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| Breeds that start with B: everything you need to know. |
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| IMPORTANT: I HAVE NOT FINISHED LISTING THE BREEDS!! I ONLY HAVE A FEW AS OF LATE, AND ADD A FEW EVERYDAY. PLEASE CHECK BACK CONSTANTLY TO SEE IT FINISHED. Go to the VERY bottom of the page and do the search if you can't find your breed. If you can't find it there, mail me and I'll put it up. If you want more info on a breed, mail me 'cause I have it ALL! I'll reply right away if you need more info. BARB:(LIGHT) ORIGIN: Coastal areas of North Africa, which include morrocco and parts of Algeria and Libya. It can also be found as far south in the african continent as Nigeria and Cameroon. CHARACTERISTICS: The barb horse is not beautiful, but is one of the toughest and most enduring breeds in the world. The head is usually straight, and the neck arched. The withers are often prominent.The quarters usually slope from the croup to a low set tail. The hind legs are sometimes cow-hocked, but this does not effect the horse's movement or performance. The feet tend to be narrow and boxy, but they are hard and sound, like most desert breeds. The shoulders are flat and upright, the legs slender, hard and dry. The chest is narrow, causing the frontlegs to sometimes be rather close together. SPORT: Endurance, pack horse, usually not seen outside of it's native land. HEIGHT: 14.2-15.3 HH COLOR: All different shades of grey, rarely others. PICS: http://www.geocities.com/kgb_soviet/barb.html BARDIGIANO:(PONY) ORIGIN: May have it's origin in the Avelignese breding areas in Venetia and in the mountanious regian of Tuscany to the south. CHARACTERISTICS: The head has true pony charactor, with a broad forhead and neat spaced apart ears. There is depth through the widely built body, and the chest is broad allowing for large expansion of the lungs. The quarters are muscled, round and heavy, and the tail is well set. The hocks are clean, the legs short and thick. The withers are well defined, but the shoulders tend to be short and vertical, bad according to riding standards. SPORT: Working mountain pony, adapted to a pack saddle. HEIGHT: Up to 13 HH COLOR: Dominant bay, can be black and chestnut. PICS: http://www.geocities.com/kgb_soviet/bardigiano.html BASHKIR: (HORSE) ORIGINS: Formed in the mountain and steppe zone near the Volga and the Urals. The Bashkir was used as a draft and utility horse and as a producer of milk and meat. CHARACTERISTICS: The Bashkir is a small, wide-bodied and bony horse. It has a massive head and a short and fleshy neck. The withers are low, the back erect and broad, the croup nicely rounded, the ribs long and well sprung, the chest broad and deep and the legs short and bony. The mane and tail are thick. SPORT: Riding, endurance, draft, milk and meat. HEIGHT: 14-15 HH COLORS: Bay, chestnut, roan, grey, grulla. PICS: http://www.geocities.com/kgb_soviet/bashkir.html BASHKIR CURLY ORIGIN: Bashkiria in the southern foothills of the Ural mountains. CHARACTERISTICS: The head, which was once quite large, and the short, fleshy neck have bee refined in recent years. Now, the head has a straight, neat profile with nicely set ears, and the neck is in proportion to the rest of the body. The mane and tail are extremely thick, and, hence the name, curly, due to the harshly cold conditions they originated in. However the breed tends to shed out the coat in the summer comeletely, and the coat range from wavy to complete dreadlocks. The withers are low and flat, and inclined to upright. The shoulders are usually slightly straight. These horses are often slightly cow hocked. The body is wide, the barrel deep. The legs are short and square, and the hooves aren't bad at all. SPORT: Good for western, rarely seen outside of home country;an unusual breed. HEIGHT: The original Bashkir Curlys were short and stout, but the modern breeds have infused the blood of other horses, most popular the Missouri Foxtrotters. This is due to Curlies near extinction 20 years ago. Therefore they range in size. COLOR: Lots of colors, roan and pinto rarely seen. Hooves are usually all black, many times even on white legs. With only 2400 registered curlies in the US, they are prized. PICS: http://www.geocities.com/kgb_soviet/bashkircurly.html?986960152050 Thanx to one of my visitors who mailed me with further information on the breed. I was greatly misinformed!!!! For more information visit: www.abcregistry.org http://come.to/JobiFarm http://nav.webring.org/hub?ring=curly;id=0;err=2;list www.dccurlies.com BATAK:(PONY) ORIGIN: Central Sumatra, Indonesia. CHARACTERISTICS: The head has a long, straight horse profile. The ears are long and close together, the muzzle small. The neck is long and narrow. The back is long, the withers large. The loins are slack and the breed is sometimes