Aegidienberger
| Aegidienberger | |
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Aegidienberger standing in the Icelandic type |
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| Important data | |
| Origin: | Aegidienberg , 1981 |
| Main breeding area: | Germany, NRW |
| Distribution: | Germany and neighboring countries |
| Stick measure : | 143 - 152 cm |
| Colors : | all colors |
| Main application area: | Sport and leisure horse |
The Aegidienberger is a new breed of horse founded in 1981 by Walter Feldmann Senior and Walter Feldmann Junior, which emerged from a cross between Icelanders and Paso Peruano .
Background information on horse evaluation and breeding can be found under: Exterior , interior and horse breeding .
Exterior
The Aegidienberger looks more like the Icelander than the Paso Peruano, according to the higher genetic proportion of the Icelander. His body is harmonious, the neck well set up in a natural upright position. His head is strong. Mane and tail fall profusely. He has a stable back, a strong, often steep shoulder, a slightly sloping croup and little droppings .
interior
The Aegidienberger stands between horse and pony and can therefore be described as a small horse. From the Icelander he inherited high endurance and resilience as well as a lively character, from the Paso Peruano the taller stick. Both original breeds were able to contribute their surefootedness as well as the natural disposition to tölt and passport . Due to his great equilibrium, he is well suited as a leisure and family horse.
Breeding history
In 1981 , on the occasion of a visit to the Peruvian Horse Championships, Mr. Walter Feldmann (senior and junior) made the plan to breed a new breed of horse by crossing the two gaited horses, Paso Peruano and Icelandic horse. The respective advantages of both breeds were to be combined in a breed breeding program set up in Aegidienberg .
The aim of the breeding was a gaited horse with great resemblance to the Icelander, which maintains the speed of the Icelandic horse, while improving tölt and feet and legs , having a higher height and greater temperature tolerance and the breed characteristics of the Paso Peruano, such as excellent natural tölt ability and larger height, without the robustness and easy rideability of the Icelander to lose.
Breeding methodology
The F1 generation was created by mating a pure Paso Peruano stallion with a pure Icelandic mare. This F1 generation was then back-crossed in a mating with a pure Icelandic horse. The result was the R1 generation. In the following breeding section, this was paired with the F1 generation. The result was the end product, a 5/8 cross between Icelandic horses and Paso Peruanos, which has 5/8 Icelandic and 3/8 Peruvian blood.
The success was shown in the recognition as a separate horse breed (a very rare event) with the name Aegidienberger, which is also registered in the Rhenish Horse Studbook and various breeding associations and has also been recognized by the Ministry for the Environment, Regional Planning and Agriculture as an independent horse breed.
Breed standards
The crossing of both breeds, as already described in the breeding goal, results from the influence of the Paso Peruanos in a cooperative, medium-sized, robust horse with grace and lightness, which shows natural tölt and has a very strong foundation. As a new crossbreed, the Aegidienberger are not yet genetically fully established. They occasionally have offspring with poorer traits than the breed standard. These horses are no longer bred, but they are traded as riding horses.
In 2004 there were attempts to open the breeding line for Aegidienberger to other breeds as well, in order to introduce them into the breeding line. However, this would blur the desired 5/8 breeding mix of Icelanders and Paso Peruano, which met with resistance.
