Anglo-Normans
| Anglo-Normans | |
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Narqois * 1891 - stallion in the Saint Lo stallion depot |
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| Important data | |
| Origin: | Normandy |
| Main breeding area: | France |
| Distribution: | worldwide |
| Stick measure : | 150-165 cm |
| Colors : | mostly foxes and browns |
| Main application area: | Riding or work horse |
The Anglo-Normans , also known as Anglo-Normans , Cob Normand or (before 1830) as Normans or Normans , is a French horse breed that belongs to the warm-blooded animals . The original breeding area is Normandy in north-west France.
Background information on horse evaluation and breeding can be found under: Exterior , interior and horse breeding .
Exterior
The breed was bred in three types: as an elegant carriage horse - Carossier Normand , as a medium workhorse - Cob Normand with up to 800 kg weight and as a lighter riding horse - Cheval de Selle with good galloping and jumping ability. Today only the Cob Normand exists as an independent breed.
Today's Cob Normand has a medium-sized head with fairly large ears and an occasional light Ramsnose, a strong, long neck and a well-developed withers . The shoulder is sloping, the back quite long. The croup is long, sloping slightly and muscular, the limbs are short and strong. The height is around 150–155 cm. Foxes and browns are the most common. The late ripening is remarkable: the animals do not mature until they are six to seven years old. This trait was transferred to the other races when it was crossbred.
interior
Anglo-Normans and the races that arose from them are considered to be lively, energetic and spirited, but benign.
Breeding history
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The breed's roots go back a long way. The Normans ( Vikings ) settled in the north-west of France, today's Normandy, in 911. It was around this time that the history of the breed began. It is believed that both native (Armorican) and brought horses were used for breeding. The Norman was a cold-blooded horse .
A critical phase for the breed began around 1730, as the stock of breeding animals was dramatically thinned out by the mass restoration (forced entry of horses for military service) for the Anglo-French War. Missing breeding horses were almost arbitrarily replaced by other breeds, which almost resulted in the complete decline of the Norman breed. It was only 100 years later that the breed was regenerated by crossing English thoroughbreds and half-bloods. Especially with the Norfolk Trotter Young Rattler , the cold-blooded Norman developed into an Anglo-Norman , a warmblood. At that time, performance tests were introduced for breeding horses, so that a stable breed emerged by around 1860.
The breed was bred in three types: as an elegant carriage horse - Carossier Normand , as a medium-weight workhorse - Cob Normand weighing up to 800 kg and as a lighter riding horse - Cheval de Selle with good galloping and jumping ability. In 1958, the riding horse type was separated from the Anglo-Normans as Cheval de Selle Français, along with other regional breeds of verifiable descent, and the work and carriage horse type was further bred as a medium-weight horse under the name Cob Normand . Parallel to the work, carriage and riding horse, a race trotter was bred by selection around 1900, the Trotteur Français .
From the early 1950s onwards, efforts were made to divide the breed into its types with the aim of including them in separate stud books. In 1958 the Cheval de Selle Français (opening of the stud book on March 8, 1967) and the Cob Normand were created. The studbook of the Anglo-Normans has not been continued since then.
The Anglo-Norman gained special importance through crossing into other horse breeds. In Germany he was successfully used for breeding with Oldenburgers , Holsteiners and Württembergers , also in Switzerland ( Freiberger and Einsiedler ) as well as in the Netherlands and Sweden. In Hungary, a new breed of the same name was founded with the Anglo-Norman stallion Nonius , which is also bred in two types (work horse and riding horse). Often the late maturity of the Anglo-Normans was passed on to the offspring when they were crossed into other breeds, which still requires a careful approach to training for these breeds.