goose-rumped. The mane and tail hair is fine. The legs are slender and lack bone, and there is little development in the gaskin. The feet are exceptionally hardy. SPORT: Working pony, widely used for riding. HEIGHT: Up to 13 HH COLOR: Chestnut, grey, buckskin. PICS: If you have any pictures of this breed, could you please e-mail me! BAVARIAN WARMBLOOD:(LIGHT) ORIGIN: Fertile valley of the Rott in Bavaria, and with the horses bred at the 16th century monastic studs in the Zweibrucken region. CHARACTERISTICS: The head is really beautiful. It is long and narrow, with rather large, narrow ears. The eyes are very alert. The neck is long and graceful, the chest deep. The legs look short in comparison to the rest of the horse. The wither is high, the back perfect. The croup slopes slightly to a high set tail. The gaskins are muscular. SPORT: Dressage, international jumping capability. HEIGHT: Up to 16.3 HH COLOR: Traditional chestnut. PICS: http://www.geocities.com/kgb_soviet/bavarianwarmblood.html BOULONNAIS:(HEAVY) ORIGIN: Northwest France,Boulogne-Calais hinterland. CHARACTERISTICS: The head is large, but has a striking arab look in the profile.The neck is thick and arched, the back straght and broad. The croup is muscular, but unfortunately the breed's tail is often cut off to the dock for fashion purposes. The chest is enourmously wide and deep, the gaslins muscular. The legs are thick, the hocks defined.The hooves are small but still proportionate to the body. SPORT: Cart horse, breeding. HEIGHT: Up to 16.3 HH COLOR: Grey, bay, chestnut. PICS: http://www.geocities.com/kgb_soviet/boulonnais.html BRABANT:(BELGIUM HEAVY DRAFT)(HEAVY) ORIGIN: Known during medieval times as the Flanders horse. Principle breeding place was Brabant in Belguim. CHARACTERISTICS: The head is smaller than most heavy breeds, but still is large enough for the rest of the horse.The neck has an arch, and carries a slightly large crest. The back is short and has a large depth through the girth. The huge wide quarters are very rounded, and heavily muscled. The gaskins are very largely developed. The legs are short and strong, the hooves are medium size, strong and there is light feathering. The body is quite compact. SPORT: Cart pulling in show, usually in teams with extravagant decoration. HEIGHT: 16-17.1 HH COLOR: Red roan, grey, dun sorrel and occasionally bay. PICS: http://www.geocities.com/kgb_soviet/brabant.html BRETON:(HEAVY) ORIGIN: Brittany, northern France. CHARACTERISTICS: This horse is amazingly THICK! The head is usually really wide and long, and extroardinarily large. The neck is ENORMOUSLY thick and short. The back compact, barrel broad and girth very deep. The quarters are rounded and larged, and the tail is traditionally docked to prevent the reins from getting tangled in a long tail. The legs are VERY short, very thick and amazingly strong. The hooves aren't large or too small, and the thick but not heavy feathering always has a tendancy to be wavy and/or curly. SPORT: French artilary horse-pulls carriages and carts and is a very nice trotting breed. HEIGHT: Not a tall horse, but large in stance. 15-16 HH COLOR: Brown fur, creamy mane and tail (see "color confusion" page) PICS: http://www.geocities.com/kgb_soviet/breton.html BRUMBY:(LIGHT) ORIGIN: The waler, the brumby's ancestors, originated in New South Wales. CHARACTERISTICS: The head has sharp, smart features, and is attached to a rather small, not very muscular neck. The wither is high, the body lacks depth. The croup is small and square and the tail is rather scraggly. The legs are slender but quite strong, and the horse is very quick on it's feet. Cow hocks and weak quarters plauge the breed. The hooves slant ridiculously, but are extremely strong and can withstand almost anything. Overall, the brumby is a good, hard working little horse despite it's conformational faults. SPORT: Australian's mustangs, to wild to be of any use but of hard labor and slaughter for meat. Pretty unfair life. HEIGHT: 14-15 HH COLOR: Every color imaginable. PICS: http://www.geocities.com/kgb_soviet/brumby.html BUDDONY:(LIGHT) ORIGIN: Rustov region in the 1920's. A rather new breed. CHARACTERISTICS: The head is sharp and alert, with small eyes. The neck is straight, long and light. The wither is very low, the back long and very thin. The croup is slightly rounded to a medium set tail. The chest is narrow and the front legs are consquently rather close together. The body has lots of depth through the girth, but in overall outline has the look of a "greyhound" as it slopes toward the chest, and is very small at the flank. The legs are slender and straight with small hardy feet. SPORT: Excellent for dressage and cross-country. HEIGHT: UP TO 16.1 hh COLOR: Always dark chestnut to light brown. PICS: Please e-mail if you can find pics of this breed. |
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