Palatinate-Ardennes
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| Main breeding area: | Rhineland-Palatinate-Saar |
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| Stick measure : | 152 to 162 cm |
| Colors : | Foxes, browns, blacks, white horses |
| Main application area: | Work horse, leisure horse |
The Palatinate-Ardennes is a comparatively young horse breed that originated around 1900. The breeding basis of the Palatinate-Ardennes breed was and is still today characterized by breeding animals of the French cold blood breeds, such as Lorraine , Comtois and Ardennes in particular , as well as Belgians , Rhenish-German cold blood and South German cold blood. Pure breeding was not a dogma from the start. The pedigree book of the Palatinate-Ardennes has always been open. In the past 100 years of Palatinate-Ardennes breeding in the Rhineland-Palatinate-Saar breeding area, the breeding work was clearly geared towards the breeding goal and used the advantages of the breeds mentioned to achieve a cold-blooded horse that is in demand and therefore sellable. When accepting the breeding breeds, the preservation of the breed-specific characteristics of the Palatinate-Ardennes is particularly important. Against the background of the consolidation of the Palatinate-Ardennes breed, the current breeding program provides that from the year of birth 2008 a Palatinate-Ardenner must have at least one parent of the Palatinate-Ardenner breed.
Breeding goal according to the Horse Breeding Association Rhineland-Palatinate-Saar eV
A versatile, light to medium-weight cold-blooded horse with expansive and loose movement is bred. Particular emphasis is placed on sociability, balance, willingness to perform and performance.
- Origin: Originally arose from imports from Alsace and Lorraine as well as minor imports from Bavaria. The main distribution area of the Palatinate-Ardennes was the former Palatinate breeding area in the south of today's Rhineland-Palatinate.
- Size approx. 152 to 162 cm
- Colors: foxes, browns, blacks, gray (black, brown and fox gray)
- Building:
- Head: expressive with a broad forehead and friendly eyes
- Neck: curved, well set on, enough freedom from ganches
- Body: medium-sized, muscular, chest with good width, good belt depth, well positioned shoulder, well-muscled croup
- Foundation: dry, correct and without lush leg hangings; hard hooves in good shape
- Movement sequence:
- Step: hard-working, in a clear rhythm and with a good sense of space
- Trot: easy uphill movement with good shoulder freedom and swinging back with good hindquarters activity
- Gallop: hardworking, in a clear rhythm with good hindquarters activity
- Use: agricultural and forestry workhorse, leisure horse, which, in addition to its suitability for pulling and driving, also has a special suitability for leisure riding for the cold-blooded horse.
- Special characteristics: good temperament, sociability, diligence and willingness to perform, aptitude for recreational riding
