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Clydesdale
Exterieur:
The
Clydesdale is a large cold blodded horse, and it is relatively
high
legged and short. It has a "Ramshead" with teddy bear ears,
a
short, straight neck leading to a well positioned shoulder. The
withers
is long and not particularaly high, the back short and strong.
The
croup strong and somwhat falling. The body is deep, compact and
of
average width. The long legs have strong joints and a full
"Fesselbehang"
. The
Clydesdale has large, flat hooves and high energy. He is a work
house,
full of energy, dutiful and capable of learning. These days
the
Clydesdale is not only used as a work horse, but also, due to his
eagerness,
can be tempted to do circus lessons. They can, however,
at
times be stubborn, but once they have understood what they are
meant
to do, they execute their skill to greatest satisfaction.
Even
the high school of riding is for the Cladesdale no insurmountable hurdle.
They
sport all colours, often however brown with large
spots as well as
spotty
colours. Their measurement is around 1.65 m to 1.82 m, their
weight
cana be over one ton.
A
Clydesdale and a Shire horse often appear to look alike in their exterior
appearance.
Only a glance in the official papers can give this type of
information.
In
Australia the Clydesdale is bred with full bloodes horses. The resulting
horses
named Hunter can ae used in a great variety of activities, including,
of
course, for hunting.
Story:
The
Clydesdale was bred by a cross between heaavy mares from own stables
with
stallions from Flanders and from the English Midlands. The Duke of
Hamilton
and the farmer John Paterson became the first breeders in and
around
1720. In order to improve the breed even more it was decided to mix
the
Shirehorse (Old Black Caarthorse) into the breed. In 1877 a club of
breeders
was established, to insure a pure thoroughbred in the future.
The
model stallion became Glancer 335. His son Gancer 153 and even the
next
generations were greatly influenced by them. This imprint can be
found
in almost all thoroughbreds.
Today
the places for breeding aare Scotland, Clydesdale, Ireland,
Australia
and the USA
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