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North Swedish Horse
Origin: Sweden.
Height: 15.1-15.3hh.
Color: Black, bay, brown, chestnut, dun.
Character: Active, willing, extremely good-natured.
Physique: Head rather large with straight face and long ears, in some casesreminiscent of the original Forest type of Northern Europe. Short, crestedneck, sturdy, sloping shoulder and roomy chest. Long, deep body, broadand powerful. Round hindquarters with sloping croup. Excellent legs, shortand clean and with abundant bone. Large, round feet. Thick mane and tail.Moderate feather on heels. The general effect is of a strong-framed, long-bodied, muscular horse. It is frugal, long-lived, and of excellent constitution.Action is clean, energetic and long-striding.
The North Swedish horse sterns from a smaller native horse. Like mostnative domestic horses of all nations which were not of outstandingappearance, it was for centuries interbred indiscriminately with any availablestallion. No distinct type was aimed at until 1890, when a breed societywas formed and Dole-Gudbrandsdal stallions, which must be of the samebasic stock, were introduced to provide uniformity.
This horse is exceptionally tractable and kind, does well on almost anyfare, and is resistant to most diseases. It is thus an economic horse to handlein terms of labor, creating little extra work. It is valued by farmers andtimbermen, and has worked well as an artillery horse for the army
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