Vladimir cold blood
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| Origin: | Russia |
| Main breeding area: | Oblast Vladimir and Ivanovo |
| Distribution: | mainly in the breeding area |
| Stick measure : | Stallions 165 cm, mares 162 cm |
| Colors : | Browns, foxes and black horses |
| Main application area: | Work horse, draft horse and carriage horse |
The Vladimir Heavy Draft ( Russian Владимирский тяжеловоз / Wladimirski tjaschelowos; and Vladimir Horse ) is a draft horse - horse race with breeding sursprung in Russia .
Background information on horse evaluation and breeding can be found under: Exterior , interior and horse breeding .
Exterior
The Vladimir cold blood reaches a height of up to 165 cm and is the largest Russian cold blood breed. Stallions have an average weight of 760 kg, mares - from 685 kg.
The most common are the bay, fox, and black horse, often with large and conspicuous markings on the head and limbs.
The medium-sized, dry head often has a convex profile (rams head); his expression is friendly. The long and strong neck is arched, the chest broad and deep. The back is of medium length with a certain inclination to the swayback. The shoulder is powerful and sloping, the croup strong and slightly sloping. The horse's foundation is stable; the limbs - often with silky hangings - are strong and stocky with large and hard round hooves.
interior
The Vladimir draft horse has a gentle and balanced character and a pleasant temperament.
The breed is strong, energetic, willing to perform and active. The horse is so easy to move that some of them can trot 1,600 meters in three minutes despite their mass.
The horses are used for work from the age of three. They are undemanding in keeping and care.
Breeding history
The priority breeding areas are the Oblast Vladimir (area around Suzdal and Jurjew-Polski ) and Ivanovo (around Gavrilow Posad ), located in central Russia between Moscow and Volga . The soils of this area are fertile but heavy, so that a strong breed of horse was required to work them.
The breed is said to go back to a stud established by Ivan the Terrible in the 16th century. The origins were crossings of large, native country mares, initially with Suffolk Punch and Cleveland Bays and, to a lesser extent, Percherons , Ardennes and Brabantians , which were carried out until the end of the 19th century .
From around 1920, only Clydesdales imported from Great Britain (such as the stallions Lord James and Border Brand , * 1910, and Glen Albin , * 1923) and, to a lesser extent, Shire Horses were crossed. As a result, the best animals were bred pure. The breed was recognized in 1946.
The most important stud for the Vladimir draft horse is the Gavrilowo-Posadski Stud (No. 49) in Gavrilow Posad. Outside the area originating the horse will, inter alia, in the stud no. 23 in pochinki (oblast Nischni Novgorod ) and on the horse farm "Orlowski faworit" in the village Gagarino (Rayon Ischim , Tyumen , West Siberia grown).
use
Due to its strength, the Vladimir draft horse is mainly used as a workhorse and draft horse, for example to pull troikas , whereby its speed also benefits it.
Since the breed is no longer needed for purely economic purposes, its existence is threatened.
See also
Web links
- Assis horse sites - horse breeds "W"
- Cold-blooded horses on the website of the All-Russian Scientific Research Institute for Horse Breeding (WNIIK) (Russian)
- Website of the Gavrilowo-Posadski Stud (Russian)