the White one and the Rose Gray Bay and the Bay one was more brave to me. I love the gray one and I even named mine Arthur! I rate it a 9/10 because (to me) Arthur looks really big on the back of one of these horses and bothers me but for John it looks good!

Ardennes: 10/10! I haven’t rode this horse so I can’t really say anything! But I rate it a 10/10 because I love the size of this horse and I love BrownJack’s looks! I wasn’t able to steal this horse yet! But if i can i’ll update this ask!

Belgian Draft Horse: 10/10! These horses are large, beautiful and fearless! These horses make Arthur or John look bad ass! Another plus, if you're looking for another horse a gang member doesn’t have this horse is the one too!

Dutch Warmblood: 9/10! I feel like this horse doesn’t get a lot of love either! The horse is tall, pretty and a sturdy mount! I bought the Chocolate Roan one as Arthur and loved him. This horse is good overall. I give it a 9/10 because I wish there were more coat colors that’s all! This horse is also another horse that no gang member has, another plus! Three plus! Buell is a Dutch Warmblood and he’s a sight to behold! I love that horse as well!

Hungarian Halfbreed: 9/10! I love these horses! I haven’t rode one in forever so I can’t say much! But I will say I love Old Boy’s coat color and I loved that one that Arthur left Van Horn on! I only rate 9/10 because I lost that horse and couldn’t get it again! These horses are brave and super easy to handled I think!

Kentucky Saddler: 8/10! These horses are super pretty! I really love the red pinto one and the buckskin one! Great starter horses or even long term pals, these horses are lovely and are easy to break or steal! I rate them 8/10 because they aren’t good with hunting (for me) but they were fine with gun fire as long as you calmed them down quickly. I loved Uncle’s horse with the mustache!

Missouri Fox Trotter! 10/10! The Silver dapple pinto is super breathtaking! That horse is a beauty with hooves, I didn’t want to buy it so i stole it from the stable... but anyway, the horse is brave, sturdy, great around gunfire and around hunting animals! The blue eyes against the gray muzzle warms my heart! I do wish I could get this horse as Arthur or even Micah’s Baylock! I loved Baylock’s looks!

Morgan: 7/10! This horse has some really pretty coats! A lot of people bought this horse from the hunting mission with Hosea, and then resold it! I didn’t buy this horse because I did a lot of other things so i had more money to get another horse. I did ride one for this ask, and I didn’t like the lack of stamina or health. I kept forgiving it’s cores were smaller than my other horses and was pushing the poor thing! But overall, it was semi brave, pretty and was on the smaller side. That is why I rate it 7/10!

Mustang 9/10! I love this horse a lot! This horse is brave, fearless, sturdy and has pretty coats! I used this horse a lot with Arthur and was happy! I only rate 9/10 because you can’t get the Tiger Stripped Bay with Arthur and more coats would be nice! Another thing, these horses are the hardest to break, but once broke they are good mounts!!

Shire horse: 10/10! Love the colors of these horses and the feathering on the feet are so cute! These horses are huge, brave and the gang doesn’t own one! These boys or girls will guide you through the rough wild west with ease!

Suffolk Punch: 9/10! I loved this horse! It has the same ways of the shire horse but just smaller! It’s a well rounded horse that I think a lot of people sleep on, the gang also doesn’t own this horse so It’s perfect for that too! I rate it 9/10 because these horses are slightly harder to find shires and drafts but that’s it!

Tennessee Walker: 10/10! These horses are stunning, tall and iconic! Arthur’s first horse (with us) is a TW! All the coat colors are neat and beautiful! They have great cores for long distance, and they have pretty head shapes! I loved and kept the horse Arthur took from Colter! This horse was great around gunfire and animals! The only animal that scared this breed was the crocodiles. Thomas bucked me off when he smelt them!

Thoroughbred: 9/10! These horses are tall, bright looking and are great around gunfire! Not so much hunting for animals! I’ve been killed a lot by cougars and wolves because this horse bucked me off but I still love this breed! A plus though, the gang doesn’t own this horse! That’s why I rate 9/10!

Turkoman: 8/10! This horse comes in a sleek sliver or a dashing brown! Both colors are super stunning! It’t tall, great for hunting and gunfire and this horse tends to stick out in a crowd! I rate 8/10 because this horse trips over EVERYTHING (for me) and nearly kills us both! I could ride over a flat road and this horse would still trip! Another reason, needs more coats!

Nokota: 5/10! These horses are little beauty bullets! They are great travel pals and are easy on the eyes! As long as there’s no drama! I really loved the one from Saint Dennis but (for me) they kept bucking me off! Near gunfire and animals! Even on level four bonding, I was always getting bucked off! Even calming the horse down, soothing it, taking it away from the drama.. it still bucked me off! I ended up selling him because I was tired of eating dirt. I was more on the ground than riding the horse! These horses (for me) weren’t very good. They were too scared of everything! I did find out that the white one was the “bravest” one.

I didn’t add online horses because I don’t play online!

#rdr2 #horses #enjoy anon!#thanks for the ask!

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